Journal of Chinese Theology
January 15, 2024
Dong Ning, Jingxin Pu
3 citations
As a continental country full of mysterious traditions, extremely inclusive and with periodic regime changes, China has experienced various phenomena of coexistence of “theism” and “atheism” after long-standing debates. Under the belief that “God exists” with his mystical experiences, Hong Xiuquan studied Eastern and Western religions and finally set off “the practice of Islam and Manichaeism...
2024
Chris Letheby, Jaipreet Mattu, Eric Hochstein
4 citations
Hochstein try to put an end to the “mysticism wars,” by which they mean the battle between psychedelic researchers who hold that mystical concepts ought to be employed in attempts to describe and understand psychedelic experiences and those who do not hold this. Letheby, Mattu, and Hochstein side with the former and do so on the grounds that (as they put it), “there are no good reasons to...
Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
2024
Riley Wilson
Predictive Texts: Modern Mysticism and Algorithmic Divination contributes to critical literature on secularism, literary, and digital studies by theorizing algorithmic divination, which is the process of interpreting algorithmic technologies in order to gain insight into one’s life and identity. I argue that new media users “read” the algorithms they are subjected to and create a folk mythology...
Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Philosophy and Conflict Studies
2024
Nur S. Kirabaev
The author notes that rationality stemmed out of external logic devoid of value meanings and human dimensions. In medieval philosophy the concept of reason was considered as consisting of sensory, discursive, and moral components. The principles of rationalization in alGhazali’s (1058–1111) are considered in the article as philosophical ‘theology’ that underlie the understanding and cognition...
ΣΧΟΛΗ Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition
2024
Eugene V. Afonasin
Hermes of Pico della Mirandola has nothing in common with the hero of the treatise Asclepius and the texts of the Hermetic Corpus. Pico's gaze is directed deep into the medieval Jewish and, eventually, Arabic tradition. More precisely, through the cabbalistic works, for the first time available to the bright representative of the Italian Renaissance, there came to life the fruits of another...
Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology
2024
N. Shamsutdinova
1 citation
The ability to observe "olami akbar" (great world) or the macrocosm, through the eyes of the soul and to comprehend the inner essence of a Sufi through self-knowledge are two of the mysteries of Ibn Sina's teachings on Sufism that the author focuses on in particular. The article examines the secret knowledge of "botin"(inner) and its manifestation in the Sufi views of Ibn Sina. The author's...
Teosofi
December 1, 2023
Waryani Fajar Riyanto
5 citations
Most religious cosmology studies focus on the microcosm and macrocosm; however, the origin of cosmic mysticism is the eternal cosmos extensively studied in cultures and religions such as Javanese and Islam. This study aimed to examine the different interpretations of the sanctity of the eternal cosmos hierarchy in Javanese mysticism and Islamic Sufism. The eternal cosmos is referred to as jagad...
Scientific notes of the National University "Ostroh Academy". Series: Philosophy
November 30, 2023
Никита Дрозд
This article examines two prominent aspects of contemporary philosophical and religious discourse: the phenomenology of mysticism in the work of Gerda Walther and theological anthropology presented in the writings of Edith Stein. Phenomenology of mysticism is one of the most interesting topics in modern philosophy and religious studies. This deep research area examines and analyzes spiritual...
Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies
November 1, 2023
Armando Montoya Jordán
Reviewed by: Mysticism and Ethics in Islam ed. by Bilal Orfali, Atif Khalil, and Mohammed Rustom Armando Montoya Jordán (bio) Mysticism and Ethics in Islam Eds. Bilal Orfali, Atif Khalil, and Mohammed Rustom Beirut: American University of Beirut Press, 2022. 476 Pages. Is the science of ethics entirely separate from mysticism, or might mysticism be the foundation of ethics? Or, conversely,...
Journal of Counseling & Development
October 27, 2023
Stephanie Dorais, Daniel Gutiérrez, Jesse Fox et al.
5 citations
Abstract The authors investigate the effects of centering meditation on state hope among college and graduate students through a randomized controlled trial. Participants (n = 150; 65% white, 84% female) were randomized to either a centering meditation group or a waitlist control group. Time‐series analyses indicated that centering meditation significantly improved hope, suggesting long‐term...