七年级上册语文教案 Title32.pptVIP

Mysticism I. Definition of Mysticism (Evelyn Underwood, Practical Mysticism: Mysticism is the art of union with Reality, The mystic is a person who has attained that union in greater or less degree; or who aims at and believes in such attainment A. What is Reality? From this definition only a mystic can answer and in terms which only other mystics can understand B. What is Union? From the mystic’s perspective it is not an “operation” but an activity which is being done, every conscious moment of time with great intensity and thoroughness—we can know a thing by unity with it “Marks” of Mysticism(James, Varieties of Religious Experience) I. Ineffability—a negative A. Mysticism defies expression—no words are adequate its content B. It must be directly “experienced” C. It cannot be imparted or transferred to others II. Noetic Quality A. Mysticism is a state of insight into depths of truth unknown through discursive intellect B. The areas of knowledge are “illuminations” or “revelations” III. Transiency A. Mystical states cannot be sustained for any great amount of time B. At times, when faded, their quality can be imperfectly reproduced in memory IV. Passivity A. The mystic will feel that his/her own will were in abeyance, sometimes as if grasped and controlled by a superior power B. The “control” factor will lead at times to secondary phenemena 1. prophetic speech 2. automatic writing 3. mediumistic trance Characteristics(Underwood, Mysticism) I. Mysticism is practical, not theoretical II. Mysticism is an entirely spiritual activity III. The business and method of mysticism is love—love is: A. The active, connotative, expression of one’s will and desire for the Absolute B. One’s innate tendency to that Absolute, one’s spiritual weight IV. Mysticism entails a definite psychological experience V. As a corollary to the four rules, emphasis should be made that true mysticism is neve