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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good. 2001. first THUS. Paperback. 8.8 X 5.8 X 0.8 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION,CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; BLACK & ORANGE TITLES ON DARK RED PAPER COVERS, BLAKE ARTWORK, BODY FLOATING OVER BODY COVER ART, Frontis ilust similar with Blake sample of text. ; 272 pages; 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." .
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Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Jeffrey J. Kripal
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Although my body was asleep, resting almost anesthetized on its back, not unlike a corpse, consciousness was lucid and clear, fully awake.
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William Blake once wrote that "the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Inspired by these poetic terms, Jeffrey J. Kripal reflects on how the modern study of mysticism has often been inspired by the mystical experiences of the scholars themselves. More specifically, he suggests, these "roads of excess" are often marked by erotic engagements with text and tradition that carry within themselves important theoretical insights into both the historical mystics and our own critical engagements with their remarkable texts. To explore such possibilities, Kripal takes his readers on a tour of comparative mystical thought in Catholicism, Sufism, Hinduism, Tantra, and Kabbalah by examining the lives and works of five major historians of mysticism: Evelyn Underhill, Louis Massignon, R. C. Zaehner, Agehananda Bharati, and Elliot Wolfson. Kripal also critically analyzes his own mystical experiences in a series of revealing autobiographical essays and concludes the book with seven "palaces of wisdom" that envision the study of mysticism as a mystical phenomenon, with its own unique histories, psychosexual dynamics, ethical disciplines, existential paradoxes, and unitive goals.
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- Title Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom: Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism
- Author Jeffrey J. Kripal
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Date 2001-12-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780226453798 / 0226453790
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.06 x 0.9 in (22.91 x 15.39 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sex - Religious aspects, Homosexuality - Religious aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001035571
- Dewey Decimal Code 291.422
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