Wandering Joy

Wandering Joy : Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy

Reiner Schurmann (author)

In this remarkable work, Reiner Schürmann shows Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Christian mystic, as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul, which shatters the dualism between God and the world, the self and God. This is an exposition of Eckhar's mysticism-perhaps the best in English-and, because Eckhart is a profound philosopher for whom knowing precedes being, it is also an exemplary work of contemporary philosophy. Schürmann shows us that Eckhart is our contemporary. He describes the threefold movement of detachment, release, and "dehiscence" (splitting open), which leads to the experience of "living without a why," in which all things are in God and sheer joy. Going beyond that, he describes the transformational force of approaching the Godhead, the God beyond God: "A man who has experienced the same no longer has a place to establish himself. He has settled on the road, and for those who have learned how to listen, his existence becomes a call. This errant one dwells in joy. Through his wanderings the origin beckons."

Reiner Schurmann was born to German parents in Amsterdam in 1941. He received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1981 and was Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Among many awards, he received the Distinguished University Teacher Award in 1989. Shortly before his death in 1993, he completed the two-volume Broken Hegemonies. David Appelbaum is Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University, New Paltz, and editor of Parabola magazine and of the Studies in Esotericism series. He is a poet and the author of numerous books, including The Stop, Everyday Spirits, and Disruption.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lindisfarne Books (1 April 2001)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780970109712
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.27 x 1.85 x 23.39 cm