Gozo místico: testemunho do feminino

Abstract

Supported by Freud s and Lacan s theories and some of their commentators, the present research aims at working on the psychoanalytical considerations on the feminine and its relation to the mystic jouissance (enjoyment). Lacan, in The Seminar, Book XX: Encore (1972-1973), stated that the mystic experience stands for the truth as regards the feminine. By doing so, he showed us a way to be paved so as to get as near as possible to what is considered to be ineffable. We intend to support our points by presenting the theories on the feminine according to psychoanalysis. By doing so, we not only discard the idea related to the biological sex but we also state that the feminine is an affirmative subjective position which can be visited by both men and women and that is why we turn to the experience of San Francisco de Assis, a great mystic man. We not only work on the concept of jouissance extracted from Freudian s notion of death drive but we also work on the concepts which deal with the feminine jouissance once Lacan related it to the one mystic people experience. It is important to differ the mystic jouissance from the psychotic mystic delirium and to do so we must highlight some specific points which will enable us to distinguish one position from the other. We finally intend to clear up some of the mistaken ideas with regard to the mystic people once most of such ideas lead to the prejudiced notion that the mystic person is mentally sick. Once San Fancisco de Assis biography is very rich, we also mean to bring up the notion regarding the oceanic feeling and the one related to the awakening, as we intend to point out that the truth that supports and guides a mystic person s life is something that is placed far beyond .