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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Julian de Norwich, mystique et théologie / Julian of Norwich, mysticism and theology

Billoteau, Elisabeth Emmanuelle 19 December 2014 (has links)
Quelles sont les caractéristiques d’une théologie issue de la mystique ? Telle est la question à laquelle nous tenterons de répondre à partir d’un cas particulier, celui des Showings de Julian de Norwich (XIVe-XVe s.). La version longue de cet opus nous permet d’observer un phénomène d’amplification et d’élaboration qui touche les domaines de l’anthropologie, de la christologie et de la théologie trinitaire. Puisant dans l’expérience vive, le propos théologique de Julian est traversé des affects liés à ce vécu. Julian parle de Dieu en ne cessant de parler à Dieu et en établissant avec ses « semblables dans le Christ » une communauté émotionnelle et noétique. Mais une expérience mystique ne donne pas forcément lieu à une théologie mystique au sens où l’entendent le Pseudo-Denys et Jean Gerson. C’est plutôt à une théologie prophétique et visionnaire que nous avons à faire, qui assume pleinement son caractère partiel, situé. Nous nous trouvons ici à un tournant de l’histoire de la théologie et de la spiritualité qui voit l’émergence de deux domaines séparés, celui de la théologie scolastique ou universitaire et celui de la spiritualité, là où la patristique témoignait d’une profonde unité. Les différentes méthodologies mises en œuvre dans cette recherche sont au service d’une étude qui se situe tout à la fois dans le champ de la théologie et de l’histoire de la spiritualité. / What are the main characteristics of a theology stemming from a mystic experience ? This thesis attempts to answer this question by examining an individual case, that of The Showings of Julian of Norwich (C14th- C15th). The Long Text of this opus enables us to observe a development in the fields of anthropology, Christology and Trinitarian theology. Firmly rooted in her experience of life, Julian’s theological discourse is interwoven with the emotions drawn from that experience. Julian speaks about God in speaking to God and in establishing with her « fellow Christians » an emotional and noetic community. But a mystical experience does not automatically give birth to a mystical theology as understood by Pseudo-Dionysius and Jean Gerson. We are rather in the presence of a prophetical and visionary theology that is fully conscious of its partial, limited, and contextualised nature. We find ourselves at a turning-point in the history of theology and spirituality, which sees the emergence of two separate fields that of scholastic theology and that of spirituality, where previously patristic theology bore witness to a profound unity. The different methodologies used in this research are in the service of a study within two distinct fields : those of theology and the history of spirituality.
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A sonoridade do indizível: a experiência mística de São João da Cruz

Zimerman, Helena Haenni 25 August 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-08-30T12:56:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Helena Haenni Zimerman.pdf: 902911 bytes, checksum: a62ef2245ef8dfdf747e74745d1c4968 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-30T12:56:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Helena Haenni Zimerman.pdf: 902911 bytes, checksum: a62ef2245ef8dfdf747e74745d1c4968 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-25 / The research approaches the poetic work of St John of the Cross and performs an interlocution with the psychoanalytic concept of invoking drive. Specialized bibliographies were sought based on the life and work of the catholic mystic, as well as writings of the saint himself. The considerations on the peculiarities of the poetry of St John of the Cross are analyzed from bibliographical references which deal specifically with the esthetic and stylistic question of the mystic. The theoretical axis for articulation with the mystical field is the psychoanalytic field, based on the works of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. St. John of the Cross expressed his mystical experience poetically. The context in which the beginning of his poetic creation takes place, in a moment of intense anguish and helplessness, as well as the dimension assumed by his art, compose an interesting perspective for reflection within the psychoanalytic clinic. It is sought to investigate, by this study, if the aesthetic resource, used by St John of the Cross, privileging the sonority in its verses and, at the same time, maintaining the enigmatic character of its experience, reveals itself as a resource that allowed him to recreate a new way of being and relating to his existence. Such interlocution provides a fertile field for reflection on psychoanalytic practice / A pesquisa aborda a obra poética de São João da Cruz e realiza