A Phenomenological-Hermeneutical and Sufism Study of the Artistic Creative Process of Three Soul Travelers of the Qudusiyah Sufi Order
OPSearch American Journal of Open Research July 8, 2026 Alfathri Adlin, Yasraf Amir Piliang, Bambang Sugiharto et al.
This study is grounded in the growing concern over the separation between artistic creativity and spiritual experience in contemporary scholarship. While imagination is often treated as a cognitive or aesthetic function, its deeper existential and transcendent dimensions remain underexplored. The objective of this research is to examine how artistic creation is shaped by imaginal experiences...