The article examines the representation of the mystical in I. D. Laylieva’s short story “The Encounter” and N. V. Gogol’s novella “May Night, or the Drowned Maiden”. The study focuses on the interaction between realistic and supernatural planes, the motif of the encounter with the otherworldly, female images, transformation, dream imagery, death and the role of the final episode. Gogol’s...
This article provides a philosophical analysis of the ontological nature of subjective experience. Drawing upon ontology, phenomenology, and epistemology, it offers a new interpretation of such phenomena as subjective consciousness, inner reality, spiritual experience, and the human "inner world." Concepts such as inner harmony and intuitive perception of the world, which are central to Kyrgyz...
This article examines the philosophy of yoga as an ancient teaching and addresses the problems of consciousness, being, matter, and human existence. It also interprets philosophical categories such as the Human Spirit (spiritual substance – Purusha) and matter (material nature – Prakriti), which provide human consciousness with access to its higher transcendental Self – the Universal Spirit....