Journal of Religion & Film
April 1, 2023
Rebecca Makas
Abstract This article explores the implicit theory of mysticism in Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent (Sp. El abrazo de la serpiente). While many theories of mysticism argue that true mystical experience is unmediated and, therefore, universal, Guerra makes a more provocative statement in the film. He depicts two Westerners’ attempts to have an entheogenic mystical experience in...
Cahiers ERTA
March 31, 2023
Diego Scalco
Apophatism and Non-duality in the Vedanta and in Ad Reinhardt's work The Ultimate Paintings, a series of abstractions made by Ad Reinhardt during the 1960s, are coupled with writings with obvious affinities to the apophatic formulas of the commentaries of the Upanishads (the philosophical conclusions of the Vedas) known as the “nondual Vedānta” (Advaita Vedānta). The abstractions themselves...
Religious Studies
March 31, 2023
Thomas Williams
Abstract Given that the more apophatic strand of mysticism resonates more with the way contemporary philosophers are apt to think about mystical experience, the fact that apophatic mysticism was a bit of a fringe enterprise in the Middle Ages calls for explanation. The explanations that are suggested within the pages of Christina Van Dyke's A Hidden Wisdom are not typically...
Különleges Bánásmód - Interdiszciplináris folyóirat
March 31, 2023
Meryem Madili
Morocco is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity. In this writing, I would like to shed light on a mystical ethnic group in Morocco that baffled many people from all over the globe; descendants of slaves who traced their origin to Sub-Saharan countries (Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Senegal, Niger). It also refers to a spiritual type of music that can be used as a method of healing with special...
iRASD Journal of Economics
March 31, 2023
Farhan Ahmad Faiz, Fouzia Sadaf, Farrah Ahmed et al.
Danyalism, a spiritual healing system prevalent in the Hunza and Nagar valleys of Gilgit Baltistan, represents a syncretic fusion of the mystical and the corporeal. The Danyal, the practitioner at the center of this complex sociocultural system, is imbued with an ethereal connection to the Faerie realm, possessing an authoritative power to remedy sickness through esoteric rites. From an...
Solov’evskie issledovaniya
March 31, 2023
K. Landa
1 citation
The themes of spiritual ascension and mystical ecstasy in V. Ivanov, which occupy a pivotal place in his literary production, have been recently examined by M. Tsimborska-Leboda in the context of Augustine's theology and by V. Mahlin in the context of Bakhtin's analysis of Dostoevsky's works. The theme of ecstasy has also been considered by Pamela Davidson in her 1989 monograph. The present...
March 30, 2023
Christopher Rinderle
In this work I take on one of the most axiomatic assumptions humans possess. The sense of self is embedded so deeply inside each one of us that to question it seems utterly ridiculous. Fortunately, I do not outright reject the notion of selfhood. I investigate what it is and is not through multiple angles – ancient and contemporary – which leads to investigations of free will and...
Otečestvennaâ filosofiâ.
March 29, 2023
Konstantin Burmistrov
Мировоззренческие основы иудаизма, еврейская мысль редко становились предметами специального обсуждения среди философов Серебряного века. Впервые публикуемые нами документы относятся как раз к такому редкому случаю, когда крупнейшие русские мыслители той эпохи – П.А. Флоренский, С.Н. Булгаков, В.И. Иванов и другие – публично обсуждают сущность еврейского мистицизма на специальном заседании...
Religions
March 28, 2023
J. Stephenson
The Mahānayaprakāśa of Śitikaṇṭha is an understudied text within Kashmir Śaivism, notable for its rich description of the inner structure of consciousness vis-à-vis the body and the natural world, and esotericization of Left-Handed Tantric Practice. Furthermore, it is also significant in its form; like the Buddhist dohākoṣas it consists of Apabhraṃśa verses with accompanying Sanskrit...
Folia Pharmacologica Japonica
March 28, 2023
Daisuke Ibi
1 citation
Major depressive disorder presents a substantial global health burden, and at least 30-40% of patients exhibit treatment resistance to antidepressants. Ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, is used as an anesthetic agent. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved esketamine (the S-enantiomer of ketamine) as a therapeutic agent for treatment-resistant depression; however,...