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    Reports of mystical experience do not necessarily imply logical absurdity

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    • 1.Apparently contradictory expressions in mystical discourse are often resolved through the device of 'unsaying' or canceling out
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    • 2.The device of 'unsaying' propels discourse into a non-discursive realm, dissolving the apparent contradiction
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    There is no good reason for thinking that reports of mystical experience must imply logical absurdity, as in (3) or (4). As noted above, while there do occur forms of expression that are contradictory, the contradiction is often removed by the device of “unsaying” or canceling out that propels the discourse into a non-discursive realm.
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