The Making of Mysticism | Ancient Greece to Modernity

Ch. 2: Did William James Get Mysticism Wrong? /watch/QZ4TGJz3ZC23T Ch. 3: The Debate that (Almost) Broke Mysticism /watch/MwRJ-SQJR_nJJ If you're into mysticism check out @TheEsotericaChannel's sister vid: /watch/cq4SJBBIYN4IS Understanding Mysticism: Join us as we attempt to understand what this word meant historically, how it came to mean what it does today, and what, if anything, it might mean for us going forward. Exploring the history of an idea, the story of the major developments in our collective understanding of the word mysticism itself. Examining how this category was formed, transformed, discussed and debated throughout the ages. Join us for a journey from the Ancient Greek mystery religions, through the first few Christian centuries up into the Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, into the Early Modern period, the Enlightenment and finally end with the Modern and Post-Modern decades of its study, debate and development. 00:00 Intro 00:48 Shout out 02:36 What we’re doing 03:19 Disclaimers 05:07 The Scholars 06:48 The Etymology of Mysticism, Silence, Secrecy and Initiation 11:18 100CE: The Mystery of the Divine, Mysticism as a Christian Hermeneutical Adjective 18:01 Middle Ages: 5th to 15th Century, Unio and Theologia 19:39 Early Modern Period: 1500-1800, End of an Era 20:37 16th-17th Century: The Nouning of Mysticism 22:55 17th-18th Century: The Fabrication of Mysticism 25:28 18th Century: Mysticism as Disappointed Love 26:59 18th Century Enlightenment: Mysticism as a Sect 29:03 Mid 18th Century: Mysticism and Modernity 30:27 Early 19th Century: Schleiermacher 1799 31:24 1858: Britannica: The Expansion of Mysticism 33:42 1856: Vaughan: Cosmopolitan Mysticism 34:52 1836: New England: The Making of Modern Mysticism 36:16 Early 19th Century: Transcendentalism 39:13 Late 19th Century: Second Wave 45:22 Next up: 20th Century: The Modern Study of Mysticism: /watch/QZ4TGJz3ZC23T Bibliography: Louis Bouyer, “Mysticism: An Essay on the History of the Word,” In Understanding Mysticism, by Richard Woods (ed.), Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. Bernard McGinn, The Foundations of Mysticism, Vol. I of The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, Crossroad Publishing, 1991. Jeffrey Kripal, “Mysticism” in The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, by Robert Segal (ed.), 2017. The Making of Modern “Mysticism” Leigh Eric Schmidt, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 71, No. 2 (Jun., 2003), Oxford University Press. Michel de Certeau, The Mystic Fable: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, University of Chicago Press, 1982 Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, Defining Mysticism, A Survey of Main Definitions, London Academy of Iranian Studies, 2008. Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, “The ‘Mystical’ and the ‘Modern’: Mutual Entanglement and Multiple interactions,” in Studies in Religion, 2020. Join us: https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofU https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Order of the Artisans, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe and Adam. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

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