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March 2, 2015 Wiwit Kurniawan
Presently, mathematic is commonly known as scholarly studies specialized on worldly matters, step aside from mysticism. However, such perspective does not prevail on Pythagorean traditional sect. For this sect, mathematics constitutes divine activities and comprises of metaphysical elements. Pythagorean is a group of derived from Pythagoras disciples. Besides studying of mathematic, they also...
March 1, 2015 R. E. Sears
This study aimed to create and test a dream‐specific version of Hood's Mysticism (M) Scale for the purpose of studying dreaming mystical experience. Factor analysis of the Spiritual Dreams Scale (SDS), based on data collected from 289 adults affiliated with an American evangelical Christian school, clearly resulted in three factors in accordance with prior studies of the M Scale. However, the...
University of Chicago Press eBooks 2015 Jonathan Garb
This opening chapter follows and critiques the disappearance of the soul in modern philosophy, while calling attention to its continued presence in literature and popular culture and its remarkable revival in recent decades. Especial attention is given to the school of archetypal psychology inaugurated by James Hillman. Dialogue with this school enables a critical engagement with the...
Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 2015 Ricardo Baeza García
As this article shows, the closeness between the work of the French Beguine and the late sermons in German by Meister Eckhart is perceptible. It is evident mainly through the analysis that both authors made of spiritual poverty. Nevertheless, the present work also reveals the fundamental differences that exist between the two mystics. Finally, it indicates the philosophical relevance of these...
Godisnjak Fakulteta za kulturu i medije - komunikacije mediji kultura 2015 Tatjana Đ. Milivojević, Borivoje Baltezarević
Many authors have claimed that magic is a characteristic form of belief in primitive communities, pertaining to a human still lacking the full capacity of abstract or logical reasoning. According to the evolutionary view, the magical thinking is a lower, prerational stage in the development of consciousness, which is characterized by perceptual, sensory thinking, i.e. thinking in images rather...
2015 Karen Kuhn, A. Mickiewicz
Johanna Brandt (1876-1964) was a South African propagandist, spy, writer and prophet. She played a big role in both Afrikaner nationalism and the Anglo-Boer War. Brandt wrote several books including: The Petticoat Commando (1913) and The Grape Cure (1927). Her religious views in her books: The Millennium - A Prophetic Message to the Native Tribes of South Africa (1918) and The Paraclete or...
2015 S. Vörös
SAYING THE UNSAYABLE: MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE AND LANGUAGE The article considers whether, and to what extent, mystical experience, which is supposed to be transrational (non–dualist) and therefore ineffable, can be conveyed in language. The article consists of two parts. First, drawing on the Wittgensteinian distinction between “pointing” and “saying”, it is suggested that language not only speaks,...
Journal of Hindu-Christian studies 2015 Eiji Hisamatsu, Ramesh Pattni 1 citation
The present article will try to show differences and similarities in description about the ascetic teaching and mystical experience of two totally different spiritual traditions, i.e. in regard to the “Jesus Prayer” in the late Byzantine era and “yoga” in ancient India. A prayer made much use of by Christians in the Eastern Orthodox Church is the so-called “Jesus Prayer” or “Prayer of the...
2015 Francis-Vincent Anthony, C. Hermans, C. Sterkens
Religion in a pluralistic society can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution examines the causes of interreligious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college students in Tamil Nadu, India.
Explore 2015 Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close
We argue that "non-local" events require further descriptors for us to understand the degree of non-locality, what the framework of the observer describing it is, and where we humans are located relative to the ostensible non-locality. This suggests three critical factors: Relative to, from the framework of, and a hierarchy of "to what degree?" "Non-locality" without the prefix "relative"...