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Title: Ecstatic Confessions: The Heart of Mysticism (Martin Buber Library) by Martin Buber, Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Esther Cameron ISBN: 0-8156-0422-X Publisher: Syracuse University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Commotion and unity
Comment: This is one of those rare anthologies that is worth its price more for the editor's introductory remarks than for the anthologized essays. Don't misunderstand me. Buber does a wonderful job of selecting mystical "ecstatic confessions" from the world's religious traditions. He includes passages from writers such as Rumi, Rabia, Symeon the New Theologian, Hildegard of Bingen, the Beguines, Julian of Norwich, and Catherine of Siena, as well as representative selections from works such as the Mahabharata. For the most part the selections are judicious--although, because the book was published in 1909, twentieth century mystics such as Simone Weil and Thomas Kelley naturally aren't included. Curiously, too, only a tiny snippet from Meister Eckhart makes it into Buber's book.
But what really makes the book invaluable is Buber's Introduction, in which he spells out his distinction between the "commotion" that distracts us from a unitive experience of God and the nature of the "unity" sought by the mystics. The distinction is one that, under the guise of other terms (such as "many" and "one") is well-known in mystical literature. But Buber's beautiful prose, and especially his sensitivity to the importance of silence, are unmatchable. Here's an example (p. 7): "Silence is our symbolon which protects us from the gods and angels of the commotion, our guard against its aberrations, our purification against its purity. We ensilence our experience, and it is a star that travels along its path. We speak it, and it is thrown down under the thread of the market."
A book that deserves to be better known.
Rating: 5
Summary: Encounters with the Divine
Comment: Martin Buber gives us collected writings of well known and unknown mystics. First published in German in 1909 this wonderful work gives a good introduction for anyone who wants more knowledge and confirmation of the existence of the Divine in our finite lives. LK 11:9 "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Other works that have passed the test of times are "The Interior Castle: St.Theresa of Avila", "Dark Night of the Soul: St. John of the Cross", "The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena" and "The Spiritual Life: Evelyn Underhill.
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Title: Good and Evil by Martin Buber ISBN: 0023162805 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 01 December, 1980 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: I And Thou by Martin Buber ISBN: 0684717255 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1971 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: On the Bible: Eighteen Studies by Martin Buber (Martin Buber Library) by Nahum N. Glatzer, Harold Bloom ISBN: 0815628404 Publisher: Syracuse University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Way of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism by Martin Buber ISBN: 0806500247 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, Letters and Dialogue (The Martin Buber Library) by Judith Buber Agassi ISBN: 081560596X Publisher: Syracuse University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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