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Gabriele-Verlag Das Wort GmbH This Is My Word Alpha and Omega
Book SynopsisA book of prophecy that teaches the truth about the life of Jesus directly from Christ, Himself via the prophetic word free of the Bible, theological opinions and interpretations. Jesus of Nazareth did not found a religion. He did not install any priests or pastors; nor did He teach dogmas, rituals or cults. 2000 years ago, He brought the truth from the Kingdom of God: The teaching of the love for God and neighbor toward people, nature and animals, the teaching of freedom, of peace and of unity. He spoke about the God of love, about the Free SpiritGod in us. Christ, the Co-Regent of the Kingdom of God, reveals in our time via the prophetess and emissary of God, Gabriele, the facts about His life and His works as Jesus of Nazareth. Learn the truth directly from Christ, Himselffree of theological opinions and interpretations. A reading sample:The one who considers matter to be the truth takes unlawful reflections as reality, because he lives in this illusionary light, in this world of thoughts. The soul and person who live in God do not ask: 'Who or what is God?' or 'Is there a God?' They live in God, and God is active through them.God is the cosmic ocean; God is radiation; God is light; God is energy; God is love and wisdom. God is nature, the animal world and the starry firmament. God is the alpha; He is the omega for coarse materiality for truth is eternityand eternity is fine-material.From the contents:Meaning and purpose of life on Earth; Jesus taught about the Law of Cause and Effect; Conditions for healing the body; The teaching of eternal damnation is a mockery of God; The fight of the darkness against God's plan and His just prophets; Jesus loved the animals and championed them; About death, reincarnation and life; The true meaning of the deed of Redemption of Jesus, the Christ; and much more...
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Gabriele Publishing House Astral Horror
Book SynopsisLet us be aware that human existence is not real. If it truly were reality, then the physical body would not perish; there would then be lasting youth. The soul in a person is not of this world, it lives eternallywe are therefore nothing more than wayfarers on the way back to the true eternal homeland. However, to which influences a person is exposed to on his way on this side of life and as a soul in the beyond is reported about in this book as a warning and guidance. Those people who believe in a higher existence, which we call Creator or God, should be aware that this side of life and the beyond are not separateand that our behavior on this side has an effect on our further life''s path as a soul.A selected passage from the book:Every person has a spiritual guardian being at his or her side, which, according to free will, admonishes and warns. But whether the person perceives the impulses or disregards them is determined by the person himself. Life on Earth is dange
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Editorial Terracota Adán y el árbol de la Kabbalah
Book SynopsisAdÁn y el Árbol de la Kabbalah es un estudio del ser humano desde la perspectiva de los kabbalistas del mundo actual. Con excepcional claridad y maestrÍa, Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi explica en esta obra la herramienta mÍstica de la Kabbalah conocida como "Árbol de la Vida", y describe con un lenguaje sencillo el modo en el que operan los principios eternos de los mundos presentes en un ser humano.AdÁn y el Árbol de la Kabbalah is a study of the human being from the perspective of the kabbalists of today's world. With exceptional clarity and mastery, the author explains the mystical tool of Kabbalah known as the "Tree of Life". He describes the way in which the eternal principles operate in the present world. Table of ContentsÍ ndice Nota editorialPrefacio Introducció n KabbalahEl á rbol de la Vida: su diná mica Adá n CUERPOLos cuatro mundos La cara inferior TiferetQuÍ mica yezirá ticaBriah: el organismo electromagné tico AzilutPSIQUELa psique La gran trÍ ada inferior de Hod, Nezah y MalkhutYesod: el egoEl ser humano vegetalTiferet: el serNefesh: el alma vital Los cuatro tipos de egoLa cara inferior en conjunto Prá ctica Emoció nTrÍ adas laterales de la emoció n IntelectoTrÍ adas del intelectoLa psique en conjunto: una recapitulació n Arquetipos Los arquetipos y el inconsciente El umbral de la consciencia Inconsciente individual Inconsciente colectivoALMALa bella y la bestia Aliento de diosDivinidad en el ser humano natural Despertar del almaEl discÍ pulo El individuoNeshamahESPÍ RITU Conciencia có smica El Adá n realizadoGlosarioÍ ndice de figuras Í ndice analÍ ticoAcerca del autor
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Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Essence of Sufism: The Union of Tasawwuf &
Book SynopsisTasawwuf is the very essence of Sufism and that of man''s existence. Evolving out of Islam, it has now become part of the inner life of every aspirant. Islam centres around four pillars Shariat, Hadith, Tariqat, and Tasawwuf. Of this Shariat and hadith form the part of the outer body of the religion. And tariqat and tasawwuf form the inner core of The Holy Prophet PBH. Tariqat and tasawwuf are connected to the nisbet of the Holy Prophet PBH. Tariqat prepares you along the way and tasawwuf preserves your awareness. This work is the combination of the Kalam of various composers and Sheikhs such as Rattan Lal Hangloo, Jalaluddin Rumi, Mahadevi Verma, Naqshbandi Sufi Brij Mohan Lal, and many more. The essence of these compositions is blended with the Naqshbandi nisbet to create maraqba in the form of The Essence of Sufism. This work will be remembered, now and in times to come, as a new era in Tasawwuf!
