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511	Pharaonic Occultism: The Relationship of Esotericism and Egyptology, 1875–1930 McLaren, Kevin Todd 01 September 2016 (has links) (PDF) The purpose of this work is to explore the interactions between occultism and scholarly Egyptology from 1875 to 1930. Within this timeframe, numerous esoteric groups formed that centered their ideologies on conceptions of ancient Egyptian knowledge. In order to legitimize their belief systems based on ancient Egyptian wisdom, esotericists attempted to become authoritative figures on Egypt. This process heavily impacted Western intellectualism not only because occult conceptions of Egypt became increasingly popular, but also because esotericists intruded into academia or attempted to overshadow it. In turn, esotericists and Egyptologists both utilized the influx of new information from Egyptological studies to shape their identities, consolidate their ideologies, and maintain authority on the value of ancient Egyptian knowledge. This thesis follows the Egypt-centered developments of the Freemasons, the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley's A∴A∴, the Theosophical Society, the Anthroposophical Society, and the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis to demonstrate that esotericism evolved simultaneously with academia as a body of knowledge. By examining these fraternal occult groups' interactions with Egyptology, it can be better understood how esotericism has affected Western intellectualism, how ideologies form in response to new information, and the effects of becoming an authority on bodies of knowledge (in particular Egyptological knowledge). In turn, embedded in this work is a challenge to those who have downplayed or overlooked the agency of esotericists in shaping the Western intellectual tradition and preserving the legacy of ancient Egypt. Egyptology occultism esotericism Western Esoteric Tradition intellectualism Egypt Ancient Philosophy European History History of Philosophy History of Religion History of Religions of Western Origin Intellectual History New Religious Movements Other History
512	The Christian thought of Doctor Toyohiko Kagawa and his social works and movements Iimura, Eiichi 01 January 1936 (has links) (PDF) The world recognizes Toyohiko Kagawa as the St. Francis of Japan. His heart is one of pure love like that of St. Francis, but his battle has not been carried on by means of the sermon in a religious denomination. With a heart of love Kagawa has stood in the streets and would save the lives of the people. This is because he was born in 20th century Japan and not in Italy of the Middle Ages. Fifteen hundred years after the fall of ancient Rome the world once more is about to undergo a mighty change. At this time when a great tide, as it were, is surging up from the broad Pacific a lone Japanese, blessed with keen intuition and deep affection, has come into the world, and is walking in the midst of Japanese society with giant strides. He is a young man, not yet fifty years of age. He has still many years of life on earth. When his saintly journey from village to country, from country to the world, comes to an end, what kind of conditions will he leave behind? Toyohiko Kagawa Japan History Social works Social movements Christianity Arts and Humanities Asian History Christianity East Asian Languages and Societies History History of Religion History of Religions of Western Origin Japanese Studies Missions and World Christianity Religion Social and Behavioral Sciences
513	To Be Magic: The Art Of Ana Mendieta Through an Ecofeminist Lens Baker, Elizabeth Ann 01 January 2016 (has links) Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-born American artist whose unique body of work incorporated performance, activism, Earth art, installation, and the Afro-Cuban practices of Santería. She began her career at the University of Iowa, were she initially received her degree in painting in 1969. It was not until 1972 that Mendieta shifted radically to performance art. Though she was raised Catholic, she developed an interest in the rituals involved with Santería, a culturally predominant Cuban religion, and it deeply influenced her work in her choice of materials and settings. Santería is one of the major faith-based lifestyles of Cuba and is characterized by a synthesis of Afro-Cuban and Catholic characteristics, along with its own unique teachings and rituals. Also a prominent theme in Mendieta’s work was her sense of displacement and her insatiable desire to reconcile her Cuban heritage, which she attempts to resolve, not only through her art, but also during several trips to Cuba. Greater still in its contribution of influence to Mendieta’s work was the ecofeminist movement which amalgamated elements of the feminist and environmental movements; Ecofeminism’s emergence in the United States coincided with the rise of Mendieta’s career during the 1970’s. The movement focused on the correlation between the oppression, degradation, and exploitation of women and the oppression, degradation, and exploitation of the Earth. This thesis examines the life of Ana Mendieta and analyzes how her works may be viewed in an ecofeminist context. It analyzes how Mendieta’s work acts as a reflection of her cultural, social, and political reality and discusses ways in which characteristics of Santería and ecofeminism as a discourse influenced the imagery and symbolism used in Mendieta’s artwork throughout her brief career. Formal analysis of Mendieta’s artwork and contextual and historical analysis of Mendieta’s life, the ecofeminist discourse, and Afro-Cuban spirituality are explored in this research. Ecofeminism Mendieta Santeria Dualism Cuba Earth-Body Performance Art Identity Art Earth Art Hans Breder Carl Andre University of Iowa Cultural History History of Religion Latin American History Modern Art and Architecture Theory and Criticism Women's History Women's Studies
514	Panorama of Popular Haitian Music and Folklore St Jean, Jean Wilner S 01 January 2017 (has links) Haitian music has been influenced by the people who lived on the island from the native before the Columbus discovered Haiti to the United States occupation. This country is rich in culture which has impacted by the Creole identity. The overview of the different kind of Haitian music by categories and subcategories from the beginning to now. The government, the religion, the social class, and population play an important role in the popularity and acceptance of certain music. Haitian music Haitian folklore Haitian dance Creole identity Compas voodoo Ethnomusicology Folklore History of Religion Other History Other International and Area Studies Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Other Religion Social and Cultural Anthropology
