Posoborowa instytucjonalna odnowa Kościoła krakowskiego według kardynała Karola Wojtyły by Jan Dyduch

“…The renewal was deeply rooted in the theology of the Second Vatican Council, especially in its teaching on the Church, presented by the Council as a community of the People of God, and the Mystical Body of Christ. To achieve accurate reception of the teaching of the Council, card. …”
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Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision of Science, Religion and Planetary Humanity: A Challenge to the Contemporary World by Ursula King

“… Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a great thinker, scientist, and mystic – he was above all an extraordinary human being whose inspiring vision still remains far too little known. …”
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The spiritual mentality profile of female pietists on the South African frontier, 1750-1860 by A. W. G. Raath

“…Such a  reconstruction of the religious mentality profile of pietistic women on the frontier reveals a number of important aspects for understanding their spiritual life: self-awakenings and conversions; self-purification; self-illumination and mystically tainted experiences; recollection and the experience of quiet; meditation, contemplation, ecstasy and rapture; spiritual desertion, and abandonment of the soul and the unitive life with God in Christ. …”
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Święty Jan z Ávili doktorem Kościoła by Wojciech Zyzak

“…He also presents the most important ideas of his teaching: Christology, the concept of the Church, the cardinal virtues, especially the faith, the theory of prayer, asceticism, mystic and the development of spiritual life. He also shows John of Ávila as an expert in priestly spirituality.…”
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Performing the Spirit: Theatre, the Occult, and the Ceremony of Isis by Dennis Denisoff

“…Looking at two distinctly different approaches to the occult and performance, this article demonstrates that a range of late-Victorians turned to theatrical performance as an avenue to mystical communication. The editors of Borderland: A Psychical Quarterly, W. …”
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Prestige de la hache et haches de prestige by Mélisande Bizoirre

“…It also examines the function of the arms, sometimes associated with mystic connotations, but most often symbols of power.…”
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Pluie, vapeur et vitesse chez Turner by Muriel Adrien

“…The phrase « Rain, Steam and Speed » is also reminiscent of his programme of painting or « visuality » : his rain and steam are redolent of the mystical apophatic clouds, where spareness and asceticism are the sole means of access to the blaze of representation.…”
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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 28 June 1914 by Meryem, Günaydın

“…In Serbia, the secret organization “Black Hand” engaged in activities for the unity of Serbs; together with Gavrilo Princip and Nedjelko Cabrinovic, Trifko Grabez, Muhamed Mehmedbasic, Vaso Cubriloviç , Cvijetko Popoviç had a mystical trip to the assassination plot. The background of the assassination in Sarajevo, causes and consequences of the assassination will be discussed in this study.…”
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PSYCHEDELICS: CLINICAL EVIDENCE AND THERAPEUTIC MECHANISMS IN PSYCHIATRY by JANI KAJANOJA, OSKARI KANTONEN, JUUSO KÄHÖNEN

“…A key feature of psychedelics is their ability to reliably induce an altered experiential state, which is often described as mystical-like, self-transcending and meaningful, while also often experienced as challenging and anxietyprovoking. …”
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Entre air et terre : les éléments dans Aurora Leigh d’Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Marianne Camus

“…She then examines and redefines the relationships between these two elements in life and in poetry and finally reaches a mystical union anchored in the body.…”
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The Christology of Origen by John C. Solheid

“…I will also address what I regard as one of Origen’s signature contributions to Christology, a contribution that has not yet received adequate attention, namely his understanding of the mystical body of Christ into which we enter at Baptism.…”
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Phénoménologie de la baie des anges by Claude Montserrat-Cals

“…It is a Persian text from the 12th century which is taken as an indicator: The Wisdom of the Mystic East by Sohravardî. He develops an ontology on light which, at the same time of renewing Aristotle and Plotinus's double metaphysical heritage, gives its full meaning to the Greek etymology of “Nice” – Victory – , and to the “Angels” of the bay. …”
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American Lotus, Yellow Lotus: Nelumbo lutea by Warner Orozco-Obando, Lyn Gettys

“…Native American tribes treated the American lotus as a sacred plant with mystical powers, and many tribes ate the large rhizomes and used parts of the plant for medicinal purposes. …”
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La Représentation de la montagne dans la littérature anglaise d’inspiration religieuse au XVIIe siècle by Jean-Louis Breteau

“…This is notoriously the case throughout the Bible in both the Ancient and the New Testaments, although some ambivalence can be identified in the symbolic value of the mountain which proves to be either a place of divine revelation or of spiritual contest. The Christian mystics down from Gregory of Nyssa to John of the Cross take this double dimension on board. …”
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Law, institutions, and interpretation in Jacques Derrida by Juliana Neuenschwander Magalhães, José Antonio Rego Magalhães

“…In this process, we aim to develop a better theoretical understanding of the dynamics of how law institutes itself, and continues to function as an institution, through interpretive practices that must, on one side, respect the rules of the institution and, at the same time, re-institute it on new grounds, as Jacques Derrida points out in his lecture “Force of Law: The ‘Mystical Foundation of Authority.’” The problem under investigation is how law manages to differentiate itself symbolically from violence and what are the consequences of this concerning legal interpretation. …”
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Kristus ukřižovaný na palmě, „locus tristis“ a emblematika 17. století by Pavel Panoch

“…John’s hand by his side, was a traditional sign of Christian Martyrs and its origin is rising from the mystical tradition of a Cartusian order. A founder of the Cartusian order, St. …”
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American Lotus, Yellow Lotus: Nelumbo lutea by Warner Orozco-Obando, Lyn Gettys

“…Native American tribes treated the American lotus as a sacred plant with mystical powers, and many tribes ate the large rhizomes and used parts of the plant for medicinal purposes. …”
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From “religion” to “spirituality” in socialist Bulgaria: Vanga, Nicholas Roerich, and the mystique of history by Valtchinova Galia

“…The article delves into processes unfolding in Bulgaria in the 1970s, centring around two figures: Vanga, known as the seer of Petrič, and the mystic painter Nicholas Roerich, to demonstrate the changes in the structure and meaning of categories related to religion that occurred in the period of “mature socialism”. …”
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Une « Laine d’Albâtre » : Quelques cas de surexposition dans la photographie américaine by Jean-Marc Victor

“…Originally considered a technical aberration, overexposure tends to mythify the American land (Timothy O’Sullivan), leading to forms of divinizing and mystical illumination in 19th century landscape photography. …”
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Swinging between two poles. Henri Nouwen’s unique metaphor for spiritual transformation by G. Marchinkowski

“…This article considers the nature of transformation in the classic mystical tradition and touches on the contributions of perennial philosophy and transpersonal psychology which may have influenced Nouwen. …”
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