Disappear Quote by W. H. Auden

Mystical experiences (unlike scientific conclusions) cannot be communicated from one person to another. Philosophers and little children are continually amazed that we, unaccountably, find…

— Sam Keen

“Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts,…

— R.M. Jones

Mystical power, as you know, has a whole different flavor to it. It's much more raucous at times; it's much more poignant at times.…

— Frederick Lenz

Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience.

— Evelyn Underhill

Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness of the…

— Marilyn Ferguson

It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine.

— Lyman Abbott

“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes so many…

— Peter Elbow

I can't imagine a mental life, a spiritual existence, not inextricably bound up with language of a formal, mediated nature. Telling stories, choosing an…

— Joyce Carol Oates

It's not how many mystical experiences you have, but how you use them. Let the understanding from them influence you a lot. Let it…

— Anonymous

By inner experience I understand that which one usually calls mystical experience: the states of ecstasy, of rapture, at least of meditated emotion. But…

— Georges Bataille

All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it…

— Terry Eagleton