Eckhart never believed he was a heretic. Why?

He says heretics willfully oppose church doctorine. he didnt

Plato's theory of the forms is reflected most clearly in which of the following statements

The forms are eternal unchanging, non-material ideals.

Name the two sources that Henri Bergson says is the source or morality and religion

Closed(static) and Open (dynamic)

Describe Ninian Smart's Ritual/Practical dimension of Religion (this is 1 of seven dimensions)

Physical practices that act out religious aspirations.

Describe Transciency, one of James' four aspects of Mystical Experience

The experiences are temporary, they do not last long.

Y did WJ think AlGhazalhis distinction b/w medical explanation & being drunk was like Mysticism

Theres a chemical explanation but U only know by being drunk

Ninian Smart's Material/Artistic dimension of religion (this is 4/7 dimensions)

Religious expression in buildings, sacred objects, etc.

What are the five pillars of Islam

Shahada, Zaqat, Sawm, Salat, Hajj

What is the 7th chapter of St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.

Mystical transport of the mind our affection passes to God

What is the 3rd chapter in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God?

speculation on God through images on our natural powers

The text of Rabbinic commentary on the oral & written Torah

Eckhart states that without him God would not be "God" this is following which idea.

Our idea of God depends on the idea of creatures

What is meant by creation ex nihilo?

God created all creation/the universe from nothing.

