Return to the Mystical
Subtitle: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Teresa of Avila and the Christian Mystical Tradition
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781441161512
Subjects: Spirituality; Spiritual life; Religion; Catholic Church; Mysticism
Description: What is mystical is not how the world is but that it is' (Ludwig Wittgenstein)The Spanish Carmelite reformer, Teresa of Avila and the Austrian professor of logic, Ludwig Wittgenstein do not at first sight seem to be the most obvious of bed fellows. Yet, in this strikingly original work, Dr Peter Tyler argues that both were galvinised through their reading to 'see the world aright' by a radical form of writing known as 'mystical'. As young adults both were in turmoil, loneliness and despair, yet found in this style of writing personal transformation, commitment and, most of all, engagement with.
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Table of contents: title: An Explanation and Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Change of Aspect?; PART ONE; What is Mystical Anyway?; Saying and Showing: A Wittgensteinian Methodology; PART TWO; The Origins of the Theologia Mystica: Dionysius the Areopagite; The Medieval Flowering of the Theologia Mystica; The Emergence of the Spanish School: Mystical Theology as 'Recollection'; PART THREE; Teresa of Avila's Mystical Strategies; Wittgenstein and the Return to the Mystical; Conclusion A Concluding Unscientific Postscript: A 'Life Question' or 'Empty Chatter'?; Bibliography; Index.