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Center for International and Regional Studies 1985 Juan Vicente Mayoral de Lucas
This thesis is primarily concerned with the relationship between Sufism and curing. Other topics necessary to the understanding of this main area are additionally considered: an introduction is provided to Sufism per se, as an expression of Islamic mysticism; there is a consideration of the role of emotion in Sufism and particularly of love, which is also discussed with relevance to Middle...
Social Science & Medicine 1985 A Morinis
The saintly madman is a familiar character in South Asia. To outer appearances he is no different from a lunatic, but the mad saint comes to be revered because his idiocy is popularly believed to arise from a different cause than ordinary madness. The common psychopath neglects social conventions because his consciousness is dimmed by incapacity; the saintly madman also breaches convention, but...
Hasidic Prayer December 1, 1984 Louis Jacobs
This chapter discusses the doctrine of kavvanah (‘concentration’) in prayer. Concentration is important to Hasidic ideas on mystical, contemplative prayer. For the rabbis, kavvanah in prayer means that the worshipper is conscious that he stands in the presence of God and that his mind is aware of the meaning of the words he utters. The chapter traces the history of such practices. It reveals...
Process Studies April 1, 1984 Ernest Simmons
Research Article| April 01 1984 Mystical Consciousness in a Process Perspective Ernest L. Simmons, Jr. Ernest L. Simmons, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Process Studies (1984) 14 (1): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.2307/44798176 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ernest L. Simmons; Mystical Consciousness in...
Perceptual and Motor Skills April 1, 1984 Harry T. Hunt
Traditional approaches to the psychology of religious-mystical and altered-state experience have divided between more psychoanalytic and psychiatric views that associate such experience with “schizophrenia,” “regression,” and “primitivity” and the more intuitive Jungian and transpersonal-humanistic assertions of a “higher” path of development (“self-actualization”). By considering the full...
Journal of Religion and Health March 1, 1984 J R Haule
"Soul-making" (cf. Jung and Hillman) is the process of integrating spiritual and bodily imagery into an intimated wholeness transcending conscious comprehension. Pierre Janet's case of the psychotic mystic, Madeleine, reveals that the patient had been "making" her own-soul even though his theory had no provision for soul. Janet's soul-stripping theory is contrasted with a soul-making approach,...
Social Science & Medicine 1984 W J Karim 13 citations
This paper attempts to analyse professional rivalry and dissonance amongst traditional Malay midwives (bidan kampung) in the Northwest areas of Peninsular Malaysia. It elucidates how techniques of symbolic and ritual communication are carefully monitored by these female specialists, to develop regular clientele and professional credibility over time. However, since an integral element of Malay...
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science June 2, 1983 Richard H. Jones
Abstract. The purpose of this article is to explore certain parallels and divergencies between contemporary philosophy of science and the comparative study of mysticism. Two types of mystical experiences, “depth‐mystical” and “nature‐mystical,” are first differentiated. Next, the role of both experience and doctrine in the development and justification of mystical knowledge is defended....
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent June 1, 1983 Byron L. Sherwin
This chapter examines Judah Loew's understanding of devekut (“cleaving to God”). It traces the development of major aspects of the idea of devekut in sources which most probably influenced him. These sources include Maimonides' reflections on the nature of devekut; the two views of devekut developed by the Spanish mystics; and the Hasidic understanding of devekut. Judah Loew claimed that...
Mystical Theology and Social Dissent June 1, 1983 Byron L. Sherwin
This chapter focuses on the relationship between Judah Loew's theological constructs and his program for social reform. By intertwining his mystical theology with his social dissent, Judah Loew follows a pattern characteristic of the Western mystical tradition in general and of the Jewish mystical tradition in particular. The chapter then explores Loew's views on contemporary social issues,...