Mysticism, Mind, Consciousness,9780791441701

Mysticism, Mind, Consciousness

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ISBN13: 9780791441701
ISBN10: 0791441709
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Author Biography

Robert K. C. Forman is Associate Professor of Religion at Hunter College as well as Execute Editor of the Journal of Consciousness Studies and Director of the Forge Institute, Inc.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Mystics and Constructivists
1(10)
Part I: The Pure Consciousness Event
Reports of Pure Consciousness Events
11(20)
Of Horses and Horse Carts
31(24)
Non-Linguistic Mediation
55(26)
Buddhists and Constructivism
81(14)
Part II: A New Model for Pure Consciousness
Of Horse Carts and Space Capsules Constructive Language and Spiritual Techniques
95(14)
Knowledge by Identity
109(22)
Part III: The Dualistic Mystical State
Silence, Thinking, and Cutting Carrots Characterizing an Advanced Mystical State
131(22)
The Janus-Faced Soul An Epistemology of the Dualistic Mystical State
153(16)
Concluding Remarks
169(4)
Notes 173(28)
Bibliography 201(10)
Index 211

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