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141	Nygnosticism i Matrixtrilogin : en studie av vårt gnostiska arv i dagens mediala berättande Söderhäll, Marie January 2004 (has links) Uppsatsen består framför allt av en jämförelse mellan de nygnostiska inslagen i filmerna Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions samt Animatrix och den antika versionen av gnosticism. Jag har speciellt använt mig av Valentinus kosmogoni hämtad ur H. Jonas bok ”The Gnosic Religion”, för denna jämförelse. Hela arbetet sträcker sig dock över flera områden och ämnen som historia, genus, sociala och politiska förändringar, våra media och existentiella spörsmål i västvärlden idag mm. Eftersom gnosticismen delvis uppstod och formades i nära förhållande till kristendomen, samt levde vidare under ytan av det etablerade fram till nyligen, finns det flera paralleller mellan dåtid och nutid. Idag är ett tydligt tecken på detta New Age, det samlingsbegrepp som rymmer så mycket men som likt gnosticismen delar på många föreställningar. T.ex. människans vilja till förmåga bortanför och utöver materien/kroppen, hennes eget inre gudomliggörande och behovet av en transcendent messias mm. Profana likheter kan vara pessimism, nihilism, känslan av en konstgjord och overklig verklighet, verklighetsflykt mm. På ett annat plan handlar uppsatsen om människans mytologiserade/andliga psykologi, dels om Jungs arketypiska psykologi och dels om nyandlig mystik. Hur de kliver in och tar över tomrummet i den traditionellt vetenskapliga och rationella värld vi ”mytlösa” lever i. Den religiösa mystiken var en allmän realitet förr i tiden, men blev s.a.s. bortrationaliserad i upplysningens och senare protestantismens era. Människans belägenhet i den tekniskt avancerade världen har förändrat mycket, också hennes psyke. Bröderna Wachowskis filmverk visar också tydligt på den gnostiska versionen av uppdelningen mellan omedvetna, medvetna och upplysta. Att ”felet” med människan är hennes okunskap om den yttre verkligheten, och att räddningen ligger i ett introvert sökande efter sanningen. Uppsatsens helhet rör sig alltså både i det yttre och det inre, likt Matrixtrilogin och ny/gnosticismen, över tid och rum samt mellan olika tekniska mediala medel. Matrix Matrixtrilogin gnosticism nygnosticism gnostisk tro mytologi New Age jungiansk psykologi hermetism Valentinus kosmogoni Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi History of religion Religionshistoria Faith and reason Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap Film Filmvetenskap HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP
142	Le rôle de l’imagination dans l’expérience spirituelle d’Ibn al-ʿArabī et de Jakob Böhme Proulx, Daniel 11 1900 (has links) Henry Corbin a écrit qu’« un Maître Eckhart et un Jacob Boehme eussent parfaitement compris Ibn ʿArabî, et réciproquement. » Mais comment assurer ce dialogue et cette compréhension réciproque pressentie par Henry Corbin? Cette recherche porte essentiellement sur les conditions de possibilités de ce dialogue, puisque la comparaison entre Ibn al-ʿArabī et Böhme n’est encore qu’à ses balbutiements. En choisissant le prisme de l’imagination, le but est double : pouvoir traiter de manière non réductrice les phénomènes spirituels en parcourant et analysant la logique spécifique de l’imagination ; et, sous l’égide de la hiérohistoire, explorer le rôle de l’imagination dans la métaphysique et l’éthique d’Ibn al-ʿArabī et de Böhme. Il s’agit donc d’essayer de lire Ibn al-ʿArabī et Böhme comme ils lisaient eux-mêmes le Livre révélé de leur tradition respective. Au final, il appert que le théophanisme caractéristique tant de la métaphysique d’Ibn al-ʿArabī que de celle de Böhme est une riche terre d’accueil de l’imagination et de l’imaginal. Et que, si la comparaison strictu sensu entre Ibn al-ʿArabī et Böhme est impossible, l’esprit comparatif et transdisciplinaire de cette recherche, ainsi que la méthode phénoménologico-herméneutique, offrent de nouvelles avenues de réappropriation pour l’ensemble des phénomènes spirituels. / Henry Corbin wrote that a “Meister Eckhart and Jacob Boehme would fully understand Ibn ʿArabî, and vice versa.” But how can we ensure this dialogue and mutual understanding anticipated by Henry Corbin? This research is essentially on the conditions of possibilities of this dialogue, especially because the comparison between Ibn al-ʿArabī and Böhme is still in its infancy. By choosing the prism of the imagination, the goal is twofold: approach spiritual phenomena in a non-reductive way by browsing and analyzing the specific logic of imagination; and, under the auspices of the concept of hierohistory, explore the role of imagination in the metaphysics and ethics of Ibn al-ʿArabī and Böhme. It is therefore an effort to read Ibn al-ʿArabī and Böhme as they read themselves the revealed book of