Henri Bergson and jewish mysticism. An approach to discussion

Abstract

The writing states the relationship between mysticism according to Bergson
and its relationship with Jewish mysticism. Although Bergson himself affirms
that the most finished mysticism is presented in Christianity, a revision to the
basis of optimism about the creation in which dynamic religion is founded, as an
expression of finished mysticism, let us to understand how mysticism finished
that Bergson states it is closer to the Jewish sources than to its Christian
consummation. For this, the writing is developed in three moments: the first
one makes a presentation of the main elements of mysticism in Bergson. The
second takes into account the considerations of Martin Buber and Hermann
Cohen about the tension between law and love in Jewish mysticism. And, in the
third moment, under the light of the notion of dynamic creation, as a foundation
of the mysticism finished according to Bergson and as a fundamental concept
of Judaism, they are proposed some common points between Bergson and
Judaism in three central aspects: the relationship of the Mystical experience
with language, tradition and the foundation of a moral.