Scientific Mysticism
Author : Holden Edward Sampson
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Mysticism
ISBN :
Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research
Author : John Poynton
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1443881821
Book Description
Science, mysticism, and psychical research are generally thought to be irreconcilable; this book centres on a towering synthesis achieved by the late Michael Whiteman, an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town. It is revolutionary; Whiteman was able to meld mathematical physics and general science with psychical research and Indian and Western mystical texts, clarified by a life-time of psychical and mystical experience, and coupled with an extensive knowledge of philosophy and psychology. Part One is about the experience of states, spaces, and worlds other than physical. It provides essential groundwork for understanding the psychical and mystical. Whiteman’s own experience is combined with evidence ranging from quantum mechanics to the Upanishads. Part Two centres on two murder cases that Whiteman studied, as an entry to the concept of the corporate structure of personality, and the workings of the mind in personal development. Part Three covers his analysis of ancient texts based on his understanding as a mystic. His interpretations differ radically from standard treatments. Part Four investigates his exploration of non-physical existence. Part Five considers the mystical life, including Whiteman’s own, and how it relates to physical laws. The book concludes with a brief biography.
Mysticism, Freudianism and scientific psychology
Author : Knight Dunlap
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 1920
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science
Author : J. Deery
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 1996-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230375057
Book Description
Can religious belief survive in a scientific era? Aldous Huxley thought so. His early recognition of the profound significance of twentieth-century science and the need for moral and spiritual direction resulted in his espousal of mysticism. An examination of his fiction and nonfiction reveals Huxley's significance for cross-disciplinary debates between religion, science and literature and provides examples of the transmission or refraction of knowledge from one discourse to another.
An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism
Author : Richard H. Jones
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438486340
Book Description
2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title The purpose of this book is to fill a gap in contemporary mystical studies: an overview of the basic ways to approach mystical experiences and mysticism. It discusses the problem of definitions of “mystical experiences” and “mysticism” and advances characterizations of “mystical experiences” in terms of certain altered states of consciousness and “mysticism” in terms of encompassing ways of life centered on such experiences and states. Types of mystical experiences, enlightened states, paths, and doctrines are discussed, as is the relation of mystical experiences and mysticism to religions and cultures. The approaches of constructivism, contextualism, essentialism, and perennialism are presented. Themes in the history of the world’s major mystical traditions are set forth. Approaches to mystical phenomena in sociology, psychology, gender studies, and neuroscience are introduced. Basic philosophical issues related to whether mystical experiences are veridical and mystical claims valid, mystics’ problems of language, art, and morality are laid out. Older and newer comparative approaches in religious studies and in Christian theology are discussed, along with postmodernist objections. The intended audience is undergraduates and the general public interested in the general issues related to mysticism.
Philosophy of Mysticism
Author : Richard H. Jones
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,62 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438461194
Book Description
A comprehensive exploration of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. This work is a comprehensive study of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism. Mystics claim to experience reality in a way not available in normal life, a claim which makes this phenomenon interesting from a philosophical perspective. Richard H. Joness inquiry focuses on the skeleton of beliefs and values of mysticism: knowledge claims made about the nature of reality and of human beings; value claims about what is significant and what is ethical; and mystical goals and ways of life. Jones engages language, epistemology, metaphysics, science, and the philosophy of mind. Methodological issues in the study of mysticism are also addressed. Examples of mystical experience are drawn chiefly from Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, but also from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Daoism. This is a significant extension of the seminal work by Walter Stace, Mysticism and Philosophy. That work has stimulated much literature, all of which Jones manages to review here. He critically extends Staces universal core and embeds it in a sophisticated discussion of the extent, range, and metaphysical implications of mysticism. Ralph W. Hood, Jr., coauthor of The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach
Mysticism inner science
Author : Angelo Aulisa
Publisher : Angelo Aulisa
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Mysticism inner science self help non fiction inner guide to meditation to inner being witness consciousness , mirror like quality to inner universal consciousness to empitness nothingness gate less gate to non being body incorporeal where time space forms duality of mind and dialectic of opposite complementary completely annihilate and consciousness to annihilate because is always in relation to a subject or object not having anymore relation consciousness annihilate relapsed twiest into relation less formless awareness that is infinite light bliss just an i am ness relaxation into non being body awareness is expand everywhere and nowhere in particular as ultimate essence into the core and source of the mystery of the universal body and of life and death and of all duality of mind dialectic of opposite complementary , eternity itself meaning no begin no end infinite eternal light that is why the term enlightened from the light of eternity that is on