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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...
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science September 1, 2001 K. Peters 8 citations
Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew B. Newberg in their book The Mystical Mind suggest that their neurotheology is both a metatheology and a megatheology. In this commentary I question whether neurotheology is comprehensive enough and suggest that it needs to and possibly can take into account the moral and social dimensions of religion. I then propose an alternative metatheology and megatheology:...
Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie August 1, 2001 J Schlimme, D Rada, Udo Schneider
Cannabis consumption is a social and cultural phenomenon. It has a specific place in each society, therefore psychotropic effects are judged differently. In medieval Islam cannabis consumption showed connections with religious and mystic events and was basically formed through consuming sufis. The main risk of cannabis use was especially the induction of "madness" or psychotic states in case of...
Religion 2001 Leon Schlamm 13 citations
I identify two problematic strands of Ken Wilber's transpersonal theory. First, I question Wilber's claim that his spectrum model is supported by the materials of all the world's major mystical traditions. I argue that his integral, hierarchical perspective privileges some traditions but distorts others. Drawing heavily upon Andrew Rawlinson's recent, taxonomic study of mystical traditions,...
2001 Cynthia Bourgeault
At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia Bourgeault's new book invites us to find our way to the hope that does not disappoint or fail. In our usual way of looking at things, hope is tied to outcome: “I hope I get this job” or “I hope my mother gets well.” The Bible introduces us to a different kind of hope that has its source not in events but in the mercy of God, a lifeblood...
Philosophy East and West 2001 James E. Miller
Reviewed by: Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi James Miller Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi. Edited by Roger T. Ames. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. Pp. viii + 239. "Good grief!" exclaimed the reviewer as he greedily tore open the package from Philosophy East and West. "Not another book on Zhuangzi!" As it turns out, Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi, edited by Roger T....