Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
December 17, 2025
Ungar-Sargon MD PhD Julian
preprint
Abstract This article presents a comprehensive academic exposition of the dissolving self within the therapeutic encounter, integrating Jewish mystical theology, psychodynamic theory, and contemporary neuroscience. Drawing upon the foundational work of Katzman, Bernstein, and Ponak on the authentic mystical self; Ungar-Sargon's theology of tzimtzum, Or HaGanuz, and sacred clinical space; and...
Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Science and Education
December 16, 2025
Ulpah Maspupah, Abdul W. Basit
This study critically examines the epistemology of mysticism in Islamic thought through Mehdi Ha’iri Yazdi’s concept of Knowledge through Presence (al-‘ilm al-huduri). The research positions Yazdi’s epistemological framework as a bridge between classical Islamic illuminationist philosophy (hikmah al-ishraq) and contemporary philosophical discourse. Employing qualitative-descriptive and...
Teosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism
December 12, 2025
Amat Zuhri, Yusuph Dauda Gambari
Tapa, a form of Javanese asceticism, constitutes a longstanding tradition and a central element of spiritual life in Javanese society. This practice is frequently documented in Javanese literary works and is regarded as a significant cultural legacy. The present study analyses the concept of tapa in Raden Ngabehi Ronggowarsito's Serat Pamoring Kawula Gusti, focusing on its relationship to Sufi...
Philosophy Journal
December 2, 2025
Alexey Kuksyuk
The article focuses on the exploration of the under-researched area of the philosophy of mathematics, as presented by Valerian Nikolaevich Muravyov (1885–1930). The article focuses on concepts related to set theory, Pythagoreanism, and mathematical mysticism, with a particular emphasis on Muravyov’s concept of dialectical construction of plurality. Muravyov developed this concept based on the...
Entangled Religions
December 2, 2025
Louis Komjathy
The present article explores Daoist effortless meditation with particular attention to its association with the inner cultivation lineages of classical Daoism (ca. 350–ca. 90 BCE). In addition to discussing the technical specifics of the practice, including its intimate connection to wúwéi 無為 (lit., ‘without acting/doing’; non-action/effortlessness), consideration is given to related...
Social Science Review Archives
December 1, 2025
Tariq Usman, Abdul Karim Hussain
William Blake (1757-1827) is a unique romantic poet who has been labelled unorthodoxly by critics as a visionary, mad, and mystic, Mysticism has multiple facets; however, this study views his poetry considering a Muslim perspective as propounded by Ibn-e-Arabi (1165-1240). He is known as Sheikh-e-Akbar (The Great Master), who has systematised mysticism as per the teachings and scriptures of...
Jurnal Iman dan Spiritualitas
November 24, 2025
Muhamad Atamimi
This article examines the integration of mysticism, spirituality, Sufism, and neurotheology as a means to bridge the spiritual and biological dimensions of human religious experience. Mysticism is interpreted as the pinnacle of transrational religious experience, while spirituality is viewed as a progressive development of ethical and inner consciousness. Sufism, as the mystical path of Islam,...
Philosophical Psychology
November 4, 2025
G. Mariotti
ABSTRACT This article investigates the neurophysiological basis of autonomously induced mystical states of consciousness (MSCs), with a focus on speculative mysticism, a tradition that centers on intellectual contemplation rather than emotional or sensuous experience. Drawing from historical sources, the paper explores the role of paradox and contradiction in mystical thought. It argues that...
Gothic Studies
November 1, 2025
Milly Kate Harrison
Algernon Blackwood's fascination with the concept of the personal ‘cage’ and the potential for liberation is central to both his worldview and literary legacy. This article explores these themes in his early, often-overlooked story, ‘The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute ’, examining its depiction of emotional repression and freedom, particularly within the context of early twentieth-century...
Trames
October 30, 2025
Swati Samantaray, Sahadeb Patro
Religion was our first attempt at literature, cosmology, ecology, making sense of where we are in the universe. All religions are inherently predisposed to mystical experience â a harmonious and balanced existence and substantiation of Nature and man â man, who is conscious of his existence both in the material and the spiritual realm, as man is the highest spirit and the lowest matter...