The Traumatic Mysticism of Othered Others: Blackness, Islam, and Esotericism in the Five Percenters
This article draws from black critical theory, Western esotericism studies, and scholarship in Islamic studies to articulate the Five Percenters as expressing what I call “traumatic mysticism.” I first articulate blackness as the esoteric secret of the ...
Biko Gray
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Exploring COVID-19 conspiracy theories: education, religiosity, trust in scientists, and political orientation in 26 European countries. [PDF]
Jabkowski P, Domaradzki J, Baranowski M.
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The purpose of the text is to show that one does the British rock star Sting no spiritual justice by pigeonholing him as a Christian. Reasons are shown why Sting can instead be placed on the broad map of “Western Esotericism” (Wouter J.
Stefan Meetschen
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The Emperor of Fashion's New Starts: Creativity and Meaning in Life in Karl Lagerfeld. [PDF]
Mayer CH, Kelley JL.
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The article considers history, prerequisites and consequences of the spread of New Age ideas and practices in contemporary society as a new form of spirituality that contributes to the emergence and spread of new religious movements (NRMs).
T. A. Khagurov, M. G. Rudakov
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Influence of Positive Thinking Ideology on Physician Representations of Cancer. [PDF]
Higuita-Gutiérrez LF +3 more
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The Concept of Human Self: George Gurdjieff’s Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson
The Greco-Armenian spiritual master George I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) has remained an important figure in twentieth-century Western esoteric thought. Gurdjieff claimed that people do not have a stable self-identity or, more radically, a soul, but instead ...
Makhabbad Maltabarova
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Advancing the study of life and death education: theoretical framework and research inquiries for further development. [PDF]
Phan HP, Chen SC, Ngu BH, Hsu CS.
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The power within: Mass media, scientific entertainment, and the introduction of psychical research into China, 1900-1920. [PDF]
Junqueira LFB.
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The Yuima-e as Theatre of the State [PDF]
This article analyzes a twelfth-century session of the Yuima-e at Kofukuji as a stage of history to determine the institutional and factional background of its participants.
Bauer, M
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