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Esotericism and the Scholastic Imagination: The Origins of Esoteric Practice in Christian Kataphatic Spirituality

open access: yesCorrespondences, 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 Spiritual Path of Transformation1 [PDF]

open access: yesJ Anal Psychol
Abstract 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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The Potential of the Bi-Directional Gaze: A Call for Neuroscientific Research on the Simultaneous Activation of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems through Tantric Practice

open access: yesReligions, 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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Chalcedon on the Road to Justice and Peace

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual Practices and the Language Problem

open access: yesКонсультативная психология и психотерапия, 2016
In this article a new approach to the interpretation of religious-mystical experience, which bases on a notion of “mystical practice” as specific underclass of spiritual practices, is being tried out. An analysis of anthropological concepts, in which the
Vasilyev P.S.
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Esoteric Potentiality in Creating and Viewing Angel-themed Photographs

open access: yesApproaching Religion
This article explores esoteric potentiality—the perceived possibility of accessing the otherworldly—through a hermeneutic framework that integrates artist intent, the photographic image and audience reception.
Oscar Ortiz-Nieminen   +2 more
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Explaining the Esoteric Imagination

open access: yesAries, 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.
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Burrell's Critical Thomism: Aquinas and Kant Revisited

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 347-372, April 2024.
Abstract David Burrell's version of Aquinas was written with Kantian parallels in mind. This is the accusation of John Milbank that was questioned by Nicholas Lash and Paul DeHart in a series of articles. ‘Burrell's Critical Thomism’ shows beyond doubt that Milbank's claim is correct: Burrell cites Kant throughout his oeuvre and finds parallels between
Jack E. V. Norman
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Learning to Discern the Voices of Gods, Spirits, Tulpas, and the Dead. [PDF]

open access: yesSchizophr Bull, 2023
Luhrmann TM   +10 more
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