Position

Mystical Knowledge

Certain direct experiences give knowledge of ultimate reality that ordinary perception and introspection cannot supply.

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Classification

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family
Domains
Philosophy of Religion

Overview

Mystical knowledge treats certain direct or transformative experiences as sources of insight into ultimate reality. Its forms differ over what is experienced and whether that experience can be described, and they do not make every unusual experience authoritative.

Held by traditions

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