Mysticism

Mysticism has been a central part of the study of religion in the Nordic countries since the groundbreaking works of Tor Andrae and Nathan Söderblom were published in the early 20th century. In this volume, based on a symposium on mysticism held at the Donner Institute in 1968, several of the leading scholars of religion of the time present their research on mysticism from historical, psychological, theological and linguistic points of view. Among the authors are found e.g. Hjalmar Sundén, Holger Tesleff, Birgit Klockars, Wilho Rinne and Åke V. Ström. Mysticism is highlighted in a historical as well as in a contemporary context and the difficult question of “faith and reason” – in its present variant of “mysticism and scholarship” – is challenged and discussed. The volume is based on papers read at the Symposium on Mysticism held at Åbo on the 7th-9th September, 1968. Cover Half title Imprint Contents Mysticism, Historical and Contemporary (CARL-MARTIN EDSMAN) Meditation and Perception. Some Notes on the Psychology of Religious Mysticism (HJALMAR SUNDEN) Mystische Anklänge in den altägyptischen Vorstellungen von Gott und Welt (JAN BERGMAN) The Pythagoreans in the Light and Shadows of Recent Research (HOLGER THESLEFF) L'expérience mystique chez Philon (SÖREN GIVERSEN) Das mystische Erlebnis bei Plotin (H. LUDIN JANSEN) S. Birgitta and Mysticism (BIRGIT KLOCKARS) Mysticism and Greek Monasticism (WILHO RINNE) Vladimir Solovjovs mystisches Erlebnis (MARIA WIDNÄS) William Blake's Visions and the Unio Artistica (Bo H. LINDBERG) Mystik und gegenstandslose Malerei (SIXTEN RINGBOM) The Aesthetic and the Mystic Experience in Indian Theory (NILS SIMONSSON) Zur Mystik des Brahmanismus-Hinduismus (PENTTI AALTO) The Literary Expression of Persian Sufism (Bo UTAS) Formes de mystique dans le Nord préchrétien (ÅKE V. STRÖM) Mystik und Bantu-Frömmigkeit (HARALD VON SICARD)