How Long to Read Exploring Mysticism

How Long Does it Take to Read Exploring Mysticism?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Exploring Mysticism by Frits Staal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Until less than a century ago, the two prevailing views of dreams as well as of souls were that they are inconsequential (the scientific view) or of divine origin (the religious view). In either case it was assumed that they cannot be objects of rational inquiry. Similar views still prevail regarding mystical experiences and mysticism in general. Modern Western opinion, whether friendly or hostile, holds that the mystical falls squarely within the domain of the irrational. Mr. Staal argues that mysticism can be studied rationally, and that without such study no theory of mind is complete. He exposes the grounds for the belief that mysticism cannot be studied, and shows them to be prejudices issuing from a particular historical development. While his contention has unflattering implications for the contemporary study of the humanities in general, it reveals in particular that existing academic approaches to the study of mysticism, even those that appear sound, are in fact inadequate. This conclusion applies to a variety of dogmatic inquiries and, as becomes clear in these pages, to philological, historical, phenomenological, sociological, physiological, and psychological ones as well. The illustrations in Exploring Mysticism are drawn mainly from Indian forms of mysticism such as Yoga, supplemented with Buddhist, Taoist, Muslim and Christian examples.

How long is Exploring Mysticism?

Exploring Mysticism by Frits Staal is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Exploring Mysticism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Exploring Mysticism aloud.

What Reading Level is Exploring Mysticism?

Exploring Mysticism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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