Plotinus, Mysticism, and Mediation
Religious Studies 40 (2):145 - 163 (2004)
| Abstract | The Plotinian scholar, John Bussanich, has noted that the issue of classifying mystical union with the One consists in deciding between either theistic union or monistic identity. For advocates of theistic union, during mystical union the soul retains its identity and can be distinguished from the One; for advocates of monistic identity, during the union the soul loses its identity and becomes absorbed into the One. Both camps, however, believe that noetic activity is transcended in the union. In contradistinction to the theistic union and monistic identity views, I argue for what I call a mediated union position in Plotinus's doctrines whereby the noetic part of the soul -- understood as a multi-faceted cognitive capacity -- is not transcended in union with the One. | |||||||||
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