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Cosmo Publications Lawaih a Treatise on Sufism: Nur-ud-din
Book SynopsisThe Lawaih delves into Sufi theology, distinguishing between experimental and doctrinal mysticism. It explores mystics' intense religious experiences, emphasizing Divine omnipresence and the soul's connection to God. The book aims to systematize these experiences through 'Flashes of Light.'
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Kitab Bhavan Jami, the Persian Mystics
Book SynopsisThe Oriental Scholar's sincere endeavour to establish a mutual understanding between East and West by stringing up the selected pearls of mystical teaching of last great poet of persia; especially, for those who find a great beauty and peace of soul in lofty philosophy of mysticism.
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HarperCollins India Sufism: Heart Of Islam
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Cosmo Publications Traditions of Mysticism in Bengal
Book SynopsisThis book contains informative chapters on: Bengal Vaisnavism and Mysticism; The Bhagvat (God) as the ground of Jiva-Sakti and Maya-Sakti; Casuation in Bengal Vaisnavism; Krsna and His Incarnations; Bhakti and Mysticism; The Supreme Realisation; Acintya-Bhedabheda; Rasa (Relish).
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Regency Publications Great Mystic Saints of the World
Book SynopsisAs we sit in a secluded corner and behold nature, the thought that arises in our mind is, "There is nothing in this world, but life." The whole world universe from the atom to the sky is pulsating with life.
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Aakar Books Sufism in Punjab: Mystics, Literatures and
Book SynopsisEditors analyze diverse sufi studies approaches from early 20th century to present, focusing on Punjab sufis' methods to spread mystic ideology in medieval society. Essays cover sufi literature, shrine architecture, and connections to Punjabi culture, using interdisciplinary tools for historical analysis. Appeals to students in different fields.
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Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Sufism and Modern Science
Book SynopsisSufism and Modern Science sheds light on the relationship between science and Sufism in Islamic history and philosophy. Al-Ghazali, Mevlana Rumi, Hasan al-Basri, Akshemseddin and Ahmed Süreyya Emin Bey are some of the names in the long list of Sufis who contributed to the field of science and philosophy. From the process of converting one element into another to the idea of overcoming time and space, Sufis have silently worked on and contributed to several scientific theories and theorems. Although this was not their main duty, they were pioneers in the positive sciences. Some Sufis used symbolic expressions which could be related to the terms developed by scientists only centuries later. From this, it is possible to sense the depth of the scientific foresight of the Sufis who also helped untangle the obstructed horizons of positive sciences. This book enlightens the readers of the lost history of science which was immensely enriched by the Sufis in different periods of time.
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Krystiania Nøkkelen: Sethiansk gnostisisme i praksis
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Krystiania Kabbalah: Vestens levende mysterietradisjon
Book SynopsisEn mystiker er en person som baserer sin forståelse av virkeligheten kun på sin egen erfaring.Kabbalah er en av de eldste mysterietradisjoner i vesten, og er et skattkammer, et speil og et veikart for dem som søker sannheten om seg selv, skapelsen og det Guddommelige.Det er en levende tradisjon av fortellinger og symboler, diktet for å sette mennesket i stand til å gjennomtrenge sjelens tåke og åpenbare de hemmeligheter som er forvart i det aller helligste rom.Dette er den ensommes vei: for dem som ikke kan tro, men enten vet, eller ikke vet.Dette er de levendes vei: som aldri gir etter for verdens sorg, men søker sitt opphavs mysterier.
