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Mysticism is a common, popular termed used to refer both to the experience of "mystical" [[Connection]], and to a general area of human inquiry and activity concerned with understanding and, sometimes, inducing the [[Connection Experience]].
Mysticism is a common, popular termed used to refer both to the experience of "mystical" [[Connection]], and to a general area of human inquiry and activity concerned with understanding and, sometimes, inducing the [[Connection Experience]].
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Troelsch's conception of mysticism refers directly, explicitly, and obviously, to mysticism and [[Connection]]. "What Troeltsch has in mind is an orientation of spiritual life in the history of Christianity which aims primarily at a "personal living piety and at an Interior life' which has a direct experience of salvation." <ref>Steeman, Theodore M. “Church, Sect, Mysticism, Denomination: Periodological Aspects of Troeltsch’s Types.” SA.  Sociological Analysis 36, no. 3 (1975): 181–204.</ref>. Salvation here may be understood as the experience of unity and oneness that one often experiences during a [[Connection Experience]].
Troelsch's conception of mysticism refers directly, explicitly, and obviously, to mysticism and [[Connection]]. "What Troeltsch has in mind is an orientation of spiritual life in the history of Christianity which aims primarily at a "personal living piety and at an Interior life' which has a direct experience of salvation." <ref>Steeman, Theodore M. “Church, Sect, Mysticism, Denomination: Periodological Aspects of Troeltsch’s Types.” SA.  Sociological Analysis 36, no. 3 (1975): 181–204.</ref>. Salvation here may be understood as the experience of unity and oneness that one often experiences during a [[Connection Experience]].
   
   
Carl Keller notes, "In the context of Christian Theology, the words 'mystical', 'mystic' have a precise meaning: they designate the highest state of Christian ''gnosis'' or religious knowledge, conceptualized as 'union' with God and the perfection of man. [sic]." <ref>Keller, Carl A. “Mystical Literature.” In Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edited by Steven T. Katz, 75–100. London: Sheldon Press, 1978. p. 75.</ref>


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Mysticism is a common, popular termed used to refer both to the experience of "mystical" Connection, and to a general area of human inquiry and activity concerned with understanding and, sometimes, inducing the Connection Experience.

Notes

Troelsch's conception of mysticism refers directly, explicitly, and obviously, to mysticism and Connection. "What Troeltsch has in mind is an orientation of spiritual life in the history of Christianity which aims primarily at a "personal living piety and at an Interior life' which has a direct experience of salvation." [1]. Salvation here may be understood as the experience of unity and oneness that one often experiences during a Connection Experience.

Carl Keller notes, "In the context of Christian Theology, the words 'mystical', 'mystic' have a precise meaning: they designate the highest state of Christian gnosis or religious knowledge, conceptualized as 'union' with God and the perfection of man. [sic]." [2]

Footnotes

  1. Steeman, Theodore M. “Church, Sect, Mysticism, Denomination: Periodological Aspects of Troeltsch’s Types.” SA. Sociological Analysis 36, no. 3 (1975): 181–204.
  2. Keller, Carl A. “Mystical Literature.” In Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edited by Steven T. Katz, 75–100. London: Sheldon Press, 1978. p. 75.