This study explores an interpretation of mysticism as a way of life that is a response to what
the mystic conceives of as ultimate reality. The suggestion is that what lies at the centre
of reality is the sense of a dynamic non-dialectic absence/presence. Mysticism is suggested
to be an exploration of this centre of reality that takes the form of a conjoined movement
of transcending and integrating. The argument of the study is developed in light of the
contemporary approach that has made mysticism either totally grounded in the mystic's
socio-linguistic context (Steven T. Katz) or detached from it in a 'pure consciousness event'
(Robert K. C. Forman et al), both of which are primarily driven by a focus on mysticism
as an experience. What is judged to have been overlooked in the contemporary discussion
is that which is argued as being most endemic to mysticism, that is, the explorative life-enactment
of that which the mystic conceives of as ultimate reality. / Religious Studies and Arabic / M.A. (Religious Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16717 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Dube, Christopher |
| Contributors | Krüger, J. S. (Jacobus Stefanus),|d1940-, Peterson, E. H. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 1 online resource (xv, 141 leaves) |
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