uma interlocução com o conceito psicanalítico de pulsão invocante. Buscou-se bibliografias especializadas na vida e obra do místico católico, bem como, escritos do próprio santo. As considerações sobre as peculiaridades da poesia de São João da Cruz são analisadas, a partir de referenciais bibliográficos que tratam especificamente da questão estética e estilística do místico. O eixo teórico para a articulação com o campo místico é o campo psicanalítico, embasado nas obras de Sigmund Freud e Jacques Lacan. São João da Cruz expressou sua experiência mística de modo poético. O contexto em que se deu o início de sua criação poética, em um momento de forte angústia e desamparo, bem como, a dimensão que assumiu sua arte, compõem uma perspectiva interessante para a reflexão no âmbito da clínica psicanalítica. Busca-se averiguar, a partir do exposto, se o recurso estético, utilizado por São João da Cruz, privilegiando a sonoridade em seus versos e, ao mesmo tempo, a manutenção do caráter enigmático de sua experiência, revela-se como um recurso que permitiu-lhe recriar um modo novo de estar e se relacionar com sua existência. Tal interlocução, propicia um campo fértil para reflexão da clínica psicanalítica
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A treva luminosa: teologia e mística em Paul Evdokimov

Gallego, Roberto de Almeida 07 November 2012 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Roberto de Almeida Gallego.pdf: 1156322 bytes, checksum: aa2b5d51ff13d31ece07c61971797ce5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-07 / The object of the present doctoral thesis is to study the co-relation between theology and mystical theology in the works of the Russian philosopher and Orthodox theologian Paul Evdokimov (1901-1970). As a result of the Bolchevik Revolution, Paul Evdokimov, like many intellectuals of his generation, had to leave Russia and settled in France, where he lived and wrote, thus contributing significantly to the dissemination of the Orthodox Christianity in the West. By expounding with creative depth and unique sensitivity the treasures of his own religious tradition, Paul Evdokimov bequeathed to Orthodox Christians and Western men and women alike a legacy of profound insights into the human condition, which still preserves their vitality and freshness at the dawn of this new century. Initially, this study seeks to draw a biographical portrait of Paul Evdokimov and identify the main theoretical and existential references that helped shape his vision of the world. These references have a philosophical, theological and literary character. Furthermore, this study focuses on the critical fortune of Paul Evdokimov s works through the compilation and summarization of opinions from commentators of Evdokimov s oeuvre. The reader is presented sequentially with some characteristic traits of Orthodox Christianity. Finally, this study looks into the issues related to the evidence and validation of the knowledge of God from Paul Evdokimov s perspective, comparing such ideas to contributions arising from the epistemology of religion with regard to the so-called proof or arguments of God s existence. From all these elements, this study aims to demonstrate that to Paul Evdokimov, there is a fundamental indistinction between theology and mystical theology, namely, at the ultimate foundation that supports them, in that such indistinction can be traced in some of the dominant ideas prevalent in his oeuvre / A presente tese doutoral tem, por objetivo, estudar a correlação entre teologia e mística na obra de Paul Evdokimov (1901-1970), filósofo e teólogo ortodoxo russo, o qual, em virtude do advento da Revolução Bolchevique em sua terra natal, viu-se, juntamente com outros tantos intelectuais de sua geração, obrigado a deixá-la, fixando-se, então, na França, onde viveu e escreveu, contribuindo, significativamente, para a divulgação, no Ocidente, do cristianismo ortodoxo. Ao interpretar, com criatividade e sensibilidade invulgares, os tesouros de sua própria tradição religiosa, Paul Evdokimov legou, não só aos ortodoxos, mas também aos homens e mulheres de cultura ocidental, um acervo de profundas intuições a respeito da condição humana, que preserva a sua atualidade e o seu frescor, neste alvorecer de novo século. Com vistas ao cumprimento do escopo deste trabalho, buscou-se, inicialmente, esboçar o retrato biográfico do referido autor, assim como indicar os principais referenciais teóricos e existenciais que contribuíram para a formação de sua visão de mundo, referenciais, estes, de ordem filosófica, teológica e literária. Em seguida, cuidou-se de elaborar a fortuna crítica da obra de Paul Evdokimov, através da compilação e da sumarização das impressões que os principais comentadores da obra de Evdokimov têm desta. Sequencialmente, tentouse apresentar, ao leitor, alguns dos traços característicos do cristianismo ortodoxo. Por fim, a pesquisa se debruçou sobre a problemática relativa à evidência e à validação do conhecimento de Deus, a partir do pensamento de Paul Evdokimov, cotejando tais ideias com alguns aportes advindos da epistemologia da religião, bem como analisando a posição do mencionado autor com respeito às denominadas provas ou argumentos da existência de Deus. A partir de todos estes elementos, tentou-se demonstrar que, para Paul Evdokimov, vigora uma indistinção fundamental isto é, no nível do fundamento último que as sustenta entre teologia e mística, sendo que tal indistinção pode ser rastreada em algumas das ideias-força recorrentes em sua obra
