Roots of Western Mysticism

Week 1

READING:

• CM: Introduction
• Some Accounts of Mystical Experience
• Mystical Experience Registry
  • Mystical Experiences of Famous People
  • Mystical Experiences of Regular People

• 12 Introductions to the Course
  • Philosophical
  • Religious/Theological
  • Comparative
  • Post-Modern
  • Psychological
  • Social/Political
  • Literary
  • Historical
  • Scientific/Cosmological
  • Esoteric
  • Practical/Spiritual
  • Personal
  • Conclusion
    

What Is Mystical Experience?

• On Experience
• What is Religious Experience?
• Mysticism: Some Definitions
• Some Accounts of Mystical Experience
• Mystical Experience Registry
  • Mystical Experiences of Famous People
  • Mystical Experiences of Regular People
• Types of Interpretation of Mystical Experience
• Is Mysticism All About the Experience?
• Mysticism and Modernity