A comparative analysis of the nature of mysticism. This book attempts to penetrate the nature of the phenomena of mysticism by comparing the two principle classic types of Eastern and Western mystical experience. A sample of the contents is as follows: similarity in metaphysical speculation; the way of knowledge; creature and Maya; differentiation of mystical experiences in general, developed by means of Indian example; Gothic man; mysticism and ethics. Appendices contain discussion relative to Fichte, Schleiermacher, Kant, Luther and others.