Download or read book The Wonder Filled Mystic Union written by Kalin Tanner and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did the Apostle Paul really mean when he said, "Oh, that I may know him"? Was it a cry for more knowledge of Christ? Maybe a desire for greater understanding of doctrinal and theological truths he received from Christ himself? What if it was as simple as, "Oh, that I might intimately know Him and our relationship deepen in endless discovery"?From Adam to the early church fathers, the mystic path has always been in front of us--unseen and turned away from by those who prefer the comfort of a road instead of the thrill of the hidden path.The Wonder-Filled Mystic Union has come to confirm for us what the deepest part of our hearts had, until now, only wildly hoped for. It provides the seeking heart with the permission to "go for it" and explore the holy wild that is union with Yahweh.In The Wonder-Filled Mystic Union, Kalin Tanner uses biblical, scientific, and historical evidence to prove that mysticism is God's intention to raise up sons. Marrying these three seemingly contradictory subjects, Tanner gives a mystical yet practical guide for the beginner to start their own path deep into a relationship with the God of the cosmos.
Download or read book Mystic Union written by Nelson Pike and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it to experience union with God? In this highly original and accessible book, one of our leading philosophers of religion seeks to answer this question by analyzing the several states of mystic union as they are described and explained in the classical primary literature of the Christian mystical tradition.
Download or read book Mystical Union written by Stephen J. Bost and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom was in abundance in the ancient societies of Greece and India, but today it seems to be in short supply. Why is that? Where did wisdom go? This book was written to help us rediscover that lost wisdom and to incorporate the concepts of the sages and the mystics into our lives. The next parts are some of the new manuscripts I have included which talk about some of the differences between eastern and western religious thought and the ideas of the Islamic mystics, in which their thoughts and ideas could help us all solve our problems with radical Islamic ideology.
Download or read book Awe filled Wonder written by Barbara Fiand and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invites us to enter into the spiritual transformation and the expansion of consciousness that the extraordinary discoveries especially in quantum physics and cosmology are opening up for us today and inviting us to apply to our God quest, to our personal understanding of ourselves, and to our view of the world we live in.
Download or read book Songs of the War for the Union written by Philip Bevan and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Neuroscience Selflessness and Spiritual Experience written by Brick Johnstone and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuroscience, Selflessness, and Spiritual Transcendence conveys the manner by which selflessness serves as a neuropsychological and religious foundation for spiritually transcendent experiences. The book combines neurological case studies and neuroscience research with religious accounts of transcendence experiences from the perspective of both the neurosciences and the history of religions. Chapters cover the subjective experience of transcendence, an historical summary of different philosophical and religious perspectives, a review of the neuroscience research that describes the manner by which the brain processes and creates a self, and more. The book presents a model that bridges the divide between neuroscience and religion, presenting a resource that will be critical reading for advanced students and researchers in both fields. Creates a common focus on selflessness as a reliable construct for use by all disciplines interested in the basis of spiritual experience Links neuroanatomical data with religious texts from multiple faith traditions to describe the necessity of selflessness for spiritual experience and transformation Highlights disorders in neurological functioning that result in disorders of the self
Download or read book Guidelines for Mystical Prayer written by Ruth Burrows and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a personal narrative, a reflection on the spiritual history of two gifted people, St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross; and yet it speaks clearly out of the Carmelite tradition, and in the language of today. +
Download or read book Mystical Hope written by Cynthia Bourgeault and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five interwoven meditations, Mystical Hope shows how to recognize hope in our own lives, where it comes from, how to deepen it through prayer, and how to carry it into the world as a source of strength and renewal.
Download or read book Travels in Europe and the East written by Harriet Trowbridge Allen and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience written by Nadine Schibille and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paramount in the shaping of early Byzantine identity was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (532-537 CE). This book examines the edifice from the perspective of aesthetics to define the concept of beauty and the meaning of art in early Byzantium. Byzantine aesthetic thought is re-evaluated against late antique Neoplatonism and the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius that offer fundamental paradigms for the late antique attitude towards art and beauty. These metaphysical concepts of aesthetics are ultimately grounded in experiences of sensation and perception, and reflect the ways in which the world and reality were perceived and grasped, signifying the cultural identity of early Byzantium. There are different types of aesthetic data, those present in the aesthetic object and those found in aesthetic responses to the object. This study looks at the aesthetic data embodied in the sixth-century architectural structure and interior decoration of Hagia Sophia as well as in literary responses (ekphrasis) to the building. The purpose of the Byzantine ekphrasis was to convey by verbal means the same effects that the artefact itself would have caused. A literary analysis of these rhetorical descriptions recaptures the Byzantine perception and expectations, and at the same time reveals the cognitive processes triggered by the Great Church. The central aesthetic feature that emerges from sixth-century ekphraseis of Hagia Sophia is that of light. Light is described as the decisive element in the experience of the sacred space and light is simultaneously associated with the notion of wisdom. It is argued that the concepts of light and wisdom are interwoven programmatic elements that underlie the unique architecture and non-figurative decoration of Hagia Sophia. A similar concern for the phenomenon of light and its epistemological dimension is reflected in other contemporary monuments, testifying to the pervasiveness of these aesthetic values in early Byzantium.
