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The Pedagogy of Mysticism

A blog called Religious Compass Exchanges has just published a wonderful essay by Jeffrey J. Kripal “on the paradoxical pedagogy of mysticism.” Click here to read it.

This entry was posted on March 7, 2008 at 12:10 pm and is filed under Mysticism, Other people's blogs. Tagged: Jeffrey J, Kripal, Mysticism, Other people's blogs, pedagogy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “The Pedagogy of Mysticism”

ned Says:
March 7, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Kripal is a bit of a deconstructionist when it comes to mysticism, but he is always an entertaining and insightful read.

And the “red pill” and “blue pill” metaphor from the Matrix is indeed absolutely brilliant.

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