according to the importance of symbolism in mystical narratives, and of course to the existence of a need for them to be interpreted in order to understand the text and its narrative details, we have analyzed three authentic and effective works: initially tazkirat al-awliyā by attar, secondly kashf-ol-mahjoob by hojviri and at the end resaleh of ghoshairieh by ghoshairi through a semiotic appro...

Mystical experiences represent a fundamental dimension of human existence. These experiences are commonly reported across all cultures. A mystical experience subjectively is characterized by encountering the divine in a way that disrupts the normal sense of self . The definitions of mystical experience used in research and clinical publications vary considerably, ranging from "upheaval of the t...

In Chapter 2 of Beyond Physicalism, I suggest that mystical experience, if a source of genuine metaphysical insight, can shed light on a variety of extraordinary phenomena, including psi and near-death experience, as well as the mystery that is ordinary consciousness. It is striking that mystics are often left with the conviction that they came into contact with deeper realities during their ex...

This chapter begins with a brief review of descriptions and definitions of mystical-type experiences and the historical connection between classic hallucinogens and mystical experiences. The chapter then explores the empirical literature on experiences with classic hallucinogens in which claims about mystical or religious experiences have been made. A psychometrically validated questionnaire is...

This paper critically examines whether, and how, mystical insights can be conveyed in language. First, the problem of mystical ineffability is briefly presented: how, if at all, is it possible to express the supposedly transrational and transconceptual (non-dualistic) mystical experience in rational and conceptual (dualistic) linguistic terms? Second, drawing on the Wittgensteinian distinction ...

INTRODUCTION Organizational semiotics can deliver fruitful perspectives to study interculturality and globalization. Organizational semiotics deals with all kinds of semiotic aspects in organizations, like behaviour of people, behaviour of departments and behaviour of information systems. In order to explain the relevance of semiotics in the study of organizations, an introduction into organiza...

Through a case study of images generated by Swedish artist Steph Maj Swanson using an AI text-to-image (T2I) model, this article explores the strategy negative weight prompting in T2I models as phenomenon apophasis. Apophasis is linguistic commonly deployed texts mystical theology to express ineffability God through concepts. In article, comparison apophatic strategies and engaged highlight mut...