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6 MYSTICISM AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Jerome Gellman
In modern usage, “mysticism” refers to mystical experience and to practices, discourse,
institutions, and traditions associated therewith. The term “mystical experience” enjoys a
great variety of meanings, retaining some of that variety among philosophers. There is no
choice but to stipulate meaning for the purposes of this essay. A wide definition of