Mysticism in Philosophy - What is Mysticism? Are Mystical Experiences Beyond Human Comprehension?

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What is Mysticism? Mysticism and reported mystical experiences, like claims of becoming one with a God or absolute reality, are often dismissed today as interesting, but ultimately unimportant events fully explained by neurological processes in the brain. However, mystical events, whether real or fictional, have significantly shaped the course of human history. All the world’s major religions have started from reported mystical experiences such as the angel Gaberial manifesting in front of the virgin mary or the Buddha experiencing initial nirvana under the Bodhi tree. Mystical experiences have been reported to radically alter the trajectory of experiencers’ lives, in many cultures and societies, including the non-religious. Plus, if just naturalistic neural events in the brain fully explain all mystical experiences, this raises a philosophical question. Does identifying neural correlates of mystical experiences prove they are mere naturalistic brain events or does it just identif

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