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Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism
Jeffrey J. Kripal
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| #1509092 in Books | 2001-12-01 | 2001-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.20 x6.00l,1.28 | File type: PDF | 272 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| The Writer as Mystic, Mystic as Writer|By Toby Johnson|In Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom, Jeffrey J. Kripal, a professor of comparative religion, now at Rice University, presents the argument that writing—and reading—about mysticism is itself a kind of mystical induction practice that can result in the experience of such mystical states in the writer/reader. To||
“According to Kripal, mysticism is very much a praxis, a set of techniques that lead to a goal, inner depth and self-knowledge. . . . Kripal’s book can bring much-needed clarity and depth, and no little intelligence, to the ‘subject
William Blake once wrote that "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Inspired by these poetic terms, Jeffrey J. Kripal reveals how the works of scholars of mysticism are often rooted in their own mystical experiences, "roads of excess," which can both lead to important insights into these scholars' works and point us to our own "palaces of wisdom."
In his new book, Kripal addresses the twentieth-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tr...
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