010102 SE Mysticism across Religions (2025S)

Mandatory:

Katz, S. T. (1983). Mysticism and Religious Traditions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Otto, R., Bracey, B. L., & Payne, R. C. (trans) (1932). Mysticism East and West: A Comparative Analysis of the Nature of Mysticism. London: Macmillan and Co.
Szugyiczki, Zs. (2023). Categories. In: Mysticism beyond time: A comparative study of traditional vs. modern mysticism. (pp. – 76-93.) Szeged: University of Szeged
Yaden, D. B. and Newberg, A. B. (2022). The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century
Research and Perspectives. New York: Oxford University

Recommended readings:

Arjana, S. R. (2020). Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi - Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace. London: Oneworld Publications Ltd.
Carmody, D. L., & Carmody, J. T. (1996). Mysticism: Holiness East and West. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chittick, W. C. (2013). Divine Love. Islamic Literature and the Path to God. New Haven &
London: Yale University Press
Ernst, C. W. (2011). Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam. Boston: Shambhala.
Feuerstein, G. (1998). Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy. Boston: Shambhala.
Forman, R. K. (1998). The Innate Capacity: Mysticism, Psychology, and Philosophy. Oxford University Press.
Griffiths, B. (1982). Marriage of East and West: A Sequel to The Golden String. Springfield: Templegate Publishers.
Hollywood, A. & Beckman, P. Z. (eds.) (2012). The Cambridge Companion to Christian mysticism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jones, R. H. (2021). An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Katz, S. T. (2000). Mysticism and Sacred Scripture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Katz, S. T. (1978). Language, Epistemology and Mysticism. In S. T. Katz, Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis (old.: 22-74). New York: Oxford University Press.
King, R. (1999). Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial theory, India and ‘the mystic East’. London: Routledge.
Klaniczay, G. (1994). Az égi szerelem: Misztika és erotika a középkorban. Rubicon, 40, 16-19.
K. O. Kavanaugh, & O. O. Rodriguez (trans), The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross. Revised Edition. Washington D. C.: ICS Publications.
MacPhail, J. C. (2008. May). Religion as experience - the convergence of India and the West since 1770. 8(2), 2-28.
Matt, D. C. (1995). The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism. San Francisco: HarperOne.
Otto, R., Harvery, J. W. (trans.) (1924). The Idea of the Holy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Smart, N. (1965. October). Interpretation and Mystical Experience. Religious Studies(1/1), 75-87.
Smart, N. (1996). Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World's Beliefs. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Staal, F. (1975). Exploring Mysticism: A methodological essay. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
Star, J. (1997). Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Suzuki, D. T. (2002). Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist. London and New York: Routledge.
Zaehner, R. C. (1980). Mysticism: Sacred and Profane. An Inquiry into some Varieties of Praeternatural experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press