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Author Studstill, Randall.

Title The unity of mystical traditions : the transformation of consciousness in Tibetan and German mysticism / by Randall Studstill.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Numen book series, 0169-8834 ; v. 107
Studies in the history of religions ; 107.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: A Mystical Pluralist Theory of Mysticism; Chapter Two A Critique Of Constructivism; Chapter Three An Alternative Methodology: A Systems Approach To Consciousness; Chapter Four Doctrine and Practice in the Dzogchen Tradition; Chapter Five Doctrine And Practice In German Mysticism; Chapter Six Mystical Pluralism, Systems Theory, and the Unity of Mystical Traditions; Appendix A Defining 'Mysticism' and 'Mystical Experience'; Appendix B Remarks On Essentialist and Typological Approaches to Mysticism.
Summary The book supports an ecumenical theory of mysticism through a comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzogchen and German mysticism. Using a systems model of consciousness as an interpretive framework, it shows how the distinct doctrines and practices of these two traditions function in parallal, equally transformative ways.
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Subject Mysticism -- Comparative studies.
Mysticism -- Comparative studies.
Mysticism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Mysticism.
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Mysticism -- Germany.
Germany.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Comparative studies.
Other Form: Print version: Studstill, Randall. Unity of mystical traditions. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005045715
ISBN 9789047407218 (electronic book)
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1280867957
9781280867958
900414319X (alkaline paper)