Studia Religiologica
May 20, 2026
Małgorzata Alicja Biały
This article explores ideological and worldview divisions within the esoteric milieu of Wisła in the 1930s, centred around Józef Chobot, Agnieszka Pilchowa, and Jan Hadyna. As a starting point, it takes the 1934 conflict sparked by divergent understandings of spirituality and interpretations of the Rosicrucian tradition, symbolised by a polemic in esoteric journals. The analysis highlights...
Studia Religiologica
December 19, 2025
Piera Talin
This article examines a range of hybrid, artistic ayahuasca ritual formations that I define as otherwise ayahuasca expressions to engage with the question of ritual reinvention. Given the kaleidoscopic multiplicity in the diffusion of the Amazonian psychoactive plant brew ayahuasca, this article argues that ritual forms navigate the tension between fixity and flexibility, and that ritual change...
Studia Religiologica
December 19, 2025
Małgorzata Sacha
Modern yoga, shaped by globalization and cultural hybridization, has become a global wellness practice often associated with therapeutic benefits. This paper explores the relationship between yoga and psychotherapy, analyzing its applications and limitations. While yoga’s original soteriological aim – liberation from worldly existence – differs from psychotherapeutic goals, selected techniques...
Studia Religiologica
April 30, 2025
Jan Jakub Kalinowski
The aim of this article is to present the concept of mythical-religious consciousness and present its ontological and epistemological significance through the meaning-giving aspect of myth and the category of the sacred as demonstrated by Ernst Cassirer and Mircea Eliade. Regardless of the significant differences in the understanding of myth and religion of both thinkers, we shall try to...
Studia Religiologica
April 19, 2016
D. Higgins
1 citation
This study examines how Mi bskyod rdo rje (1507‒1554), the Eighth Karma pa of the Karma Bka’ brgyud lineage, articulates and defends a key distinction between consciousness (rnam shes) and wisdom (ye shes). The first paper focuses on the author’s clarification of the distinction both as an accurate account of the nature and structure of human consciousness and as an indispensable principle of...