the mystical knowledge that ‘ayn al-qud?t propounds does not seem much different from other mystic’s point of view, but it might have been for the first time presented in a compiled form by him. hence, the fundamental question in this research is: what is mystical knowledge in ‘ayn al-qud?t’s point of view and how this mystical knowledge is discerned from scientific knowledge? how can we find i...

molavi's theological and mystical point of view on determinism is different. he criticizes of theological determinism, but advocates of mystical determinism. molavi refuses the determinists' belief about determinism because it has unfavorable results in worldly and eternal life. but he accepts the free and amorous determinism of mystics. his reasons in refusing theological determinism...

This paper examines the similarities and differences between ideas deriving from Rabbinic and mystical Judaism and psychoanalytic concepts. It will present material both from the Talmud and the Kabbalah (particularly the Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalistic writings). While not arguing necessarily for any historical continuity it explores how Jewish ideas provide a deep structure underlying psychoana...

s below are drawn mainly from this group of articles. However, a few older investigations that employed noteworthy methodologies are also included to convey the full range of methodological creativity that has been brought to bear on the subject of mystical experiences. The studies are listed under the category that best describes the methodology employed: Laboratory, Experimental and QURsiexpe...

Background: Practitioners in a variety of spiritual/religious traditions have described “mystical experiences”, defined by common set qualities. The “Mystical Experience Questionnaire” (MEQ30) provides validated and quantitative measure mystical experience, has been used successfully to demonstrate that the hallucinogenic substance psilocybin triggers mystical-type e...

In this paper a new interactionistic model of mental causation is developed. By analysing the results of physics and neuroscience it is shown that the macroscopic cerebral activity and the resulting behavioural output is not strictly determined. This opens up the possibility that a non-physical mind can influence which of the physically allowed brain states is realised. Most models of mental ca...

abdullah al-baradouni and jalal ad-din muhammad mawlawi suggest some common ontological themes which are represented in themes like “freedom”, “astonishment”, “estrangement” “death”.  there are lots of similarities between two poets. two poets represent these themes with a sincere mystical approach. theme of freedom is represented in the  poems of two poets by a mystical approach and it means b...

mystical texts are the most important texts have been set to convey epistemic teachings and to influence the audiences concerned with awareness and esoteric training.  therefore it seems that specific techniques have been used in rhetoric to fulfill this objective. according to the style of speech in mystical texts, they can be considered as rhetoricals. reviewing the concept of rhetoric and it...

Is there a world of mathematics above and beyond ordinary reality, as Plato proposed? Or is mathematics a cultural construct? In this short article we speculate on the place of mathematical reality from the perspective of the mystical cosmologies of the ancient traditions of meditation, psychedelics, and divination.