tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4080320122146421629..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Romanticism is knowledge by experience (the essence and necessity of Romantic Christianity)Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74931525249148304372019-12-10T14:13:00.745+00:002019-12-10T14:13:00.745+00:00“Christian mysticism” properly understood sounds v...“Christian mysticism” properly understood sounds very much like what you’re describing. Bernard McGinn (U of Chicago and a devout Catholic) is the authority on this —check out his ouevre!William Zeitlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700471993844407817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-22535057895289449662019-02-05T06:04:54.432+00:002019-02-05T06:04:54.432+00:00@William. No!
Mysticism is understood to mean vag...@William. No!<br /><br />Mysticism is understood to mean vague, 'misty', imprecise, and happening in a clouded state of consciousness (trance, dream etc). <br /><br />Gnosis... well, who knows what that means; because it is just just anyhow. And it is foreign. <br /><br />Direct seems like a very helpful word - because it captures the idea (the almost logical necessity) that there *must* be some way of knowing that does Not depend upon any 'chain of communications'. <br /><br />It is the method of knowing that needs naming - and no already-existing term captures it as well as 'direct'. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-39275415859517903012019-02-05T05:37:16.252+00:002019-02-05T05:37:16.252+00:00The usual terms for knowing spiritual truth by dir...The usual terms for knowing spiritual truth by direct personal experience are "mysticism" and "gnosis." Do you think those labels are appropriate for what you're talking about?Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.com