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1
The Ungrund might be the absolute/the one the plurality of persons is more important to Beryaev
False
True
2
Who was the famous desert hermit whose temptation became the subject of artists
St. Clare
St. Anthony
John t he Stylate
St. Benedict
3
The two more important sources of Islamic law and tradition are
Kabbalah and Holy Bible
The Holy Bible and the Hadith
Qu'ran and The Kabbalah
Qu'ran and the Hadith
4
This famous woman sufi is considered one of the most important Islamic mystics.
Al-Ghazali
al-Hallaj
Rabi'ah al-Adwiyah
Al-Ashari
5
Eckhart never believed he was a heretic. Why?
God had spoken to him.
He had a mystical experience that showed him the truth.
Because he just knew he was right
He says heretics willfully oppose church doctorine. he didnt
6
Describe Henri Bergson's second source of morality and religion.. Open (Dynamic)?
discriminative/exclusive
tribal/traditional/inclusive
exclusive/tribal/traditional
Individual/universal/inclusive
7
Jewish Phil famous for allegorical reading script & trying to combine Hebrew script/Platos Phil
Philo
Abraham Abulafia
Moses Maimonides
Isaac Luria
8
In the study of religion this notion of a secret teaching is called ________.
Esoteric
Platonic
Exoteric
Mystical
9
Plato's theory of the forms is reflected most clearly in which of the following statements
The forms depend on the existence of particular things.
The forms are changing because ideals change between ages
The forms are eternal unchanging, non-material ideals.
The forms continually think about and discuss philosophy.
10
Madyamika Phil. said "Samsara isnt different from Nirvana, vice versa". influenced Ch'an or Zen
Shen-hsiu
Nagarjuna
Hui-neng
Dogen
11
Neo-Platonist wrote a commentary on the Song of Songs uni. salvation publicly castrated himself
Origen
Plato
Plotinus
Socrates
12
This mystic saw the whole of God's creation in a "little thing, the size of a hazel nut."
Majorie Kemp
St. Catherine of Siena
Julian of Norwich
St. Teresa of Avila
13
The Second temple was destroyed by the Romans in ________. (Date)
586 BCE
136 CE
70 CE
29 CE
14
many of Meister Eckhart;s sermons were delivered to what semi-monastic order of women?
The Beguines
The Magedeburgs
The Poor Clares
The Simple Souls
15
Meister Eckhart's Monastic order.
Dominicans
Cistercians
Benetictines
Franciscan Spirituals
16
Name the two sources that Henri Bergson says is the source or morality and religion
Closed and Sheltered
Love and intuition
Closed(static) and Open (dynamic)
God and Jesus
17
In a cycle of poems Rumi likened human beings to an instrument created/played by God what is it
The reed flute
the violen
The guitar
The Harp
18
What word does Eckhart use to describe God's constant creation nature?
Omnipotence
Omniscience
Ebullito
Gottheit
19
The study of being is important in Mysticism because Mystics associate Being and the Divine.
False
True
20
Famous Russian author who hid a rope a pistol for fear he might kill himself?
Leo Tolstoy
Leonardo Dicaprio
William James
Ponce de Leon
21
According to Micrea Eliade what aspects of human existence does "the Sacred" help make sense of
Ethics and Morality
Ritual and Myth
Space and Time
Doctrine and Philosophy
22
Describe Ninian Smart's Ritual/Practical dimension of Religion (this is 1 of seven dimensions)
Physical practices that act out religious aspirations.
Interprets the meaning of stories, rituals, places, etc.
The stories that are basic to the tradition
Rules of the community
23
Describe Transciency, one of James' four aspects of Mystical Experience
The experience occurs and then it is gone
The experience cannot be described by words
It is a state of wisdom, An experience of knowledge
The experiences are temporary, they do not last long.
24
In Comparative Mysticism, Steven Katz claims that all types of mysticism are unitive.
False
True
25
What is the other name for "the Desert" that Eckhart describes?
The Abyss
The Gottheit
The Ungrund
The Nothing
26
Who said "W/out contraries is no progression. they are necessary to Human existence."
Jacob Boehme
Alexander Pope
William Blake
John Milton
27
Schelling thought that God only became conscious and personal through God's relation to humans
False
True
28
Describe Passivity. one of James' four aspects of Mystical Experience.
The experience is temporary and does not last long
It occurs and then it is gone
There is a state of wisdom, an experience of knowledge
The experience cannot be described by words
29
Before Jacob Boehme began writing down his mystical ideas in books his occupation was?
Priest
Saddle maker
Cooper
Shoemaker
30
Which mystic referred to Jesus as our "true mother
St. Teresa of Avila
Hildegard
St. Catherine of Siena
Julian of Norwich
31