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Experiência de Quase Morte (EQM): uma abordagem empírica / Near-Death Experience (NDE): an empirical approach

Carunchio, Beatriz Ferrara 27 November 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-12-08T11:27:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Ferrara Carunchio.pdf: 1789587 bytes, checksum: 02b52956206c5ee3ff100f009b1ee306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-08T11:27:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Ferrara Carunchio.pdf: 1789587 bytes, checksum: 02b52956206c5ee3ff100f009b1ee306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / Near-Death Experience (NDE) is a mystical experience that happens during or near of clinical death. During NDE, one experiences phenomena as out of body experience, meetings with supernatural agents, travels through a transcendent reality or even seeing what is happening around the body. The aim of this study is to verify if there is any correlation between mystical experience and NDE. We suggest that there is correlation, and maybe this is the responsible for initiate changes in perception and meaning one sees in life. About the method, we used two scales: Hood‟s Mysticism Scale (M Scale) and Greyson‟s NDE Scale. We had 350 valid answers (N=350). 14% had experienced NDE, 13% had already been in risk of death, but hadn‟t experienced NDE, and 73% had never been in risk of death. The statistical analysis was made with SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Factor 3 had statistical significance (p=0,01) for both the groups that had been in risk of death. According to correlational analysis, the higher scores in Greyson‟s NDE Scale, the bigger scores in Factor 3 of Hood‟s M Scale. We concluded that there is correlation between NDE and introvertive mysticism / Experiência de Quase Morte (EQM) é uma experiência mística que ocorre durante ou próximo da morte clínica. Durante a EQM, a pessoa vivencia fenômenos como experiência fora do corpo, encontro com seres sobrenaturais, visita a uma realidade transcendente ou, ainda, observação da cena em que o corpo está. O objetivo desta tese é verificar se há correlação entre experiência mística e EQM. A hipótese é que há correlação, o que desencadearia mudanças na percepção e atribuição de sentido para a vida. O método foi aplicação das escalas: Escala M de Misticismo de Hood e a Escala de EQM de Greyson. Obtivemos 350 respostas válidas (N=350), sendo que 14% teve EQM, 13% correu risco de morte, sem EQM, e 73% nunca correu risco de morte iminente. Na análise estatística com o SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) constatou-se significância estatística no Fator 3 – misticismo de introversão da Escala M entre os grupos que teve EQM e que correu risco de morte, mas não teve EQM (p=0,01). De acordo com a análise de correlações, quanto maior o resultado na Escala de EQM de Greyson, maior também a pontuação no Fator 3. Concluímos que há correlação entre EQM e experiência mística de introversão
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Aesthetic Spaces in Malory¡¦s Le Morte Darthur

Kuo, Ju-ping 05 February 2010 (has links)
The immense scope of Sir Thomas Malory¡¦s Le Morte Darthur has long kept daunting his readers. In terms of space, Malory includes both historical locations and imaginary and unnamed natural locales in his work. These places have different functions and therefore transmit different dimensions of spatial imagination. This dissertation examines three kinds of space¡Xwater as space, urban space and mystical space, and the aesthetic relations to these spaces in Le Morte Darthur. These named spaces and the selected locations in each category will be analyzed in the framework of microspace and macrospace, a structure proposed by Dick Harrison in conceptualizing medieval spatial experiences. Chapter one explores water as space. Some geographical sites, such as harbors, lakes, wells and rivers, and an imaginary space of Lancelot¡¦s tears as a qualitative concept are discussed in relation to the aquatic regenerative power. Particular interests are in how Malory accentuates differences which water exhibits in these sites and how water functions as a link to the past and to the future via language and spatial verticality. The second chapter moves to urban space, localized in specific places. This chapter aims to explicate how some medieval cities in Le