Plotino: el sistema del Uno. Características generales by Agustín Uña Juárez

“…According to this interpretation, the system reflects the “synoptical” view of its same content, and shows it as the One’s “presence” in the whole reality and in the Plotinus’ intuitive mind, developed through an ordered series of concepts, in view of the mystical experience, to the union with the One, as the final goal.…”
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'Du bist selben eyn himmel': textualization and transformation in the life of Dorothea von Montau by Volfing, A

“…This serves to thematize the communicative difficulties inherent in a partnership in which textualization takes place at several removes from the mystical experience itself.…”

The Eye of the Storm by Sander Vloebergs, Hubertus Roebben

“…We discuss the historical context of the democratization of mystical theology, the multiple genres and the imaginative language mystics use to guide their students during their personal development, exemplified by Hadewijch’s mystical experience as an interplay between Love and Reason. …”
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Sufism and the Sacred Feminine in Lombok, Indonesia: Situating Spirit Queen Dewi Anjani and Female Saints in Nahdlatul Wathan by Bianca J. Smith

“…Arguments are situated in a Sufi feminist standpoint, revealing how an active integration of indigeneity into understandings of mystical experience gives meaning to the sacred feminine in aspects of Sufi praxis in both complementary and hierarchical ways without challenging Islamic gender constructs that reproduce patriarchal expressions of Sufism and Islam.…”
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Religious Call in Eastern Orthodox Spirituality: A Theo-Phenomenological Approach by Nicolae Turcan

“…The conclusion shows that religious call and answer are existential and theandric experiences, where one can work on askesis, the fidelity of thought, and mystical experience. Life in the Holy Spirit no longer distinguishes between call and answer for one who became a son of God by grace, faith, and good works.…”
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Reconstruction of Four Models of Believe in God in Al-Gazali’s Thought by Khaled Zandsalimi, Hossein Hooshangi

“…Al-Gazali believes that the first model which is based on mystical experience is the strongest one. This model is similar to what we call belief in God on the basis of religious experience. …”
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Stace on Religious Language: The Epistemological Foundations by Mohammad Hosein Mahdavinejad, Masome Salari Rad

“…As an English analytic philosopher, Stace considers religion to be identical with mysticism and mystical experience to be its core. According to him, mystical experiences and thus religious propositions are ineffable. …”
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Mystik og ritual i transcendental meditation by Mikael Rothstein

“…As the experience from the meditation practice obviously is an expression of mysticism implying an ongoing development of the meditator's consciousness, it is argued that the mystical experience is identical with the cosmogenic act, and that the meditation-ritual as such, therefore can be regarded as a ritual drama. …”
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“Nacimiento de la pasión que se busca en el núcleo de su vida”. Approach to the Sufism in a Francisco Magaña’s Book of Poems by Diana Rodríguez Vértiz

“…The call to contemplation, the relation between music and dance, theimages of samá, childhood and love as a path of union with the divine aresome of the more recurrent topics in this book, in which the Tabascan poet, rather than participating in a sufi mystical experience, amazed, writes abouthis discovery of this tradition.…”
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Metamorphoses of the Subject: Kandinsky Interpreted by Michel Henry and Henri Maldiney by Anna Yampolskaya

“…Henry claims that this living through the work of art is transformative; it is akin to ascetic practice or mystical experience that goes beyond the distinction of the subject and the object. …”
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Retelling Legend of City of Kitezh in Video Texts by YouTube Bloggers by M. G. Matlin

“…The legend is presented in two main types: variants of texts recorded earlier and texts conveying personal verbalized mystical experience of communication with the city of Kitezh (folklore legend). …”
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Moral Virtue as a Requisite for Illumination in the Platonic Tradition by Kristian Sheeley

“…I use the term “illumination” to cover a range of meanings intended by the philosophers I discuss, such as the “acquisition of wisdom” (<i>Phaedo</i>, 65a), the “sight” of divine beauty (<i>Symposium,</i> 210d–212b), or a mystical experience involving God or divine reality. Although this theme appears in many texts from the Platonic tradition, I focus on three major stages of its development. …”
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The Eye of the Storm by Sander Vloebergs, Hubertus Roebben

“…We discuss the historical context of the democratization of mystical theology, the multiple genres and the imaginative language mystics use to guide their students during their personal development, exemplified by Hadewijch’s mystical experience as an interplay between Love and Reason. …”
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Embracing complexity: the post-secular pilgrimage of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt by Ruth Illman

“…The presentation is based on ethnographic material, and key themes to be addressed include pilgrimage as a spiritual journey, interreligious encounters and mystical experiences.…”
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Mnéme and hénosis by Sonja Weiss

“…As a rule, the mystical experience precludes memory, since the latter is related to time and binds a man to his individuality. …”
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“If you wish to contemplate God”: Pseudo-Dionysius on will and love by Ene Draghici-Vasilescu, E

“…The Syrian instructs: “If you wish to contemplate God through a mystical experience, my dear Timothy, I advise you to be aware and prepare yourself.” …”

The Romantic subject as an absolutely autonomous individual by Miljana Cunta

“…Special attention is given to the Romantic mystical experience, whereby the subject eames into relation with the transcendental reality. …”
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Superior points of view: William James and Aldous Huxley’s reflections on mystical and religious experiences by Amati, G

“…There are multiple unsolved questions: What is a mystical or religious experience? Does a mystical experience supply knowledge about the transcendental? …”

Changes in mental health, wellbeing and personality following ayahuasca consumption: Results of a naturalistic longitudinal study by Daniel Perkins, Daniel Perkins, Daniel Perkins, Daniel Perkins, Broc A. Pagni, Jerome Sarris, Jerome Sarris, Jerome Sarris, Paulo C. R. Barbosa, Richard Chenhall

“…Repeated measures ANOVA were used to examine pre-to-post changes, and Pearson correlations explored predictors of improvement in outcomes.Results: Fifty-three attendees (32 women, 21 men) completed pre and post ayahuasca assessments with 55.6% of the sample reporting a complete mystical experience based on the MEQ-30. One-month post-ayahuasca, significant reductions were identified in depression, anxiety, stress, alcohol and cannabis use, body dissociation, accepting external influence, self-alienation, impulsivity, and negative affect/emotionality. …”
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En Diálogo con «Intinerarium mentis in Deum»: acercamiento fenomenológicohermenéutico by Julio César Barrera Vélez

“…Bonaventure articulated the rational philosophical reflection with the contemplative attitude of the mystical experience. The body of the text sets the following headings: I. …”
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