Participation mysticism preserves the distinction between the creature and the divine.
Imported citation, not independently checked: V. Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
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Do Mystics Become God, or Meet Him?
Do Mystics Become God, or Meet Him?
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The Orthodox East teaches that humans are really deified, by grace, never by nature.
Imported citation, not independently checked: V. Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
Honesty cuts here too: rival Vedanta schools read the very same sentence relationally, so "Hinduism teaches identity" is false as a generalization.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
Whether Eckhart meant strict identity is itself contested: Bernard McGinn (The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart, 2001) reads him as far more dialectical than the condemned list suggests.
Imported citation, not independently checked: B. McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart (2001)
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