The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west
This study consists of a two-part comparative survey of mystical ontologies East and West. Part One examines the Eastern traditions of Advaita Vedānta Hinduism, philosophical Daoism, and Zen Buddhism, while Part Two takes for its focus the Western traditions of Kabbalistic Judaism, mystical Christia...
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| description | This study consists of a two-part comparative survey of mystical ontologies East and West. Part One examines the Eastern traditions of Advaita Vedānta Hinduism, philosophical Daoism, and Zen Buddhism, while Part Two takes for its focus the Western traditions of Kabbalistic Judaism, mystical Christianity, and mystical Islam. The burden of my thesis is to show how these traditions coalesce around a shared conception of existence as simultaneously one and manifold. According to this shared conception, just as many waves “are” only as the restricted articulations of a single ocean, or just as many rays of light “are” only as the diversified modes of a single sun, so all phenomena “are” only as the discrete manifestations of a single meta-ontological Principle or Field. I survey this point of correspondence under the three interrelated headings of existence, manifestation, and knowledge. In doing so, I hope to demonstrate how the mystical ontologies of the East and the West provide the possibility of a mutual understanding among religions at the ontological level. |
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| spelling | nottingham-661602023-12-12T14:49:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66160/ The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west Klotz, Jerome This study consists of a two-part comparative survey of mystical ontologies East and West. Part One examines the Eastern traditions of Advaita Vedānta Hinduism, philosophical Daoism, and Zen Buddhism, while Part Two takes for its focus the Western traditions of Kabbalistic Judaism, mystical Christianity, and mystical Islam. The burden of my thesis is to show how these traditions coalesce around a shared conception of existence as simultaneously one and manifold. According to this shared conception, just as many waves “are” only as the restricted articulations of a single ocean, or just as many rays of light “are” only as the diversified modes of a single sun, so all phenomena “are” only as the discrete manifestations of a single meta-ontological Principle or Field. I survey this point of correspondence under the three interrelated headings of existence, manifestation, and knowledge. In doing so, I hope to demonstrate how the mystical ontologies of the East and the West provide the possibility of a mutual understanding among religions at the ontological level. 2021-12-08 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66160/2/Oneness%20of%20the%20Manifold_Klotz%20With%20Corrections.pdf application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66160/1/Oneness%20of%20the%20Manifold_Klotz%20With%20Corrections.docx Klotz, Jerome (2021) The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Metaphysics Mysticism Non-Duality eastern religion western religion ontology |
| spellingShingle | Metaphysics Mysticism Non-Duality eastern religion western religion ontology Klotz, Jerome The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title | The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title_full | The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title_fullStr | The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title_full_unstemmed | The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title_short | The oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| title_sort | oneness of the manifold: a comparative survey of mystical ontologies east and west |
| topic | Metaphysics Mysticism Non-Duality eastern religion western religion ontology |
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