What Is Boehmes term for the absolute, the source of all things including the impersonal of God
Gottheit
The Ungrund
Bliss
The NO
32
Y did WJ think AlGhazalhis distinction b/w medical explanation & being drunk was like Mysticism
He didnt he was a psychologist and thought you just know
A and C
AlGhazalhi was a doctor an doctors could explain being drunk
Theres a chemical explanation but U only know by being drunk
33
Ninian Smart's Material/Artistic dimension of religion (this is 4/7 dimensions)
organization of the community
The stories that are basic to the tradition
Religious expression in buildings, sacred objects, etc.
The claim to have experienced the "real" or the "sacred"
34
The neo-Platonist philosopher who thought that beauty was beyond form the author of the Enneads
Plato
Origen
Socrates
Plotinus
35
What are the five pillars of Islam
Kabbalah, Koran, Shahada, Salat, Zaqat
Muhammad, Hajj, Mecca, Quebec, Fasting
Haha, Hajj, fasting, Sawm, Kabbalah
Shahada, Zaqat, Sawm, Salat, Hajj
36
Islamic mystical state is Blank means annihilation It points to the annihilation of self in God
Farq
Jam
Hayba
Fana
37
What is the 7th chapter of St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.
The speculation on God in the image reformed by grace
Mystical transport of the mind our affection passes to God
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe
Speculation on the most blessed Trinity in its name. (God)
38
Dependent Origination or that things only appear through their dependence on one another.
Pratitya-samupada
sunnyatta
Anicca
Samadhi
39
What are the three parts of St. Teresa's mystic path of ascent toward God?
Union, Purgation, Illumination
Purgation, illumination, division
Unity, holiness, sacredness
purity, prayer, obedience
40
Describe Ninian Smart's social/instit./Organiz. dimension of religion. (this is 6/7 dimensions)
Physical practices that act out religious aspirations.
Organization of the community
The claim to have experienced the "real" or the "sacred"
Rules of the community
41
Hebrew term for the Feminine aspect of God
Shekinah
Elohiim
Chessed
Parade
42
What is the 3rd chapter in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God?
vestiges in the visible.
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe
speculation on the most blessed Trinity in its name (God).
speculation on God through images on our natural powers
43
What are the 5th and 6th stages in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.
Seeing God as He is in himself
Our affection passes over totally to God
Vestiges in the visible
God's presence in ourselves
44
What is the Talmud
The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
A book of mystical practices
It is the Jewish festival of lights
The text of Rabbinic commentary on the oral & written Torah
45
Eckhart states that without him God would not be "God" this is following which idea.
None of the above
Our idea of God depends on the idea of creatures
God created the word ex nihilo
The impassibility of God
46
Who was the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire whose court included such scientific luminaries.
Charles the Bald
Frederick Barbarossa
Phillip II
Rudolf II
47
What is meant by creation ex nihilo?
We can create things out of nothing by our free will
That evil is created by us out of nothing
God created all creation/the universe from nothing.
God created the universe to manifest His power
48
A reductionist interpretation would claim Hildegaard's visions were results of
Fasting
Migranes
Drugs
Hyperventalation
49
Rudolf Otto associates the what he calls the Holy the the experience of which of the following
A and B
An experience of an "overplus of meaning."
The "Moral"
The "Mysterium tremendum"
50
Rudolf Otto associates the what he calls "The Holy" the experience of which of the following
Only the experience of a personal God
A and D
An experience of an "overplus of meaning"
The "mysterium tremendum"
51
Like most Christians Boehme believed in creation ex nihilo
True
False
52
List and briefly explain each of Ninian Smart’s Seven Dimensions of Religion
Supernatural, natural, unnatural, Holy, spirits, God, heaven
Ritual., Myth., Doct., Material, ethic., Experiental, social
Nazis, KKK, Hitler, Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Terrorists
Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Greeks, Romans
53
What is the 6th chapter of St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe
speculation on God through images on our natural powers
speculation on the most blessed Trinity in its name (God)
speculation on God in the vestiges in the world of sense
54
James' type of philosophy is called______?
Phenomenology
Pragmatism
Existientialiam
Theological
55
JB Schelling & Berdyaev describe 2 wills from the Ungrund Individual & freedom The will of the?
