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Christian mysticism is the tradition of mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation [of the person] for, the consciousness of, and the effect of [...] a direct and transformative presence of God" or divine love.
Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God.
Jun 25, 2014 · Mysticism asserts the earthly possibility of a personal, immediate union of the soul with the being of God Himself. It offers direct knowledge of God by extraordinary experiences and states of mind. Mysticism as a whole is not unique to Christianity, being found in religions and philosophies worldwide.
- Metaphysical Implications
- Mysticism as Christian Telos?
- Final Remarks
First, it strikes me that, once combined, (a), (b), and (c) together are almost certain to carry profound metaphysical import in the eyes of the mystic. To encounter a new mode of perception in which multiplicity utterly dissolves, accompanied by an overwhelming sense that ‘the experience is infinitely more real than anything that everyday experien...
But what if mystical knowing is precisely what the Christian faith is aimed at, what it is ‘really’ talking about? That is, in other words, might mysticism not be the hidden, inner meaning of Christianity which worship, scripture, and theology merely hint at as outward symbols or allegories? I now want to consider in some depth a few mystical exper...
We now have before us the mystical experiences of three very different Christians. Yet they all are one insomuch as they each meet the three criteria discussed above: They are (a) strongly unitive—with the ‘I AM’, the ‘Self’, the ‘pre-biographical unity’; they (b) acquaint the subject first-hand with a ‘truth’ or reality unobtainable by ordinary se...
- Daniel Spencer
- dhs2@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 2021
Hilton makes it clear that in calling sin ‘nothing’ he means that it has no distinctive form of being (and a fortiori no form of being that is independent of God who obliterates it by his sovereign love). But Hilton does not mean that as a perversion of creaturely good sin lacks reality and power.
Theological anthropology explores Christian understandings of human identity. In mystical theology, this broadly takes three forms. First, ‘positive’ or kataphatic anthropology focuses on what we may affirm about the various dimensions of human identity.
Mar 1, 2023 · Mysticism is a term for the belief within various religions that one can know God intimately and powerfully, directly with their inner spirit. Within the Christian tradition, this takes on a particular form.
