Fundamentos Teológicos, Identitarios y Formativos para una Escuela Diocesana de Mística y Espiritualidad en el Siglo XXI, a partir de la Teología Mística presente en Escuelas Contemporáneas y desde la Visión Integral de Raimon Panikkar y Ken Wilber.

Abstract

This monograph responds to the prevailing demand for spirituality in the Archdiocese of Bogotá and to the educational gap in mysticism, spirituality and prayer. Its objective is to provide theological grounding for a Diocesan School of Mysticism and Spirituality for the 21st century, driven by the vision that every man being is called to be a mystic, that is, someone who experiences the mystery in order to be authentically human and Christian. This qualitative research applies Karl Rahner’s transcendental theological hermeneutics to interviews with founders and some disciples of contemporary schools (S.A.L.M.O.S.2, Friends of the Desert, and Path of Contemplation). A pioneering and unprecedented contribution is the convergent application of Raimon Panikkar’s cosmotheandric vision and Ken Wilber’s integral approach as tools for understanding the relationship between human experience and the transcendent. The study identifies theological foundations (the work of the Holy Spirit, mysticism, Christophany, integral spirituality, sacred secularity, tempiternity, interreligious dialogue among others) and proposes identifying characteristics and a structured formative model. This proposal seeks an integrative path toward the full experience of Life in unity with God, humanity, and the cosmos, forging a synodal, inclusive, and incarnated Church that responds to the yearnings of the third millennium. This innovative contribution to diocesan life, with its formative process, could bring to the Church and society what the author has called 'the urban monk and nun'.