Search for dissertations about: "mysticism."

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word mysticism..

  2. 1. The Two Wings of Wisdom, Mysticism and Philosophy in the Risalat ut-tair of Ibn Sina

    Author : Shokoufeh Taghi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Hikma; Ibn Sina; al-Isarat wa t-tanbihat; Ixwan as-safa; Kalila wa Dimna; Mi raj-nama; mysticism; Risala; Tair; Risalat ut-tair; Sahlan Sawi; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

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  4. 2. Seeing the Word : John Dee and Renaissance Occultism

    Author : Håkan Håkansson; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; mysticism.; metaphors; symbolism; alchemy; magic; Renaissance philosophy; occultism; Filosofi;

    Abstract : This study reassesses the occult philosophy of the British polymath John Dee (1527-1609). Focusing on his treatise Monas hieroglyphica (1564) and his notorious angelic conversations in the 1580s, it describes Dee’s philosophical career as a continuous search for a language which could yield knowledge of both nature and God. READ MORE

  5. 3. Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law : The Sur´shian Paradigm in Shi’i Epistemology

    Author : Ashk Dahlén; Yann Richard; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Islam; Shi’i; Iran; sharīʿat; fiqh; uṣūl al-fiqh; ikhtilāf; qabḍwa basṭ; Surūsh; Jawādī-Āmulī; Mujtahid-Shabistarī; Rūmī; epistemology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy and science; postmodernism; modernity; mysticism; relativism; interpretation; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occuring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary positions are initially set against the established normative repertory of Islamic tradition. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Sufism and the Quest for Spiritual Fulfilment in D. H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow"

    Author : Fereshteh Zangenehpour; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; D. H. Lawrence; The Rainbow; Sufism; Persian poetry; spiritualism; mysticism; transcendentalism; immanence; Persian ancient religions; Phoenix;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of Lawrence's religious concerns and focuses on how they took shape in his writing. Attention is primarily given to Lawrence as a mystical writer and the degree to which this distinction becomes evident in his novel, The Rainbow. READ MORE