Wild Mysticism - At the Antipodes of the Mind

A philosophical study of mystical ecstasy experienced outside any religious framework.

Published in 1993 in the "Perspectives critiques" collection, this book recounts numerous experiences, "visions of things from above" or "contemplation of pure ideas" and various other phenomena, some of which are recognized and theorized by the main religious orthodoxies.

The originality of this approach is to stick to atheological phenomena, thus avoiding confining them to the religious ghetto.

Based on these various testimonies, the philosophical reflection here endeavors to show how mystical experience can reveal something of the absolute, even while it shares a common border with madness.