The Mystical Experience – A way of Expressing the Freedom of Spirit and Knowledge in and Through Love Cover Image

EXPERIENȚA MISTICĂ – FORMĂ DE EXPRIMARE A LIBERTĂȚII SPIRITULUI\ ȘI A CUNOAȘTERII ÎN ȘI PRIN IUBIRE
The Mystical Experience – A way of Expressing the Freedom of Spirit and Knowledge in and Through Love

Author(s): Maria Rodica Iacobescu
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Islam studies, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical studies, History of Religion
Published by: Editions IARSIC
Keywords: mystique; mystical ecstasy; ineffability; knowledge through love;

Summary/Abstract: The mystique is a way of existence and knowledge that reveals the possibility of a relationship between the human consciousness and the Absolute. During the mystical ecstasy, the mystery of the Supreme Being is revealed, and the union with it takes place. The mystical union is hard to describe in precise terms, henceforth the difficulty the mystics face when they attempt to develop their experience rationally. Because it’s an union based on love, it’s hard to conceptualize. The mystical knowledge is placed beyond what the language can describe, it remains foreign to the common experience and it can hardly be described in words that hold a well determined significance. The mystical language is, at many times, allusive, ineffability being a general characteristic of the mystical experience. The mystical experiences can be especially overwhelming, because they sometimes create a huge discrepancy with the values and concrete realities of day-to-day life. However short and rare they are, their transforming potential is great and they significantly improve the life and personality of those who experience the liberty of opening gates of perception that are inaccessible to most.

  • Issue Year: 10/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 381-396
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian