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Jan Van Ruusbroec The Sources Content And Sequels Of His Mysticism
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Author : Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Institut voor Middeleeuwse Studies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Jan Van Ruusbroec The Sources Content And Sequels Of His Mysticism written by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Institut voor Middeleeuwse Studies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
Jan Van Ruusbroec
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Author : Paul Mommaers
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 1984
Jan Van Ruusbroec written by Paul Mommaers and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Eleven essays about one of the great masters of the Christian mystical tradition (d. 1381).
Jan Van Ruusbroec
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Author : Paul Mommaers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Jan Van Ruusbroec written by Paul Mommaers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Mystical union categories.
The medieval Flemish mystic Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381) is often highly praised. Cuthbert Butler, for one, concluded that there "certainly" has been "no greater mystical writer." It comes as a surprise, then, that no comprehensive study of Ruusbroec's mystical doctrine as such is available. Filling up this lacuna seems all the more appropriate as the critical text edition of Ruusbroec's works is now complete: Jan van Ruusbroec Opera omnia (1981-2006), including the most influential Latin translation as well as a new translation into English besides the Middle Dutch text. The guiding principle for the work offered here is that the mystic himself should be allowed to speak in the very first place, and not the commentator. As the core of Ruusbroec's writings consists in the description of a person's awareness - the awareness of an Other -, it is only in a close reading of his work in its entirety, interspersed with textual analyses, that his view of becoming and being mystically one with God may appear. However, as it is a mystical figure and his writings that are central to this study, the first two chapters are dedicated to finding out, always on the base of the mystics' own reports, what essentially characterizes mystics, what they experience and how they experience it, why they write and in what manner. Ruusbroec's own description of mystical experience is covered in five chapters. Chapter III - "Profiling the Human" - deals with the way in which this mystic imagines the universally applicable structure of the human psyche. The subject of chapter IV - "Meeting the Divine Other" - is Ruusbroec's outlining of the contemplative path. It is striking here to see how the phenomenon of "meeting" persists all through the mystic's growth, from premystical beginnings up to the deepest mystical union. It appears, moreover, that this path is not to be followed necessarily nor does it reflect a linear making-progress but rather a spiralling being-carried along. In chapter V - "Mystically One with God" - the heart of Ruusbroec's mystical experience comes to the fore, and this is of course where his unique talent for evoking the unseen shines most. The main point here is that for the mystic the most advanced experience of being one with God consists in feeling "unity" as well as "union", "resting" as well as "working". In other words, being perfectly one with God should not be seen as a fusion in which the human being is absorbed by the divine. It is by living the interplay of such different aspects as "unity" and "union" that the mystic is fully one with the Other. The complex character of the highest mystical state entails Ruusbroec's remarkable portrayal of the fully-fledged mystic as a "common man", that is: as "wholly in God and wholly in himself." The last two chapters of the book focus on Ruusbroec's discussion of natural mysticism. On encountering a number of his contemporaries who by their own account were able to "contemplate without (God's) grace", he felt he had to take issue with them. In chapter VI it appears that he appreciates not only their method, "turning inwards", but also its outcome, "feeling the simplicity of their essence (the deep self), hanging in the essence of God." Chapter VII outlines Ruusbroec's critique, however, which is mainly aimed at two points. The contemplative who turns inwards in the natural way finally "dwells within himself with rest" and he or she wil necessarily undergo the dehumanizing effects of "not feeling otherness".
Ruusbroec
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Author : Geert Warnar
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-06-22
Ruusbroec written by Geert Warnar and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-22 with History categories.
This book discusses the writings of the mystic Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381) within their medieval contexts of literary, religious and intellectual life, thus offering the first comprehensive biography of the most influential medieval Dutch author.
Mysticism Buddhist And Christian
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Author : Paul Mommaers
language : en
Publisher: Herder & Herder
Release Date : 1995
Mysticism Buddhist And Christian written by Paul Mommaers and has been published by Herder & Herder this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This volume represents the first book-length treatment in English of one of the greatest mystical writers in Christian history, Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381). A careful reading of the texts by the Flemish historian Paul Mommaers focuses on two delicate relationships: that between mysticism and religiosity and that between a mysticism of union in love and the more metaphysical mysticism of unity. Winding in and out of this presentation is a commentary by theologian of religions Jan Van Bragt, which attempts to place the problematic in a wider, interreligious context by contrasting the spiritual path of Buddhism with that of the Christian mystical way. The combined result is not only an original reading of the great Flemish love-mystic, but a groundbreaking attempt to view religious history through the dual lenses of one's own faith and that of the faith of others. Ruusbroec's approach is seen to challenge traditional ideas about differences between the Buddhist and Christian ways and to open new possibilities for further encounters at the level of mystical thought and practice.
Jan Van Ruusbroec Mystical Theologian Of The Trinity
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Author : Rik Van Nieuwenhove
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Jan Van Ruusbroec Mystical Theologian Of The Trinity written by Rik Van Nieuwenhove and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381), a Flemish mystical theologian, was one of the most original Trinitarian thinkers in the medieval West. Yet, his works--written in Middle-Dutch--have remained relatively unknown. In this book, Rik Van Nieuwenhove presents the first major study in English of Ruusbroec's thought. Van Nieuwenhove explores in detail Ruusbroec's theology of the Trinity, his anthropology, Christology, and his understanding of union with God. Van Nieuwenhove's study reveals that Ruusbroec, while incorporating aspects of the rich theological and spiritual tradition that preceded him, wrote at the beginning of a modern age in which mystical theology changed radically in nature. Ruusbroec claimed that the divine Persons are subject to an eternal dynamic of procession or out-going from the Father, on the one hand, and returning to the shared divine essence, on the other. The human person is called to participate in this continuous ebbing and flowing by leading a life that combines contemplation and charitable activity. Ruusbroec argued that mysticism should be interpreted in terms of a transformation of the human person rather than in terms of an immediate experience of God. Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity is an innovative, original study of one of late medieval theology's undiscovered treasures. Written in clear, accessible language, this new interpretation of Ruusbroec's theology will appeal to all those interested in mysticism, medieval theology, and the doctrine of the Trinity.
John Ruusbroec
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Author : Jan van Ruusbroec
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
John Ruusbroec written by Jan van Ruusbroec and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Religion categories.
Here are four of the major treatises of the 14th-century (1293-1381) Flemish mystic in contemporary English translation.
Jan Van Ruusbroec
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Author : Paul Mommaers
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Jan Van Ruusbroec written by Paul Mommaers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Mysticism categories.
Ruusbroec And His Mysticism
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Author : Paul Verdeyen
language : en
Publisher: Michael Glazier Books
Release Date : 1994
Ruusbroec And His Mysticism written by Paul Verdeyen and has been published by Michael Glazier Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A Michael Glazier book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165).
A Companion To John Of Ruusbroec
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2014-05-08
A Companion To John Of Ruusbroec written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Religion categories.
This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of research into the life, work, and influence of John of Ruusbroec (1293-1381). In addition, it contains the first English translation of a series of Middle Dutch texts related to Ruusbroec and his context.