Download or read book Philosophy of Mysticism written by Richard H. Jones and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive exploration of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. This work is a comprehensive study of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. Mystics claim to experience reality in a way not available in normal life, a claim which makes this phenomenon interesting from a philosophical perspective. Richard H. Joness inquiry focuses on the skeleton of beliefs and values of mysticism: knowledge claims made about the nature of reality and of human beings; value claims about what is significant and what is ethical; and mystical goals and ways of life. Jones engages language, epistemology, metaphysics, science, and the philosophy of mind. Methodological issues in the study of mysticism are also addressed. Examples of mystical experience are drawn chiefly from Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, but also from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Daoism. This is a significant extension of the seminal work by Walter Stace, Mysticism and Philosophy. That work has stimulated much literature, all of which Jones manages to review here. He critically extends Staces universal core and embeds it in a sophisticated discussion of the extent, range, and metaphysical implications of mysticism. Ralph W. Hood, Jr., coauthor of The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach
Download or read book Mystical Code written by Mohsin Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Everybody's life is unique and very special, everybody has a story to tell. This book is full of Divine realities and a life full of Mystery, Magic and Mayhem. It draws in many aspects of our daily lives and ultimately leads us to a much greater understanding of life and reality like never before. The writing is simplified further to give readers an in depth, simple and straightforward outlook and understanding of life, history, spirituality, philosophy, and theology told through the author's own life and experience. The main themes concentrate on understanding and knowing God almighty, realising the purpose of life and understanding the Prophet's lives. There is also other insight into Angels, Devils, Heaven and Hell, Death and Afterlife with brief and easy to understand guides. The author goes through hardship, oppression and depression which he expresses, but then finally the great Divine help comes down and his life is changed mysteriously into several roles which he needs to be a part of and eventually leads him into the transformation of action figures. As the author describes and explains the story, changes occur in his life tremendously. The story is told like a memoir which he tells a part of his life story with important thoughts being expressed alongside other themes in one. The book expresses to be patient, to choose peace and be equal in order to succeed in life and to understand that the path of God is the path of peace and security. In this book some of the most inner secrets and mysteries are revealed, a larger than life character emerges with an extraordinary and Mystical life which eventually leads to a secret code, a hidden treasure. This can only be the Mystical code.
Download or read book Mystical Mountains written by Thelma Lawson Haley Darla Saylor Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystical Mountain explores the unique culture of Appalachia including ghost stories, herbal remedies, death customs, burial customs, quilting traditions, witches, creatures, and much more!
Download or read book The Ghosts of Justice written by Ashok Kara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not possible to read Heidegger's text without the image of his arm raised in the Nazi salute haunting it. The image compels us to examine Heidegger's philosophy in terms of its susceptibility to Nazi ideology. Heidegger's philosophy was inscribed at the end of the history of philosophy, a time when Nazism was on the rise and on its way to the renewal of German destiny. In paragraph six of Being and Time Heidegger outlined his agenda for the renewal of philosophy. The renewal necessitated the destruction of the errant history of ontology in order to retrieve the pure primordial experiences. The parallels between the forms of two agendas are coincidental. However, my work shows where they overlapped. I explore the consequence of this overlap by soliciting the 'first' text of philosophy, The Anaximander Fragment, that speaks about justice and injustice. Justice is also at issue in the text of Jacques Derrida. Derrida's primary resource is paragraph six of Heidegger's Being and Time, a fact that caused some of his readers to assimilate him to Heidegger. Derrida has tried to distance himself from Heidegger and in a late text he has offered us the prescriptive phrase, "Deconstruction is justice," to guide our reading of his text. The phrase invites us to examine Derrida's work in light of its saying. This is what I try to do. I show that a separation cannot be accomplished without a price, because whether an author intends it or not, justice is something ghostly and it keeps its own account. Heidegger's arm and Derrida's hand caught in the trap of paragraph six tell another story, different from the stories the authors tell. The limbs tell the story about the ghosts of justice.
Download or read book Hidden Codes Grand Designs written by Pierre Berloquin and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how codes—both cipher and aesthetic—have come to exist in history from Pythagoras through the Knights Templar to Turing and more. Did the Masons encode messages in walls—and even in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the Hebrew Bible conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. Pierre Berloquin, one of France’s leading puzzle book authors, takes you on a tour of them all in a book full of astonishing historical insights. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems for readers to solve for themselves, this is a journey beyond the gee-whiz and deep into the how-to of codes, ciphers, and other secret communication systems.
Download or read book Hindu and Muslim Mysticism written by R. C. Zaehner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based upon a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion of 1959, traces the development of mystical thought during the formative periods of the Hindu and Muslim traditions. The religions are discussed separately but comparisons are offered wherever appropriate. The part on Hinduism focuses on the classical Upanishads, the Yogasutras, the Bhagavad-Gita, and Ramanuja's commentary on them. For Islam, the focus is on the monistic revolution introduced by Abu Yazid, which Zaehner traces to the influence of Indian thought and through Junayd's restoration of the theistic balance to the monism of the late writings of Ghazali.
