Fairies, Mermaids, and Other Mystical Creatures

Автор: Arzy Shahar, Idel Moshe, Arzy S.
Название: Kabbalah: A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences
ISBN: 0300152361 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300152364
Издательство: Wiley yUP
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Описание: "In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ecstatic mystical experiences, the authors endeavor to decode the brain mechanisms underlying these phenomena. Arzy and Idel analyze first-person descriptions to explore the Kabbalistic techniques employed by most prominent Jewish mystics to effect bodily reduplications, dissociations, and other phenomena, and compare them with recent neurological observations and modern-day laboratory experiments. The resultant study offers readers a scientific, more brain-based understanding of how ecstatic Kabbalists achieved their most precious mystical experiences. The study further demonstrates how these Kabbalists have long functioned as pioneering investigators of the human self"--

Автор: Akbarnia
Название: Lights of the Sufis - The Mystical Arts of Islam
ISBN: 0300164645 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300164640
Издательство: Wiley yUP
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Описание: Introduces the complex and multilayered topic of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, by focusing on its expression in the visual arts and offers insights into the integrative and fluid nature of the Sufi experience that has solicited strong reactions - both negative and positive - in Muslims and non-Muslims alike for several hundred years.