{"product_id":"the-mystical-science-of-the-jessica-a-boon-9781442644281","title":"The Mystical Science of the Soul: Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystical Science of the Soul \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the unexamined influence of medieval discourses of science and spirituality on \u003cem\u003erecogimiento\u003c\/em\u003e, the unique Spanish genre of recollection mysticism that served as the driving force behind the principal developments in Golden Age mysticism. Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an 'embodied soul' for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoon proposes a fundamental rereading of the key \u003cem\u003erecogimiento\u003c\/em\u003e text\u003cem\u003e Subida del Monte Sión\u003c\/em\u003e (1535\/1538), which melds the traditionally distinct spiritual techniques of moral self-examination, Passion meditation, and negative theology into one cognitively adept path towards mystical union. She is also the first English-language scholar to treat the author of this influential work - the Renaissance physician Bernardino de Laredo, a pivotal figure in the transition from medieval to early modern spirituality on the Iberian peninsula and a source for Teresa of Avila's mystical language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica A. Boon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442644281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442644281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Jessica A. Boon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013929775359,"sku":"9781442644281","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad221e32-cb78-46ff-85ff-6c4f194d79d9.jpg?v=1767745651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mystical-science-of-the-jessica-a-boon-9781442644281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}