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Document Details : Title: Between Semiotics and Semantics Subtitle: An Epistemological Exploration of Spanish Mysticism and Literature and its Contribution to Spirituality in the Academy Author(s): OFILADA MINA, Macario Journal: Studies in Spirituality Volume: 22 Date: 2012 Pages: 69-88 DOI: 10.2143/SIS.22.0.2182847 Abstract : This exploratory essay parts from the distinction between semiotics (system of signs) and semantics (system of meaning in discourses) to distinguish between the mystical experience and the mystagogical text. Applying this distinction to the case of the Spanish and mystical texts, culminating in the sixteenth century, an era of imperial conquests and reforms, the study does not only present principal trends in interpreting Spanish spirituality from a historical viewpoint, but also underscores its unique contribution of viewing spirituality as a conquest for the transcendent God, viewed as His Majesty. The essay, citing some key figures and events in the history of the Spanish School, then proceeds to affirm the validity of this unique perspective as the distinct contribution of the Spanish School to the universal Christian spiritual tradition. Likewise it is an invitation to a detailed textual sampling and study of the elements which could only presented from a global perspective in this study. |
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