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Krystiania Corpus Hermeticum: Den Hermetiske lære
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Krystiania Salomos Oder
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Obelisco La Llave del Jardin Cerrado
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Lectio Ediciones La Vida Secreta de la Oración
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Editorial Sirio LA SABIDURIA Y EL SIGNIFICADO PROFUNDO DE LAS
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Obelisco Manual del Pendulo Hebreo
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Obelisco La Voz del Profeta
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Obelisco Sefer Yetsirah: Breve Introduccion a la Cabala
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Obelisco Epistola Sobre el Oro Potable: Epistola Mezahab
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Obelisco El Libro de la Claridad
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Obelisco Zohar, El XV
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Obelisco Zohar, El XVI
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Obelisco Zohar, El XVII
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Ediciones Robinbook Terapia Con Mandalas
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Editorial Kairos ¿Qué Es La Kábala?
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Editorial Kairos La Experiencia Contemplativa: En La Mística, La
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Aarhus University Press Mysticism & Cognition: The Cognitive Development
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Aarhus University Press Time Creation & World Order
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Brill Sufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi
Book SynopsisSufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th-21st Centuries brings together ten original studies on historical aspects of Sufism in this region. A central question, of ongoing significance, underlies each contribution: what is the relationship between Sufism as it was manifested in this region prior to the Russian conquest and the Soviet era, on the one hand, and the features of Islamic religious life in the region during the Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet eras on the other? The authors address multiple aspects of Central Asian religious life rooted in Sufism, examining interpretative strategies, realignments in Sufi communities and sources from the Russian to the post-Soviet period, and social, political and economic perspectives on Sufi communities. Contributors include: Shahzad Bashir, Devin DeWeese, Allen Frank, Jo-Ann Gross, Kawahara Yayoi, Robert McChesney, Ashirbek Muminov, Maria Subtelny, Eren Tasar, and Waleed Ziad.Trade Review"The volume is systematic and cross-referential, and therefore fully deserves its place in Brill’s ‘Handbook of Oriental Studies’ series. Each chapter offers extensive bibliographies that also include the newest titles on regions not directly covered here, as for instance Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). The volume’s methodological agenda – prioritizing source studies across conventional borders for accentuating the importance of Sufi sources for social history – easily links up with studies on Sufism elsewhere in the world." - Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam, in: Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 30/2 (2019)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Figures and Maps Contributors Note on Transcription and Style Maps Introduction Devin DeWeese and Jo-Ann Gross 1 Re-Envisioning the History of Sufi Communities in Central Asia: Continuity and Adaptation in Sources and Social Frameworks, 16th–20th Centuries Devin DeWeese 2 Naqshband’s Lives: Sufi Hagiography between Manuscripts and Genre Devin DeWeese 3 The Works of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī as a Source for the Study of Sufism in Late 15th- and Early 16th-Century Central Asia Maria E. Subtelny 4 Ḥażrat Jīo Ṣāḥib: How Durrānī Peshawar Helped Revive Bukhara’s Sanctity Waleed Ziad 5 Valī Khān Tūra: A Makhdūmzāda Leader in Marghīnān during the Collapse of the Khanate of Khoqand Kawahara Yayoi 6 Reliquary Sufism: Sacred Fiber in Afghanistan R. D. McChesney 7 Sufism in the Face of Twentieth-Century Reformist Critiques: Three Responses from Sufi Imāms in the Volga-Ural Region Allen J. Frank 8 Sufism on the Soviet Stage: Holy People and Places in Central Asia’s Socio-Political Landscape after World War II Eren Tasar 9 Sufi Groups in Contemporary Kazakhstan: Competition and Connections with Kazakh Islamic Society Ashirbek Muminov 10 The Biographical Tradition of Muḥammad Bashārā: Sanctification and Legitimation in Tajikistan Jo-Ann Gross Index 333
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Brill Visualizing Sufism: Studies on Graphic Representations in Sufi Literature (13th to 16th Century)
