The Utility of Roman Ingarden’s Research in the Field of Ontology and Metaphysics of Text in the Context of Mystical Testimonies
Ethics Science Education June 12, 2026 Natalia Stencel
A mystical text is a purely intentional being that lacks an autonomous existential foundation and depends entirely on the creative acts of its author's consciousness. Using Roman Ingarden's phenomenological framework and eidetic reduction, the article identifies the necessary conditions for a text to be classified as mystical. The text's structural layers, especially schematized appearances, hold it in a state of extra-temporal potentiality until it is actualized through concretization during reader reception, where places of indeterminacy are filled with concrete senses. This approach offers a rigorous basis for classifying mystical writings without judging the theological validity of the spiritual experiences.