God
Self
Ground
Humans
56
What is the Kabbalah?
A book by the Hasidic leader Israel Bal Shem
It is the Babylonian Talmud
It is the first part of the Talmud created by the Rabbis
A book, A tradition of Jewish mystical & esoteric literature
57
Which great religious war between Catholics and protestants did Boehme live on the brink of?
War of the Three Henries
The War of the Three Kingdoms
The Thirty Years War
The Peasant Rebellion
58
This Moslem Mystic was executed for declaring what seemed like blasphemy, "I am the Real."
Ibn-Arabi
al-Hallaj
al-Ghazaili
Rumi
59
It is impossible to have an evil mystical experience
True
False
60
What are the first two stages in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God
God's primary name which is being
God's presence in ourselves
seeing God as He is in himself
vestiges in the visible
61
book the William James produced in 1901-1902 Gifford lectures.
Mysticism and Religious Experience
Pragmatism
A Plluralistic Universe
The Varieties of Religious Experience
62
The poet Rumi is numbered amongst which Islamic mystical group?
Moslems
Murijites
Shi'ites
Sufis
63
St. Bonaventure's Monastic Order
Franciscan Spirituals
Cistercians
Dominicans
Franciscans
64
Interpretations that describe religious traditions, focuses on patterns/differences of religion
Syncretism
Positivism
Phenomenology
Reductionism
65
According to Hildegard Adam did this in the garden. Satan cannot do it at all.
Contemplate
Sing
Speak
Speak in Poetry
66
The Zohar book of Splendors is the most famous work in this tradition of Jewish Mysticism
Merkavah Mysticism
Kabbalah
Messianic Mysticism
Lurianic Mysticism
67
Boehme claimed that the impersonal Absolute is the basis of reality. It is best understood as..
Will, Freedom, Creativity
Benevolence
Being
Power
68
Describe Ninian Smart's Experiential dimension of religion (this is the last of 7 dimensions)
Religious expression in buildings, sacred objects, etc.
Rules of the community
The claim to have experience the "real" or the "sacred"
The stories that are basic to the tradition
69
Mystic & Theologian inspired the Franciscan Spirituals on poverty & explanation & human history
St. Bonaventure
Peter Abelard
St. Francis of Asis
Joachim of Fiore
70
One of the first Chan/Zen Masters who went to China meditated for 9 years & cut off his eyelids
Shen-shsiu
Joshu
Nagarjuna
Bodhidharma
71
In James' book what are the three main religious types?
Esoteric, Exoteric, Mesoteric
Optimism, Pessimism, Ultimatism
The Healthy Minded, Sick Soul, The Twice-Born
Pantheism, Panantheism, Gantheism
72
Jalal adDin Rumi wrote The Spiritual Couplets/The Works of Shams alTabriz in his native Persian
True
False
73
Blake wrote about a 17 century British poet "The reason ___ wrote in fetters when he wrote...."
William Shakespear
John Donne
Edmund Spenser
John Milton
74
Describe Ninian Smart's Ethical/Legal dimension of religion (this is 5/7 dimensions)
Rules of the community
The stories that are basic to the tradition
organization of the community
Physical Practices that act out religious aspirations.
75
Eckhart thought "not knowing" was higher than knowing. What is his term for this "letting go?"
Gellassenheit
Dasein
Ontology
Creatio
76
Name the first Chapter in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God
speculation on the most blessed trinity in its name, (God).
Speculation on God in the image reformed by grace.
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe.
speculation on God in the vestiges in the world of sense
77
Boehme says the world is necessary to God, is a reflection of God, and made from his own nature
True
False
78
Berdyaev uses this term to describe pure creativity that is the basis of his idea of freedom
Ontology
Nihil
Meonic
Potentia
79
In Islamic mysticism a spiritual leader with absolute authority over his disciple is called a?
murid
shaykh
zawiah
dhikir
80
Boehme believed in falling away from unity humanity/God both can rise to something higher love
True
False
81
What is the 5th chapter in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God?
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe
speculation on the most blessed Trinity in its name (God)
speculation on divine unity through Gods primary name(Being)
speculation on God in the vestiges in the world of sense
82
Perhaps Bernards most famous and influential book was a commentary on which books of the Bible
Proverbs
Genesis
Song of Songs
Exodus
83
In Flower sermon, The Buddha held up a flower and this disciple smiled, who was it?
Ananda
Kashyapa
Rahula
Dogen
84
Describe Ineffability, one of James' aspects of Mystical Experience
The experienced cannot be described by words.
The experience occurs and then it is gone
Temporary experiences that do not last for long
