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On Mysticism

By Simon Critchley

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On Mysticism

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'A significant and courageous invitation to think again about the kinds of thinking that matter; the kinds of thinking that keep us awake' Rowan WilliamsMysticism has been called 'experience at its most intense form', and here philosopher Simon Critchley asks: wouldn't you like to taste this intensity? Wouldn't you like to be lifted up and out of yourself?Mysticism is not a question of religious belief but of felt experience and daily practice. It is a way of freeing yourself of your standard habits, fancies and imagining so as to see what is there and stand with what is there ecstatically. It is the achievement of a fluid openness between thought and existence. This is a book about Julian of Norwich and medieval mystics that also ranges through the work of Anne Carson, Annie Dillard and T.S. Eliot. It looks at Nick Cave and German krautrock and shows how music can be secular worship. It opens the door to mysticism not as something unworldly and unimaginable, but as a way of life.
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Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2025-07-03
Publication Date:
2025-07-03
Publisher:
Profile Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1800816944
ISBN13:
9781800816947
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
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Weight:
274 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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