Download or read book Metamorphosis written by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we perdure when we and everything around us are caught up in incessant change? But the course of this change does not seem to be haphazard and we may seek the modalities of its Logos in the transformations in which it occurs. The classic term 'Metamorphosis' focuses upon the proportions between the transformed and the retained, the principles of sameness and otherness. Applied to life and its becoming, metamorphosis pinpoints the proportions between the vital and the aesthetic significance of life. Where could this metaphysical in-between territory come better to light than in the Fine Arts? In this collection are investigated the various proportions between the vital significance of the constructivism of life and a specifically human contribution made by the creative imagination to the transformatory search for beauty and aesthetic values. Papers by: Lawrence Kimmel, Mark L. Brack, Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, William Roberts, Jadwiga Smith, Victor Gerald Rivas, Max Statkiewicz, Matti Itkonen, George R. Tibbetts, Linda Stratford, Jorella Andrews, Ingeborg M. Rocker, Stephen J. Goldberg, Leah Durner, Donnalee Dox, Catherine Schear, Samantha Henriette Krukowski, Gary Maciag, Kelly Dennis, Wanda Strukus, Magda Romanska, Patricia Trutty-Coohill, Ellen Burns, Tessa Morrison, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Gary Backhaus, Daniel M. Unger, Howard Pearce.
Download or read book Alchemist of the Avant Garde written by John F. Moffitt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledged as the "Artist of the Century," Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) left a legacy that dominates the art world to this day. Inventing the ironically dégagé attitude of "ready-made" art-making, Duchamp heralded the postmodern era and replaced Pablo Picasso as the role model for avant-garde artists. John F. Moffitt challenges commonly accepted interpretations of Duchamp's art and persona by showing that his mature art, after 1910, is largely drawn from the influence of the occult traditions. Moffitt demonstrates that the key to understanding the cryptic meaning of Duchamp's diverse artworks and writings is alchemy, the most pictorial of all the occult philosophies and sciences.
Download or read book The Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality written by Angel Millar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed guide to the three successive initiatic archetypes: Craftsman, Warrior, and Magician • Investigates the symbolism, rituals, and metaphysical aspects of each initiatic archetype, from the alchemy and shamanism of the craftsman, to the subtle energy work of the warrior, to the sex magic practices and Higher Self work of the magician • Shares meditations, practices, and transformational techniques for each archetype • Investigates the similarities between contemporary Western occultism, from Crowley to Chaos Magic, and the “positive thinking” mind metaphysics movement Exploring the craftsman, warrior, and magician archetypes--three vocations that echo the traditional tripartite division of society--Angel Millar reveals how these archetypes represent the three successive stages of spiritual growth in an individual’s life. He shows how they provide structure for the initiatory process to develop one’s mental, physical, and spiritual potential. As craftsman, the individual experiences “mnemonic” initiation: the cultivation of memory as well as language. As warrior, “somatic” initiation: development of the physical body and cultivation of the spirit body. And as magician, “gnostic” initiation: cultivation of the self and manifestation of the Higher Self. Investigating the metaphysical aspects of each archetype, the author explores their symbolism, spiritual practices, and rituals. Examining the craftsman archetype, he looks at metallurgy, alchemy, and the “Craft” of Freemasonry, as well as the ancient role of blacksmith as shaman. He explores the idea of God as a “Creator” or “Craftsman,” especially in relation to ancient Greek philosophy, Islamic neoplatonism, and the Kabbalah. Examining the warrior archetype, he reveals how the way of the warrior was affected by religion and mysticism, such as how the Persian martial art of Zoorkhaneh was profoundly shaped by Sufism and why the Buddhist Shaolin temple became synonymous with Kung Fu. The author places special emphasis on the cultivation of subtle energy as practiced in martial arts, especially in relation to Taoist inner alchemy. Examining the magician archetype, he reveals how each individual has two “selves”--a lower self and a Higher Self--and explores the union of opposites studied by the magician, such as in the tantric arts and sacred sex magic. Sharing meditations, practices, and processes associated with each archetype, as well as techniques for transforming one’s consciousness, he also investigates similarities between contemporary Western occultism, from Crowley to Chaos Magic, and the “positive thinking” mind metaphysics movement. Structured to parallel the three archetypal stages of the initiatic process, this comprehensive guide offers a literary initiation through three degrees of esoteric knowledge.
