[Dialogue] JWM as mystic

[Wayne Nelson]

He probably was - in his own way. He, however, would and did claim that his
focus was on ontology rather than metaphysics. In his talk, The Recovery of
the Other World called the transparency we experience as a "new
metaphysics." He talked about it as grounded and transparent. It's
interesting to read again. As near as I can tell, he avoided talking about
mysticism entirely, because he wanted to make the point that life takes
place in the here and now and as we live in the here and now, we sometimes
see through to the profound.  One of Joe's gifts was the ability to conjure
up powerful metaphors that helped us see through our own situations without
losing track of where we are.

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"LAURELCG at aol.com"  wrote:

> I've been thinking of John Cock and Darrel Walker's exchange (below) ever
> since it appeared, and haven't had time to comment, but want to now.  In my
> memory, there is no doubt that Joseph Wesley Mathews was a mystic.  How else
> could 
> he have experienced The Other World, and led us to also experience it?  Do you
> remember his lecture on the fire at the center of being?  The wonder of
> living that he evoked with those ridiculous TWEEU birds?  Remember the story
> of his 
> ecstasy at spending a whole day in a cuckoo clock shop in Switzerland?  If he
> hunts me down, I'll assure him not only was he a mystic, he also enabled
> others to be mystics.


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