Wandering Joy

This remarkable work shows Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century western mystic, as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul, who shatters the dualism between God and the world, and the self and God. It is not only an exposition of Eckhart’s mysticism, but also an exemplary work of contemporary philosophy.

Foreword

ix

David Appelbaum

Introduction

xvii

Chapter One

Sermon, ``Jesus Entered,''

3

(6)

Analysis and Commentary

9

(37)

What Does it Mean ``To Be Virgin''?

9

(4)

A New Commerce with Things: Detachment

13

(5)

The Birth of the Son in Detachment

18

(8)

The Divine Destiny of the Intellect

26

(12)

The Divine Destiny of the Will

38

(3)

The Divine Destiny of the Ground of the Mind

41

(5)

Sermon, ``He Who Hates His Soul in This World''

46

(7)

Chapter Two

Sermon, ``Woman, the Hour is Coming,''

53

(4)

Analysis

57

(24)

Time, the Body, Nothingness

58

(3)

Living Without Why

61

(1)

General and Individual Perfections

62

(3)

Motus and ``Break-through,''

65

(2)

The Higher Part of the Mind and Its Faculties

67

(5)

Birth of the Son and Equanimity

72

(6)

``God Must,''

78

(3)

Commentary: Intensities of Releasement

81

(15)

Dissimilarity

82

(7)

Similarity

89

(7)

Sermon,``Like A Vase of Massive Gold,''

96

(23)

Identity

101

(6)

Dehiscence

107

(12)

Sermon, ``Saul Rose From the Ground,''

119

(10)

Chapter Three

Sermon, ``See What Love,''

129

(6)

Analysis

135

(34)

Union by Knowledge

135

(3)

Union by Participation

138

(4)

Exterior Knowledge and Interior Knowledge

142

(3)

Interior Knowledge and the Mind's Being

145

(4)

Identity and Analogy of Grace

149

(4)

Identity and Analogy of Being

153

(10)

New Birth and Voluntary Annihilation

163

(2)

New Birth and Equanimity

165

(2)

Being the Son and Becoming the Son

167

(2)

Commentary: The Understanding of Being in Meister Eckhart

169

(9)

Identity and Analogy

169

(1)

Analogy According to Aristotle

170

(3)

Analogy According to Meister Eckhart

173

(5)

Sermon, ``Proclaim the Word,''

178

(32)

The Limits of the Analogical Understanding of Being

182

(6)

Wandering Identity (Meister Eckhart and Heidegger)

188

(18)

Conclusion: Releasement and the ``There Is,''

206

(4)

Sermon, ``Blessed are the Poor,''

210

(7)

Appendix: Meister Eckhart and Zen Buddhism

217

(6)

Notes

223

(36)

Selected Bibliography

259

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