ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS

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Which best describes the work of a mystic?
A
the mystic is primarily tasked with intellectual work within monasteries
B
the mystic is a visionary who experiences divine insight
C
the mystic uses a religious platform to promote equal rights for women
D
the mystic usually works as a scribe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -noun. a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy. a person initiated into religious mysteries.

Detailed explanation-2: -They have powers of receptivity and sympathy that are particularly acute. They are porous and have the ability to be so open as to stretch beyond the usual small and protective ego, and they are often unusually courageous.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mysticism involves an explanatory context, which provides meaning for mystical and visionary experiences, and related experiences like trances. According to Dan Merkur, mysticism may relate to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness, and the ideas and explanations related to them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mystical knowledge is an internal experience of knowledge occurring in certain states of consciousness that are unmediated by mental processes or sense perception. It cannot be communicated because it cannot be expressed in language or concepts.

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