Judging from its origin, there is an opinion that Sufism originates Islam. Some say influenced by the practices of other religions, such as Christian priesthood and religions. This article aims to examine comparison between concepts zuhud (asceticism / detachment) wahdat al-wujud (the unity existence) in Islam asceticism hypostatic union Christianity. In Christianity a clerical structure, but d...

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.

The case study provides a qualitative analysis of best practice in intellectual property strategy and commercialisation at Polartechnics Limited. A case study protocol was developed and used to conduct a face-to-face interview with the company’s Principal Scientist. Polartechnics core business is to develop and commercialise instrumentation for the screening and detection of normal, pre-cancer ...

This article evaluates a striking similarity between two passages, one from the emperor Julian (‘the Apostate’), and the other from G. I. Gurdjieff (1865?-1949). These passages present the ‘sun’ as the source of ‘nous’ (Julian), or ‘higher centres’ (Gurdjieff). I suggest that these two faculties are effectively the same, as in both systems these faculties ground mystic experiences. In both syst...

ALEIS CARREL was one of the pioneers of tissue culture and its chief publicist. He was largely responsible for the early development of the technique, but although he made a number of practical contributions, it was his influence on his contemporaries that was particularly significant. Carrel's tissue culture techniques were based on his surgical expertise and they became increasingly complicat...

This essay considers the origins of theoretical understanding in lived experience and the implications this principle might have on our understanding of Mircea Eliade’s approach to religion. It inspects possible sources of Eliade’s theoretical understanding of religion in his descriptions of his lived experience and considers whether specifically ‘religious’ experience would be most likely to b...