Download or read book The Mystical Bible written by James H. Jackson, Jr. Ph.D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a nondenominational, nonreligious, scholarly review of the Bible from beginning to the end. It begins with Genesis and the first five books of the Bible and moves in progression to the Book of Revelation. In the process, it considers books mentioned but not presented in the Bible as well as books that have not been canonized by the churches. Interesting, stimulating, intriguing and provocative.
Download or read book Elements of Mysticism in Three of William Golding s Novels written by Gunnel Cleve and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buying Buddha Selling Rumi written by Sophia Rose Arjana and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions – especially those of the East – are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as ‘New Age’ or ‘spiritual’, they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the ‘mystical’ and ‘exotic’ East promising a path to enlightenment and inner peace. In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives.
Download or read book Revelation 2000 written by Mike Sorensen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After two millennia of concealment these facts can no longer be kept from the public. The well known authors of the Gospels shared a secret that, either by design or by accident, has been disregarded by academics and clerics for two thousand years. There is little dispute that the miracles attributed to Jesus in the Gospels had been earlier attributed to Egyptian, Greek, and Hindu messiah figures. The question is, were the Gospel authors ignorant about these historical figures? Or, did they intentionally include these stories to help convey their mystery? These miracle stories are certainly the dominant element of the Gospels. If, after two thousand years, we remain ignorant about the author's meaning for the most dominant feature of the Gospels, what does that say about our understanding of their story? This book provides us with the first steps to finding the truth of this matter.
Download or read book Mystical Code written by Mohsin Ahmed and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-06-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Herbal Magic written by Aurora Kane and published by Wellfleet. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbal Magic is a comprehensive spell book and guide on the magical properties of herbs, flowers, and plants with 36 easy and fun spells.
Download or read book The Spiritual Wisdom Of The Gospels For Christian Preachers And Teachers Feasts Funerals And Weddings written by John Shea and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom, wit, and Sacred Writ are the outstanding interactive hallmarks of this fourth and final volume in The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers series. In the same style and format as the first three volumes, Shea presents evocative reflections to enhance Scripture-based preaching and teaching for liturgical feast days, funerals, and weddings. Christian preachers and teachers and anyone interested in the spiritual life will find Feasts, Funerals, and Weddings an insightful and relevant resource. John Shea, STD, is a theologian, author, and storyteller who lectures nationally and internationally on storytelling in world religions, faith-based healthcare, contemporary spirituality, and the spirit at work movement.
Download or read book Mystical Dragon Magick written by D.J. Conway and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your dragon magick to the highest level. From Apprentice to Enchanter, Shaman to Warrior, and finally culminating as Mystic, the five levels of initiation to high dragon magick are decoded in this companion to celebrated author D.J. Conway's bestselling Dancing with Dragons. On your journey through each of the Inner Rings, you will be guided along a higher path of spiritual consciousness while your spellwork is strengthened and enhanced. Discover how to attract dragons, draw on their legendary energy and wisdom, and partner with them as co-magicians. Incorporate herbal spells, choose appropriate ritual tools and codes, and find magickal color associations You will also learn many practical methods for working dragon magick—using amulets and talismans, planetary powers, divination, crystals, healing, astral projection, scrying, and more. Praise: "A unique, one-of-a-kind tome and a welcome addition to the growing body of metaphysical lore."—Midwest Book Review "A personal devotion and an academic work of the highest order."—The Dragon Chronicle (UK) "Dragon-lovers everywhere will like this book."—Prediction
Download or read book Theories of Religion written by Seth Daniel Kunin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive selection of readings that relate to and explore the definition of religion. The texts come from a wide range of approaches, unified both by the questions they are addressing and their broadly social scientific perspective. The disciplines covered include anthropology, phenomenology, psychology and sociology. The editors have also included some key texts relating to the feminist approach to and critique of religion. The first section of the book includes some of the foundational texts, such as materials by Marx, Freud, and Durkheim. The remaining sections look at more recent discussions of the issues from the different disciplinary perspectives. Each reading is introduced by a biographical sketch of the author. The book also includes introductory discussions to each section that both raise the key issues developed in a particular discipline and address the disciplinary approaches from a more critical stance. Theories of Religion: A Reader is an invaluable critical resource, accessible to a broad audience as well as students of theology and religious studies.
Download or read book Walking the Mystical Path with Practical Feet written by Peter Gyulay and published by Peter Gyulay. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bahá'í Faith is a religion that was founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the mid-nineteenth century and has since spread all around the world. Though a way of life that is largely grounded in action, the mystical connection between the individual believer and God stands at its core. The seeker of truth aims to walk the mystical path with practical feet. This book highlights the place of mysticism in the Bahá'í Faith through an exploration of its sacred literature. It discusses Bahá'u'lláh’s teachings on God and creation, the purpose of life, the nature of spiritual experience and transformation, as well as the principles and practices that the spiritual seeker utilises on the path of transformation. Through this exploration we discover the potential of the human being to live an active and spiritual life in this world, drawing closer to God. Each person was created in the image of God and has the capacity to mirror all of God’s perfections, experiencing His light both in the outside world and within, in this world and the next.
Download or read book Unity written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
