Pluriverse (Routledge Revivals) by Benjamin Paul Blood - 9781138018198

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Pluriverse (Routledge Revivals)An Essay in the Philosophy of Pluralism\nAuthor(s): Benjamin Paul Blood\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138018198, 978-1138018198\nSynopsis\nPluriverse, the final work of the American poet and philosopher Benjamin Paul Blood, was published posthumously in 1920. After an experience of the anaesthetic nitrous oxide during a dental operation, Blood came to the conclusion that his mind had been opened, that he had undergone a mystical experience, and that he had come to a realisation of the true nature of reality. \n\nThis title is the fullest exposition of Bloods esoteric Christian philosophy-cum-theology, which, though deemed wildly eccentric by commentators both during his lifetime and later in the twentieth century, was nonetheless one of the most influential sources for American mystical-empiricism. In particular, Bloods thought was a major inspiration for William James, and can .