their respective tradition. Finally, it appears that the theophanism characteristic of the metaphysics of both Ibn al-ʿArabī and Böhme is a rich haven for imagination and imaginal. If the comparison between Ibn al-ʿArabī and Böhme is stricto sensu impossible, the comparative and transdisciplinary spirit of this research, as well as its the phenomenological-hermeneutic method, opens up new avenues of re-appropriation for all spirituals phenomena. Ibn al-ʿArabī Jakob Böhme Mysticisme Imagination Imaginal Mundus imaginalis Hiérohistoire Transdisciplinarité Comparatisme spirituel Herméneutique Phénoménologie Éthique Métaphysique Gnosticisme Mysticism Hierohistory Transdisciplinarity Spiritual comparativism Hermeneutics Phenomenology Ethics Metaphysics Gnosticism
143	Syncretism, Cosmology And Sexology In The Neo-Gnostic Doctrine Of Samael Aun Weor Nilsson, Thomas January 2022 (has links) Abstract. The overall aim of this study is to examine the Neo-Gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor (1917-1977). The research question will inquire his main ideas in relation to syncretism, cosmology, and sexology. Accordingly, based on the theoretical perspectives of Antoine Faivre, the gnostic doctrine of Samael Aun Weor is summarized, compared and examined in the light of the definitions of western esotericism. The purpose is on one hand to make an exploration of a relatively unknown esoteric author and on the other hand to place his vast teachings and interpretations within the esoteric context and in relation to the new era discourse. Methodically, a qualitative text analysis will be used to explore several books written by Samael Aun Weor which are further analysed with the help of secondary sources. The study concludes that the Neo-Gnostic ideology of Samael Aun Weor, despite being placed by scholars within the new era discourse, additionally matches within the framework of classical esotericism and that furthermore reveals revived and combined perspectives with interpretations that have seldom been transmitted before. Samael Aun Weor gnosis neo-Gnosticism esotericism syncretism cosmology sexual magic religious sexology. History of Religions Religionshistoria Religious Studies Religionsvetenskap Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Filosofi, etik och religion History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria
144	The Influence of Israelite Temple Rites and Early Christian Esoteric Rites on the Development of Christian Baptism Wilkins, Ryan T. 06 December 2011 (has links) (PDF) This thesis seeks to answer the question of the origin of some of the most fundamental additions made to early Christian baptism. Christian baptism began in a relatively simple liturgical form, but became, by the fourth century, a much more dramatic set of initiation rituals. Among the added elements to baptism were washing ceremonies in the nude, physical anointing with oil, being marked or signed with the cross on the forehead, and receiving white garments. Scholars have proposed different theories as to the origins of these baptismal rituals. Some claim the elements existed in the New Testament practice of the rite. Others have supposed that the Christian church adopted the elements from either the Jewish synagogue or from contemporary pagan modes of initiation. This thesis argues that the initiation rituals of the Israelite tabernacle and temple provide a much more likely source for the added elements of Christian baptism. The esoteric practices of the temple priests became the esoteric tradition of early Christianity. The rites of this temple-oriented esoteric tradition in both the Old and New Testaments parallel, and may have been the origin for, the evolutions made to Christian baptism during the third and fourth centuries of the church. Christian groups such as the Valentinians provide evidence of higher esoteric rites being interpreted as baptism. Somehow the esoteric rites of the Israelite temple and the esoteric rites of early Christianity were adopted into the practice of Christian baptism. Baptism early Christianity tabernacle temple esoteric tradition tabernacle initiation Gnosticism washings anointing garments Cyril of Jerusalem Clement of Alexandria Origen Secret Gospel of Mark Gospel of Philip New Testament priests kings Revelation Valentinianism Hippolytus Biblical Studies Other Religion
