Mysticism
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MysticsmPeople and religions around the world use the term mysticism to describe a craving for spirituality harmony with God or another being.
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Mysticism in Taoism and ConfucianismTaoism Mysticism and Confucian Mysticism
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Martial Mysticism in the WandererThe Wanderer is an Old English poem of both literary and sociohistorical interest. Here the poem is examined in terms of how it reflects the Anglo-Saxon worldview and, more specifically, the cult of the warrior.
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Music in Jewish MysticismMusic serves as a primary vehicle by which Jewish mystics can attune themselves to their spiritual goals.
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The Role of Mysticism in Christianity, Judaism and IslamMysticism is defined as a reference to a transcendental experience in which one realizes something not by the five senses, but by intuition of a wider or deeper reality. What exactly is it and what role does it play in modern religious practices?
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Science Meets God: The Merger of Science and MysticismNew experiments in quantum physics, telekinesis, prayer, and the brain, are showing that mystical experiences do exist, that they are valid, and that God (gasp) may exist after all!
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MysticismMy experience with mysticism.
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A Rational Cosmology: Why Physicalism is Not MysticismThis 84th essay of "A Rational Cosmology" refutes Reginald Firehammer's allegation that those who believe that life, volition, and consciousness are physical are engaging in a sort of mysticism. There is nothing mystical about physicalism, properly understood.
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Tradition Classification and Jewish MysticismThe earliest form of Jewish mysticism was the Merkavah tradition. Learned Rabbis would fast for 40 days and 40 nights, constantly in prayer, preparing for a conscious ascension to the highest hekhaloth, or the realm of the divine. The journey to...
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Jewish Mysticism: MerkavahThe question of what religion is has always been a debatable issue. Scholars argue over what constitutes a religion, as opposed to a practice. Some scholars, like Dale Cannon, argue that religion can be defined within certain frameworks, and that...
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New Book by Reclusive Ohio Author Highlights Judeo Christian MysticismNew scholarly book highlights foundation of Judeo Christian mysticism. -
My PoetryI am well aware of the lack of depth in my poetry. Maybe some don't even consider it poetry, but they don't know what I know!
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PoetThe way it goes. Is the way you know.
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Music and Mysticism in Totemic CulturesIn totemic cultures, music serves as a vehicle by which humans can mystically enter, and absorb the wisdom and power of, the spirit world of the totems.
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Music and Mysticism in the Kalapalo Culture of BrazilIn many traditional cultures, sonic communication with spirits and gods leads to mysticism, a spiritual quest for personal union with the divine. One such culture is found among the Kalapalo of Brazil.
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Is Religion Obsolete?Church, Religion and God, its relevance and manifestation today.
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Romanticism in ArtThe era of Romanticism ushered in a new way of thinking: for Romanticists, the subjectivity of feelings, the mysticism of the imagination, and the importance of the individual all added up to one thing: truth.
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Michael Kenna's PhotographyA brief essay celebrating Michael Kenna's photography. Three selections of Kenna's work are understood, explained, and praised.
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The Underneath by Kathi AppeltReview of Kathi Appelt's new classic
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MagicAn acrostic exploration of the word, "Magic". -
We Know Nothing : We Know SomethingDo we really know? Know everything? Actually, we cannot claim that we know everything but rather it is that we know something, something of everything...
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The Mystical Experience and My Spiritual IdentityThis is an examination of Spiritual Identity. It answers personal questions. What is my spiritual identity. How does spiritual identity direct my life. It is written in a very loose sort of way including some slang that I had been using at the time it was written.
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Mysticism and the SecretVisualize what you want and it will be -
The Shipping NewsProulx allows the reader to escape the confines of our lives and visit a place far, far away
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Speculation Raised by What the Bleep Do We Know?Modern physics has caught up with the wisdom of ancient mystics and shamans by acknowledging that our thoughts create (or at least influence) our reality.
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Review: 49 DaysFilm review of 2006 Hong Kong horror film
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Watching the Whirling Dance of Turkish DervishesThey twirl like tops swirled in a mix of dizzying proportions.
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