"It's not always easy to know what the fruits of it are for some people," says James. "I couldn't go on like if I didn't have faith or something like I couldn't going on living and relating to other people in the way that I do" He adds, "The way that you don't can be more localized in terms of how mystical you want to be dead dogs getting the live dog"
David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a mystical experience? Why do they defy expression and yet feel like a state of knowledge, a glimpse into the window of some undiscovered aspect of reality? Is Tamler right that David has a little mystic inside of him just waiting to burst forth from his breast?
Plus – another edition of VBW does conceptual analysis and we’re sticking with ‘c’ words – this time the definitive theory of ‘creepy.’
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