History of the Human Sciences
March 26, 2018
Andrea Graus
This article examines how and why criminal proceedings were brought against alleged cases of Catholic mysticism in several European countries during modernity. In particular, it explores how criminal charges were derived from mystical experiences and shows how these charges were examined inside the courtroom. To bring a lawsuit against supposed mystics, justice systems had to reduce their...
March 25, 2018
M. Roy
Mysticism is an important component of religion, representing its experiential dimension. The term itself is of western origin, adopted by Christianity, evolving over time and extending in meaning only in the nineteenth century to include experiences of encounters with the ultimate nature of Reality in religions. Thus, a category of mysticism has developed, which can be studied in a comparative...
Journal of Anglican Studies
February 21, 2018
Jane Shaw
Abstract Kenneth E. Kirk is regarded as the person who revived moral theology in the Anglican tradition in the early to mid-twentieth century. This article argues that a renewal of interest in mysticism, led especially by W.R. Inge and Evelyn Underhill in the first two decades of the twentieth century, was influential upon Kirk’s outlook, especially his association of moral theology with...
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio FF – Philologiae
February 5, 2018
Paweł Matejek
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The topic of the article is the poetical reaction of Juliusz Słowacki to the crisis of culture in the early 40s of the 19th century. Epiphanic awareness of the theological dimension of the space has beenconfronted with conviction about the disintegration of language, which has lost the ability to give the appearance of reality. Słowacki expressed confidence that the source of his mystical...
Current objectives of postgraduate American studies
January 14, 2018
Stefan Benz
This article examines the epistemological concerns of Michael McClure’s poem “Double Moire for Francis Crick” (2010). Beyond showcasing McClure’s persistent interest in the natural sciences as well as in the Chinese and Japanese mystical traditions, this poem lyrically appropriates the physical phenomenon of the moiré effect and thereby exemplifies how a cooperation between these different...
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta
2018
Milan Randjelović
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The paper presents an analysis of the saga about Zahide Bacı, the legacy from the Sufi folklore which remained preserved as a part of the cultural and historical heritage of Ottoman Niš. The saga abounds with the leitmotifs from the legends and the parables of the holy people in Islam whose cults were honored as part of the popular religious tradition not only in the Ottoman Empire, but also in...
Liverpool University Press eBooks
2018
Elizabeth Anderson
Recent treatments of the role of religion in Virginia Woolf’s novels have posited a tension between religiosity and secularism, but this paper explores the conjunction of spirituality and materiality in Woolf’s work. Rather than posing a tension between mainstream religion and materiality, I argue for an unorthodox view of spirituality in which, despite their apparent contradiction, the...
Philosophy of Religion Analytic Researches
2018
Pavel Nosachev
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Многообразие мистического: «мистика» и «мистицизм» в западном эзотеризме конца XIX -начала XX векаПавел Георгиевич Носачев -кандидат философских наук, доцент Школы культурологии, доцент кафедры Философии религии и религиозных аспектов культуры.НИУ «Высшая школа экономики».Российская Федерация, 101000, г.Москва, ул.Мясницкая
Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos
2018
Sławomir Studniarz
The article is devoted to the mystical elements and allusions surfacing in Poe's -analytical,‖ -angelic,‖ and -landscape‖ tales: -A Descent into the Maelström,‖ -The Purloined Letter,‖ -The Murders in the Rue Morgue,‖ -The Domain of Arnheim,‖ -Landor's Cottage,‖ -Mesmeric Revelation,‖ -The Colloquy of Monos and Una,‖ -The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion,‖ and "The Power of Words.‖It is...
Philosophy of Religion Analytic Researches
2018
Stephen R. Grimm
Мистический опыт имеет два аспекта.Он включает в себя: 1) прямой контакт с Богом; 2) единение с Богом.Чтобы прояснить первый аспект, я буду опираться на концепцию, изложенную в основательном труде Уильяма Олстона «Восприятие Бога».Несмотря на то, что точка зрения Олстона кажется мне правильной во многих отношениях, основная ее проблема состоит в том, что представление о контакте с Богом, или о...