Maximilianus Sandaeus S.J. (1578-1656) as an Explorer of the Mystical Language

Smeesters, Aline
(2013) Renaissance Society of America - Annual Meeting — Location: San Diego, California (4.April.2013)

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The Pro theologia mystica clavis (1640) by the German Jesuit Maximilianus Sandaeus questions the tradition of the mystical language through an alphabetical exploration of the most current mystical concepts. In a long introduction, Sandaeus confronts the mystical language with other kinds of received elocutiones—the love language, the language of the Bible, or also the alchemical language—and tries to justify its apparent obscurity, which he links as well to the subject (who experiences a supernatural state), as to the object (God, the inutterable par excellence). The paper will explore the background and consequences of Sandaeus’s conception of mystical language, taking also into account his other writings about figurative uses of language.
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Smeesters, A. (2013). Maximilianus Sandaeus S.J. (1578-1656) as an Explorer of the Mystical Language. Renaissance Society of America - Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/48049