Mysticism : its true nature and value : with a translation of the "Mystical theology" of Dionysius, and of the Letters to Caius and Dorotheus (1, 2, and 5)

A. B. (Alfred Bowyer) Sharpe, The Areopagite Pseudo-Dionysius

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:MYSTICISM
NATURETRUE
ND VALUE
V.B.SHARPEMA.NATUREITS TRUEMYSTICISM:
VALUEANDIMPRIM POTEST.
JACOBUS AUGUSTINUS,
ARCHIEP. S. ET EDIMBURGEN.ANDR.
18DIE JuliiEDIMBURGI, 1910.MYSTICISM:
VALUEANDTRUE NATUREITS
"MYSTICALOF THEWITH A TRANSLATION
AND OF THEOFTHEOLOGY" DIONYSIUS,
AND DOROTHEUSLETTERS TO CAIUS
2 AND(l, 5)
BY
B. M.A.A. SHARPE,
"
VO (TTL TO0IOS yVO<po$ ClTTpOCriTOV 0(0?
6 6eo$ Aeyerat."
adDorotheum,Dionysius, Ep. 5
" inAliis aliiscommunia, ; aliquibus signisloquor specialia
vero in multo lumineet dulciter
; quibusdamfiguris appareo
revelo De Imitatione
mysteria."
Christir^r^ ipn/o
ST- BASIL S
SCHOLASTICATE
LONDON
SANDS & COMPANY
KING COVENT GARDEN15 STREET,
AND EDINBURGH
ST. LOUIS MO.
B. HERDER-
9FEB 1958CONTENTS
ICHAPTER
TWO IDEAS OF MYSTICISM
PAGES
is either or but isKnowledge experimental theoretical,
Naturallimited by sense-experience knowledge
reason or is theoreticalof revelation, ;God, through
knowit cannot be experimental Experimental
of God desiredledge always Mystical theology
of the natural and theTwo points view, super
are not butnatural They naturally opposed,
Natural is thecomplementary mysticism attempt
either the limitations ofsense or to findto transcend
transcendental within them Fundaknowledge
mental between these two methodsdifference
Neither is more than a mental attitude Super
natural the transcendence ofmysticism implies
on the one hand and on the other theGod, ; hand,
of the natural alone to attain toinability powers
immediate of Him Catholic idea ofknowledge
True said betomysticism mysticism rightly
with sensation The intelempirical Compared
lectual of notprinciples mystical knowledge
different from those of knowessentially ordinary
What is to be understood theledge by Super
natural The Via Remotionis Supernatural
llumination not to nature Its methodcontrary
Natural theories to account for supernatural
Reasons for them Theomysticism rejecting
and evidential value of the . .logical subject 1-49viii CONTENTS
CHAPTER II
SUPERNATURAL MYSTICISM
PAGES
of the term in the Church InOrigin Mysticism
Greek Social conditionsphilosophy Dionysius
which intobring mysticism prominence Spurious
. . .mysticism 50-60
CHAPTER III
THE NATURE OF MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE
ThreeMystical experience essentially supernatural
modes of relation of creatures to the Creator
" "
Natural
contemplation Passivity Mystical
and sensation andcognition Mystical ordinary
certitudereligious experience Mystical Mystical
indescribable ofexperience Necessity prepara
tion Gerson Tauler ThreeEckhart, stages
St Teresa Visions and locutions .Self-delusion 61-87
CHAPTER IV
THE OF MYSTICALOBJECT KNOWLEDGE
how to be understoodMystical "vision," How the
soul can see God The Beatific Vision Doctrine
of St Thomas St Paul s visions ofTransiency
state The lumenmystical Spiritual marriage
St s classification Uncergloriae Augustine
of sensible and astainty imaginary impressions
with intellectual vision All threecompared truly
: . ..supernatural 88-104
CHAPTER V
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MYSTICISM
The ofobject amystical contemplation perceived by
natural and therefore ofprocess, capable analysis
No on the formulatedtheory subject by mystica