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nonsense and paradox
I'm currently reading Mysticism and Language, a collection of essays edited by Steven T. Katz. The first essay, Katz's own "Mystical Speech and Mystical Meaning," is great, and it includes this tidbit on nonsense:
"It is the ability of language to induce 'breakthroughs' of consciousness by being employed 'nonsensically' ... that is fundamental to the traversal of the mystical path, to the movement from consciousness A to consciousness B."
Similarly, Katz on the use of spirtual paradox:
"[T]he conscious construction of paradoxes [is] intended to shock, even shatter, the standard epistemic security of 'disciples,' thereby allowing them to move to new and higher forms of insight/knowledge."
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
2:39 PM
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