Paulo Coelho stands as one of the most widely read and translated authors of contemporary world literature, whose narrative works consistently foreground the intertwined themes of spirituality, existential meaning, and inner freedom. This study undertakes a qualitative, hermeneutic, and thematic analysis of selected major novels by Coelho — principally The Alchemist (1988), The Pilgrimage...
For English, the validated part of Psychedelic Experience Scale (PES48) is a four-factor structure called the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30). The other validated part of the PES48 consists of four more factors: two more mystical factors (paradoxicality and connectedness, which together with the MEQ30 form the MEQ40), and two more non-mystical factors (visual experience and...
PURPOSE: The interest in psychedelics for health-related purposes has grown significantly over the past decade. However, there is an insufficient representation of stakeholders (eg, Indigenous groups, activists, policymakers) in discussions about research and regulation. Many psychedelics originate from traditional practices historically developed in low- and middle-income countries, but these...
The presented studies may help to view and analyse the mystical not only as a conceptual category, but also from a functional and semantic perspective, providing the opportunity to distinguish certain verbal characteristics of literary artistic texts as non-fiction sacred sources originated from different epochs of human cultural development. This study aims at disclosing cultural and...
How does the author reconcile devout Christianity with the significant role of mysticism and remnants of pagan customs in his life and creative work? The answer lies in the particular environment in which he spent his childhood and youth. He grew up in the mountainous regions of Georgia, where the population resembled the characters he depicts—equally devout believers and worshippers of pagan...
The present paper aims to provide a complex scholarly investigation into the phenomenon of Medea of Colchis through the dual lenses of Oriental Studies and Comparative Mythology. In this article, the figure of Medea is examined not merely as a character of Classical drama, but as an archetypal carrier of the magico-religious paradigms of the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamian, Hittite, and...
This article undertakes a comprehensive examination of the Autobiography of Ana García Manzanas (religious name: Ana de San Bartolomé), focusing on its narrative strategies within the broader framework of Spanish female spiritual literature, particularly the Teresian Carmelite tradition. The study incorporates a comparative approach, situating Ana’s text in dialogue with Teresa of Ávila’s The...
Mystical experience of the Unutterable and its linguistic expression remains contested in German medieval studies. This article examines Mechthild von Magdeburg’s metaphors as mediating world and transcendence, situating the question within the issue of the historicity of metaphor. It argues that, although Mechthild’s ‘mystical metaphor’ remains bound to a pre-modern ontology, it cannot be...
Aim . To introduce an ethnocultural approach to the philosophical study of "mystika" (V. Solovyov's specific term for mysticism) as a sociocultural phenomenon. Methodology . A systematic method was applied using historical and philosophical reconstruction and historical and religious comparative studies, as well as content analysis, modeling, abstraction, analysis and synthesis. Results ....
Ecstasy, though, is an inexpressible and condensed experience through which the Ultimate can be revealed, the mystic poet finds expression in resorting to symbolism to reflect the uniqueness of his/her spiritual experience and to communicate the unsaying. Approaching the divine essence and expressing the euphoria of His presence in meditation, recollection and self-forgetfulness are often...