This paper explores mysticism as seen in Ernesto Cardenal’s El Evangelio en Solentiname (The Gospel Solentiname), aiming at both defining Cardenal a revolutionary and traditional mystic, shaped by Thomas Merton’s influence Latin American political circumstances. Mysticism is usually defined individual contemplation of God, immediate unmediated. Yet, the context 20th-century struggles for libera...

in his recognition of being and achievement of truth, man has two instruments in his constitution and two ways before him: intellect and heart; reasoning and intuition. some have opted the way of reasoning and underestimated intuition because of its lack of reasoning, and some have preferred intuition over reasoning because of its being presential (intuitive). with their research on philosophy ...

Tradução do Artigo de William James: A Suggestion about mysticism. Texto publicado originalmente em 17 fevereiro 1910 no Volume VII N°4 The journal of philosophy psychology and scientific methods p. 85 a 92. domínio público acordo com Convenção Berna.

This study examined relationships of self-reported Mysticism with dispositional Depression and Anxiety in Iranian Muslims. The sample contained 80 women and 51 men undergraduates who volunteered to participate (M age=20.5 yr., SD= 2.0). Participants responded to the Hood Mysticism Scale and to the Costello and Comrey Depression and Anxiety Scales. Scores on the Religious Interpretation dimensio...