The Mahayana faith and wisdom I have a few questions about "wisdom", which I would personally define as it appears in Zhiyi's book the Great Calming and Contemplation, in the section on the six identities


  If one is endowed with both wisdom and faith, then upon hearing that a
  single thought-moment is identical with the positive [aspect that are
  conducive to bodhicitta], faith will keep one from denigrating [what
  one does not understand], and wisdom will keep one from being
  apprehensive [about one’s inability to attain enlightenment]. [In this
  case,] both the beginning and later [stages] are positive. If one does
  not have faith, then [one despairs i] the exalted levels of the
  sage are not part of one’s own wisdom, 344 and if one does not have
  wisdom, one becomes arrogant and thinks that one is already equal to a
  Buddha.


IIs it possible to be on the path without wisdom? Is it possible to advance along it, even to attain complete, and perfect enlightenment, without wisdom? 

And if the latter is in any way the case, then how so, and why would the practitioner have to fall "back" into complete ignorance in order have any semblance of enlightenment?

Forgive me if I speak crazily :) !!
"IIs it possible to be on the path without wisdom? Is it possible to advance  >along it, even to attain complete, and perfect enlightenment, without wisdom?"




From mindfulness, clear comprehension arise, from clear comprehension, insight arise, from insight, wisdom arise.

Without wisdom one would not know skilful from unskilful action, appropriate from inappropriate body, speech and mind cultivation. How then can one purify oneself?


  "And if the latter is in any way the case, then how so, and why would the  >practitioner have to fall "back" into complete ignorance in order have any  >semblance of enlightenment?"


It is not the case that one can obtained enlightenment without wisdom. The word enlightenment itself also means wisdom. To be enlighten means to be wise.