145	Jesus or Moses? on how to know the manifestation of God in John 9:24-41 Muderhwa, Barhatulirwa Vincent 30 June 2005 (has links) This study investigates, via the socio-rhetorical approach, how the Jewish-Christian conflict that occurred during the formative period of early Christianity, and the environment contemporary to the writing of John, took shape around three main questions to which the researcher's answers are given. The event described in John 9 is an historical and significant illustration of the conflict. Jesus is shown rhetorically, by the writer, as the Son of Man, in whom "divine reality" operates away from the temple or other traditionally sacred places like the synagogue, and finds a new locality in the persona of Jesus himself. From a polemical view, John endeavours to portray Jesus as holy man, the only one to mediate heavenly and earthly realities, and that is why Jesus is presented as the real locus of the encounter between God and human beings, a locus of the divine presence, or "the conduit for the transmission of the divine." / New Testament / MTH (NEW TESTAMENT) Pharisees 'Jews' Gnosticism Mediterranean world Graeco-Roman world loyalty Johannine community judgment exegesis faith and signs Messiah Manifestation of God worship light Prophet Man from God Lord or God Sabbath Holy man Moses Jesus Son of Man 'to know' or 'not to know' 'pisteuein eis'
146	GLI "EXCERPTA EX THEODOTO" DI CLEMENTE ALESSANDRINO Introduzione, testo, traduzione e commento / GLI EXCERPTA EX THEODOTO DI CLEMENTE ALESSANDRINO. INTRODUZIONE, TESTO, TRADUZIONE E COMMENTO / The "Excerpta ex Theodoto" of Clement of Alexandria. Introduction, text, translation, commentary CHIAPPARINI, GIULIANO 08 June 2017 (has links) L'opera presenta una nuova edizione critica del testo greco degli "Estratti da Teodoto" di Clemente Alessandrino oltre alla prima traduzione italiana completa. Alcuni capitoli introduttivi e un esteso commento permettono di apprezzare la ricchezza di contenuti di questa fonte di inizio III sec. per lo studio dello gnosticismo, letteratura cristiana antica, patristica e storia del dogma. Gli "Estratti da Teodoto" non sono una raccolta di frammenti originali copiati da fonti gnostiche principalmente valentiniane, come si crede abitualmente. Ad un'analisi approfondita essi appaiono come una collezione di tredici frammenti tratti dalle "Ipotiposi", un'opera perduta di Clemente. La natura e il contenuto di questi frammenti mostrano che la tradizionale suddivisione degli ETh in quattro sezioni (Sagnard) non è ricevibile. Deve pure essere abbandonato il tentativo di individuare precisamente le parti 'valentiniane' e 'clementine'. Clemente riporta raramente citazioni letterali tratte dalle sue fonti, mentre molto spesso presenta le dottrine 'eterodosse' in modo indiretto, proponendo delle sintesi ('epitomes'). Nella prima parte degli ETh Clemente presenta e discute soprattutto dottrine valentiniane, probabilmente 'orientali'. Tuttavia, a partire principalmente dal frammento 11 illustra il pensiero di Teodoto. Costui sembra abbia sviluppato e modificato dottrine del valentinianesimo 'occidentale', come dimostra il confronto con la 'Grande Notizia' di Ireneo. / The work presents a new critical edition of the greek text of "Excerpta ex Theodoto" of Clement of Alexandria together with the first complete Italian translation. Some introductory chapters and an extensive commentary allow you to appreciate the richness of the contents of this early third century source for the study of Gnosticism, ancient Christian literature, patristic and history of dogma. The ETh are not a collection of original fragments copied from Gnostic sources mainly valentinian, as believed to routinely. For an in-depth analysis they appear to be a compilation of thirteen fragments from "Hypotyposeis", lost work of Clement. The nature and extent of these fragments show that the traditional division of the ETh in four sections is unacceptable. It must also be abandoned the attempt to accurately identify 'valentinian' and 'clementinian' parts. Clement shows a few quotes verbatim from his sources. Very often shows 'heterodox' doctrines indirectly proposing summaries ('epitomes'). In the first part of the collection Clement presents and discusses especially valentinian doctrines, probably 'eastern'. Instead, starting mainly from the fragment 11, he presents the Theodotus thought. He seems develope and modify doctrines of 'western' valentinianism, as demonstrated by the comparison with the 'Great Notice' of Irenaeus. M-FIL/06: STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA M-STO/06: STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI
