{"product_id":"facets-of-mysticism-nap705","title":"Facets of Mysticism","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAP705\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-author\/madhavi%20narsalay\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Madhavi Narsalay\"\u003eMadhavi Narsalay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-publisher\/new%20bharatiya%20book%20corporation\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"New Bharatiya Book Corporation\"\u003eNew Bharatiya Book Corporation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2018\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788183152655\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e412\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.0 inch X 6.0 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e630 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Mysticism is a pathway towards the realization of the Supreme. The collection of essays in the volume “Facets of Mysticism” falls in this line of thought. The essays explore different aspects of Mysticism. They delve into mystic expressed in scriptures viz; Vedas, Upanisads, Tantra texts, Puranas, Yogavasistha, etc. This volume incorporates Mysticism in Saiva, Vaisnava, Dattatreya traditions, saintly tradition represented through Alvars, Kabir, Dnyanesvara, Basavesvara, Sufi saints as well as modern mystics like Aurobindo and Gurudev Ranade. Mystic thought is expressed without any religious barriers. This volume examines Mysticism in Indic religious as well as in Christianity and Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Dr. Madhavi R. Narsalay is the Assistant Proffessor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai. She has designed the Post-graduate Diploma Course in Mysticism of two levels. She specializes in Veda, Vedanta and Puranas. She has published one book and more than thirty research papers in National and Internationals Journals and Seminar Proceedings. She has been felicitated with the Performance-based incentive Award of the University of Mumbai and Samudramanthan and Maharashtra Maritime Board for her Maharashtra Maritime Board for her contribution towards betterment of the society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Mysticism is an attempt to transcend the sense-world, so that the Self may experience communion with the divine. It represents the transcendental consciousness of humanity. Pure mysticism and no mystic can be other than religious in psychological if not in the theological sense of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e It implies indeed the abolition of individuality; of that hard separateness that I, Me, Mine which makes of men a finite isolated thing. The individual transcend the limitations of individuality and surrender itself to Ultimate a Real essentially a movement of the heart of the heart, seeking to transcend the limitations of the individual standpoints and to surrender itself to Ultimate reality; for no personal gaine, to Satisfy no transcedental curiosity, for no personal gain, to satisfy trans no transcendental curisosity, to obtain no other-worldly joys , but pure an instinct of love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Then hints of a marvelous truth, a unity whose note is ineffable peace, shine in created thing; awakening in the Self a sentiment of love, adoration and awe. It is enhanced, the barrier of personality is broken. A person then escapes the sense-world, ascends to the apex of his spirit and enters for a brief period into the more extended life of the All.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e This finds place in Arts: poignant emotions, half torment, half joy, they baffle interpreters. Painting as well as music and poetry exist and exult in immortal thoughts. That life enhancing power which has been recognized as the supreme quality of painting, has its origin in this contact of the artistic mind with the archetypal or transcendental world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eDefinition of Mysticism:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Mysticism as ‘a religious practice based on the belief that knowledge of spiritual truth can be gained by praying or thinking deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eFull Definition of mysticism\u003c\/b\u003e 1. the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 2. the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or Ultimate Reality can be attained through subjective experience (as intuition or insight)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 3. a. vague speculation: a belief without sound basis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e b. A theory postulating the possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of ineffable knowledge or power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Douglas Shrader mentions the ‘American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language for defining Mysticism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism (Noun)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 1. a. A spiritual discipline aiming at union with the divine through deep meditation or trancelike contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e b. The expression of such communion, as described by mystics. An interesting alternate, is it not, given the supposed ineffability of such experiences?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 2. Any belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension but central to being and directly accessible by intuition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 3. Confused and groundless speculation; superstious self-delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Meaning #2 is less committal as regards experience, but more so as regards conceptual consent: “any belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension but central to being and directly accessible by intuition.” And, lest we forget, the following usage is sufficiently widespread to warrant inclusion in the dictionary as meaning #3: “confused and groundless speculation; superstitious self-delusion.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The etymology of the term “mysticism,” which parallels that of ‘mystery,” illustrates the historical centrality of James’ second characteristic: notice quality. The term “mysticism” comes from the Latin mysterium, which in turn comes from a Greek term meaning “secret rites” (musterion). That term comes from muein, to intiate to close the eyes or lips, hence to keep secret (as in religious initiation). Etymologically speaking, a mystic is a person who has been initiated into secret rites (Latin mysticus, from Greek mustikos, from mustes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e According to William James, it is not possible to define Mysticism in clear-cut terms. It is not phase of throught, or rather perhaps of feeling, which from its very nature is hardly susceptible of exact definition. Mysticism is a combination of both; theory and practice. When we theorise mysticism, it stands for scientific and rational investigation. In experiencing the Divine. As James called it ‘a heart-religion’, he laid down four marks or characteristics of mystic experience a) Ineffability b) Notice quality, which means knowledgefulness, c) Transiency and d) Passivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"5%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"90%\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"5%\"\u003e v\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eVedic Mystricism\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Sindhu Dange\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Principal Upanisads\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Shakuntala Gawde\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Tantra\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Srider Iyer\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 36\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Patanjali Yogasutra\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Veena Londhe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 47\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eBuddhist Mysticism \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Parinta Deshpande\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 64\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Alvar Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Ranganayaki Krishnan\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 76\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Vaisnavism with special reference to that reflected in the Mahapurana-s\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Alka Bakre\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 106\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Shaivism (Special refernce to Virashaivism)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. V.K. Hampiholi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 117\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Yogavasistha\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Ms. Supriya Deshmukh\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 131\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in the Bible\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Lancy Prabhu\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 151\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Sufism\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Mohammad Sanaullah\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 167\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eDivinization of Human and Humanization of the Divine: Besavesvara, Jnanesvara and Kabir\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. Meenal Katarnikar\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 238\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eMysticism in Kabir's Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dr. A.P. 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