Perceiving the Divine through the Human Body: Mystical Sensuality
Perceiving the Divine through the Human Body: Mystical Sensuality by T. Cattoi
English | Nov. 9, 2011 | ISBN: 1349298344 | 255 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | Nov. 9, 2011 | ISBN: 1349298344 | 255 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of the body and the spiritual senses - our transfigured channels of sensory perceptions - in the context of spiritual practice. The volume investigates this theme across a variety of different religious traditions within Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
'This collection of essays emerges from a lively collaborative project among scholars of mysticism who employ diverse critical approaches to explore the theme of embodied spirituality in various religious traditions both East and West, as well as some contemporary esoteric movements. Framed by the editors' own insightful analyses, these essays make a convincing argument that we must quite literally 'come to our senses' in order to understand humanity's persistent quest for knowledge of divine reality.' Arthur Holder, Dean, Graduate Theological Union.