Death, Dying, and Mysticism [electronic resource] : The Ecstasy of the End /
Cattoi, Thomas.editor.
Moreman, Christopher M.editor.
This volume offers a sample of reflections from scholars and practitioners on the theme of death and dying from scholars and practitioners, ranging from the Christian tradition to Hinduism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, while also touching on the themes of the afterlife and near-death experiences.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction  Ars Moriendi after Kant's Turn to the Subject; 1 Lady Jacopa and Francis: ; 2 Mystical Dying in Contemporary Autobiographies; 3 Traces of Resurrection:  The Pattern of Simone Weil's Mysticism; 4 Thoreau's Religious Response to Death; 5 You Create Your Own Reality:  ; 6 Symbolic Death of the Subject in the Structure of Jacques Lacan; 7 Anomalous Experiences and the Bereavement Process; 8 Heaven Is for Real and America's Fascination with Near-Death Experiences; 9 Mystical Knowledge and Near-Death Experience
10 The Experience of Death as Non-Death11 Death Visions of the Goddess Kali:  ; 12 Samad̄hi as True Death in the Yogasut̄ra; 13 At Our End Is the Beginning: ; 14 Modern Requiem Compositions and Musical Knowledge of Death and Afterlife; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume offers a sample of reflections from scholars and practitioners on the theme of death and dying from scholars and practitioners, ranging from the Christian tradition to Hinduism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, while also touching on the themes of the afterlife and near-death experiences.
Religions.
Religion-History.
Spirituality.
Comparative Religion.
History of Religion.
Spirituality.