ways of living dualiteit
“Kataphatic” prayer has content; it uses words,
images, symbols, ideas. “Apophatic” prayer has no content. It means emptying
the mind of words and ideas and simply resting in the presence of God.
Centering prayer is apophatic. Ignatian prayer is mostly kataphatic.
- kataphatic practices” – contemplative
techniques where the practitioner uses mental imagery, sensory stimuli, and
emotions to try and achieve some religious goal. Mostly used in older and modern esoteric practices and later spiritual architecture.
- “apophatic practices” ones, which, although
they may be pursuing the same goals, use very different techniques to achieve
them: withdrawing from sensory input and attempting to empty the mind of any
content, whether affective, linguistic, or imagery-related. More used by religious practices and in building the older cathedrals of Chartres: an empty space
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