Results 31 to 40 of about 8,839 (237)
WESTERN ESOTERICISM AS AN OBJECT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES RESEARCH [PDF]
This article presents a short excursus into the history of research on western esotericism. At the beginning the basic terms esoterica and esotericism are defi ned.
Pavel Nosachev
doaj
IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN 18 CENTURY ON DEPLOPMENT OF “MAGICAL REVIVAL” PROCESS IN FRANCE
The purpose of the study is to unveil the religious crisis through the impact of the “Magical Revival” and esoteric secret organizations in France during the 18th century.
Dmytro Pomazan
doaj +1 more source
The criminal nature of narcotics complicates the direct assessment of a drug community, while having a good understanding of the type of people drawn or currently using drugs is vital for finding effective intervening strategies.
Boukhanovsky, A. V. +4 more
core +1 more source
Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic: The Case of Gurdjieff and Crowley
Is it possible to satisfactorily define the words “esotericism,” “occultism,” and “magic”? Do these terms have any utility? Can “esotericism” be understood without reference to a complement such as “exotericism”?
Joseph Azize
doaj
I present and discuss two drafts of remarks prepared by the mathematician Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909). They were composed in December 1907 while preparing his paper on the “Basic Equations of Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies” for publication in the Proceedings of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.
Tilman Sauer
wiley +1 more source
Abstract Our knowledge of the immune system continues to expand at a rapid pace, and this coupled with technological advances now enables us to interrogate both the breadth and the depth of the immune response at levels without precedent. This has also facilitated rapidly integrating some of this carefully vetted knowledge into clinical practice ...
Aaruni Khanolkar, Aisha Ahmed
wiley +1 more source
W poszukiwaniu duchowej syntezy. Eksperymentalny tekst ezoteryczny z 1921 roku
The small book titled Na skrzydłach szału (On the Wings of Madness) is a unique document related to the history of esotericism in interwar Poland. The original composition and specific narrative strategy employed by Jerzy Znamierowski, also known as ...
Monika Rzeczycka, Agata Świerzowska
doaj
The Alignment Risks of AI Overconfidence about Consciousness
ABSTRACT Many contemporary AI systems (as of May 2025) have expressed extreme confidence in current and near‐future AI lacking consciousness and moral patiency. This article argues that artificially reinforcing such confidence, even if pragmatically useful, poses a novel alignment risk: as coherence‐seeking AIs become more epistemically principled ...
Sharon Berry
wiley +1 more source
Esoterismus a literární časopisy v Itálii na počátku 20. století // Esotericism and literary reviews in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century [PDF]
The article shows how Italian literary reviews at the beginning of the 20th century have been influenced by Esotericism and Occultism. In the Italian literary reviews, between 19th and 20th century, appeared many articles and studies dealing with ...
Mauro Ruggiero
doaj
Opening minds for the wisdom of art
A reflection on the symposium ‘Clear-sighted Art – Open Mind? Encounters between Art and Esotericism’ arranged at the Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki, 25th August 2020.
Maarit Leskelä-Kärki
doaj +1 more source

