I suspect most, if not all, regulars will dismiss these stages as soon as reading convinces them that the words “rational” and “mystical” are being used in the right sense. That is, few here would be impressed by “enjoying the mystery of nature”.
I don’t think that “enjoying the mystery of nature” is an apt description of that last stage. My impression is more that it’s about appreciating the things that can’t be said; i.e., of the “he who speaks doesn’t know, and he who knows doesn’t speak” variety.
There are some levels of wisdom that can’t be translated verbally without sounding like useless tautologies or proverbs, so if you insist on verbal rationality as the only worthwhile knowledge, then such things will remain outside your worldview. So in a sense, it’s “mystical”, but without being acausal, irrational, or supernatural.
I don’t think that “enjoying the mystery of nature” is an apt description of that last stage. My impression is more that it’s about appreciating the things that can’t be said; i.e., of the “he who speaks doesn’t know, and he who knows doesn’t speak” variety.
There are some levels of wisdom that can’t be translated verbally without sounding like useless tautologies or proverbs, so if you insist on verbal rationality as the only worthwhile knowledge, then such things will remain outside your worldview. So in a sense, it’s “mystical”, but without being acausal, irrational, or supernatural.