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Swāmī Agehānanda Bhāratī (अगेहानन्द भारती) (Vienna, April 20, 1923 – New York, May 14, 1991) was the monastic name of Leopold Fischer, professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. His book ''The Light at the Center''' was written from his dual perspective as a professional anthropologist ''and'' a professional and practicing mystic. | |||
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"Being both a self-professed mystic and an anthropologist, Bharati offers us a methodology of "participation rather than 'participant observation'"—a radical anthropology (p. 11)."<ref>Quoted in Katz, N. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45, no. 2 (June 1977): 261</ref> | "Being both a self-professed mystic and an anthropologist, Bharati offers us a methodology of "participation rather than 'participant observation'"—a radical anthropology (p. 11)."<ref>Quoted in Katz, N. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45, no. 2 (June 1977): 261</ref> | ||
A practicing mystic, and author of [[The Light at the Center]]. | A practicing mystic, and author of [[The Light at the Center]]<ref>Bharati, Agehananda. The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism. Ross Eriikson, 1976.</ref>. | ||
Takes an "emic" or insider's approach, as opposed to an "etic" or outsiders approach.<ref>Saliba, John A. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Horizons 4, no. 1 (1977): 150–51.</ref> | Takes an "emic" or insider's approach, as opposed to an "etic" or outsiders approach.<ref>Saliba, John A. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Horizons 4, no. 1 (1977): 150–51.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 16 November 2019
Swāmī Agehānanda Bhāratī (अगेहानन्द भारती) (Vienna, April 20, 1923 – New York, May 14, 1991) was the monastic name of Leopold Fischer, professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. His book The Light at the Center' was written from his dual perspective as a professional anthropologist and a professional and practicing mystic.
List of Mystics
Mystics > Agehananda Bharati, Alan Watts, Bernard of Clairvaux, Emanuel Swedenborg, Howard Thurman, Ibn al-'Arabi, Julian of Norwich, Maria Sabina, Martin Prechtel, Michael Harner, Oscar Ichazo, Romain Rolland, Shihäb al-Din al-Suhrawardi, Thomas Merton
Notes
Chairman of Anthropology Dept. at Syracuse University during the 70s.[1]
"Being both a self-professed mystic and an anthropologist, Bharati offers us a methodology of "participation rather than 'participant observation'"—a radical anthropology (p. 11)."[2]
A practicing mystic, and author of The Light at the Center[3].
Takes an "emic" or insider's approach, as opposed to an "etic" or outsiders approach.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Katz, N. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45, no. 2 (June 1977): 260–61.
- ↑ Quoted in Katz, N. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45, no. 2 (June 1977): 261
- ↑ Bharati, Agehananda. The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism. Ross Eriikson, 1976.
- ↑ Saliba, John A. “The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism.” Horizons 4, no. 1 (1977): 150–51.
