German Mysticism From Hildegard of Bingen to Ludwig Wittgenstein

Andrew Weeks is Assistant Professor of German at Illinois State University. He is the author of Boehme: An Intellectual Biography of the Seventeeth-Century Philosopher and Mystic published by SUNY Press.

"This book offers a fine overview of the emergence and development of a German mystical tradition. Weeks introduces the major figures and characterizes the nature of their religious experience. His work provides insights into specific doctrines or modes of thought while at the same time offering a framework into which the specifics may be fit in order to form a coherent whole."— Debra L. Stoudt, University of Toledo

• Preface Introduction 1. The Union of WorldsBiblical and Augustinian Sources of German Mysticism 2. The Visible and the InvisibleHildegard of Bingen and Female Visionary Mysticism 3. The Outer and the InnerThe Reflective Mysticism of Eckhart, Seuse, and Tauler 4. The Finite and the InfiniteThe Humanistic Mysticism of Nicholas of Cusa 5. Nature and ScriptureMysticism Between Renaissance and Reformation 6. Letter and SpiritMysticism as Dissent in the German Reformation 7. The Part and the WholeJacob Boehme and the Baroque Synthesis 8. Diversity and UnityMysticism Between Pietism and Enlightenment 9. Nature and ImaginationRomantic Mysticism from Novalis to Schopenhauer Conclusion: Wittgenstein and the Aftermath of German Mysticism Notes Select Bibliography Index