Mystery? Mysticism? A Brief Discussion of the Chinese Translation of Mysticism
When I heard the words "mysticism" or "mystical experience," I subconsciously translated them into "occultism" or "mystical experience." It wasn't until I typed "mysticism" into Google while writing my "psilocybin flight instruction" that I came up with "esotericism" and "mystical covenantism," two terms I'd never seen before.
This is my prayer. As for you, beloved Timothy, exerting yourself sincerely in mystical contempla-tion, quit the senses, the workings of the intellect, and all that may be sensed and known, and all that is not and is. For by this you may unknowingly attain, in as far as it is possible, to the one-ness of Him who is beyond all being and knowledge. Thus through indomitable, absolute and pure detachment of yourself from all things, you will be lifted up to that radiance of the divine darkness which is beyond being, surpassing all and free from all.
