Mysticism and Sense Perception

In this paper I propose to examine the cognitive status of mystical experience.There are, I think, (at least) three distinct but overlapping sorts of religious experience. (1) In the first place, there are two kinds of mystical experience. The extrovertive or nature mystic (in some sense) identifies...

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Main Author: Wainwright, William J. 1935- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1973]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1973, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 257-278
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