Embraces a wide range of aspects of Indian mysticism, displaying the structural patterns in mystical experiences and the mystic paths in different traditions and schools, while there are also significant contributions to comparative mysticism, Eastern and Western.
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Mysticism as doctrine and experience Mysticism and Indian spirituality The longhaired sage of Ṛg Veda 10, 136 Mysticism in the Upaniṣads and in Śankara's Vedānta Birth of extraordinary persons Consciousness mysticism in the discourses of the Buddha The stages of Christian mysticism and Buddhist purification: interior castle of St. Teresa of Ávila and the path of purification of Buddhaghosa Living between the worlds: Bhakti poetry and the Carmelite mystics Yoga philosophy and Jung Three contemporary Indian mystics: Ānandamayī, Krishnabai and Rajneesh Yoga, mysticism and a model of comparative religion