Book SynopsisVisualizing Sufism approaches the question of the presence of graphic materials in Islamic mystical literature from a broad and comprehensive perspective. To this goal, an international group of specialists in the field worked on largely manuscript and unpublished sources with the aim of analyzing the use of visual elements in the works of some key figures of Islamic mysticism—Ibn al-ʿArabī, Aḥmad al-Būnī, Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh, al-Shaʿrānī—, and in intellectual networks—Ḥurūfiyya and Bektashiyya, Shīrīn Maghribī and his connections. The result is the most extensive collection of specimens of Sufi graphic materials ever brought together and discussed in a single volume. By virtue of the object of study investigated in the chapters of this book, in addition to the history of Sufism, questions are raised that touch upon numerous areas in the field of Islamic Studies, including intellectual history, codicology, and art history. Contributors Elizabeth R. Alexandrin, Noah Gardiner, Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Evyn Kropf, Giovanni Maria Martini, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, and Sophie Tyser.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Plates Notes on Contributors Introduction Giovanni Maria Martini 1 Diagrams and Visionary Experience in al-Būnī’s (d. 622/1225) Laṭāʾif al-ishārāt fī al-ḥurūf al-ʿulwīyat Noah Gardiner 2 Illustrating the Forms: Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Images in al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya Ali Karjoo-Ravary 3 Visualizing the Architecture of the Universe: Ibn al-ʿArabī’s (d. 638/1240) Diagrams in Chapter 371 of the Meccan Openings Sophie Tyser 4 Reading and Reciting the Qurʾan: Calligraphic Spaces in Saʿd al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh’s (d. 649/1252) Kitāb al-Maḥbūb Elizabeth Alexandrin 5 Use of Diagrams in the Ḥurūfī and Nuqṭavī Manuscripts, and Possible Links between the Ḥurūfī ‘Verbal’ and the Bektashi Visual Iconographies Orkhan Mir-Kasimov 6 Shīrīn Maghribī’s (d. 810/1407) Visual Sufism: Diagrams, Intellectual Networks, and the Transmission of Spiritual Knowledge in 14th Century Tabriz and beyond Giovanni Maria Martini 7 “Sensible Images”: Pictograms in the Manuscript Transmission of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī’s (d. 973/1565) al-Mīzān al-kubrā Evyn Kropf Index
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Brill Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus: Henry Bate’s Latin
Book SynopsisThe present volume focuses on Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246–after 1310), the first scholar to bring Ibn Ezra’s astrological work to the knowledge of Latin readers. The volume has two main objectives. The first is to offer as complete and panoramic an account as possible of Bate’s translational project. Therefore, this volume offers critical editions of all six of Bate’s complete translations of Ibn Ezra’s astrological writings. The second objective is to accompany Bate’s Latin translations with literal English translations and to offer a thorough collation of the Latin translation (with their English translations) against the Hebrew and French source texts. This is volume 1 of a two-volume set.
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Brill Abraham Ibn Ezra Latinus: Henry Bate’s Latin
Book SynopsisThe present volume focuses on Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246–after 1310), the first scholar to bring Ibn Ezra’s astrological work to the knowledge of Latin readers. The volume has two main objectives. The first is to offer as complete and panoramic an account as possible of Bate’s translational project. Therefore, this volume offers critical editions of all six of Bate’s complete translations of Ibn Ezra’s astrological writings. The second objective is to accompany Bate’s Latin translations with literal English translations and to offer a thorough collation of the Latin translation (with their English translations) against the Hebrew and French source texts. This is volume 2 of a two-volume set.
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Peeters Publishers Light Shining Through Veil: On Saint Clare's
Book SynopsisThe spirituality of Saint Clare of Assisi, the soul mate of Saint Francis, is the object of this book. Her spirituality was inspired by Francis' and she owes much to him, like he to her. This book is meant to be a contribution to the study of Clare and her thoughts. In her four letters, written to Saint Agnes of Prague, Clare expresses herself more openly about her deepest motivations than in any other writing. They concentrate on the heart of her choice of life and as such they reproduce the most beautiful gift which God gave her. Clare's sprituality as it comes to the fore in these leters, can only then be fully understood when we take into account their creative structure. The specific aim of this books is to do justice to her texts in a method which, to our knowledge, was never applied before. It consists in an elaborated analysis of the fine, concentric structure of the letters to Agnes, combined with an ongoing commentary in which historical data are also given attention.
