{"product_id":"ecstatic-confessions-the-heart-of-mysticism-paperback","title":"Ecstatic Confessions: The Heart of Mysticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Buber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Mendes-Flohr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEsther Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcstatic Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e is Martin Buber's unique, personal gathering of the testimonies of mystics throughout the centuries expressing their encounters with the divine. It features the author's seminal introduction to mysticism, \"Ecstasy and Confession,\" which probes the nature of what Buber terms the \"most inward of all experiences. . . . God's highest gift.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuber sifted through texts from oriental, pagan, Gnostic, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim sources down the centuries to cull those moving records that manage to convey some quality of an experience that is essentially beyond the power of words to capture. \u003ci\u003eEcstatic Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e orchestrates these reports from the edge of human experience into a revealing look at the nature of the ecstatic experience itself and the tension arising from the mystic's compelling need to give witness to an event that can never truly be verbalized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcstatic Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the intellectual development of its author even as it probes the almost insurmountable barrier between language and authentic mystical experience, which is, in essence, beyond the grasp of rational constructs.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in paperback, Ecstatic Confessions is Martin Buber's unique, personal gathering of the testimonies of mystics throughout the centuries expressing their encounters with the divine. It features the author's seminal introduction to mysticism, \"Ecstasy and Confession\", which probes the nature of what Buber terms the \"most inward of all experiences.... God's highest gift\". Buber sifted through texts from oriental, pagan, Gnostic, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim sources down the centuries to cull those moving records that manage to convey some quality of an experience that is essentially beyond the power of words to capture. Ecstatic Confessions orchestrates these reports from the edge of human experience into a revealing look at the nature of the ecstatic experience itself and the tension arising from the mystic's compelling need to give witness to an event that can never truly be verbalized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Buber\u003c\/b\u003e has gained worldwide acclaim for his translations and expositions of various mythic and mystical traditions. His works include \u003ci\u003eOn the Bible: Eighteen Studies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Prophetic Faith. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Mendes-Flohr\u003c\/b\u003e is an authority on modern Jewish thought, especially the work of Martin Buber.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.43 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052753117408,"sku":"9780815604228","price":24.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/xUu4omCeFn9780815604228.webp?v=1781284961","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/ecstatic-confessions-the-heart-of-mysticism-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}