Morte Darthur are consecrated or deconsecrated as a result of the city¡¦s association with distinct social and moral/immoral activities. The final chapter discusses mystical space. The places of sojourn of the Grail knights during their quest are marked by spatial verticality and horizontality, in proportion to each knight¡¦s moral worthiness. These locales form a preparatory path towards the space where the Grail vision and a divine message are ultimately revealed. An analogy between the interior space of the Grail and the extracosmic void space is drawn in order to convey the essence of the Grail in spatial terms. The progression from chapter one to three reflects a tendency from the physical to the mystical world of the human existence imagined in Malory¡¦s work. Moral dimension plays an important role in that it enables the transformation from microspace to macrospace in some instances. The term ¡§aesthetic spaces¡¨ will include both microspace and macrospace, in which Malory employs real and imaginary sites to fulfill his aesthetic ideal. ¡§Aesthetic spaces,¡¨ when taken in a broader sense, will also apply to ¡§poetic space¡¨ when language results in the transference of space which characters experience. Three categories of texts will be employed in the discussion: literary, historical and theoretical texts. The first group includes Le Morte Darthur, some major medieval English romances and chronicles and the Old French prose Vulgate and Post-Vulgate Cycles; the second, fourteenth- and fifteenth-century philosophical, religious and historical documents; and the last, theories of medieval spatial thinking from Harrison and Mircea Eliade. Through comparisons of a number of passages in Le Morte Darthur and these two French versions, this writer attempts to show that Malory, as the first writer to incorporate the Grail narrative into Arthurian romance in England prior to the late fifteenth century, succeeds in presenting microspatial and macrospatial thinking in Le Morte Darthur.
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Versos ao amado: mística e erotismo na poesia de Teresa D'ávila

Lima, Maria Graciele de 10 April 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:39:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1319689 bytes, checksum: 8c2b50e7c505e792eb6906ac007190d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This research focuses on the poetic work of Teresa of Ávila, Spanish writer and poet who lived in the sixteenth century and became known as the founder of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. The corpus chosen for analysis is composed of the following poems: Mi Amado es para mí, Traspasada and Buscate en mí, taken from the collection of her poetry published in Complete Works (1974) to be analyzed in the light of Mysticism and Eroticism also considering the traces of female authorship present in those texts. The reading of her selected poetry demonstrates that there is in them a strong presence of elements of the Western Christian Mysticism of the Middle Ages, as well as the speech marks of female authorship and related mystical eroticism through aesthetic choices that anticipate the Baroque characteristics. For that determination, the theoretical support was sought mainly in the following works: El fenómeno místico: estudio comparado (2009), written by Juan Martin Velasco, The Eroticism (2004) by Georges Bataille, Mystical Theology: The Science of love (1996) by William Johnston, Estudos sobre o Barroco (2002) by Helmut Hatzfeld, as well as several studies on female authorship in the mystical writings of the Middle Ages with the objective of identifying common elements in the poems analyzed. / Esta pesquisa está centrada na obra poética de Teresa d Ávila, escritora e poetisa espanhola que viveu no século XVI e se tornou conhecida por ser a fundadora da Ordem das Carmelitas Descalças. O corpus escolhido para análise é composto pelos poemas Mi Amado para mí, Traspasada e Buscate en mí, retirados da coletânea de poesia publicada em suas Obras Completas (1974) a fim de serem analisados à luz da Mística e do Erotismo, considerando também as marcas da autoria feminina presentes nos referidos textos. A leitura dos poemas escolhidos demonstra que neles há uma forte presença de elementos da Mística ocidental cristã própria da Idade Média, bem como das marcas do discurso de autoria feminina e de características relacionadas ao erotismo místico por meio de escolhas estéticas que antecipam o Barroco. Para a referida constatação, foi buscado o apoio teórico, principalmente, nos trabalhos: El fenómeno místico: estudio comparado (2009), escrito por Juan Martin Velasco, O Erotismo (2004) de Georges Bataille, Mystical Theology: the Science of love(1996) de William Johnston, Estudos sobre o Barroco (2002) de Helmut Hatzfeld, bem como diversos estudos sobre autoria feminina nos escritos místicos da Idade Média com o objetivo de apontar elementos comuns nos poemas teresianos analisados.
