Meister Eckhart: if water = chaos? Eckhart's metaphorics of water
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2025
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Dr. Johnson teaches philosophy at Georgia Tech. He is the author of Paradox at Play: Metaphor in Meister Eckhart's Sermons by Catholic University of America Press. It includes many sermons never before translated into English.
Meister Eckhart, Paradox at Play
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I read Eckhart's 'Bottomless ocean & Mercy' with conjunction to the Hesychasts who keep repeating the phrase 'Lord, Son of God have mercy on me' to induce a mystical experience (divine light of Jesus's transfiguration), and also with conjunction to the Sufi and jumps into self annihilation to that the 'I' realizes the non-seperation of itself and God. I also link this to Eckhart's preaching that the humble man is one with God.
The link for me is the lowering of the 'I', placing it and the lowest of the low while facing God - Mercy implies lowering yourself facing your Lord and Master; it implies a position of humbleness and passivety. There, in the depth of that ocean the mystical light flows.
Recall St. John of the Cross: In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
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Who ever said chaos is ugly though?
We tend to find order (e.g., symmetry) beautiful