Download or read book World of Wonders written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity
Download or read book Quiet Voice Awesome Power written by Amanda R. Edwards and published by Apollo Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a lifelong spirit communicator and professional medium comes a wealth of insight and exercises to guide you in communicating with spirit, defining your spiritual path, and living with power and purpose. A respected spirit medium, certified spiritual coach, and Reiki healer, Amanda R. Edwards helps people connect with spirits and find support, confidence, and peace of mind. In Quiet Voice, Awesome Power, Amanda reveals how spirit isn’t an inaccessible world where deceased loved ones disappear, but a significant part of us and all life around us. She shares how to ready your mind-body-spirit ecosystem to welcome powerful daily guidance from spirit; how to invite new experiences, heal hurtful ones, and move beyond loss; how to engage your body’s physical form to receive and impart messages; and much more. This unique volume, a hands-on, practical guide with exercises throughout, will connect with readers who, like Amanda, found themselves the “weird kid” because of a quieted spiritual ability and those who are new to or practiced in spirit channeling. Inside this pivotal guidebook, you’ll find: -Insight into what spirit is and why it matters to connect with it. -Guidance on readying your mind, body, and soul to engage with spirit. -Instructions to recognize signs and interpret the “language” spirit uses with you. -The know-how to commune with spirit through both traditional and personalized methods. -An understanding of how to live a more connected, more empowered life using your natural-born gifts. Amanda’s guidance is imparted through compelling text, anecdotes, tools, activities, and prompts proven effective by her and her clients. For readers everywhere seeking growth, guidance, and connection but feeling stuck or afraid, this groundbreaking volume will relieve doubts and unleash an empowered new you on your spiritual journey.
Download or read book Still Moving written by Robert C. Pelfrey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking about love, Jesus said we should be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect. Was Jesus joking? Was he setting us up for failure? Or was Jesus offering us a greater experience of God’s love than we are currently settling for? Still Moving is about the journey of love’s perfection. God wants to make us perfect in love in this life. And God wants us to strive after God’s perfect and perfecting love. Still Moving is for individuals and groups seeking to give shape to their formation, to clarify the goal of their faith, and to live in deeper intimacy with God. Areas include: •Learning and living God’s will for your life and for the world •Joining your life story to God’s story and cultivating the mind of Christ •Simplifying your bodily life and experiencing God’s power in your body •Living intentionally from the deepest part of your being in union with God •Tearing down personal and societal walls of prejudice, class, violence, and ideology Still Moving includes sections for group discussion or further personal exploration and action. So let’s go! The journey of love’s perfection begins with the first step.
Download or read book Radical Apophasis written by Todd Ohara and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book exhibits the richness and sophistication of Plotinian and Dionysian apophatic theologies by explicating their respective internal "logics." It articulates the unique metaphysical status and explanatory role that the One and God, respectively, play in Plotinus's and Dionysius's reflections, showing the way in which apophasis is generated and sustained by the metaphysical-explanatory lines of thought in which the One (Plotinus) and God (Dionysius) function as the ultimate, unconditioned source of everything else. In the context of explanation, negation serves to convey the incomparable reality of the One or of God as beyond being. However, the metaphysical and explanatory lines of thought are themselves situated within the broader context of the soul's ascent to mystical union with the One or with God. From this broader perspective, the discursive practice of negation constitutes the basis of preparing the soul for mystical union. Preparation for mystical union involves the cognitive and trans-cognitive practice of negation, which enables the soul to progress towards and become united with the One or God. This study is motivated by the desire to more deeply understand apophasis as deployed in different philosophical, theological, and religious contexts, including the work of contemporary thinkers such as Jean-Luc Marion.
Download or read book The Eschatology of the Restoration of All Things written by Mike Parsons and published by Freedom Apostolic Ministries Ltd.. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eschatology is often thought of as describing the ‘end of the world’ or ‘end times’. Yet many have begun to conclude that the restoration of all things is an inevitable consequence of who God really is as Love, encouraging them to look to the future with optimistic anticipation and expectation. Isaiah prophesied no end to the increase of God’s government and peace, so why are believers still looking for an end? Mike Parsons examines the reasons for this confusion, exposing the ‘Great Deception’ that lies behind it, and proposing instead a ‘happy eschatology’ in which all of God’s children can recognise and fulfil their eternal destiny.
Download or read book Meditations on the Tarot written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a fully corrected edition, one of the true spiritual classics of the twentieth century. Published for the first time with an index and Cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar’s afterword, this new English publication of Meditations on the Tarot is the landmark edition of one of the most important works of esoteric Christianity. Written anonymously and published posthumously, as was the author’s wish, the intention of this work is for the reader to find a relationship with the author in the spiritual dimensions of existence. The author wanted not to be thought of as a personality who lived from 1900 to 1973, but as a friend who is communicating with us from beyond the boundaries of ordinary life. Using the 22 major arcana of the tarot deck as a means to explore some of humanity’s most penetrating spiritual questions, Meditations on the Tarot has attracted an unprecedented range of praise from across the spiritual spectrum.
Download or read book Called to Be the Children of God written by David Vincent Meconi and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers fourteen Catholic scholars to present, examine, and explain the often misunderstood process of ""deification"". The fifteen chapters show what becoming God meant for the early Church, for St. Thomas Aquinas and the greatest Dominicans, and for St. Francis and the early Franciscans. This book explains how this understanding of salvation played out during the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent. It explores the thought of the French School of Spirituality, various Thomists, John Henry Newman, John Paul II, and the Vatican Councils, and it shows where such thinking can be found today in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. No other book has gathered such an array of scholars or provided such a deep study into how humanity's divinized life in Christ has received many rich and various perspectives over the past two thousand years. This book seeks to bring readers into the central mystery of Christianity by allowing the Church's greatest thinkers and texts to speak for themselves, demonstrating how becoming Christ-like and the Body of Christ on earth, is the only ultimate purpose of the Christian faith.
