"The concept of mysticism," the author of 'Mysticism and Space',
Carmel Bendon Davis, warns us "is not straightforward." Consequently,
Davis provides the essential meaning of the word in her seminal study:
Christian mysticism is the product of pseudo-Denis whose work,
Theologia Mystica, perceives mysticism as the secret knowledge of God,
a definition pregnant with the possibility of Gnostic distortions.
That the author is not derailed because of the Gnostic possibilities
indicates that her work is neither eristic nor philodoxical, but
rather an example of existential consciousness analyzing the
revelatory process. Link: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4291

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