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The Scattering of Time Crystals: Deleuze, Mysticism and Cinema [PDF]

, 2001
This chapter argues that there is a commonality between Gilles deleuze's theories of cinema and mystical experience. Both mysticism and contemporary cinema involve a disruption of dominant organisations of signs that this chapter explores using the ...
Goddard, M.
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Mysticism in the Zhuangzi [PDF]

, 2017
This dissertation proposes that the Zhuangzi contains some elements of mysticism, but not in the straightforward manner that scholars have typically suggested. A review of theories of mysticism shows that ‘mysticism’ in English-language literature covers
McConochie, Thomas
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From Theological Opinions to Political Thought; Attribution of Human Actions to God from the Perspective of Imam Khomeini and Fakhr Razi and Its Impact on Political Thought [PDF]

‫سیاست متعالیه‏
The relationship between theological thought and political-social thought and action is among the important and valuable subjects for scientific investigation. How one thinker becomes convinced of specific political thought and action and the creation of
Zahra Bavi, Maryam Bakhtyar, Farajollah Barati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The company you keep: becoming one(self) in an Indonesian convent En bonne compagnie : devenir (quelqu’)un dans un couvent indonésien Pergaulan dalam biara di Indonesia: sebuah proses pembentukan diri*

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article investigates companionate processes of self‐making in a religious community of Catholic nuns in eastern Indonesia. I argue that the sociality of the convent establishes a unique context for understanding the effects of one's company on processes of self‐becoming.
Meghan Rose Donnelly
wiley   +1 more source

Master of Hallucination: A Pragmatist Epistemology and Exploration of Mystical Experience [PDF]

, 2011
Mystical experience appears to have always been a feature of human consciousness, and occurs with an enormous variety of content, character, and context. A modern awareness of the variegated nature of mystical experience has led to particular types being
Barron, Daniel James
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Mysticism in Subliminal Advertising [PDF]

, 2012
The study evaluates the meaning of mysticism and its connection to the conscious mind, the unconscious mind, and the subconscious as well as the use of archetypes in advertising to influence people by impacting their subconscious mind. More specifically,
Kırdar, Yalcın; T.C. Gediz University, Izmir
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Comparative analysis of Aquinas and Ibn sina’s viewpoints about the knowledge of angels [PDF]

Comparative Theology, 2016
In this article, we will analyze the viewpoints of Aquinas and Ibn Sina about the knowledge of angels, then will show their similarities and differences regarding this topic.
Ali Sanaee, Azim Hamzeian
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An analytical perspective on the position of the mystical "name of Dahr" in mystical ontology [PDF]

حکمت اسرا
The nature of this name is one of the abandoned chapters in the written works of theoretical mysticism. Although” Ibn Arabi “ and the early commentators of his school left short lines introducing this name in their epistemological heritage, but the ...
Mahdi Hassan Ahangari, Ali Fazli, Reza Elahi Manesh   +2 more
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source