#apofatism

• Apophasisticos — Utilizing or pertaining to the method of expression through negation or exclusion; characteristic of theological discourse or metaphysical speculation that approaches the absolute by highlighting what it is not, rather than through positive definitions. This scholarly concept describes the nature of symbolic language that systematically rejects rigid conceptual determinations to preserve the transcendence of the studied reality.
• Apophaticism — A theological and spiritual orientation, foundational in Eastern Christianity, asserting that God is absolutely transcendent and unknowable to the human mind, and can only be known by negating all created attributes; negative theology. This mystical doctrine places direct spiritual experience and ecstasy above standard rational, dogmatic, or scholastic definitions.