william chittick, currently professor of religious studies at the state university of new york (stony brook), is an internationally renowned expert on islamic thought. his contributions to the fields of sufism and islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of islamic civilization from the 7th/13th century onwards. yet chittick is not simpl...

Much has been written about the inability of Small and Medium Enterprises to catch the eCommerce train. This research attempts to delve directly into the motives of MicroEnterprises decision-makers with a set of interpretive case studies. The rationale for using qualitative research is that since it is about technology and business needs, techniques commonly used in system analysis and requirem...

This article elucidates the emerging principles required for the design of task-oriented mesocosms. Twelve key factors are discussed including mineral diversity, nutrient reservoirs, steep gradients, high exchange rates, periodic and random pulses, cellular design and mesocosm structure, subecosystems, microbial communities, photosynthetic bases, animal diversity, biological exchanges beyond th...

The novel manages brilliantly to portray Indian culture and family life, setting against the backdrop of subcontinent’s volatile postcolonial politics. microcosmic dimension story line is not only played upon a political background: quite contrary, shows which degree personal realities are intertwined how much microcosm echoes macrocosm, since lives characters deeply affected by local corruptio...

Contemporary algebra is self-contradictory. Indeed, it offers the algorithms of solving algebraic equations using either the real or the complex numbers, which are, however, mutually exclusive. For instance, even the simplest quadratic equation c bx ax y 2    in the case of a negative discriminant ac b 4 2  has no solution on the set of real numbers, but does have a solution on the set of c...

Biocosmology implies that the laws of the microcosm (i.e. the laws governing living beings and their minds) mimic the laws of the macrocosm. These laws are based on a mosaic structure and triune organisation, with some roots that may be in the classical dialectical movement. A number of modern stances can be seen in relation to the Biocosmological perspective. The relationship to the mosaic str...

The Dutch historian of religion, Bruno Hugo Stricker, has been studying Egyptian mythology since 1940 and can show that this ancient culture tries to understand the development of a baby in the womb of its mother as a basis to comprehend the origin of the world. In the center of the Egyptian mythology is the Sun God Ra who is swallowed every evening by the sky goddess Nut and in the morning is ...