open relativity not absolute at all just an opening endless eternity is infinite freedom from all and everything time space forms duality of mind and dialectic just freedom the true real freedom eternity is infinite bliss ecstasy infinite silence within intrinsic zest peace , core and source of unconditional love intelligence freedom beyond duality , eternity is huge bigger above beyond transcendental then the universal body itself actually is the ultimate canvas reality were the universal body is display paint , into the core of eternity enlightenment resurrection immortality happen eternity first of all is eternal life the resurrection is a conscious subtle inner experience not material not gross not physical but a conscious alchemy from unconscious to consciousness to awareness to eternity itself were your essence quality data of intelligence that you refine in thousand of life in short your DNA totally refine melt annihilate for a new begin formless you in essence assume an universal body you will be the core of consciousness for eternity to come that is the resurrection a refinement of your light consciousness awareness eternal immortal , in this book Mysticism inner science all the inner eternal journey is spell clear this book is a master piece of wisdom of rare grandeur it give to the reader an update of consciousness awareness to our contemporary age 2020 and is a synthesis of psychology sciences physic and mysticism the outcome a new dawn of civilization consciousness awareness urgent needed by humanity if want live update to our age thank you welcome Angelo Aulisa
Mysticism and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Author : Alex S. Kohav
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 20,28 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 193148340X
Book Description
The volume investigates the question of meaning of mystical phenomena and, conversely, queries the concept of "meaning" itself, via insights afforded by mystical experiences. The collection brings together researchers from such disparate fields as philosophy, psychology, history of religion, cognitive poetics, and semiotics, in an effort to ascertain the question of mysticism's meaning through pertinent, up-to-date multidisciplinarity. The discussion commences with Editor's Introduction that probes persistent questions of complexity as well as perplexity of mysticism and the reasons why problematizing mysticism leads to even greater enigmas. One thread within the volume provides the contextual framework for continuing fascination of mysticism that includes a consideration of several historical traditions as well as personal accounts of mystical experiences: Two contributions showcase ancient Egyptian and ancient Israelite involvements with mystical alterations of consciousness and Christianity's origins being steeped in mystical praxis; and four essays highlight mysticism's formative presence in Chinese traditions and Tibetan Buddhism as well as medieval Judaism and Kabbalah mysticism. A second, more overarching strand within the volume is concerned with multidisciplinary investigations of the phenomenon of mysticism, including philosophical, psychological, cognitive, and semiotic analyses. To this effect, the volume explores the question of philosophy's relation to mysticism and vice versa, together with a Wittgensteinian nexus between mysticism, facticity, and truth; language mysticism and "supernormal meaning" engendered by certain mystical states; cognitive-poetic analysis of mystical poetry; and a semiotic scrutiny of some mystical experiences and their ineffability. Finally, the volume includes an assessment of the so-called New Age authors' contention of the convergence of scientific and mystical claims about reality. The above two tracks are appended with personal, contemporary accounts of mystical experiences, in the Prologue; and a futuristic envisioning, as a fictitious chronicle from the time-to-come, of life without things mystical, in the Postscript. The volume contains fourteen chapters; its international contributors are based in Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Social Relations of Physics, Mysticism, and Mathematics
Author : S. Restivo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400970587
Book Description
The problems I address in this book are among the least studied in the soci ology of science and knowledge. Part I is a critique of the claim that there are parallels between ancient mysticism and modern physics, and a sociological analysis of this claim as a strategy in intellectual conflict. This study must. ultimately be rooted more firmly in a: type of sociology of knowledge that is just now beginning to crystallize (and which I discuss in Chapter 7), and a sociology of religion that is not so much unknown as underground, and timid, that is, a non-worshipful materialist sociology of religion. My study of physics-mysticism parallelism is a vehicle for exploring epistemic strategies. I thus conclude Part I by sketching a materialist, emancipatory epistemic strategy. My conclusion brings together a number of ideas formulated by myself and others over the past several years, but stops short of a systematic synthesis. A more integrated and coherent "model" than what I can sketch here must wait on the results of research now in progress in the critical (as opposed to apologetic or worshipful) sociology of knowledge.
Mysticism and Experience
Author : Alex S. Kohav
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498599389
Book Description
Mysticism and Experience: Twenty-First-Century Approaches embarks on an investigation of the concept of mysticism from the standpoint of academic fields, including philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, mysticism studies, literary studies, art criticism, cognitive poetics, cognitive science, psychology, medical research, and even mathematics. Scholars across disciplines observe that, although it has experienced both cyclical approval and disapproval, mysticism seems to be implicated as a key foundation of religion, alon with the highest forms of social, cultural, intellectual, and artistic creations. This book is divided into four sections: The Exposure, The Symbolic, The Cognitive, and The Scientific, covering all fundamental aspects of the phenomenon known as mysticism. Contributors, taking advantage of recent advances in disciplinary approaches to understanding mystical phenomena, address questions of whether progress can be made to systemically enrich, expand, and advance our understanding of mysticism.