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Peeters Publishers The Riddle of Christian Mystical Experience: The
Book SynopsisA distinctive feature of mystical experience is that it is "imageless". Mystics of various traditions witness indeed to their going beyond all intermediaries so as to enjoy immediate union. Understandably, the idea of imageless immediacy is attractive, and it is especially in vogue with those who hope to discover that different (religious) spiritualities converge if only the particularity of, say, the Christian way would be left behind. However, a crucial question arises here. If mystical union consists in simply transcending what is part and parcel of the human condition, where is its relevance? Is the mystic as such in a position to be his or her human self - thinking and loving, enjoying and suffering? Can he or she be active in the world of humankind? Obviously, it is especially in the Christian tradition that this matter comes to the fore as a radical difficulty. For here there is the divine Image and Mediator, so much so that the Humanity of Jesus ought to be integral to a person's union with God. Perhaps the Christian mystic is such an extraordinary figure that the Humanity and all other images and intermediaries are, for him or her, at best a stepping-stone that is bound to disappear? A"The Riddle of Christian Mystical ExperienceA" aims to clarify this issue by analyzing the writings of such visionaries as Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila and Maria Petyt; of the ecstasy-minded masters Richard of Saint Victor, Bernard of Clairvaux and Bonaventure (describing Francis of Assisi's experience); of the cream of the Flemish mystics, namely Hadewijch and Jan van Ruusbroec. Nevertheless, the preference for the mystical text does not prevent the A"RiddleA" from drawing on the insights of modern philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean-Luc Marion when treating of images and idols, or Michael Polanyi and Ludwig Wittgenstein when reflecting on intermediaries. The main result of this procedure may come as a surprise. Far from turning into a detached creature who forgets about the Humanity and the human, the full-fledged mystic is, as a Flemish mystic puts it, "wholly in God, where he rests in enjoyment, and wholly in himself, where he loves with works". Experiencing union "with intermediary and without intermediary", the true Christian mystic is "unimaged" as well as "imaged upon the humanity of our Lord through heartfelt affection".
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Peeters Publishers A Strange Tongue: Tradition, Language and the
Book SynopsisThis book is the product of both historical and personal interest in the grounds of religious conviction. It deals with the practice and development of the tradition of 'discernment of spirits' in the late fourteenth-century England and sixteenth-century Spain as reflected in the classical texts of the mystics of the periods; Julian of Norwich, the Cloud Author and Walter Hilton in England and Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross in Spain. The tradition of 'discernment' came into being at the very beginning of the Church's history and has been appropriated, adapted and developed throughout its history. The book explores how the tradition is expanded and maintains continuity with its origins and suggests that it reaches some apogee in sixteenth-century Spain for Christian lives of apostolic mission and contemplation. It illustrates how the cultural circumstances of the times moulded the manner in which the experiences of the mystics were perceived. 'Discernment of Spirits' is about how Christians reach some conviction that the stirrings within consciousness which seem to originate so strangely, and yet beckon so persistently, are 'real' in the sense of authentically divine. They are stirrings which call for a response in the lives of mystics. Rowan Williams at the beginning of his influential book, The Wound of Knowledge, refers to 'the intractable strangeness of the ground of belief that must constantly be allowed to challenge the fixed assumptions of religiosity; it is a given whose question to each age is fundamentally one and the same'. This book illustrates how the question is addressed in the texts of the mystics. In our own time the strange stirrings which intimate the question tend to be drowned by a multiplicity of competing voices. The suggestion is made that when we listen to the voices of the past we may be encouraged to wonder about the question posed by the stirrings within our own consciousness, hitherto unheard or dismissed as simply 'strange'.
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Peeters Publishers A Thirteenth-century Textbook of Mystical
Book SynopsisThe luminaries of late thirteenth-century Europe took great interest in the mysterious fifth-century author known as Dionysius the Areopagite. They typically read Dionysius not in the original Greek, but in a Latin edition prepared sometime in the middle of the thirteenth century. This edition, which appeared first in Paris and later circulated all over Western Europe, was no mere translation. In addition to the famous translation made by Eriugena in the ninth century, it contained translations of scholia on the Dionysian texts made by Anastasius the Librarian, alternative readings provided by Anastasius and other Latin readers, as well as excerpts from Eriugena's own theological masterwork, the A"PeriphyseonA". University scholars such as Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas thus learned Dionysian mystical theology not only from his text, but from the seven-hundred year interpretive tradition that literally surrounded it on the page.
