Al-NASR
September 30, 2023
Hafiz Mansoor Ahmad (Corresponding Author)
This paper examines the symbolism of light in Jalal al-Din Rumi’s Mathnawi and the Qur’an through the lens of Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) philosophy and classical rhetorical analysis. Light, as a central metaphysical and spiritual symbol in Islamic thought, functions simultaneously as an ontological principle and a rhetorical device. The study explores how Qur’anic imagery of light informs Rumi’s...
Al-Amīr Research Journal for Islamic Studies
September 30, 2023
Haris Bilal, Farhat Yaseen
Sufism is an expression of the aesthetics of Muslim civilization. It makes right acceptable and good worthy of action and makes them attractive to human feeling. When this knowledge and art became organized in the Muslim academic discourse, it remained in the stages of editing and completion for centuries. Many people with high consciousness cultivated this art. And it was served by the power...
Ideas and Ideals
September 28, 2023
Viktoria G. Lysenko
For traditional Indian philosophy, which tends to establish its identity on the basis of the rationally incognizable Absolute (Ātman, Brahman), the verbal expressibility of the latter is one of the central issues. In fact, what is at stake here, is an attitude to language, trust or distrust in its capacity to be a tool for transmitting the experience of reality, which for the Indian tradition...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 28, 2023
Lauren Johansen, Paul Liknaitzky, Maja Nedeljkovic et al.
5 citations
As investigations into the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to treat depression continue, there is a need to study the possible mechanisms of action that may contribute to the treatment's antidepressant effects. Through a two-round Delphi design, the current study investigated experts' opinions on the psychological mechanisms of action associated with the antidepressant effects of...
Buddhist-Christian Studies
September 27, 2023
Joseph Nguyen
abstract:This article compares and contrasts the Ignatian concept of consolation without previous cause with the Zen Buddhist concept of satori. The aim is to underscore a unique but not commonly recognized characteristic of Ignatian contemplation and promote interreligious understanding. I argue that Ignatian prayer methods, though primarily kataphatic in their approach, share common features...
Religions
September 27, 2023
Magdalene Thomassen
The article first exposes a section in Edith Stein’s masterwork, Finite and Eternal Being, where she explicitly reflects upon the relation between philosophy and theology, and on the possibility of a Christian philosophy. Here, Stein enlarges the scope of rationality when propagating faith as a source of knowledge in its own right. The phenomenological first-person perspective and notions of...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks
September 26, 2023
Jamie Callison
introduCtion: waVering ortHodoXY 'I loathe the word mystic -it might mean anything', the modernist artist and poet David Jones, writing to a friend in 1927, opined. 1 He was clarifying his religious views and distancing his own work from the phenomenon.Coming from a practising Roman Catholic, Jones's statement might well appear odd, given that he had encountered the lives or writings of revered...
Princípios: Revista de Filosofia
September 26, 2023
Jan Clefferson Costa de Freitas
Os principais objetivos do presente artigo são: a) rememorar os precedentes e explicar os desdobramentos do conceito de psicodelia através da história da filosofia; b) apresentar as evidências que definem como psicodélico não apenas o efeito de substâncias transformadoras da mente, mas também um conjunto integrado de práticas místicas, um espectro amplo de estados conscienciais e um movimento...
Creative Saplings
September 25, 2023
Mariette Anitha Moras, Ashish Alexander
1 citation
The summum bonum of every human soul, according to men and women of faith, is union with God in mutual love. There is a quest within human beings to be united with God. The union is the convergence of physical and spiritual worlds, reason and matter, soul and body, flesh and Spirit. People want to coexist with the all-encompassing Spirit known as Brahman, or God. It demands harmony between...
Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
September 22, 2023
Michele Aparecida Cerqueira Rodrigues, Fernando Campos Barbosa, Gabriel César Dias Lopes et al.
2 citations
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between religion, spirituality and neuroscience, with a focus on understanding the biological bases of religious experiences. The study aims to analyze how different spiritual practices affect the human brain, identify the brain regions involved, and examine the impact of these practices on mental health and emotional...