
Seekers of Unity
Let's Talk Religion's Filip Holm Talks Comparative Mysticism with SoU
What best accounts for the commonality among the world's mystical traditions? & Is there a shared basic metaphysics of mysticism among the world’s mystical traditions? Filip Holm of @Let's Talk Religion talks religion with @Seekers of Unity We get to chatting about perennialism, essentializing, ineffability and language, language and experience, and the quandary of translations. We talk about: Defining Mysticism, Mystical Experience, Unity as key feature, Dualistic Mysticisms, Duality vs Polarity, Objectivity and Subjectivity, The Real and the Unreal, Ego Death, The Metaphysical Imperative, Unity that unites and transcends religions, Context vs trans-contextual mysticism, The problem of translating mysticism and Filip’s Channel explosion. Filip started the youtube channel Let's Talk Religion with the aim of increasing religious literacy in the world, by exploring subjects within the field of religion and religious studies from an academic, fair and unbiased perspective, with the firm belief that if religious education is improved and religious literacy in the world increases, there will be more room for discussion, tolerance and understanding.