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Religio cordis: um estudo comparativo sobre a concepção de coração em Ibn ‘Arabī e João da Cruz

Souza, Carlos Frederico Barboza de 31 July 2008 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-02-16T13:54:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 carlosfredericobarbozadesouza.pdf: 2789665 bytes, checksum: 6df111460266f9263387d9e5f50f64d3 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-02-20T17:42:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 carlosfredericobarbozadesouza.pdf: 2789665 bytes, checksum: 6df111460266f9263387d9e5f50f64d3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-20T17:42:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 carlosfredericobarbozadesouza.pdf: 2789665 bytes, checksum: 6df111460266f9263387d9e5f50f64d3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-31 / O objetivo desta tese é estabelecer uma comparação entre a concepção de coração presente nos escritos de Ibn ‘Arabī de Múrcia (1165-1240) e João da Cruz (1542-1591). Para isto, a mesma se divide em três partes, sendo a primeira centrada no pensamento de Ibn ‘Arabī sobre Deus, o cosmo em sua dinamicidade, o ser humano e seu processo de ascensão espiritual rumo à aniquilação e subsistência no Real. A segunda parte se centra no pensamento de João da Cruz, também procurando descrever sua concepção acerca de Deus, da natureza e do ser humano, assim como do processo espiritual com suas Noites e de seu clímax na unio mystica . Já a terceira parte é o cerne da tese e aborda especificamente como estes dois místicos compreendem o coração e seu papel na jornada espiritual. Assim, serão percorridos textos de ambos, que demonstram que o coração é concebido como centro da pessoa e da experiência mística. Ao mesmo tempo ele se constitui de maneira dinâmica e fluídica, capaz de assumir diversas formas no processo de acolhida do Real decorrente de seu polimento que lhe torna espelho por excelência das manifestações divinas. Centrados no evento cordial , Ibn ‘Arabī e João da Cruz desenvolverão uma cardio gnosis e, ao mesmo tempo, uma religio cordis . Sobressai a semelhança com que ambos tratam esta questão e a singularidade joãocruciana, que trabalha com algumas concepções quase que exclusivas da mística muçulmana. / The aim of this thesis is to establish a comparison between the concept of heart found in the writings of Ibn ‘Arabī of Múrcia (1165-1240) and John of the Cross (1542-1591). To articulate this, the thesis is divided into three parts; the first section centres on Ibn ‘Arabī thoughts about God, the cosmos in its dynamism, the human being and the process of his spiritual ascension towards annihilation and subisisntence in the Real. The second part focuses on the thoughts of John of the Cross. It also tries to describe his conception of God, nature and the human being, as well as the spiritual process with his Nights ( Noites ) and of his climax in the Unio Mystica . The third part, however, is the core element of this thesis and it raises the question specifically of how these two mystical men understand the heart and its role through the spiritual journey. Thus, texts from both writers have been examed and they show that the heart is conceived as the centre of a person and of the mystical experience. At the same time, it is formed in a dynamic and fluid manner, capable of assuming many forms in the process of embracing the Real due to the fact that it was polished and thus becoming a mirror for excellence of the divine manifestations. Centred in the hearty event ( cordial evento ) Ibn ‘Arabī and John of the Cross's work will help to develop a Cardio Gnosis and, at the same time, a Religio Cordis . What stands out is the similarity with which both writers address this subject and the singularity of John of the Cross's writings which work with some conceptions that are almost exclusive to Muslin mysticism.
