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What mystical works have changed your life drastically, /lit/?

>> No.7339762

the god delusion

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Forensic Shakespeare fucked with me on a spiritual level.

>> No.7339776

>>7339758
What exactly counts as 'mystical'?

>> No.7339778

The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris, I enjoyed how it showed that science can prove morality

>> No.7339781

>>7339776
Self-transformation gained through spiritual/divine contemplation, it doesn't necessarily mean 'magic bullshit'.

>> No.7339789

Blood Meridian. Particularly when the Judge explains fatherhood & how to raise a child. Though that wasn't mystical... so... I'm just talking...

>> No.7340529

>>7339762
>>7339778
Plebs

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The Perennial Philosophy.

Though the acid trip and ego death that happened around the time I was reading it helped immensely, I should say.

>> No.7340623

>>7339758
Great teacher read Hamlet with us in fifth grade (really slowly) - that shit had an impact
Reading Alan Watts in high school.
Siddhartha in a few ways.
I don't know if I necessarily changed, but Trout Fishing in America smacked me in the face in a good way.

>> No.7340646

duino elegies

plotinus' aesthetics

bhagavad gita

>> No.7340741

Our Legacy lookbooks

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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. I was reading it before I tripped on acid for the first time earlier this year and continue reading it to this day whevever I'm facing adversity. It's made me overall more self-reliant and patient. Couldn't recommend it enough to people who feel that their issues are worth complaining about.

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I'm agnostic but ever since I read Brothers Karamazov I've found myself edging closer to Christianity, or at least understanding the appeal of it, something I never thought would happen. The book significantly changed how I think about guilt, suffering, and compassion. And it did so through the interplay of very real-seeming characters, all of whom have fully realized philosophies and POV. No sockpuppeting in other words.

I'm not sure it qualifies as "mystical." As Nietzsche wrote, "mystical explanations are taken to be deep, the truth is that they are not even shallow." This book isn't shallow.

I'll admit some of Dostoevsky's literary effects are just due to sentimental emotional manipulation, but the novel is still incredibly deep and powerful, if you bother to engage with the ideas of course.

>> No.7341229

Ecclesiastes, The Gospel According to John

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It's not exactly mystical, but Céline's "Journey to the End of Night" gave me the most mystical moment when I closed the book.

I feel like utter despair is truly the most mystical experience to have. It's a strange bliss to experience when you cannot but surrender.
I guess that's what the symbolism of dying on the cross might be.