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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 230: Mystical Memories, II: Is the Memory Mystical? - Reflections on Mind and Body

Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen
Organiser:Rob Faesen, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen
Moderator/Chair:John Arblaster, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen
Paper 230-aThe Making and Un-Making of the World: Memoria, Apophasis, and Pain in the Works of Ruusbroec 
(Language: English)
Sander Vloebergs, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven
Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology
Paper 230-bDesire, Memory, and Hope in John of the Cross
(Language: English)
Edward William Howells, Heythrop College, University of London
Index terms: Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Theology
Paper 230-cThe 'Now' in Analogical Mysticism and Late Medieval Grammar
(Language: English)
Christopher Wojtulewicz, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, King's College London
Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Philosophy, Theology
Abstract

The purpose of this session is to explore the importance which mystics placed on the memory and perceived it to be in some sense the seat of mystical encounter.