The mystical state
Subtitle: politics, gnosis, and emerging cultures
By: Arthur Versluis
Publisher: New Cultures Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781596500112
Subjects: Occultism; Negative theology; Mysticism; Gnosticism; Political aspects; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151)  and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is gnosis?; title: The legacy of monotheism; title: Counter-history and the "postmodern dilemma"; title: Nature; title: The diagnosis of "heretics"; title: Political implications of gnosis; title: Beyond the horizon of history; title: Negative theology and politics; title: Modernity and the secret roads inward; title: "The counter-culture," gnosis, and modernity; title: Towards new cultures; title: The mystical state; title: Conclusion.