Mysticism and Idealism (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Mysticism and IdealismIt is fortunate that, in our interpretation of mysticism, we are able, in a large measure, to follow the guidance of Professor Hocking's profound book, The Meaning of God in Human Experience. In sincerity, sympathy, and sanity of judgment, few accounts of mysticism can compare with his. Although Part V of Mr. Hocking 's work forms the general background Of this paper, I have essayed no exposi tion of our author's views. To expound him with anv degree of adequacy is a task from which many men more enterprising than myself might well shrink. The book is so unique in style and composition that it admits of no summary restatement. Any attempt at a precise restate ment of Mr. Hocking 's views would be sure to fail because of his method. He unites so intimately lyrical and re¿ec tive qualities that the reader is often at a loss to tell what the author sets forth as personal conviction due to solitary meditation and what as argument claiming objective valid ity. But the reader without attending to precision or exactness soon yields to the spell of Mr. Hocking's seduc tive style and ere long finds himself sharing the author's mood. And if a work of art may be judged by the genuine mood it creates and sustains, The Meaning of God in Human Experience, besides being eminently profound.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.