Juan Larrea and the New World: Between Philosophy and Mysticism

Katrine Helene Andersen

Abstract


The aim of the present study is to analyse the mystic traits of the experiences J. Larrea had in Peru and Mexico based on his testimonies in Orbe and Diario del Nuevo Mundo. It compares these experiences to W. James’ definition of a mystic experience, and it analyses their evolution and fulfilment in order to explore the relationship between the personal and the absolute in Larrea’s philosophical project. On this basis, the article argues that through mysticism, Larrea abandons the individual “I” as a thinking subject and that the foundation to a methodology of Larrea’s metaphysical thinking is laid out in Orbe and Diario del Nuevo Mundo.


Keywords


Juan Larrea; mysticism; philosophy; the “New World”; diary

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/i.2018.43.2.9-25
Date of publication: 2019-06-10 13:32:29
Date of submission: 2019-03-24 10:25:53


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