This study examines how Kuda Lumping has transformed from a traditional ritual into a sustainable tourism attraction in Mekarlaksana Tourism Village, Bandung Regency. The commercialization of traditional performing arts creates a dilemma between preserving authenticity and meeting economic needs. Research objectives are to describe Kuda Lumping's characteristics and philosophical values,...
The Romantic era was a rethink of the English heroism: a transformation of the traditional, civic, action-oriented hero of the classical and neoclassical traditions into a new model, based on inner experience, self-consciousness, and imaginative transformation. This study examines that shift through two seminal long poems of the era, William Wordsworth's The Prelude (1805/1850) and Lord Byron's...
Abstract: This essay introduces and explicates the doctrine of soteriological solidarity in Gregory of Nyssa and highlights its importance for understanding of his notion of apokatastasis and his social ethics. First, I argue that soteriological solidarity is intrinsic to Gregory's concept of deification, since he conceives of deification as an imitation of the will of the God who "wants all...
ABSTRACT: This article explores the tension between mystical prayer and immutable, ritual speech. The tension derives from the fact that mysticism resists linguistic formulation. In the context of embodied, psychosomatic prayer, long-term fieldwork shows what brings about the efficacy of such petition. "Felt" intimacy with God is a slow process and is aided by "sincerity" and "embodying the...
Since mystical experience is subjective, lived as a face-to-face encounter with God, the question arises as to the extent to which it can tell us something objective about the order of reality. By analysing the mystical experience of Teresa of Avila, we will examine whether it presents a potential for rationalisation, communicability and reproducibility, since these are key attributes for...
This study analyzes Fery Irwandi's persuasive communication style in the video "Dismantling the Lies of Santet and Indigo," focusing on message delivery strategies, communicator credibility, and audience response. The research aims to understand how persuasive communication can be used to dismantle myths and irrational beliefs that remain entrenched in society. The method used is qualitative,...
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...