147	O animal enfermo: pessimismo antropológico e a possibilidade gnóstica na obra de Emil Cioran Menezes, Rodrigo Inácio Ribeiro Sá 08 August 2007 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigo Inacio Ribeiro Sa Menezes.pdf: 1734759 bytes, checksum: c1bc6f6f7284e9e3da24350e1be4f158 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-08 / Focusing on the works of the Rumanian philosopher Emil Cioran (1911-1995), this study proposes an anthropological approach in order to elucidate the author s conception regarding human being. Cioran s writings portrait man as an essentially infirm being, idea from which this study takes off so as to explain what lies behind his anthropological pessimism. For such, it takes gathering, analyzing and interpreting the reflections offered by him on human being his origins, condition, history and destiny and that are spread out throughout his books. Besides, some of his critics will contribute to sustain the hypothesis: more than just a philosopher, Cioran is a religious thinker, whose pessimistic conception regarding human condition is rooted in gnostic soil. As it is intended to be demonstrated, his connections with gnosticism go way beyond a mere intellectual affinity, involving as well a kinship with the bogomils, a gnostic sect which settled in the Balkans during the Middle Ages and which is supposed to have had a significant role in shaping Rumania s cultural identity. Furthermore, it intends to argue that the crisis of insomnia endured by Cioran in his youth period has a cognitive and spiritual character allowing her to be interpreted as a gnosis. At last, this study commits itself with sustaining the following thesis: much more than his readings, it is rather his insomniac experience that turns out to be the decisive event responsible to shape his thought from then on, including his world and man view / Tendo a obra do filósofo romeno Emil Cioran (1911-1995) como objeto, este estudo parte de um recorte antropológico cuja intenção é lançar luzes sobre sua concepção de ser humano. Está presente em sua obra a idéia do homem como um animal enfermo por natureza, sendo este o ponto de partida que nos levará à compreensão do que está por trás do seu pessimismo antropológico. Para tanto, busca reunir, analisar e interpretar as diversas reflexões que o autor desenvolve sobre o ser humano sua origem, condição, história e destino e que se encontram espalhadas através de seus livros. Além de contar com alguns comentadores que contribuem para sustentar a hipótese: mais do que um filósofo, Cioran é um pensador de cunho religioso, cuja concepção pessimista acerca da condição humana encontra raízes no pensamento gnóstico. Conforme pretende demonstrar, sua relação com o gnosticismo vai muito além de uma mera afinidade intelectual, envolvendo também um parentesco com os bogomilos, seita gnóstica que habitou os Bálcãs durante a Idade Média e que teria influenciado profundamente a alma romena. Além disso, tentará mostrar que a crise de insônia sofrida por Cioran na juventude possui um sentido cognitivo e espiritual profundo que permite interpretá-la como uma gnose. Por fim, este estudo se compromete a sustentar a seguinte tese central: mais do que suas leituras, é a experiência de insônia o acontecimento decisivo que determinará todo seu pensamento posterior, sua visão de mundo assim como de ser humano Cioran Enfermidade Doença Filosofia Antropologia teológica Metafísica Ser humano Condição humana Religião Mal Bogomilos Gnosticismo Gnose Pessimismo Gnosticismo Antropologia filosofica Homem (Teologia) Cioran Pessimism Infirmity Illness Sickness Philosophy Theological anthropology Metaphysics Human being Human condition Religion Evil Bogomils Gnosticism Gnosis CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::TEOLOGIA
148	Worshipping with the wealth creationists : co-constructing meaning and purpose through entrepreneurship education Gregory, Julie Caroline January 2016 (has links) A dynamic movement known as wealth creation education attracts many thousands of people seeking education for the vocation of an entrepreneur in the UK. Entrepreneurship education in these collectives includes venturing know-how but also co-constructs existential meaning and purpose for adherents, a role traditionally fulfilled by religion. This emergent sectarian movement is identified as wealth creationism. Led by charismatic entrepreneurs this newly identified research domain represents rich opportunities to study entrepreneurs in naturally arising settings, but has been neglected and understudied. While publicly subsidised educational support for small-business owners has suffered from low uptake, this study provides new knowledge about the kind of education that is engaged with in large numbers, despite being more expensive. This inquiry critically examines the attraction of these educational collectives and evaluates the social processes of eight wealth creation education providers in England. Teaching content and methods were also investigated. This qualitative study takes an interpreted approach through a social constructionism perspective. Using grounded theory methodology the providers were initially researched through participative observation in the educational settings followed by theoretically sampling data with various collection methods. Interdisciplinary theories, including the sociology of religion, accounted for findings, which were analysed at the meso-group level. The movement teaches entrepreneurship know-how and 'mindset' - ways of thinking and