Efforts to present valid evidence for perennialist models do not withstand critical scrutiny.One strategy common to most versions of perennialism points to perceived patterns in reports of spiritual experiences, whether from traditional, clinical, or phenomenological accounts as evidence for such an approach; the shortcoming is that these same patterns are the basis for perennialist...
In reply to This discussion illustrates that perennialist perspectives are far from outmoded. I discuss the metaphysical aspects of my model, suggesting that there is no reason why transpersonal psychology should not address metaphysical issues, as long as they are secondary to phenomenological issues, and as long as they are based on evidence rather than wholly speculative. Attempts to exclude...
There is variety model of dakwah, one of them is mystical dakwah. This model tends to reach spiritual consciousness (ma’rifat) which is sometimes hard to be understood. However, KH.Abdoel Ma’ruf through Wahidiyah Sufism was successfully implemented such mystical dakwah. This writing is based on a library research. Data was analyzed using content analysis by selecting and classifying similar...
Yeats as a visionary poet displays the basic Kabalistic creative mind or the instinctual Zen self-reawakening insight; ignorant but wise, barbarian but civilized, beastly but non-intellectually spiritual, rough but pure, which can be compared with the mysterious power of the humming bird who experiences two conflicting states of torpor and freedom. To find his poetic “fornits” (mystic elves) or...
The present article discusses the methodological assumptions for the study of the religious phenomenon according to the lines drawn in the various works of Angela Ales Bello, Italian philosopher, interpreter of the thinking of Edmund Husserl and Edith Stein in his various works. The task of this research is to understand how phenomenological philosophy can contribute to rethinking the internal...
This paper aims to present a bibliographic review on near-death experience (NDE) and discuss its consequences, considering it as a mystical experience. NDE is an anomalous phenomenon which happens to some patients, generally, during or close to clinical death. When reanimated and conscious, the patient usually reports out-of-body experience, contact with deceased loved ones, a trip through a...
August 3, 2017S. Navarro, V. Castañeda, M. Acero et al.
The article aims to account for the meaningful connection between mystical experience and aesthetic experience. The conceptual basis of the article is found in the philosophical thought of Gabriel Marcel. His unsystematic philosophy from the standpoint of aesthetics and mysticism– offers a particular perspective that makes possible to propose an alternative philosophical-theological reflection,...
The spiritual but not religious (SBNR) are a growing population in secularizing societies. Yet, we know little about the underlying psychology of this group or their belief profile. Based on an individual difference approach, we address this knowledge gap by comparing SBNR with religious and non-religious participants. In a sample of Americans (n=1013), we find that the SBNR differ from...
This paper attempts to investigate Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt(1960- ), as a Western dramatist and mystical writer of Eastern traditions through a detailed, qualitative and critical analysis of one of his most important work, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of Quran . In the play , Sufi framework and Archetypal Theory is used to present plainly and briefly the main concepts of mysticism and, at the...
In April 2016, a team of researchers conducted the first modern brain imaging study on the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). The researchers scanned 15 participants while they were on LSD versus a placebo. Among many things, they found that brain regions that are normally relatively distinct increased their communication. This increase in global connectivity correlated with the...