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Peeters Publishers Albert Deblaere, S.J. (1916-1994). Essays on
Book SynopsisAlbert Deblaere, S.J. (1916-1994) was an erudite scholar with an original intellectual and spiritual profile. After having been for a short time a member of the Ruusbroec Society (Antwerp), he taught for many years at the Jesuit Theologicum in Heverlee (Louvain) and at the Gregorian University (Rome). He has had a remarkable impact on his disciples and on the scientific research of mystical literature. This volume offers a selection of his articles, in various languages, dealing with the history of mystical literature and the methodology of the study of those texts, with the specific mystical terminology and some major spiritual writers, such as e.g. John of Ruusbroec, Gerlach Peters, Thomas a Kempis and Maria Petyt. The second part of this volume consists of contributions in memory of Albert Deblaere by a number of scholars who have been inspired by him: Joseph Alaerts, Herwig Arts, Johan Bonny, Alvaro Cacciotti, Rob Faesen, Paul van Geest, Max Huot de Longchamp, Paul Mommaers and Paul Verdeyen.
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Peeters Publishers Dit Mateloze Verlangen: Pareltjes Van Nederlandse
Book Synopsis"De moderne mens leeft in een tijdperk van leegte, van spirituele leegte, van godsverduistering. Zijn spirituele honger wordt duidelijk in de vele sekten, die overal bloeien." Zo sprak Max Wildiers op zijn 90ste verjaardag, terugblikkend en vooruitblikkend. "Ex oriente lux." Het is begrijpelijk dat veel moderne mensen, al dan niet verdwaald op hun zoektocht naar de zin, aangetrokken worden door de boodschap van oosterse religies, waarin meditatie en mystiek een sleutelpositie innemen. Wellicht is voor vele moderne westerlingen, op een vals spoor gebracht door een dogmatische godsdienst, de oosterse boodschap zo aantrekkelijk, omdat ervaring, de persoonlijke ervaring er een wezenlijke plaats inneemt. Zulke "religieuze migratie" kan alleen maar worden toegejuicht, natuurlijk op voorwaarde dat men voldoende sceptisch-kritisch blijft tegenover de verleidelijke boodschap van sommige oosterse goeroe's. Toch gaan sommigen het misschien te ver zoeken, ook uit onwetendheid. Er is en blijft inderdaad nog een grote onwetendheid zowel nopens de Nederlandse als de Rijnlandse mystiek. De Nederlandse mystiek beperkt zich niet tot Beatrijs van Nazareth, tot Hadewijch en Ruusbroeck, evenmin als de Rijnlandse mystiek beperkt blijft tot Eckhart of Hildegard von Bingen. Dit boekje, als derde in de rij, wil uit de schitterende kralensnoer van de Nederlandse en Rijnlandse mystiek slechts enkele parels aanbieden aan de aandachtige lezer(es). Hoe bescheiden, ja soms onbekend deze verschillende parels van bijdragen ook nog zijn, toch waait door allen de Geest. Het blijft de verwachting van de uitgevers dat zij inspiratie mogen bieden aan velen op hun levenstocht en om, om spiritueel gesterkt, de levenstocht voort te zetten met mystieke hartstocht.
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Peeters Publishers Mystical Discourse in Wordsworth and Whitman: A
Book SynopsisIn "Mystical Discourse" D.J. Moores builds on the work of current transatlantic scholarship in a lucid analysis of the connections between William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman. As he demonstrates, the "transatlantic bridge" between both poets lies in their privileging of a type of mystical language he calls "cosmic" rhetoric, which served the function of ideological resistance, as it enabled them to rebel against Enlightenment modes of thinking and being. In a thorough engagement with the work of Wordsworth and Whitman, Moores shows that the cosmic rhetoric of both writers involves a subversive reorientation towards self and society, nature and God, and knowledge and religion, as well as a radical revisioning of language and poetics.
