The heart as an image of deification in mystical writing

The paper examines the connection between the heart and deification in Christian thought, presenting the heart as an inner space where God meets humans in intimate unification. Deification, as described by Christian mystics, involves the deepest unification with God and transformation through God's love. The work offers a brief guide to the theological concept of deification and explores historical and biblical views of the heart, interpreting the heart as an inner image and center, including the exchange of hearts, within the context of written mystical experience.

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Abstract

The paper explores two phenomena powerful in life and interpretive terms: the heart and deification. One is understood as deeply human, the other as metaphysically appealing. It is a connection present in the history of Christian thinking for a long time, since the heart is perceived as an inner space where God meets man, in the most intimate form, which can only acquire the character of unification. Deification, as the experience of Christian mystics and mystics shows, basically means the deepest unification with God and activation of the change in God’s love. The issue examined in the paper is presented in the form of a brief guide to the theological concept of deification, and also the convergence of the historical and biblical views of the heart. The core of thinking about the topic is the interpretation of the heart as an inner image the (heart as the center, exchange of hearts) and the interpretation of the phenomenality of deification in the context of written mystical experience.