Questions tagged [mysticism]
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How did alchemy get associated with magic?
How did alchemy get associated with magic? In Fullmetal Alchemist, people use alchemy to bind souls to inanimate objects. In Castlevania, alchemy turned somebody into a powerful demonic dark lord.
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According to early Wittgenstein, do we need language or thought for the mystical to show itself?
According to early Wittgenstein, do we need language or thought for the mystical to "show itself"?
He does say the mystical shows itself. 6.522:
There is indeed the inexpressible. This shows ...
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Does our language determine our “religious experiences”?
Does our language determine the character of "religious experiences"? I don't mean merely 'influence', but, as I explain in the next paragraph, whether religious experiences of a certain nature are ...
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How does philosophy not fall into the confirmation bias?
Daoism and Buddhism in Eastern philosophies emphasize adaptation and flexibility, and critique rationality. They have different frameworks to understand the same phenomenon, and different goals for ...
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What is the distinction between mysticism and metaphysics?
Mysticism and Metaphysics seem to share immediate similarity: both amount to sort of speculations pertaining to capture universal truth that cannot be confirmed nor refuted by the senses. What is the ...