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Peeters Publishers In Goddelijke Liefde Geborgen. I. Ruusbroec Te
Book SynopsisSinds enkele jaren is er een groeiende interesse voor mystiek, vooral voor de oosterse mystiek. Er is en blijft echter nog een grote onwetendheid zowel nopens de Nederlandse als de Rijnlandse mystiek. In het eerste deel van het voorliggende boek zijn een aantal bijdragen gebundeld die het verslag zijn van een colloquium georganiseerd door het Instituut voor de Studie van Spiritualiteit aan de Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen van de KU Leuven. Het colloquium had als thema: "Jan van Ruusbroec: Overgave in christelijke mystieke context." Het tweede deel laat ons met vijftiende- en zestiende-eeuwse mystieke literatuur uit de Lage Landen kennismaken. De artikels suggereren de doorwerking van Ruusbroecs mystieke spiritualiteit na de Middeleeuwen. Dit boekje, als vijfde in de rij, wil uit het schitterende kralensnoer van de Nederlandse en de Rijnlandse mystiek slechts enkele parels aanbieden. Hoe bescheiden, ja soms onbekend deze verschillende parels ook nog zijn, toch waait door allen de Geest. Het blijft de verwachting van de uitgevers dat zij inspiratie mogen bieden aan velen op hun levenstocht en om, spiritueel gesterkt, de levenstocht voort te zetten met mystieke hartstocht.
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Peeters Publishers Embraced by the Father and the Son in the Unity
Book SynopsisReaders, particularly those in the English-speaking world, will be delighted to receive this new study of the thought of the fourteenth century mystic of the Low Countries, Jan van Ruusbroec, one of the titans of the mystical life. For Ruusbroec, renowned master of mystical literature, the mystery of the Trinity constitutes the foundation of the mystical life. In his tractates, trinitarian mysticism meets trinitarian theology to a striking degree. In this most welcome study, Lieve Uyttenhove presents a comprehensive systematic theological exploration of Ruusbroec's trinitarian mysticism and offers new insights into Ruusbroec's thought, arguing that Ruusbroec saw no essential difference between God's inner-trinitarian life of love and God's life of love in relation to humanity and that the source of God's flowing-out (inden uutvloeiene) and drawing-back (inden weder invloeyene) is the unity of the Holy Spirit. In her careful textual study, Uyttenhove also explores the much discussed issue of the relationship of Ruusbroec's thought to that of Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Hadewijch, William of Saint Thierry, Richard of Saint Victor, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and Meister Eckhart. Here is also a rich and valuable resource for all those interested in reconnecting theology and mysticism.
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Peeters Publishers Amo Te, Sacer Ordo Carthusiensis: Jan De Grauwe,
Book SynopsisLe present livre est le premier numero de la nouvelle serie Studia Cartusiana qui paraitra comme sous-serie de la serie bien connue Miscellanea Neerlandica. Pour la premiere publication dans cette serie, les editeurs en chef Frans Hendrickx et Tom Gaens ont opte pour une reedition de certains articles extraits des actes publies - a titre personnel - a l'occasion de deux congres cartusiens et qui ne sont jamais parus dans les Analecta Cartusiana, serie dans laquelle sont publies regulierement depuis quatre decennies les articles presentes lors de congres internationaux traitant de l'histoire et de la spiritualite des chartreux. Cela concerne, d'une part, le congres qui s'est tenu du 16 au 19 septembre 1982 dans les trois villes flamandes Gand, Anvers et Bruges et, d'autre part, celui qui fut organise dans l'ancienne chartreuse de Zelem pres de Diest du 1 au 3 octobre 2001. La ou ce fut possible, les editeurs ont soumis aux auteurs les articles repris dans cet ouvrage afin de leur permettre d'y apporter des corrections ou des ajouts. De plus ils ont ajoute de nouvelles contributions, entre autres sur le chartreux diestois Pierre Dorlant a qui on a attribue la moralite Elckerlijc; cette attribution constitue, depuis la fin du 19e siecle, un des problemes les plus irritants de l'histoire de la litterature dramatique flamande medievale. Les deux congres precites ont un lien direct avec Jan De Grauwe. Il a su garder l'Ordre vivant a l'esprit de beaucoup et l'a sortit de l'anonymat, grace a ses innombrables etudes et conferences sur l'existence historique des chartreux dans les anciens Pays-Bas et par ses contacts personnels avec l'Ordre. Cette publication est pour nous l'occasion de reiterer toutes nos marques d'estime pour Jan De Grauwe, le grand connaisseur de l'histoire des chartreux dans nos contrees depuis les annees soixante-dix du 20e siecle. Il a trace le chemin a suivre et poser les jalons pour la recherche future, fondamentale et approfondie, dans les differents domaines de la science cartusienne.
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