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January 30, 2020 Joseph Azize
Gurdjieff was fundamentally a mystic in that his system was designed to come into a state where the lower centers or “brains” (mind, feeling, organic instinct) are made healthy and are harmonised together and are aligned with the higher “centers”. In Gurdjieff’s teaching, the higher centers receive the impressions which are the content of mystical experiences, but the lower centers, being...
The aim of the article consists in comparativistic anlysis of mystical and political theories and practices in frame of the ancient greek and chinese philosophic paradigms. Philosophy as a science pretends to exceed from some self-obvious moments that are nevertheless different in context of different cultures. One can point out accordingly five paradigms: indian, chinese, ancient greek and...
2020 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim
Abstract The assimilation of phenomenology by theology (namely of Heidegger by Karl Rahner) exemplifies how a pre-existing philosophical framework can be imported into a theological system by being suffused with belief. Although one would imagine that the incommensurability between philosophy and religion would thus be overcome, the two disciplines risk to remain, given the sequels of the...
Bulletin of the Moscow State Regional University 2020 Mikoshiba Michio, Y. Bondareva 3 citations
. Aim. To carry out a comparative analysis of the rationalistic, phenomenological and mystical methods of knowledge practiced by Russian religious philosophy in their synthesis. Methodology. The study is based on the fundamental principles of historical and philosophical research: the principle of historicism, which makes it possible to obtain a truly scientific assessment of the phenomena...
The Journal of Religion 2020 R. Jones 14 citations
A generation ago the big fight in the philosophy of mysticism was over constructivism versus perennial philosophy. And as Jess BryonHollenback notes, “the contextualist paradigm appears to have scored a resounding triumph over its essentialist predecessor.” Certainly, constructivism today is, as Francis X. Clooney says, the “mainstream consensus.” And as Torben Hammersholt points out, “if one...
Journal of Islam in Asia December 30, 2019 Homam Altabaa, Adham Hamawiya
Literature has been a medium to express and explore the depths of human life and Truth. This is accurate of Islamic literature that has been produced across the globe over hundreds of years. This paper seeks to highlight key mystical aspects of classical Islamic literature and their relevance to world literature and culture. Mysticism is essentially understood in this context as a set of...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion December 23, 2019 William Thompson-Uberuaga
Should Christian theology be interested in mysticism? A strong current within contemporary theology believes it should be, linking up with an older tradition holding that the mystical dimension has always formed the deepest current in the flowing river of Christianity and its theologies and doctrines, even if some have failed to recognize that. This article explores this modern current, its...
Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja December 1, 2019 A. Wysocki
Abstract The Path of Insight is a spiritual path of Tibetan Buddhism tradition. The fundamental part consists of three elements, such like: preliminary practices, the tranquility meditation and the penetrating insight meditation. However, counted three parts one ought to perceive as aspects of one process aiming to realize of the soteriology purpose. The achievement of the nondual state has its...
Academia Open November 28, 2019 Haydarova Hanifa Burkhanovna
This article analyzes the problem of self-education and the problem of spirituality, which is one of the central issues of mysticism and philosophy. It also provides an overview of the lustful views of a number of prominent figures of mysticism.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion November 22, 2019 W. Parsons
The definition and meaning of mysticism have been the subject of debate for decades within academia. While in a colloquial sense its referent may be readily apparent, there is no one existing definition of the term that adequately captures the multiple, diverse phenomena that have been termed “mystical.” Genealogical studies reveal its origin in the Greek mystery religions (muo; mystikos),...