Mysticism in Evelyn Underhill and Rabindranath Tagore

  • Jisha V Nair
Keywords: Mysticism, Rabindranath Tagore, Rudolf Otto, Dark Night, Shelidah, Gitanjali

Abstract

Mysticism is an ineffable and inexplicable experience involving spiritual quest for hidden truth or wisdom. It is a harduous journey, the goal of which is union with the Divine or the Sacred. The aim of this article is to show the universality of mysticism by analyzing the mystic aspects in the writings of Evelyn Underhill and Rabindranath Tagore, the writers of the West and the East respectively.

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2015-10-26
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Vol 3 No 2 (2015)
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