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A 5 page paper which presents a general
overview of Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody’s “Mysticism: Holiness
East and West.” No additional sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAcarmdy.rtf
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child and the elderly. In one examination of religion, an examination which brings us information that details how similar religions and religious experiences are, two authors offer the reader a
perspective of holiness and the spiritual experience as it relates to many religions. In "Mysticism: Holiness East and West" Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody offer us a very
simple, but intriguing perspective of many religions as they involve spirituality and transcendent beliefs and/or experiences. In the following paper we provide a general overview of the Carmodys book.
Mysticism In their introduction the Carmodys present us with a foundation from which we can examine their book. They indicate that "As we shall see, much in any discussion of
mysticism depends on ones definition. Our position is that a vision-quest or an intense experience of female fertility or a soul-shaping endurance of a great storm or a passionate love
that reveals the structures of the world or a dialogue with a personal divinity in deep prayer can turn into a mystical moment if the person having the experience feels
drawn into a direct encounter with ultimate reality, the very foundation of everything that is" (Carbody; Carbody 4). This is the gist of what is contained within their book, and
as they illustrate further on, while "We can learn a great deal from scholars...textual studies have their limits. Admittedly, all studies are personal, calling for acts of imagination from their
readers, humanistic studies most of all" and in light of this the Carmodys never truly argue that any events or experiences they have put down have any solid basis in
scientific fact. This does not make the experiences invalid, but it does illustrate how and why religion is often so hard to grasp and define. After the Introduction the
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