This study examines how the contemplative atmosphere of the Santa Maria Scala Coeli Monastery in Évora, Portugal, has been sustained despite the transition of its resident religious community from the male Carthusian Order to a female contemplative community of the Servidoras do Senhor e da Virgem de Matará. The research aims to analyze how spatial enclosure, temporal discipline, and embedded...
This study aims to examine the formation of eschatological aesthesis in Orthodox hymnography and iconography in medieval Rus’ as a constitutive mode of religious consciousness. The study is important because previous scholarship on Orthodox eschatology has tended to emphasize doctrine, symbolism, or iconographic content without adequately explaining how eschatological meaning is organized...
This study delves into the philosophical and epistemological interpretation of the Heart Sutra, emphasizing the conjunction between rational and mystical thought processes. The paper illustrates how the Sutra promotes an intertwined understanding of reality through textual analysis and comparative discussion involving Eastern and Western philosophical perspectives. The exploration reveals that...