The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought

Heidegger was trying to put into poetry the work of Maester Eckhart, who was one of the great Neoplatonic mystics within the Rhineland mystics that I talked about so long ago. Now let's think about Heidegger's commentary on this poem. The rose is without why. It blooms because it blooms. It cares not for itself, asks not if it is seen. And think about what this means. This is what Heidegger says. So again, he's doing some etymological work here. This means blossoming forth from itself, springing forth from itself,. very much like the rose is being described.