2.11 灵性探索： 超越上帝情结的思考.docxVIP

【2.11】

2.11每日一篇|熊猫外刊精读

spirituality：ThinkingoutsidetheGodcomplex

mysticism.

【1】ThetravailsofChristinathe?astonishing,aBelgianChristianinthe?12thcentury,were?astonishing?indeed.Atherfuneral,Christina,just?21?yearsold,?revived?andlevitated.Shethen?fled?intothewild,ate?rubbish?anddrankherown(virgin)?breast?milk.Orsoitwas?claimed.

【2】Theactionsofothersmayalso?defy?belief.CatherineofSiena,whodiedin?1380,imaginedmarryingChristandwearinghis?foreskin?asaweddingring.AroundacenturyearlierAgnesBlannbekinhad?visions?of?tasting?theHolyPrepuce(asitiscalled)and?swallowing?itahundredtimes.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【3】Withsuchreligious?peculiarities?asthese,littlewonder?mysticism?getsabadrap.SimonCritchley,a?philosopher?attheNewSchoolforSocialResearchinNewYork,providesan?accessible?assessment?ofthesubjectthatisusually?treated?ina?maddeningly?esotericoracademicway.

【4】Todaymanypeopleare?abandoning?religion?(the?bureaucratic?institutionalisationoffaith)butembracing?spirituality?(apersonalsenseof?transcendence),soitisagoodmomenttolookatthoseontheouter?fringes?ofthe?sacred.Astheauthor?wryly?putsit:“Godmightbe?ineffable,butthemysticsare?constantly?effingthe?ineffable,foraslongasiteffingtakes.”PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【5】Theterm“mystical”comesfromtheancientGreekmystikos,whichmeans?hidden.Thoughtheideaisold,theword“mysticism”wascoinedonlyinthe?17thcentury,markingashiftinWesternattitudestowards?religion?froma?sacred?mysterytoapractice.Amysticissomeonewhofeelstheyhavehadadirectexperienceofthe?divine?thatleadstopersonal?transformation.They“didnotseethemselvesas?enemies?ofreason.Neitherdidtheythinkofthemselvesas?heretics,”MrCritchleywrites.Though