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September 11, 2023 Peter J. Columbus
The authors contend that Alan Watts’ writings are less concerned with mystical experience per se than with the proper way to describe the experience. Moreover, they argue, the literary character of Watts’ approach to mysticism is outside the bounds or “fundamentally deviant” from what is usually considered mystical philosophy. Watts likewise is charged with reducing the spiritual to the...
JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES September 8, 2023 Ashti Anwar Muhammed, Asma Jasim Muhammad
This paper attempts to trace mysticism in T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartetswith a special focus on the mystical elements in the poems with theirrelevant dimensions. It also aims at looking at different literaturesaround Eliot’s works which consider Eliot as an atheist poet whoseearlier writings contain secularist ideas but that only his Four Quartetsand ‘Ash Wednesday’ contain some differences to...
JMKSP September 4, 2023 Lailan Syahfitri Siregar, Salminawati Salminawati, Yusnaili Budianti
This research investigates the activities of Islamic education within the context of women’s mysticism consultation at Babussalam Langkat using a qualitative approach with a phenomenological lens. Drawing on data from observations, interviews, documentation studies, and triangulation involving Tuan Guru, Mu’allimah Thariqat Naqsyabandiyah participants, and female salik in Babussalam Langkat,...
The Catholic historical review September 1, 2023 Alison Shell
Reviewed by: Mysticism in Early Modern England by Liam Peter Temple Alison Shell Mysticism in Early Modern England. By Liam Peter Temple. [Studies in Modern British Religious History.] (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2019. Pp. ix, 236. £75.00/ $115.00. ISBN: 978-1-78327-393-5.) The early twentieth-century spiritual writer Evelyn Underhill spoke of mysticism as revealing "truths that are timeless." But...
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society September 1, 2023 Edda Wolff 1 citation
Abstract This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., a hermeneutics that takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is a suitable lens for the study of mysticism. It uses the concept of travail of the negative, which focuses on dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith and religious practice, to explore...
Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya August 29, 2023 Stephanus Djunatan
This study delves into the philosophical and epistemological interpretation of the Heart Sutra, emphasizing the conjunction between rational and mystical thought processes. The paper illustrates how the Sutra promotes an intertwined understanding of reality through textual analysis and comparative discussion involving Eastern and Western philosophical perspectives. The exploration reveals that...
August 22, 2023 Kathryn Maude
Tracing medieval English mysticism back into the early medieval period, this chapter reads Barking Abbey’s mystical experiences as a form of communal resistance. The early medieval nuns of Barking Abbey experience rich visions of their predecessors, in particular Saint Ethelburga, the first Abbess of Barking. In one of these visionary experiences, Abbess Elfgiva experiences being crushed under...
Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Economics. Sociology. Management August 3, 2023 В. В. Годован, П. Н. Николаев, M. Shugurov et al. 1 citation
Relevance. At the present stage of the development of religious studies, the importance of revealing the psychological "slice" of mysticism is increasing from the point of view of comparing two approaches – the reductionist, which reduces mysticism to intense and unusual psychological experiences, and the anti-reductionist, which sees in mysticism something more than just subjective...
Litera August 1, 2023 Alena Yur'Evna Pisarenko
This scientific article is devoted to the study of the influence of mystical motifs and images of the Middle Ages on the work of the Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev. The central task of the study is to analyze the specific works of the poet, in which the influence of mystical themes is most clearly traced. The article draws attention to various aspects of the interaction of mysticism and...
Idil Journal of Art and Language July 31, 2023 Ümit Kartal
Dini tecrübe özellikle on dokuzuncu yüzyıldan itibaren eleştirel düşünmenin tartışma odaklarından birini oluşturmuştur. Burada metodolojik bakımdan iki temel ayrımından söz edilebilir: dini tecrübenin dinin kurumsal yanıyla veya kişisel tecrübeyle kesiştiği ufukta incelenmesi. William James Dini Tecrübenin Muhtelif Boyutları yapıtında sözü edilen ikinci yöntemin ayırt edici düzeyde kurucu bir...