Search for dissertations about: "gnosis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word gnosis.

2. 1. The Spirit of Revolt : Nikolai Berdiaev's Existential Gnosticism

   Author : Fabian Linde; Per-Arne Bodin; Elena Namli; Irene Masing-Delic; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Russian philosophy; Berdyaev; Berdiaev; Hans Jonas; Russian religious philosophy; gnosticism; gnosis; existentialism; gnostic return; Slavic languages; Slaviska språk; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of the Russian religious philosopher Nikolai Berdiaev (1874-1948). The aim of the thesis is to re-examine the alleged gnostic subtext in Berdiaev’s thought by exploring a number of interrelated motifs in his world outlook, teaching on man and theory of knowledge. READ MORE

4. 2. Western esoterism : Ultimate Sacred Postulates and Ritual Fields

   Author : Lars Steen Larsen; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gnosis; mysticism; religions experience; Eckhart Tolle; New Age; James Redfield; Theosophy; Agrippa; anthropology; Paracelsus; Western esotericism; USP.; Hermetica; ritual fields; Western esoterism;

   Abstract : The greater part of Western Esoterism holds beliefs in five important matrices. This branch of esoterism, rooted in a Hermetic milieu, is labelled dialectical esoterism because of the dialectical relationship between the ‘lower’ (man, earth) and the ‘higher’ (heaven, the divine, God). READ MORE

5. 3. The Poimandres Group in Corpus Hermeticum. Myth, Mysticism & Gnosis in Late Antiquity

   Author : Jonathan Peste; Göteborgs universitet; []
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6. 4. The sensational hand. Clinical assessment after nerve repair

   Author : Birgitta Rosén; Malmö Handkirurgi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; substitution of senses; artificial sensibility; reliability; validity; diagnose-specific; documentation; assessment; longitudinal; functional outcome; hand; sensibility; ulnar nerve; nerve repair; median nerve; brain plasticity; Surgery; orthopaedics; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi;

   Abstract : Following the transection and repair of major nerve trunks in the forearm, the functional outcome is influenced by mechanisms in the peripheral, as well as in the central nervous system. In the present thesis the interest is focused on assessment of the outcome after nerve repair, central nervous factors influencing the outcome, and sense substitution to compensate for sensory loss. READ MORE

7. 5. Effects of electrical accidents : occupational and health perspectives

   Author : Lisa Rådman; Magnus Thordstein; Håkan Olausson; Kerstin Norman; Finn Nilson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Electrical accident; Neurosensory symptoms; No-let-go phenomenon; Pain; Voltage; Quantitative sensory testing;

   Abstract : Professionals working in the electrical industry are at risk of accidental injuries caused by electricity. Electrical accidents can cause persistent neurological symptoms, previously mainly described in patients whose injuries were initially extensive. READ MORE