Download or read book Companionship and Virtue in Classical Sufism written by Jason Welle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Sulami (d. 412/1021) was an influential classical Sufi master whose works espoused companionship as a way for believers to experience God's guidance and cultivate religious virtues. This book provides a historical reconstruction of Sufi companionship in Khurasan in the period, arguing that al-Sulami's concept of suhba (companionship) envisioned the transformation of society as whole, not just the master-disciple relationship. Bringing debates in contemporary virtue ethics to bear on al-Sulami's spiritual method, the book offers an original analysis of the latter's thought that will be of interest to scholars of early Islam and classical Sufism as well as moral theologians interested in virtue ethics, character and friendship.
Download or read book Culture and Cruelty in Nietzsche Dostoevsky and Artaud written by Max Statkiewicz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questioning the Enlightenment in Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, and Artaud challenges the cultural optimism of the Enlighten through an examination of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud. The Enlightenment was characterized, as Arnold put it, as “sweetness and light”. Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud each pushed back against the optimism of the enlightenment through their writing and advanced the idea of cruelty as lying at the root of all human nature and culture. In this study, Statkiewicz explores the seemingly opposing notions of culture and cruelty within the works of these authors to discuss their complex relationship with one another.
Download or read book Alchemical introduction by the middle way written by Philomène Philosophe par le feu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alchemist is a conscientious searcher who observes the nature's unfolding within the microcosm of his laboratory, through the reactions produced in his crucibles and balloons. But he also need to travel the celestial and terrestrial macrocosm in order to explore his inner world. This is how, on an blissful encounter in front of the gate of the philosopher's garden, Mika?l and Doc Faust, a timeless character, get to know each other. Together, they will walk along paths that will, step by step, open the door of alchemy to the reader. The journey of Mika?l, as the Ariadne's string in the maze, will lead us through the classical books, then to the Easter Island and Santiago de Compostella, and finally on the philosophy and quantum physics. This book will introduce the reader into the one and only true alchemical tradition, and and will accompagny him in his daily life, according to the principles that mother Nature has been teaching us for a thousand of years.
Download or read book Paracelsus und seine internationale Rezeption in der fr hen Neuzeit written by Heinz Schott and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1998-05-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume addresses important aspects of Paracelsian concepts within the context of contemporary science and literature, emphasizing the international dissemination and propagation of Paracelsian ideas during the 16th and 17th centuries. Its contributions analyse different aspects of Paracelsus's work and influence: for instance, his ideas on magic, medicine, and mantic art; his relation to the Jewish tradition, and the controversies caused by Paracelsian authors. Special attention is given to the impact of Paracelsus on the Rosicrucian movement. This volume will be of interst to historians of medicine, literature, and culture in the 16th and 17th centuries. Contributors include: Stephen Bamforth, Udo Benzenhöfer, Lucien Braun, Roland Edighoffer, Frank Hieronymus, Didier Kahn, Joseph Levi, Cunhild Pörksen, Heinz Schott, Joachim Telle, and Ilana Zinguer.
Download or read book Ethics and Spirituality in Islam written by Francesco Chiabotti and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of adab is at the heart of Arab-Islamic culture. Born in the crucible of the Arabic and Persian civilization, nourished by Greek and Indian influences, this polysemic notion could cover a variegated range of meanings: good behavior, knowledge of manners, etiquette, rules and belles-lettres and finally, literature. This collection of articles tries to explore how the formulations and reformulations of adab during the first centuries of Islam engage with the crucial period of the first great spiritual masters, exploring the importance of normativity, but also of transgression, in order to define the rules themselves. Assuming that adab is ethics, the articles analyse the genres of Sufi adab, including manuals and hagiographical accounts, from the formative period of Sufism until the modernity. Contributors are: Alberto F. Ambrosio, Nelly Amri, Francesco Chiabotti, Rachida Chih, Ralf Elger, Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek, Maria Chiara Giorda, Denis Gril, Paul L. Heck, Nathan Hofer, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Annabel Keeler, Pierre Lory, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Erik S. Ohlander, Samuela Pagani, Luca Patrizi, Michele Petrone, Stefan Reichmuth, Lloyd Ridgeon, Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Florian Sobieroj, Renaud Soler, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Mikko Viitamäki.
