{"product_id":"the-mystical-science-of-the-soul-9781442644281","title":"The Mystical Science of the Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystical Science of the Soul \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the unexamined influence of medieval discourses of science and spirituality on \u003cem\u003erecogimiento\u003c\/em\u003e, the unique Spanish genre of recollection mysticism that served as the driving force behind the principal developments in Golden Age mysticism. Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an ‘embodied soul’ for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoon proposes a fundamental rereading of the key \u003cem\u003erecogimiento\u003c\/em\u003e text\u003cem\u003e Subida del Monte Sión\u003c\/em\u003e (1535\/1538), which melds the traditionally distinct spiritual techniques of moral self-examination, Passion meditation, and negative theology into one cognitively adept path towards mystical union. She is also the first English-language scholar to treat the author of this influential work – the Renaissance physic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Mystical Science of Soul is a fascinating piece of research. It focuses on a mystical method of recollection and the genre of literature associated with it...this volume should be welcomed by medievalists and early modernists, students of the Renaissance, historians of science, mysticism, and medicine, as well as theologians and church historians.' -- Jon Balserak Sixteenth Century Journal vol 65:02:2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408366412119,"sku":"9781442644281","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442644281.jpg?v=1730502605","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mystical-science-of-the-soul-9781442644281","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}