Journal of the American Academy of Religion March 2002, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 33–53. © 2002 The American Academy of Religion This study presents a phenomenological analysis of Ghazali’s discussion of dreams and dream discourse as it specifically relates to the faculty of the imagination. The imagination is an important, though ambiguous and understudied, category, as it is responsible for diverse...

there are various aspects and dimensions in christian religion which attracted the attention of mystics. one of these aspects is the doctrine of trinity. the moslem theosophists, like other groups of scholars, have had a reaction against this issue and have criticized it. however, there are some differences in mystic’s viewpoints in comparison with that of other scholars, especially the theolog...

Adopters of new technologies tend to interpret them in their own way, rather than simply using them as their inventors meant them to be used. There seems to be a deep social need to break free of technology as intended by its designers. This resonates with the yearning for transcendence, that mystics, artists and philosophers have been turning their attention to since time immemorial and which ...

Thyroid nodules are common, occurring in almost two-thirds of some populations; among these only about 7% are malignant. The most important question with any new discovered thyroid nodule is, “is this malignant?” The main arbiter of malignancy or benignity remains fine needle aspiration and the mainstay of treatment surgery. But given the resources involved, doing an FNAC or surgery in every di...

This article examines the teachings of several Christian and Sufi mystics on the position of reason in the spiritual life, from Al-Hallaj (d. 922) to David R. Hawkins (b. 1927). In the plethora of “maps,” “stages,” and “ladders” discussed by mystics, the level of reason is highly regarded as a “rung” of spiritual attainment. However, reason alone is not enough to transport the soul to the most ...