Mystics and Scholars : the Calgary Conference on Mysticism 1976. by Terence Penelhum; Harold Coward

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Mysticism in Iran : the Safavid roots of a modern concept / by Anzali, Ata

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the question of ʻirfan in contemporary Iran -- ʻIrfan in the pre-Safavid period -- The Safavid opposition to sufism -- The sufi response -- The invention of ʻirfan -- The institutionalization of ʻirfan -- Modernization of ʻirfan -- Epilogue: ʻirfan as mysticism?…”
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The return to the mystical : Ludwig Wittgenstein, Teresa of Avila and the Christian mystical tradition / by Tyler, Peter, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…A Wittgensteinian view of the mystical. What is mystical anyway? -- Saying and showing : a Wittgensteinian methodology -- pt. 2. …”
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The Moral Mystic. by Horne, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; Chapter I. Mysticism and the Amoral Life; Chapter II. Some Important Distinctions; Chapter III. …”
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Western mysticism : the teaching of SS. Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on contemplation and the contemplative life / by Butler, Cuthbert, 1858-1934

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Christian mysticism : an introduction to contemporary theoretical approaches / by Nelstrop, Louise

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Contemporary theoretical approaches -- Key themes and motifs -- Platonism and Christian mysticism -- Negative or apophatic language -- Selfhood and interiority -- Erotic imagery -- Hierarchy -- Symbolism and Scripture : mystical sense -- Later developments in Christian mysticism -- Female mysticism -- Visionary mysticism -- Imaginative mysticism, meditation, and experience -- Mysticism and heresy -- Postmodern re-readings of pseudo-Denys and Augustine -- Exploring negative language through pseudo-Denys : Derrida and Marion -- Exploring negative language through Augustine : Marion, Derrida and Lyotard -- Conclusion: What is Christian mysticism?…”
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Mystic Christianity : or, The Inner teachings of the Master / by Ramacharaka, 1862-1932

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Mysticism and madness : the religious thought of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav / by Mark, Zvi

Table of Contents: “…Imagination, prophecy and faith : the role of the imagination in religious life, and the character of Bratslavian faith -- On the character of mystical experiences -- Unification : hints, sparks and melody : on the Bratslavian service of God -- Silence and melody facing the void : on the place of the mystic melody in the confrontation with heresy in the writings of R. …”
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Mystics and messiahs : cults and new religions in American history / by Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

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The mystic mind : the psychology of medieval mystics and ascetics / by Kroll, Jerome

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction -- part Part I Psychology and biology -- chapter 2 Heroic asceticism and self-injurious behavior -- chapter 3 Mysticism and altered states of consciousness -- chapter 4 Pain and laceration of the flesh -- chapter 5 Sleep deprivation -- chapter 6 Fasting and starvation -- part Part II History -- chapter 7 Historical methods: selecting a database -- chapter 8 Pathways to holiness -- chapter 9 Radegund -- chapter 10 Beatrice of nazareth -- chapter 11 Beatrice of ornacieux -- chapter 12 Henry suso -- chapter 13 Mental illness, hysteria, and mysticism -- chapter 14 Conclusion.…”
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The mystic leeway / by Gregg, Frances, 1884-1941

Table of Contents: “…Cover13; -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Editor's Preface -- Editor's Introduction -- "My Hilda" -- Frances Gregg: First Hand -- Note on the Text -- The Mystic Leeway -- Endnotes -- Works Cited.…”
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Messianic mystics / by Idel, Moshe, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Pre-Kabbalistic Jewish forms of messianism -- Abraham Abulafia : ecstatic Kabbalah and spiritual messianism -- Concepts of messiah in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries : theosophical forms of Kabbalah -- Messianism and Kabbalah, 1470-1540 -- From Italy to Safed and back, 1540-1640 -- Sabbateanism and mysticism -- Hasidism : mystical messianism and mystical redemption -- Concluding remarks.…”
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Mystic chords : mysticism and psychology in popular music / by Soni, Manish

Table of Contents: “…Mysticism -- Illusory nature of the world and unity of all consciousness -- Realization of the unity -- Love as mystical union -- Transforming perception -- The original state of mind -- The web of life -- Detachment and renunciation -- The great void within -- Psychology -- Psychology and mysticism compared -- The nature of the unconscious -- Projection and archetypes -- Childhood -- Flooding of unconscious material/schizophrenia -- Conditioning and conformity versus self-expression -- The road to revelation -- The hero journey -- The call to adventure -- The journey and the treasure -- Struggle against the mother -- Bob Dylan's Isis.…”
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Mystical consciousness : Western perspectives and dialogue with Japanese thinkers / by Roy, Louis, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…From intentionality to consciousness : Searle -- Degrees of consciousness : Crosby -- Further clarifications : Helminiak -- Affective side : Morelli -- Accounts of mystical consciousness. Forman on pure consciousness events -- Realm of transcendence according to Lonergan -- Moore on the "how" of consciousness -- Price on bare consciousness -- Granfield on the mystical difference -- Three classics. …”
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False mystics : deviant orthodoxy in colonial Mexico / by Jaffary, Nora E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…The evaluation of true and false mysticism --…”
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The mystic experience : a descriptive and comparative analysis / by Paper, Jordan D.

Table of Contents: “…Phenomenology (descriptive analysis) of the mystic experience --…”
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Mystic regimes : Sufism and the state in Iran, from the late Qajar era to the Islamic Republic / by Bos, Matthijs van den

Table of Contents: “…Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE -- MYSTIC REGIMES; PART TWO -- IN THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY; PART THREE -- IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC; PART FOUR -- AFTERTHOUGHTS; Appendices; Bibliography; Index/Glossary.…”
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Islamic mysticism : a short history / by Knysh, Alexander D.

Table of Contents: “…Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNINGS -- ASCETICISM AND MYSTICISM IN WESTERN PROVINCES: SYRIA AND EGYPT -- THE SUFISM OF THE BAGHDAD SCHOOL -- THE "INTOXICATED" MYSTICISM OF AL-BISṬĀMĪ AND AL-ḤALLĀJ -- ASCETIC AND MYSTICAL MOVEMENTS IN BAṢRA AND KHURĀSĀN -- THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE SUFI TRADITION -- SUFISM AS LITERATURE AND METAPHYSICS: THE GRAND MASTERS OF SUFI POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY -- UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN SUFISM. …”
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Christian mystics : their lives and legacies throughout the ages / by King, Ursula

Table of Contents: “…Background and themes -- Early Christian mystics -- Medieval mystics -- Mystics of the early modern period -- Eastern Orthodox mystics -- Mystics of our time.…”
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Hasidism as mysticism : quietistic elements in eighteenth century hasidic thought / by Schatz Uffenheimer, Rivka

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