Mysticism East and West: A Comparative Analysis of the Nature of Mysticism

absolute Advaita appears Atman attained Avidya becomes behold Bhakti blessedness Brahma Sūtra Brahman Christian clearly complete conceived conception consciousness contrast creare created creation creature depth disappears distinction divine doctrine Eckhart and Sankara Eckhart says Ekam elements emotional Ennead essence eternal Evans exalted existence expression faith feeling Fichte fullness fundamental Gita Godhead grace ground hidden higher Holy homo nobilis idea identity inner ipsum Iśvara jñāna knows living logical lower Brahman lower knowledge magic Mahāyāna manifold masters Māyā means Meister Eckhart merely modeless multiplicity mystical experience mystical intuition nature non-rational numinous object ontology original passage peculiar perceive perception Plotinus principio pure Rāmānuja relationship religion religious Ribhu salvation Samsara Scholasticism sense separate simple soul speaks speculation spirit stage Sūtras Tat tvam asi thee theism theistic thereby things thou thought tion true truth type of mysticism understanding unity Upanishad vidyā vision whole word Yoga Yogin