Preprints.org
June 13, 2025
Gopikrishna Deshpande, Joshita Majumdar, D. Rangaprakash
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Mysticism has been an integral part of human society for ages. It involves both spirituality and religiosity. The former is associated with attaining higher states of consciousness without an essential belief in a supernatural power (or God), while the latter does. While there is plenty of speculative literature available on these topics, we instead focus on peer-reviewed scientific literature...
Social Sciences & Humanity Research Review
June 5, 2025
Muhammad Siddique Ahmed Khan, Asim Aqeel, Usama Javed et al.
This paper explores the intricacies of mystical precepts, the concept of spiritual ascendency, and the construction of meaning within the poetic works of two seminal figures of Sub-continental mysticism: Baba Ghulam Farid and Baba Guru Nanak. Drawing from post-structuralist theoretical frameworks, especially the works of Derrida and Foucault, the study interrogates the interplay of language,...
Journal of The Scientific Mysticism and Literature
June 4, 2025
Sh. Golkarian
This study examines the relationship between the mystical themes in Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi's Mathnawi Manavi, known as Rumi, and the architectural design of the Tabriz Grand Bazaar, a prominent example of traditional Iranian-Islamic architecture. Rumi's Mathnawi addresses many facets of human life from a mystical perspective, particularly exploring the symbolism and function of light. As a...
International Journal of Theology, Philosophy and Science
May 21, 2025
George Daniel Petrov
Philosophy has often sought to speak of God, attempting to express of the knowledge of His transitory being through reason only. One theologian and philosopher who has done this is Meister Eckhart, who, in his philosophy, sought to demonstrate the capacity of the pure intellect to raise itself to a form of knowledge of God in His being, a form that contradicts the limitations of the rationality...
Senarai: Journal of Islamic Heritage and Civilization
May 5, 2025
Erdogan Ibrahim
This article delves into the contrasting conceptions of divine revelation as articulated by two significant figures in Islamic thought, Ibn Sīnā and Al-Ghazālī, within the framework of metaphysical and epistemological processes. Ibn Sīnā views divine revelation as a metaphysical process situated at the apex of intellect. He posits it as an abstract reflection of divine knowledge conveyed to the...
Wacana : Jurnal Bahasa, Seni, dan Pengajaran
April 29, 2025
Maria Vincentia Eka Mulatsih
Some local stories in Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta represented Javanese mysticism. Two of those local stories namely Ngrandhu and Sendang Mulya were selected to be analyzed in this article. Applying a literary anthropology approach to Niel Mulder’s mysticism, a proposed research question was: ”How is Javanese mysticism represented in Ngrandhu and Sendang Mulya local stories? This article...
Al-Wijdán: journal of Islamic education studies
April 28, 2025
Ali Rohmad, Zainuddin Fanani
The Abbasid era marked the peak of scientific development in Islamic civilization, characterized by the integration of theology, mysticism, and philosophy. This journal analyzes the close relationship between scientific rationality and religious spirituality, which gave rise to a new intellectual tradition that combined Greek thought with Islamic values. Philosophers such as Al-Kindi,...
Philosophy East and West
April 1, 2025
Travis Chilcott
Abstract:Jīva Gosvāmin (16th–17th c.), one of the most important of the early Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theologians, argues for a unique theory of mystical pluralism that shares critical parallels with the highly influential constructivist thesis advanced by Steven Katz, albeit separated by more than four hundred years. These parallels suggest a shared insight into the cognitive dynamics underpinning...
Addiction Research & Theory
March 31, 2025
Julian Ungar-Sargon
This paper examines the theological and existential tensions embedded in “Step 2” of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12- Step program within a clinical framework, particularly exploring the neurobiological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of recovery from trauma, addiction, and chronic pain. Drawing on a multidisciplinary approach that integrates evidence from addiction medicine, Jungian...
Religions
March 26, 2025
Liz MacWhirter
Post-Theoretical “creative–critical” research recently emerged in the discipline of Creative Writing as a collapse of the binaries between practice and Theory. This article shows that using this interdisciplinary methodology in the study of mysticism is a natural fit, illustrating its efficacy in a case study with the reflexive writing of the medieval Christian mystic Julian of Norwich. As a...