Familiarization Knowing God

Within the Means of Reason God strictly within the means of reason in Judeo-Christianity God is presented as an effable and comprehensible concept Omni-attributes (e.g. omnibenevolence, omnipotence) Eternity, infinity, and other attributes God is presented as a paradoxical concept Omni-attributes conflict (e.g., omnibenevolence, omnipotence; problem of evil) Free will and other problems God strictly within the means of reason fails in Judeo-Christianity

More Than the Means of Reason Kierkegaard’s Story of Abraham and Isaac God’s conflicting commandments Abraham’s faith in them Faith in paradoxical God Schuon’s Talk of Symbols Symbols point to something transcendant of themselves The means of reason itself is symbolic Transcendence of the means of reason

Beyond the Means of Reason The Mystic Experience Experiencing the Absolute as indistinct from selfhood Experiencing the Absolute is indistinct and thus ineffable and ungraspable The Absolute is utterly incomprehensible and known Tilich’s Talk of Symbols Symbols are ineffable and indistinct from that to which they point Symbols mirror the Mystic Experience Symbols are utterly incomprehensible and known Kierkegaard’s Subjectivity as Truth Subjectivity, which is experiencing oneself, is indistinct subject experiencing itself as subject and object Subjectivity is indistinct and mirrors Mystic Experience and Tilich’s Talk of Symbols Subjectivity is utterly incomprehensible and known

Familiarization A Non-Dual Realization God within reason as distinct and unknown God beyond reason as indistinct and known