The experience is a state of wisdom. An Experience of wisdom
85
Describe Ninian Smart's Mythological/Narrative dimension of religion (this is 2 of seven Dim.).
The claim to have experience the "real" or the "sacred".
Organization of the community
Interprets the meaning of stories, rituals, places, etc.
The stories that are basic to the tradition
86
The Japanese notion of the beauty of the passing of things as sympathetic sadness.
Mono no aware
Genjokoan
Satori
Suchness
87
Zen Riddles that are supposed to stop the mind in its tracks. What are they called?
Jhanas
Koans
Jiriki
Tariki
88
This famous Sufi mystic/philosopher/prominant thinker wrote The Incoherence of the Philosophers
Al-Ashari
ibn al-Arabi
al-Hallaj
Al-Ghazali
89
James thought that mystical states were true and authoratative for _______ ?
no one
Only the people that have them
everyone
Only those in that religion
90
A figure who wrote "Heaven and Hell", talked to angels, Blake saw him as superficial
Meister Eckhart
Louis XVI
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Jacob Boehme
91
This type of Buddhism is the majority type in China/Japan It means "the greater vehicle".
Majayana
Theravada
Vajrayana
Cha'n
92
Boehme thought all the contraries were present in everything, but not in God.
False
True
93
This terms means secret knowledge or practice.
Apophatic
Esoteric
Cataphatic
Sacred
94
What is the name for the negative type of theology
Apocalyptic
Apophatic
Cataphatic
Catalystic
95
Name the Hebrew Bible and its three parts
TaNak; Torah, Neviim, Kethuviim
Koran; Neviim, Genesis, Romans
Kabbalah; Rabbi, Torah, Neviim
The Holy Bible; Torah, Ephesians, Psalms
96
What is the Islamic term for "the real?"
tawiah
al-Haqq
Tariga
murid
97
Seeing the universe as reflected in the small is seeing the small as a ______ of the whole
Micronism
Macronism
Macrocosm
Microcosm
98
Pre-mystical experience, your background & religion forms mystic consciousness this is called?
Contextualism
Monistic Mysticism
Theistic Mysticism
Mystical Union
99
In Bernard's allegorical interpretation the soul (anima) is represented as
the groom
the bride
the slave
the son
100
Plato's talk on love & beauty that describes carnal love to absolute spiritual love is the ?
Apology
Republic
Crito
Symposium
101
Hildegard described her visions as filling brain and heart. She was told she was the ___ of God
prophetess
messenger
Amanuensis
Breath
102
explain Henri Bergson's source of morality and religion called "Closed (static)"
logical
different/diverse
individual/single/liberal
tribal/Traditional/social
103
What is Zazen?
Walking meditation
Meditation while working
Meditation while performing kitchen duties
Sitting meditation
104
What does St. Francis receive from the angel during this vision?
Deification
The Stigmata
Water in the desert of the soul
Unification
105
This great "sober" Sufi wrote over 700 works including The Meccan Opennings
al-Hallaj
Rabi'ah al-'Adwiyah
Ibn al-Arabi
al-Ghazali
106
Describe Noetic Quality, one of James' four aspects of Mystical Experience
The experience cannot be described by words
The experience is temporary it does not last long.
The Experience occurs and then it is gone
A state of wisdom, an experience of knowledge
107
According to Berdyaev the most important source of human evil is?
Self- Centeredness or egoism
Sin
Following the herd
Sexuality
108
Mystic thought to be the author of The Zohar, claimed it was the work of a 1st century Rabbi.
Abraham Abulafia
Israel Bal Shem
Isaac Luria
Moses de Leon
109
Which of the following represents "perfect love" for Bernard of Clairvaux?
The person loves himself for God's sake
The person loves God for his own benefit
The person love himself for his own sake
The person loves God for God's sake
110
What name is given to the ten emanations from God as One and unknowable in the Jewish Mysticism
Adam Cadman
Tehom
Eyn Sof
Sefirot
111
What is the name given to God as unknowable and One in Jewish Mysticism?
Devekuth
Sefirot
Tehom
Eyn Sof
112
List James' 4 aspects of Mystical Experience
Esoteric, mesoteric, apophatic, cataphatic
Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transciency, Passivity
Passion, love, trust, hope
The Father, the son, The holy spirit, Angels
113
What is the title of St. Bonaventure's most famous book?
Kabbalah
Varieties of Mystical Experiences
The Mind's Journey into God
The Holy Bible
114
What is the 2nd chapter in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.
speculation on divine unity through Gods primary name(Being)
The speculation on God in the vestiges in the world of sense
speculation on the most blessed Trinity in its name (God)
speculation on God through images on our natural powers
115
Medical Materialism?
A and C
Experience is subjective/may be illusory objective ones true
