Religion and Reality (Classic Reprint): A Study in the Philosophy of Mysticism: A Study in the Philosophy of Mysticism

This study examines different routes people take toward direct experience of perfection and the risks of assuming there is only one path. It argues that the life of God is vast enough to include diverse ways, from thinkers and poets to artists and saints, and it warns against reducing the self to mere feeling without acknowledging a lasting, transcendent subject.

– Learn how the transcendental ego is treated in classical and modern thought, and why denying it can unsettle logic and experience.
– See how reason, identity, and the idea of the Absolute are linked, and why both must be recognized together.
– Discover the book’s critique of pragmatism and its attempt to ground mysticism in a stable self and reality.
– Consider how mysticism is framed as a form of mutation in the evolution of religion and personality.

Ideal for readers of philosophy of religion, mysticism, and the history of ideas seeking to understand how ultimate reality can be approached without losing sight of the subject of experience.