Metafory světla a temnoty a smysl překonání imaginace v mystice Waltera Hiltona
Metaphors of Light and Darkness and the Meaning of Overcoming Imagination in the Mysticism of Walter Hilton

Summary/Abstract: The work of Walter Hilton, a 14th century English mystic, is characterized by metaphors of light and darkness and an effort to abandon imaginative images. However, this has become the subject of certain misunderstandings among his contemporary interpreters. In the article I describe the reasons for this misunderstanding and outline a possible solution. The problem lies in the approach to mysticism. The search for negative expressions and paradoxical metaphors proves to be an inappropriate reading of Hilton’s mysticism and forces us to look for another approach, which could be the interpretation of E. Underhill and N. Berdyaev, who don’t consider negation of language to be a condition of mysticism unknowability.

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