Evelyn Underhill’s Understanding of Mysticism
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https://doi.org/10.15633/acr.3283Keywords:
Evelyn Underhill, philosophy of religion, mysticism, mystical experienceAbstract
In the English-speaking world of the first half of the twentieth century Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) was one of the most widely read writers on religion and spiritual practice, in particular on Christian mysticism. The paper aims at Underhill’s understanding of mysticism. Beginning with the presentation of the concept of mysticism and its main characteristics, the classification of the phases of the mystical process, through the problem of the authenticity and unity of the mystical testimonies, including the philosophical context of her thought and anthropological structures used in her analysis – there are presented here the fundamental features of Underhill’s theory of mysticism. The whole supplements her inspiring vision of the mystical future of the mankind.
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