being. Insulating directives of behaviour and the construction of stigmatised out-groups maintain social boundaries. Employing similar narrative features and resources as religious sects, the socially constructed co-extensive nomos and cosmos privileges esoteric knowledge and is closely identified with modern Gnosticism. Participants do not acknowledge religious interpretations of their activities, yet three North American authors provide plausible canonical works that legitimise the movement. Wealth Creationists display entrepreneurial chauvinism, which equates employment with bondage, viewing the employed as slaves. Adherents choose educators with perceived entrepreneurial credibility to lead them on a purposeful mission for the type of knowledge that promises emancipation. This study is significant for both researchers of entrepreneurs and the sociology of religion. It offers participating entrepreneurs critical insights into the charismatic settings, which can be both enabling and disabling for venturing. This study has implications for academics engaged in outreach to small-business owners who may learn from the marketing tactics of these groups, although academics may still lack perceived credibility. Insights into business group formation will be of interest to business group researchers. A map of educational provision may interest researchers and educators of small and microbusiness owners, and those from the fields of entrepreneurial learning. 338
149	Jesus or Moses? on how to know the manifestation of God in John 9:24-41 Muderhwa, Barhatulirwa Vincent 30 June 2005 (has links) This study investigates, via the socio-rhetorical approach, how the Jewish-Christian conflict that occurred during the formative period of early Christianity, and the environment contemporary to the writing of John, took shape around three main questions to which the researcher's answers are given. The event described in John 9 is an historical and significant illustration of the conflict. Jesus is shown rhetorically, by the writer, as the Son of Man, in whom "divine reality" operates away from the temple or other traditionally sacred places like the synagogue, and finds a new locality in the persona of Jesus himself. From a polemical view, John endeavours to portray Jesus as holy man, the only one to mediate heavenly and earthly realities, and that is why Jesus is presented as the real locus of the encounter between God and human beings, a locus of the divine presence, or "the conduit for the transmission of the divine." / New Testament / MTH (NEW TESTAMENT) Pharisees 'Jews' Gnosticism Mediterranean world Graeco-Roman world loyalty Johannine community judgment exegesis faith and signs Messiah Manifestation of God worship light Prophet Man from God Lord or God Sabbath Holy man Moses Jesus Son of Man 'to know' or 'not to know' 'pisteuein eis'
150	Var Jung religiös? : hur såg i så fall hans gudsbild ut? Eriksson, Alva January 2007 (has links) <p>Carl Gustav Jung växte upp i en prästfamilj och kom redan i barndomen i kontakt med den religiösa problematiken. Jung har tidiga starka Gudsupplevelser men föreställde sig inte Gud på samma sätt som fadern gjorde. För denne var Gud bibelns och dogmatikens Gud medan Carl Gustavs Gud var snarare en panteistisk naturgud, stundom konkretiserad i ren fetischdyrkan. Hans religiösa föreställningar var lika mycket förbundna med underjordiska makter, med magi och trolldom. Carl Gustav Jungs konfirmation blev en stark besvikelse och efter denna tog han mer och mer avstånd ifrån den kristna religionen. Han hade under tonåren djupa tvivel som han inte kunde dela med någon i sin omgivning utan förde en inre diskussion mellan sina personligheter 1 och 2. Successivt kom han att utforska det kollektivt omedvetna framförallt under sin kris efter brytningen med Freud och individuationen och Självet kom att bli det som i första hand uppfyllde hans liv och tankar. Även om den analytiska psykologin som han utarbetade var ägnad som en terapi vid psykisk sjukdom har den i dagsläget ingen större plats i arsenalen. Jung har däremot kommit att få stor betydelse för New-Age-rörelsen och även för det så kallade tolvstegsprogrammet där Jung har tillskrivits äran av att ha tillfört den andliga dimensionen.</p> Case study I know Richard Noll Anthony Stevens New Age Fin de siècle Helen Preiswerk Richard von Krafft-Ebing Jungiansk psykologi Gudsbild Gudsupplevelser Svar på Job Mitt liv Traumatiska upplevelser Manick Arketyp Psykisk energi Neofili Analytiska psykologi Spiritismen Mytologi Tolvstegsrörelsen Symbol Omedvetet Numinöst Nyandlighet Självet Gnosticism Ångest Panteism Länkrörelsen Fetisch Komplex Ivar Alm Carl Gustav Jung C. G. Jung Libido Zofingia Psychology of religion Religionspsykologi HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi

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