William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Tran...

Ineffability. — The handiest of the marks by which I classify a state of mind as mystical is negative. The subject of it immediately says that it defies expression, that no adequate report of its contents can be given in words. It follows from this that its quality must be directly experienced; it cannot be imparted or transferred to others. In th

William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences

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