Exploring Processes and Dynamics of Mystical Contemplative Meditation: Some Christian-Buddhist Parallels in Relation to Transpersonal Theory [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores Christian contemplative meditation, focusing on the prayer of Recollection as it is developed especially by Evelyn Underhill and St. Teresa of Avila. It outlines the practice and explores possible theoretical and therapeutic dynamics,
Stoeber, Michael
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Augustine’s Paradigm ’ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora’ in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism [PDF]
, 2015 I argue that St. Augustine of Hippo was the first in the history of Christian spirituality who expressed a key tendency of Christian mysticism, which implies a gradual intellectual ascent of the human soul to God, consisting of the three main stages ...
Alexey, Fokin
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The theory on “eide” according to Nicholas of Methone
Vox Patrum, 2018 In this study, we are discussing the theory on “eide” and their relation to the “matter” according to Nicholas of Methone. This is a topic that shows the way in which God, as the supreme and only Principle, is connected to the natural world and human ...
Christos Terezis, Lydia Petridou
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Essence-energy distinction in the light of Byzantine ontology [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2018 This article deals with the ontological background of the discussion about divine energies in the 14th century. Specifi cally, since the concept of being was reduced to the essence, the status of energy became unclear, for the anousios energeia cannot be
Alexey Gaginsky
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Aspects of the Revelation of the Divine in St. Gregory Palamas’ Treatise De Operationibus Divinis
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2019 In this paper, we examine the concepts ‘destination’, ‘revelation’, ‘foreknowledge’, ‘will’, ‘transmission’, ‘motion’, and ‘grace’, as they appear in Gregory Palamas’ treatise De opera-tionibus divinis.
Terezis Christos, Tempelis Elias
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Synergy-Synergetic Approach in Religious Discourse Investigation
Записки з романо-германської філології, 2017 The aim of the present paper is to scrutinize the possibilities of religious discourse investigation from the point of view of both philological science - lingual synergetics and theological doctrine about synergy.
Н. О. Кравченко
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Eastern Church Fathers on Being Human—Dichotomy in Essence and Wholeness in Deification
Religions, 2021 The article traces the formation of Eastern Christian anthropology as a new religious and philosophical tradition within the Early Byzantine culture. The notion “Patristics” is reasoned as a corpus of ideas of the Church Fathers, both Eastern and Western.
Olga Chistyakova
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வக்கம்பட்டி ஆலம்பாக்கம் ஸ்ரீ செல்லியம்மன் கோவில் ஓர் ஆய்வு / A Study of Vakkampatti Alambakkam Sri Chelliyamman Temple [PDF]
Pandian Tamil Journal of Temple Studies, 2023 Our world is filled with divine power. Tamil Nadu has various temples. There is no doubt that Tamil Nadu in particular has more temples and shrines when compared to the Indian sub-continent. Temples provide much goodness to people at various levels.
முனைவர் பொ. கோகிலா / Dr. P. Kokila
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Formation of Power-law Energy Spectra in Space Plasmas by Stochastic Acceleration due to Whistler-Mode Waves [PDF]
, 1998 A non-relativistic Fokker-Planck equation for the electron distribution function is formulated incorporating the effects of stochastic acceleration by whistler-mode waves and Coulomb collisions.
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The Theory of Symbolic Image in Byzantine Theology of the VI-VIIth centuries
Волинський благовісник, 2017 The article is devoted to the philosophical and aesthetic analysis of the theory of symbolic image in the theological texts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor.
Victoria Golovey
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