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Correspondences, 2016 Scholars agree that the imagination is central to esoteric practice. While the esoteric vis imaginativa is usually attributed to the infux of Neoplatonism in the Italian Renaissance, this article argues that many of its key properties were already in ...
Egil Asprem
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The Unity, Power and Energy of the Holy Trinity in the Theology of Gregory of Nyssa
Studia Ceranea, 2023 The article discusses the problem of the ontological distinction between God’s transcendence and immanence in the theological thought of Gregory of Nyssa, a Church Father of the 4th century.
Viktor Zhukovskyy
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Cosmological aspects of unity of the affirmative (kataphatic) and negative (apophatic) theological perspective [PDF]
Sabornost, 2020 Expressions of an affirmative and negative semantic determination are the basis of human linguistic communication. In order to communicate with one another, we must use true statements. We call true statements all those statements whose meaning is agreed upon by a large number of people.
P. Petrović
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Religions, 2022 This article focuses on one specific theological controversy, which pertains to the kataphatic—apophatic debates as a framework for New Testament theology.
Martin Fárek
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The Spiritual Path of Transformation1 [PDF]
J Anal PsycholAbstract Transformation is an essential component of individuation; it is not a linear but a circular process, encompassing experiences of standstill and deadlock where no longitudinal continuation is visible. Jung describes transformation in alchemical terms as a shared dialectical “reaction” between patient and analyst.
Eckhard Frick
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Explaining the Esoteric Imagination
Aries, 2017 The imagination is central to esoteric practices, but so far scholars have shown little interest in exploring cognitive theories of how the imagination works.
E. Asprem
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Religions, 2016 This paper is a call for the development of a neuroscientific research protocol for the study of the impact of Tantric practice on the autonomic nervous system.
Jeffrey S. Lidke
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Apophatic and Kataphatic Theology from the Viewpoint of Eckhart [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2013 Any discussion of apophatic and kataphatic theologies as two opposite trends which have, throughout the history of philosophical though on God, attracted great thinkers, sheds light on one of the most important aspects of God-human epistemological ...
seyyed zia-adin hosseini +1 more
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A “Green” Kataphatic Theology: The Ecospirit of Springbank Retreat Center in Kingstree, South Carolina [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the emerging “green” theology of Springbank Retreat Center, located in Kingstree, S.C. (www.springbankretreat.org). Springbank labels itself as a “Center for EcoSpirituality and the Arts,” and is a 5,000 acre Christian Center-Dominican Retreat House staffed by Dominican Sisters, whose mission is “to live simply, to create beauty, to
LeVasseur, Todd
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Chalcedon on the Road to Justice and Peace
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 261-280, April 2021., 2021 Abstract In the context of the bilateral dialogue between the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht, the question of Christology – and with that the joint reception of the conciliar tradition of the early church – played an important role, given the “families” of churches that both traditions belong to: “Western ...
Peter‐Ben Smit, Adrian Suter
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