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Critical Survey 2002 Antony Rowland 1 citation
An ontological need persisted in the writing of Ted Hughes, and continues in critical responses to it. This has manifested itself in various forms: Leonard Scijay detects a ‘mystical consciousness of the oneness of Creation’; in his recent book The Laughter of Foxes: A Study of Ted Hughes, Keith Sagar eulogises the ‘inner being’ of the poet. Although different, these descriptions share a vague...
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 2002 Louise Sundararajan 45 citations
A hallmark of Christian mysticism is negative theology, which refers to the school of thought that gives prominence to negation in reference to God. By denying the possibility to name God, negative theology cuts at the very root of our cognitive makeup—the human impulse to name and put things into categories—and thereby situates us “halfway between a ‘no longer’ and a ‘not yet’” (Iser, 1978, p....
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies 2002 S. I. Shapiro, Grace W. Lee, Philippe L. Gross 20 citations
The authors compiled 80 chronologically ordered passages from the contemporary psychology literature that address the essence of transpersonal psychology.A thematic analysis of these passages revealed that the two most frequent categories, occurring 53 (66.2%) and 49 (61.2%) times respectively, were: (a) Going beyond or transcending the individual, ego, self, the personal, personality, or...
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks 2002 Jill Marsden
In the opening of Civilization and its Discontents, Freud makes reference to a ‘peculiar feeling’ which many have identified as the true source of religious sentiments. It is a feeling that one might call ‘a sensation of “eternity”, a feeling of something limitless, unbounded – as it were, “oceanic”’ (PFL 12, 251). Freud suggests that the ‘oneness with the universe’ which constitutes the...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2002 T. B. Roberts, P. J. Hruby 10 citations
The word entheogen was coined to denote psychedelic chemicals and botanicals that engender the experience of god within. Drawing on William James, Charles Tart, and Ken Wilber, the authors claim that a complete study of religion must include entheogens, and they propose topics leading toward an entheogen research agenda:(a) the spiritual nature of the human mind, (b) the dispute over the...
Songs of Ecstasy December 13, 2001 Hugh B. Urban
Abstract A series of select translations is presented from the Bhāver Gīta, the main song text of the Kartābhajās, a Bengali sect devoted to Tantra in colonial Calcutta, Bengal. The author has chosen the songs that he considers most significant and organized them under thematic headings: Company songs, Songs of the marketplace, Songs of mystical belief and esoteric practice, Songs of lust and...
Bulletin des Médecins Suisses October 17, 2001
Der 1952 verstorbene Landarzt Eduard Renner hat in seinem Buch «Goldener Ring über Uri» das magische Denken der Urner Bergler beschrieben.Ihm war diese Welt nicht Aberglaube, sondern letzter Zeuge eines uralten, faszinierenden Weltbildes.Bergkristalle, Pflanzen, Tiere und Menschen verändern ihre Form, verschwinden und sind plötzlich wieder da, oder sind es gleichzeitig an verschiedenen...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions October 1, 2001 Kirsi Stjerna 1 citation
ABSTRACT: A remarkable number of women leaders and teachers in the history of Christianity have relied on the ‘supernatural,’ spiritual authority received through extraordinary religious experiences. Among them were the Finnish ‘sleep-preachers,’ laywomen who felt called to preach and prophesy while asleep. This article introduces the most famous of these preachers, Helena Konttinen...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy October 1, 2001 V L Schermer
Mysticism is a heightened awareness facilitating intuitive knowledge of group realities. In contrast to logical positivism, in which scientific knowledge consists of logic applied to a set of observations, the author holds that mystical awareness is pertinent to the conduct of therapy groups. The work of Bion, and also so-called "structuralist" theories, postulate pre-given templates that...
September 1, 2001 M. Spezio
What are the biological bases of religious experience? Are there biological constraints upon or determinants of religious narratives and practices? How does understanding the biology of religious experience inform the ongoing reconstruction of religious rituals and myths? In The Mystical Mind, Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew Newberg address these central questions and others from a distinct...