De-Mystifying Mysticism: A Critical Realist Perspective on Ambivalences in the Study of Mysticism by Ali Qadir, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir

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Mystical perspectives in interreligious dialogue by K. Waaijman

“…In a third part some mystical perspectives on this distinction in Islam will be analysed. …”
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Mysticism: a way of unknowing by C. E. T. Kourie

“… The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and theologians for centuries. …”
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Mysticism and Early Analytic Philosophy by Marek Dobrzeniecki

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El Greco's representation of mystical ecstasy by Estelle Alma Maré

“… This article deals with one of El Greco’s most original inventions, namely the gesture expressing mystical ecstasy in angelic and human figures. It is introduced with a brief explanation of figural representation in Renaissance painting which was achieved by applying the premises of rhetoric in a visual way, that is by the means of the expressive gestures of figures. …”
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Mystical handbooks of the late middle ages by B. McGinn

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IMAGE OF MARY OF BETHANY AN INSPIRATION FOR MYSTICISM by Aleksandra Nalewaj

“…The image of the contemplative and generous Mary, symbolising the Church as the bride of Christ, is an inspiration for mysticism. …”
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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“… A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. …”
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SUPERNATURALISM AND MYSTICISM IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY HAMLET by Muharrani Nurmalasari, Ruly Adha

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Reading scripture through a mystical lens by Celia Kourie

“…Utilising the insights of a French Carmelite, Elisabeth Catez, a mystical reading of Paul exemplifies this new, yet ancient, hermeneutical method. …”
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Unsaying: Mystical Aspiration and Negativity in Paul Auster’s Poetry by François Hugonnier

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Discerning the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross by C. Kourie

“…From within this interspiritual approach, an analysis of the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross clearly points to the central theme of discerning the real from the unreal. …”
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God’s meaning is love: The mystical theology of Julian of Norwich by P. Sheldrake

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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

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MYSTICAL ASPECT OF EDITH STEIN'S ANTHROPOLOGY: FROM PHENOMENOLOGY TO THOMISM by J. A. Shabanova

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The Justification of Tyrannicide in the Chronicle of Dalimil. The Czech Nobility as the “Mystical Body” of the Realm by Éloïse Adde

“…In front of a king who could be weak (Henry of Carinthie), foreign (John the Blind) or too young (Venceslas II at the beginning of his reign), the nobility had to embody the durability of the State, the "community of the realm", in a dialectic that connected the Lords in the idea of constituting the "mystic body of king". In this text, the necessity of the application of the tyrannicide is not however presented as a novelty, but as a fundamental and almost moral duty of the nobility, which was abandoned because of the rise of the authoritarian exercise of the power by the ruler when the duchy of Bohemia became a Kingdom.…”
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‘Thou Whole Burnt-Offering!’ The Mystical Ecstasy in Christina Rossetti’s Poems by Bertrand Lentsch

“…The horror of their ultimate encounter is lessened thereof, through the daily disclosures of her mystical climax, which is being dutifully registered as if it were a confession of powerlessness. …”
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Formalism as Mysticism: Reading Jewish American Poets Louis Zukofsky and Charles Reznikoff by Xavier Kalck

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Sacred texts and mystic meaning: an inquiry into Christian spirituality and the interpretive use of the Bible by F. England

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The glory of the Son of Man in Revelation 1-3. Reflections on mysticism in the New Testament by P. G. R. de Villiers

“… This article focuses on the mystical nature of the Christophany in Revelation 1-3 in order to illuminate the present research on mysticism in the New Testament. …”
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