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Download or read book Alchemical introduction through the middle way written by Philom�ne Philosophe par le feu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alchemist is a conscientious searcher who observes the nature's unfolding within the microcosm of his laboratory, through the reactions produced in his crucibles and balloons. But he also need to travel the celestial and terrestrial macrocosm in order to explore his inner world. This is how, on an blissful encounter in front of the gate of the philosopher's garden, Mika�l and Doc Faust, a timeless character, get to know each other. Together, they will walk along paths that will, step by step, open the door of alchemy to the reader. The journey of Mika�l, as the Ariadne's string in the maze, will lead us through the classical books, then to the Easter Island and Santiago de Compostella, and finally on the philosophy and quantum physics. This book will introduce the reader into the one and only true alchemical tradition, and and will accompagny him in his daily life, according to the principles that mother Nature has been teaching us for a thousand of years.
Download or read book ELEMENTS DE KABBALE OPERATIVE written by ROMARRET HALABAQ and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LES MYSTERES MAJEURS DU PSAUME 119 Pratique de Neuvaines kabbalistiques d invocation des 72 Anges de la Kabbale pour toutes les situations de la vie written by ROMARRET HALABAQ and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book L alchimie spirituelle written by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov and published by Prosveta Editions. This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Esot risme gnoses imaginaire symbolique written by Antoine Faivre and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ne en 1934, diplome de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1965), Docteur es-Lettres (1969), Antoine Faivre a ete Professeur de Langue et Litterature allemandes a l'Universite de Bordeaux III (de 1972 a 1985), puis a l'Universite de Rouen (de 1985 a 1991). Depuis 1969, A. Faivre dirige un seminaire a l'Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes (Section des Sciences Religieuses, Sorbonne), d'abord en tant que Charge de conferences (1967-1979), puis en tant que Directeur d'Etudes (il est titulaire de la Chaire Histoire des Courants esoteriques et mystiques dans l'Europe moderne et contemporaine, depuis 1979). Le present recueil vient tout naturellement rendre hommage au chercheur, qui a tant apporte a l'histoire critique de cette nouvelle specialite, mais aussi temoigner de la vitalite de celle-ci. Nombre de ses eleves, collegues et amis ont ainsi souhaite etre associes a cet hommage en lui offrant les quelque soixante et un articles (rediges en trois langues: francais, anglais et allemand) qui composent ce volume. Cinq parties principales regroupent les themes suivants: histoire de l'alchimie. Hermetisme. Kabbale (Partie I) ; Romantisme allemand. Naturphilosophie. Theosophie chretienne (Partie II); Franc-maconnerie, et societes initiatiques a caractere esoterique, comme le rosicrucisme (Partie III); Imagination, litterature et esoterisme, Imaginaire (Partie IV). Une cinquieme partie rassemble, d'une part, des etudes a caractere biographique (sur des auteurs comme Henry Corbin ou Gershom Scholem), et d'autre part, des reflexions d'ordre methodologique. Une Bibliographie des travaux publies par l'auteur (1960 a 2000), ainsi qu'un indispensable Index, completent utilement cet important ouvrage.
Download or read book SOPHIA DU DESIR written by SAGI NAHOR and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ut philosophia poesis written by Jean-François Kosta-Théfaine and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les articles inédits réunis dans le présent volume ont au moins deux objectifs majeurs qui se complètent et se croisent à la fois. Le premier, de par la diversité des thèmes abordés, permet de donner des pistes supplémentaires afin d'éclairer l'oeuvre hyvrardienne. Le second offre, autant que faire se peut, une ébauche sinon un cheminement de la pensée hyvrardienne puisque les contributions de ce recueil portent tant sur des livres anciens que récents de Jeanne Hyvrard. L'ouvrage est complété par une bibliographie des écrits et critiques de et sur l'oeuvre de Jeanne Hyvrard.
