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Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Sacramental Presence and Mystical Union in John Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola

Religions August 1, 2026 Hansol Goo

Scholarship since the mid-twentieth century has noted a compelling social and spiritual alignment between John Calvin and Ignatius of Loyola despite their position on opposite sides of the sixteenth-century confessional divide. While traditional Eucharistic debates emphasize irreconcilable structural and dogmatic disagreements, this paper argues that shifting the interpretive focus to the...

Andrey Bely and His Short Novel Kotik Letaev. The Mystic Pilgrimage of the “Cosmic Poet” to the “Consciousness of Fullness”

Studia Slavica August 1, 2026 Jan Vorel

Almost all the artistic worlds created by Andrey Bely are structured around the eternal struggle between Chaos and Cosmos. This struggle reflects what may be described as the myth of the re-creation of a world of full cosmic consciousness. The aim of this study is to examine how this aestheticphilosophical principle is embodied in Bely’s short prose work Kotik Letaev.

From the Kyoto School to a pragmatic philosophy of awakening

Journal of Philosophy of Education July 31, 2026 Anton Sevilla-Liu

Abstract The purpose of this article is to examine the education of the whole person from the Kyoto School of Philosophy founder Nishida Kitarō’s (1932) ‘On Education’ as compared with John Dewey’s pragmatism. Using the Kyoto School pragmatist Mori Akira as a mediator, this article examines three facets of the issue: the non-dual starting point of education between abstract materialism and...

Evolution of Sufism in context of contemporary religious movements

Pharos Journal of Theology July 30, 2026 Kenshilik Tyshkhan, مهدیه رحمانیان, Nurlan Kairbekov et al.

The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of the transformation of the mystical tradition in Central Asia. A mixed-methods approach combining a survey of 210 respondents with textual analysis and regional monitoring reports revealed the current state of the movement. Around 32.8% of the believers surveyed in the region practice the tenets of tasawwuf. Furthermore, 52.2% of those...

Filozofia serca jako fundament ukraińskiego kordocentryzmu między mistyką a racjonalnością

Łódzkie Studia Teologiczne July 30, 2026 Bogdan Krawczuk

The article presents the philosophy of the heart as a central current of the Ukrainian intellectual tradition, tracing its development from biblical and patristic sources through hesychastic spirituality and Baroque mysticism to its rational and metaphilosophical reinterpretations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The author examines how the concept of the heart became the foundation of Ukrainian...

An Essay on the Common Mystical Themes and Concepts of Hafez and Yunus Emre

Journal of The Scientific Mysticism and Literature July 30, 2026 Bahman Zahedi

مقاله ی حاضر با نگاهی اجمالی به اشعار لسان الغیب خواجه حافظ شیرازی و یونس امره بنیانگذار ادبیات صوفیانه و عرفان ترکی که هر دو همروزگار و از معاریف عرفای آسمان پرستاره عرفان اسلامی و از شوریده سران عاشق پیشه ومست باده ی لم یزلی و غواصان بحر بیکران معارف اسلامی هستند ، به مقایسه و مقارنه ی برخی از آراء مهم عرفانی این دوسخن سرای نادره گفتار که حکایت از علّو فکری و قدرت روحی و وسعت مشرب این پیام...

Mystical Experience: The Core of Spirituality and Religion A Panikkarian View

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) July 29, 2026 Varghese Manimala preprint

Any person aspiring to become a mystic cannot cut oneself off from the banalities of life and pretend to be travelling in a world toto caelo different from this experiential world. Such mysticism cannot be effective nor can it invite others because it will appear to be too ethereal. Hence the challenge for any mystic is to make the real life come into the purview of the mystical dimension and...

Psilocybin-containing mushroom-assisted psychotherapy is associated with sustained psychological and somatic improvements: two case studies from Jamaica

Frontiers in Psychiatry July 29, 2026 Caitlyn Hanna Sams, Jasmine Davis, Anuradha Ramdas et al.

We report two case studies that examine the therapeutic potential of structured psilocybin-containing mushroom biomass regimens administered within a clinical framework, evaluating their impact on mental health outcomes as well as associated somatic symptoms. Two patients underwent the De La Haye Psilocybin Treatment Protocol (DPTP), which integrates micro- and high-doses (combined psilocybin...

Mengungkap Praktik Perdukunan Berkedok Ilmu HikmahAnalisis Kritis dalam Perspektif Akidah

Rayah Al-Islam July 28, 2026 Hendra Saputra

This article examines the practice of shamanism disguised as ilmu hikmah, a form of spiritual knowledge or esoteric practice believed to produce supernatural effects through the use of prayers (doa), litanies (wirid), Qur'anic verses, or other prescribed religious recitations, from the perspective of Islamic theology (aqidah). This phenomenon remains prevalent among Indonesian Muslim...