Showcasing Emptiness? Voicing Redemption Through ‘Saharomania’ in the French Literary Imaginary by Amina Zarzi

“…At once empty and loaded with spiritual charge, the desert embodies the essence of mystical connotations, for those who master decrypting its unsettling silence. …”
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Formation of the "Self-Made-Man" Idea in the Context of the Christian Middle Ages by V. Y. Antonova, O. M. Korkh

“…All this in historical perspective was found in its radicalized and purified from all sorts of mystical and religious layers of expression in the idea of "Self-made-man".…”
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Folk Medicine, Folk Healing by Mustafa SEVER

“…On the other hand, it may be highly secretive, mystical and extremely localized, with knowledge of its practices passed on orally. …”
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Intersemiotic Translation: From Medieval Poetry to Modern Movie by Leila Nik Nasab

“…The key story elements examined in this movie are as follows:Plot (narrative structure)Character and characterizationStory progressionSetting (time and place)Symbols and signsDialogueThemes and motifsThe story of Sheikh San'an, who fell in love, is one of the beautiful mystical stories, and Sheikh Farid al-Din Attar elegantly narrates it in verse in his Conference of the Birds.Most of the elements of the Sheikh San'an story can be found in The Forbidden Fruit. …”
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