
Methodologies for the Study of Mysticism
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Apocalyptic Mysticism - The One Is the Origin of All Noble and Majestic Things
apophatic mysticism is endlessly iterative, so you can say make the statement A, then make the statement B which contradicts A. Then make a statement C which contradicts both A and B, then make a statement D which contradicts everything that's come before,. repeat until satisfied or rather dissatisfied. Now, in cases like this, a concrete example is always a good idea, so let's look to our favorite author Platonus. He tells us in Treatise 39 that the one is the origin of all noble and majestic things and in another way not their origin. That the one is wholly unrelated to anything and yet related to everything; it cannot even be described with the verb to be
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