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Western Mysticism (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A renewed interest in the spiritual, with an increasing number of people today wishing to incorporate the contemplative in their active lives, prompts the reissue of this classic work, a doctrine that is at once elevated and practical. The writings are meant to be studied from three distinct points of view: religious philosophy, material for the study of those states between mind and body such as ecstasy and trance, and for the sake of their mysticism. Drawn from the writings and teachings of Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory and Saint Bernard, the writings form a coordinated body of doctrine with what three great teachers of mystical theology in the Western Church have written concerning their own religious experience and the theories they based on it. In addition, the book discusses such important topics as speculative contemplation, what mysticism is, the characteristics of Western mysticism, the practical, and the contrasts between the contemplative and active lives. No student of mysticism can possibly afford to neglect a volume so full of valuable suggestions and real insight into spiritual conditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136178894
• Artikelnr.: 38266581

Autorenporträt

Dom Cuthbert Butler was the Abbot of Downside Abbey, England and a well known religious, writer and spiritual master.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Speculative Contemplation
Prologue
Chapter 1 Contemplation
Chapter 2 Contemplation
Chapter 3 Contemplation
Chapter 4 Contemplation
epilogue Contemplation
Part 2 Practical
Chapter 5 The Contemplative and Active Lives
Chapter 6 The Contemplative and Active Lives
Chapter 7 The Contemplative and Active Lives
Chapter 8 The Contemplative and Active Lives