1. Familiarization
Knowing God

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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