ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Among English writers and poets the only two who fulfil this strict definition of a mystic are Wordsworth and Blake.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mysticism played a major part in the works of William Blake. Blake believed that ‘whatever was divine in God must be divine in man’. His poetry is known for its characteristics of mysticism, imagination, symbolism, and lyricism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meditating on and uttering the sacred syllable were considered a means of inducing a mystical union with the divine essence. Once union was achieved, the self and all existence were seen to be divine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although much mysticism, like much religion, is indeed irrational, other mystical traditions take pride in their adherence to reason. In the West, Diogenes of Apollonia, a Greek philosopher of the 5th century bce, introduced mystical ideas into Greek philosophy.