Author: Staal, Frits
Title: Exploring Mysticism : A Methodological Essay
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1975). orig.wrappers. 22x15cm, xiv,230,(16)pp, PAPERBACK.. 16pp photoplates.. Corners bumped. Good. ¶ Contents: The Alleged Irrationality of Mysticism: Christian Irrationalism; Buddhist Irrationalism; Modern Irrationalism; Appearance and Reality; How Not to Study Mysticism: Dogmatic Approaches, Philological and Historical Approaches; Phenomenological and Sociological Approaches; Physiological and Psychological Approaches; How to Study Mysticism: Effort, Doubt, and Criticism; Prerequisites and Methods; The "Guru"; Drugs and Powers; Superstructures; Mysticism and Religion.

Keywords: Comparative Religion, Mysticism, , , , , , ,