This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., hermeneutics takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is suitable lens for study mysticism. It uses concept travail negative, which focuses on dynamics continuous ‘unsaying’ ‘subverting’ traditional expressions faith religious practice, to explore connection between aspects practical theoretical negativity ...

The importance of extraordinary experiences for the process of adopting a heterodox belief system or an alternative religious world view is often neglected in the existing research literature. Scholars of religion commonly lay stress on the process of religious conversion characterized by different stages. Extraordinary experiences are, thereby, included as potential internal catalysts (e.g. my...

The purpose of this paper is to initiate a broader dialogue on the use of integrated intelligence (or INI) in formal research. The application of INI in research is referred to as integrated inquiry. The idea of integrated intelligence, and its specific applications, can be viewed as genuine cognitive processes, or for the more skeptical, as provocations to inspire the researcher toward greater...

The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres characteristics experience practices that may be correlated to those. Such state hinders comparative study mysticism meditation through different philosophical, religious spiritual traditions, or along chronological development in single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typ...

The work is devoted to the analysis of texts Chuvash epics recorded from end XIX beginning XXI centuries. in villages Volga-Ural region. purpose study identify features content bylichek, introduce them into scientific circulation. presents classification bulls compiled by author. based on archival and own field materials. are analyzed a descriptive aspect. At same time, author turns ethnographi...