Mysticism: Experience, Response, and EmpowermentPenn State Press, 8 בספט׳ 1996 - 656 עמודים This sweeping study of mysticism by Jess Hollenback considers the writings and experiences of a broad range of traditional religious mystics, including Teresa of Avila, Black Elk, and Gopi Krishna. It also makes use of a new category of sources that more traditional scholars have almost entirely ignored, namely, the autobiographies and writings of contemporary clairvoyants, mediums, and out-of-body travelers. This study contributes to the current debate about the contextuality of mysticism by presenting evidence that not only are the mystic's interpretations of and responses to experiences culturally and historically conditioned, but historical context and cultural environment decisively shape both the perceptual and affective content of the mystic's experience as well. Hollenback also explores the linkage between the mystic's practice of recollection and the onset of other unusual or supernormal manifestations such as photisms, the ability to see auras, telepathic sensitivity, clairvoyance, and out-of-body experiences. He demonstrates that these extraordinary phenomena can actually deepen our understanding of mysticism in unexpected ways. A unique feature of this book is its in-depth analysis of "empowerment," an important phenomenon ignored by most scholars of mysticism. Empowerment is a peculiar enhancement of the imagination, thoughts, and desires that frequently accompanies mystical states of consciousness. Hollenback shows its cross-cultural persistence, its role in constructing the perceptual and existential environments within which the mystic dwells, and its linkage to the fundamental contextuality of mystical experience. |
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The Fundamental Contextuality of Mystical Experience | |
Mystical Experience and Schizophrenic Experience | |
The Phenomenon of Exstasis and Its Variations | |
The Exstatic Recollective Empowerment of the Mind Will | |
Is Empowerment Unusual? | |
Recollection Empowerment and the Genesis of Paranormal Phenomena | |
Black Elks Criteria of Discernment | |
Black Elks Response to His Great Vision | |
Black Elks Dog Vision | |
Black Elk and the Ghost Dance | |
Black Elks Conversion to Christianity | |
The Mysticism of Saint Teresa of Avila | |
Why Study Saint Teresa? | |
A Biographical Sketch of Saint Teresa of Avila | |
The Active Approach for Inducing Paranormal Manifestations After | |
The Passive Approach for Inducing Paranormal Manifestations After | |
Empowerment in the Writings of the Mystics | |
Why Paranormal Phenomena Are Not of Marginal Significance | |
How Tradition Shapes Both the Mystical Experience and the Mystics Responses to | |
Mysticism Among the Oglala Lakota The Visions of Black | |
The Historical Setting of Black Elks Life | |
Black Elks Great Vision | |
Three Major Characteristics of Black Elks Great Vision | |
Principal Characteristics of Lakota Power | |
Saint Teresas Recollective Technique | |
Distinctive Features of Saint Teresas Prayer States | |
Medieval Influences on Saint Teresas Mysticism | |
Saint Teresas Criteria of Discernment | |
The Contextuality of the Most Elevated States of Spiritual Perfection and Mystical Awareness | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment <span dir=ltr>Jess Hollenback</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1996 |
Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment <span dir=ltr>Jess Hollenback</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1996 |
Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment <span dir=ltr>Jess Byron Hollenback</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1996 |