Mystical experiences provide objective and universal truths
human experience could be reduced to physical explanation
116
Famous Zen Master went to China to study Chan returned to Japan established, Soto school of Zen
Esai
Suzuki
Bodhidarma
Dogen
117
Why does Berdyaev think human beings have a moral right to hell?
We are free to choose to be egotistical and create our hell
Because we hate other people
God needs to punish us
there is neither hell nor heaven
118
What was the name of Rumi's older friend who inspired him to take the mystical turn?
Shams al-Din Tabrizi
al-Ghazalhi
al-Hallaj
Ibn Arabi
119
According to Boehme what is Hell?
He is a universalist and does not believe in hell.
Hell is a temporary state of mind.
Evil person denies relation; everyone's fault for his hell
Hell is a lake of eternal fire.
120
St. Bonaventure most closely followed which of the following saints?
St. Benedict
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Francis
St. Dominic
121
William J Ninian S claim M. E. are distinct/transcend R. Traditions that its found. Katz agrees
False
True
122
St. Bernard of Clairvaux is larges credited with building which order of monks?
Cistercians
Dominicans
Jesuits
Benedictines
123
Words and letters have significance numerically, as well as semantically.
Panentheism
Syncretism
Apocalyptic
Gematria
124
St. Bernard interpreted scripture allegorically Each room represents part of our journey to God
The library
the chapel
the bedroom
the garden
125
These types of interpretations explain the meaning/origin of religion by something nonreligious
Phenomenology
Syncretism
Esotericism
Reductionism
126
Dogen's great book was titled
The Analects
One Bright Pearl
The Shobogenzo
The Great Learning
127
Which of the following terms represents Boehme's contraries
Yes and No
Light and Darkness
Joy and Anguish
All of the Above
128
2nd will from the Ungrund is relational freedom for creating community w/ others. The will to?
Care
Lead
Love
Hate
129
What is meant by creation ex nihilo?
God created the universe the universe from chaotic matter
God created the universe to manifest His power
That evil is created by us out of nothing
God created all creation/the universe from nothing
130
What is the title of William James' book on the psychology of religion
The Destiny of Man
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Great Experience of Mysticism
The Desire to be God
131
Berdyaev equates Boehme's ungrund w/ what he calls the absolute. What are the characteristics?
Being
Ideals
Matter
Freedom
132
what is the name for the positive type of theology
Apophatic
Catalystic
Apocalyptic
Cataphatic
133
What was Joshu's response to the question whether a dog has a Buddha Nature?
The Dog is the Buddha
The cicadas are chirping
Dogs are creatures we eat so they have no Buddha Nature
Mu!
134
This term means total attachment to, or devotion to God, in Jewish Mysticism.
Eyn Sof
Adam Cadman
Devekuth
Tehom
135
In Greater Vehicle Buddhism this figure forgoes Buddhahood to help save us from suffering.
Patriarch
Bodhisattva
Tenzo
Arhat
136
What is the meaning of the term sunnyatta
Emptiness
Fullness
Presence
Absence
137
Boehme thought he saw the trace of God in nature, what is the term mystics used for this trace
Telos
Design
Signature
Imprint
138
The philosophy WJ championed claimed that religious ideas were true insofar as they were useful
True
False
139
Describe Ninian Smart's Doctrinal/Philosophical dimension of religion (this is 3/7 dimensions).
The stories that are basic to the tradition
Rules of the community
Interprets the meaning of stories, rituals, places, etc.
The claim to have experience the "real" or the "sacred"
140
Plato's theory of the forms is reflected most clearly in which of the following statements.
The forms are eternal unchanging, non-material ideals
The forms are eternal unchanging, non-material ideals
The forms are changing because ideals change between ages
The forms continually think about and discuss philosophy
141
What are the 3rd and 4th stages in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God.
Vestiges in the visible
God's presence in ourselves
Seeing God as He is in himself
Speculation of God
142
What is the 4th stage in St. Bonaventure's description of the soul's journey to God?
Speculation on God through the vestiges in the universe
speculation on divine unity through Gods primary name(Being)
speculation on God in the vestiges in the world of sense
speculation on God in the image reformed by grace
143
WJ & Ninian S say that mystical experience is distinct/transcend religious traditions its found
True
False
144
In relation to the last question the whole itself is call the _______ .
Microcosm
Microorganism
Macroorganism
Macrocosm

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