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THEISTIC MYSTICISM (WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BHAKTI AND SUFISM AND COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO WESTERN, MORE SPECIFICALLY CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM)

Dr.AmitaValmiki


— It is under the theme - Deeper understanding of arts, culture, language, religion, commerce, governance and society. (My paper empathizes on Theistic Mysticism, an important aspect of Religion; and Religion is an important aspect of Society). What is mysticism? Mysticism is dependent upon mystic’s intuitions, insight or is claimed that he has a direct intuitive perception of God. The paper focuses on various types of paths of theistic mysticism that also incorporates the path of devotion i.e. bhakti; which is very popular in India. Bhakti or the path of devotion has various characteristics which are discussed in the paper. The paper also deals with theistic mysticism other than Hindu religion, that is mysticism in Islam, i.e. Sufism; and there is also a comparative approach towards Christian mysticism in brief. The path of theistic mysticism has tremendously influenced all walks of human life.