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Écriture du réel aux frontières de l'expérience mystique : lecture psychanalytique et théologie thérésienne

Silveira Rosa, Fernando 01 1900 (has links)
Cotutelle de thèse: PhD en philosophie par la Faculté de Philosophie de l’Université de Strasbourg et PhD en sciences des religions par l'Institut d’études religieuses de l'Université de Montréal. / Le réel, compris comme un impossible à signifier, apparait comme le point sur lequel philosophes, théologiens et psychanalystes achoppent quand ils lisent le récit d'une expérience mystique. En fait, la mystique se présente pour eux comme un réel, soit un impossible à maitriser par le langage. Pourtant les écrits de Thérèse d’Avila montrent que l’expérience mystique, au contraire, a un lien étroit avec le réel. Pour cerner ce qui, du réel, est en jeu dans ce qui, pour un mystique, constitue une expérience spirituelle singulière, nous nous appuierons d'une part sur le travail de Freud autour de la notion de trace et sur la façon dont Lacan a développé le concept de réel. D'autre part, il s'agira de mettre en perspective une théologie mystique chez Thérèse. Cette double approche marquée par l’attention à ce qui fait frontière entre le sens et le hors sens permettra d'aborder l’écriture comme un support matériel nécessaire pour reconnaitre les traces de l’émergence du réel. Cela nous permettra de postuler que le réel peut être lu comme une condition de possibilité d’existence de l’expérience mystique. À cet effet, Thérèse de Jésus sera convoquée à la fois comme mystique, soit comme celle qui a vécu une expérience avec Dieu, et à la fois comme théologienne, soit comme celle qui a réfléchi à cette expérience. Pour être en mesure de lire cette expérience vécue comme un impossible à représenter, nous nous servirons de la manière dont Freud et Lacan ont développé un savoir autour de ce réel, lu comme Dieu dans la mystique. Mais, là où Freud considérait le spirituel comme relevant du pulsionnel, Lacan définit l’expérience mystique à partir du champ de la jouissance, en l’inscrivant dans le champ de la logique signifiante dont le réel est un produit. Cela nous amènera à réinterpréter la trace inscrite dans le corps comme une dimension du réel qui résiste à la symbolisation du corps parlant. Ce rapport entre le signifiant et le réel permet de reconnaitre les savoirs psychanalytiques et mystiques comme un savoir-faire avec ce qui relève de l’impossible. Dans le cas de Thérèse, ce réel prend la forme du Dieu-Trinitaire comme vérité. Cependant, indiquer cette vérité ne lui suffit pas, car ce qui est en jeu dans cette expérience est vivre l’union avec ce Dieu qui ex-siste au langage. Le savoir-faire avec le réel en devient une conséquence possible, voire une grâce. / The real, understood as something impossible to signify, appears to be the point at which philosophers, theologians, and psychoanalysts stumble when they read an account of mystical experience. In fact, mysticism is presented as an impossible real to master through language. Yet, the writing of Teresa of Avila shows that mystical experience, on the contrary, has a close link with the real. To illuminate what of the real is at stake in what, for a mystic, constitutes a singular spiritual experience, we can look to Freud's work on the notion of trace and to the way in which Lacan developed the concept of the real to gain perspective of the mystical theology of Teresa. This dual approach, marked by attention to the boundary between the tangible and the intangible, makes it possible to consider these works as necessary material support for discerning emergent traces of the real. This allows us to postulate that real can be read as a condition of the possibility for the existence of the mystical experience. Thus, Teresa de Avila will be invoked as both a mystic, one who has lived an experience with God, and as a theologian, one who has also pondered this experience. To be able to understand this lived experience as impossible to represent, we can use the way Freud and Lacan discussions concerning the real, read here as God in mysticism. Yet, Freud considered the spiritual to be part of impulse, whereas Lacan defines the mystical experience in the field of jouissance, inscribing it in the field of signifying logic, of which the real is a product. This leads us to reinterpret the trace inscribed in the body as a dimension of real that resists the symbolic representation of the subject. This relationship between the signifier and the real makes it possible to recognize psychoanalytical and mystical knowledge as a kind of “know-how” of what is impossible. In the case of Teresa of Avila, the real takes the form of the Trinity as truth. To indicate this truth, however, is not enough for her, for what is at stake in this experience is living in union with God who ex-sist in language. In this case, the “know-how” with the real become possibly consequential, even a blessing.
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The Contemplative Gift in the Life of the Church

St. Romain, Sister Pia (Kimberly) 01 October 2021 (has links)
Church leaders and other members of the Mystical Body of Christ can avail themselves more to the contemplative gift while undergoing the Paschal Mystery as a team and cultivating spaces of encounter and communion with people in the Church and in the world for deepening union with God and further entry in the process of divinization. Members of the Mystical Body can be more sensitive to the presence of God within themselves and others through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that offers an entryway for Divine Love to take captive the affections of the will as the contemplative gift is increasingly activated from within each person. This way is shown through the Holy Family and their common spiritual life which offers a model of Church that invites all people to share in their oneness of heart rooted in the Trinity to be love as one family of God.
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The Problem of Language: Reflections of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus in the Prose of Ingeborg Bachmann

Smith, Sara E. 30 March 2006 (has links)
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