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Mysticism
Mysticism is "a constellation of distinctive practices, discourses, texts, institutions, traditions, and experiences aimed at human transformation, variously defined in different traditions."
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Religion is nothing but institutionalized mysticism. The catch is, mysticism does not lend itself to institutionalization. The moment we attempt to organize mysticism, we destroy its essence. Religion, then, is mysticism in which the mystical has been killed. Or, at least diminished.
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― Skinny Legs and All
― Skinny Legs and All
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Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
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― Gitanjali
― Gitanjali
Discussion and commentary of the Gnostic writings of Luis Varady.
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