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- Heterosexual Melancholia and Mysticism in the Early Society of Jesus. Marín, Juan Miguel // Theology & Sexuality: The Journal of the Institute for the Study;Jan2007, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p121
In the last decades of the sixteenth century the Society of Jesus prohibited its members the reading of several mystical texts. A theme that cuts across them, texts is the use of erotic language to describe the relationship between the soul and God. I argue that what lies behind the prohibition...
- Deliverance From the "Dark Night of the Soul". Kinnier, Richard T.; Dixon, Andrea L.; Scheidegger, Corey; Lindberg, Brent // Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development;Spring2009, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p110
The "dark night" perspective describes the journey to spiritual enlightenment as entailing a crisis in which individuals confront the possibility that life is meaningless. In the study presented in this article, 85% of the participants rejected the dark night view. The authors discuss how...
- Mysticism: The Atomic Level of Social Science. Stange, Paul // Social Alternatives;Nov80, Vol. 1 Issue 8, p70
The article offers a look the significance of mysticism in social science. The author argues that the core experience of mysticism is a subject matter which challenges the underlying assumptions of contemporary social thought. He stresses that the study of mysticism is forcing people to shift...
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS. // Journal of Individual Psychology (00221805);Nov78, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p116
Introduces the concept of Adlerian psychology. Definition of human irrationality; Significance of social interest; Validity of Adlerian theory.
- mysticism Philosophy. // Dictionary of Theories;2002, p358
A definition of the term "mysticism" is presented. It is a term used in philosophy which refers to a type of religious attitude emphasizing various practices for obtaining knowledge of and unification with God or spiritual reality by means not open to reason and not relying on dogma.
- MYSTICISM. Gilbert, Robert A. // Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy;2006, Vol. 3, p2294
An encyclopedia entry for the term "mysticism" is presented. The term refers to the immediate awareness and knowledge of God gained through direct personal experience and also the process of reflection, examination, analysis and evaluation of the experience within the context of the relevant...
- A drawing together. // Consciousness, Literature & the Arts (1573-2193);2012, Vol. 31, p196
The article discusses multiple and changing forms and identities of mysticism and skepticism. It notes the growing number of mystics and skeptics, who are concerned with never-ending experiential enquiry on the positive process of doubting and questioning. It also points out that people should...
- Alienation and irrational beliefs in a nonclinical university population. Mahoney, John M. // Psychological Reports;Feb99, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p137
Examines the relationship between alienation and irrational beliefs in a general uninstitutionalized college population. Construct of alienation as one of the most enduring in social sciences; Psychological states characteristic of alienated individuals; Irrational belief as central to many...
- QABBALAH. // Spirit Book;2005, p335
Information about "Qabbalah" is presented. The term is a Jewish form of mysticism which originated in southern France and Spain in the 12th century. It was a body of Jewish doctrines about the nature of man and his relationship to God. One fanciful story is that Moses received the Qabbalah at...