515	La modernité tunisienne dévoilée : une étude autour de la femme célibataire Wagner, Madison 01 January 2019 (has links) This thesis explains recent accounts of discrimination and cutbacks in reproductive health spaces in Tunisia. Complicating dominant analyses, which attribute these events to the post-revolution political atmosphere which has allowed the proliferation of islamic extremism, I interpret these instances as a manifestation of a deeply rooted stigma against sexually active single women. I trace this stigma’s inception to the contradictory way that Habib Bourguiba conceptualized modernity after independence, and the responsibility he assigned to Tunisian women to embody that modernity. This responsibility remains salient today, and is putting Tunisian women in an increasingly untenable and vulnerable position. After independence, Bourguiba instated a series of policies and programs aimed at demonstrating the modernity of Tunisia. The success of Tunisia’s modernization was determined, and continues to be determined by the woman’s social transformation and embodiment of modernist values. Bourguiba’s modernist platform was constituted not only by typically ‘Western’ values, such as economic prosperity, family planning, education, and gender equality, but was also deeply informed by the islamic and cultural values that hold the woman’s primordial role to be mother and wife, and expect her to abstain from sex until marriage. The modern Tunisia woman thus became expected to both obtain higher levels of education and actively participate in the public sphere, and also uphold virtues around premarital virginity, marriage, and motherhood. Her fulfillment of these tasks marked the independent nation’s progress and modernity. Today, as more and more Tunisian women are increasingly empowered to fulfill one facet of their obligation and attend university, participate in the labor market, and make use of the growing contraceptive technologies available to them, they become more likely to postpone marriage and engage in premarital sexual relations. These latter behaviors transgress the second facet of the woman’s obligation, and threaten the very integrity of the modern nation. Women are thus becoming more and more subjected to societal punishment — stigma — which manifests in many forms, including discrimination in reproductive health care spaces. modernity islam sexuality stigma tunisia bourguiba Africana Studies African History African Languages and Societies European History Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies History of Gender History of Religion Near and Middle Eastern Studies Political History Political Theory Social and Cultural Anthropology
516	"The spirit of ayahuasca" : de kognitiva grunderna i erfarenheten av substansen ayahuasca: en fältstudie genomförd i Pisac, Peru Wallner, Johan January 2010 (has links) <p>This essay aims at understanding the experience of the use of <strong>ayahuasca</strong>, and similarities and differences between interview protocols and socio-cultural identities. The work is based on field studies conducted in the Peruvian Andes, in the village of Pisac September to November 2009. What has emerged is that the experience does not seem to be dependent on cultural manifestations as much as it is dependent on general human cognition. Theories have been applied on an empirical phenomenological descriptive study. Various brain activities, along with mental mechanisms contribute to a deeper understanding of the findings in the descriptive analysis.</p><p>It seems that the cultural differences, which I have classed as typological in the phenomenological study, mostly are expressions of meaning for the informants. Furthermore, I have argued that the typical mystical experience, or if you like religious experience, is an essentially biological phenomenon related to episodic memory dealing with experiences. The typological characteristics are products of the semantic memory and these characteristics are primarily linguistic and cultural phenomena. The socio-cultural identities express the basic experience of Ayahuasca and altered states of consciousness in fundamentally similar ways, because both groups share the same human cognition. Regarding these cognitive mechanisms, I have also argued that there are mechanisms such as ”Theory of mind” and ”Active detection device” which have been active in the experiences of ayahuasca.</p> fieldwork Peru ayahuasca Pisac altered states of consciousness science of the mind cognition cognitive psychology phenomenology perception vision meaning mysticism drugs druginduced experiences religionsantropologi fältarbete Peru ayahuasca Pisac förändrade medvetandetillstånd medvetandeforskning kognition kognitiv psykologi fenomenologi perception vision meningsskapande mystik droger droginducerade upplevelser HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi History of religion Religionshistoria Psychology of religion Religionspsykologi
517	Lindsberg : en kvalitativ undersökning av platsbunden entitetkontinuitet Duppils, Sara K. January 2010 (has links) <p>This essay is an analysis of a three-day participant observation with sensitive people in a house with <em>entity continuity</em>. The purpose was to investigate the possible experiences participants had during their stay. The method used was modified based theory with Jungian application. The investigation showed that the core category was a peculiar atmosphere which the participants related to a different world than the physical. The place’ atmosphere influenced the participants and led to transcendent experiences related to a spirit realm. The core category led to sub-categories, which consisted of participants’ experiences and the events surrounding them. A Jungian psychology test revealed that introverts have more and stronger sensations; and extraverted individuals were the only ones that had objective experiences and only few and weak subjective experiences.</p> jungiansk psykologi parapsykologi entiteter entitetsupplevelser spöken entitetkontinuitet religiösa upplevelser ESP jungiansk psykologi C. G. Jung hemsökt plats andar spöken poltergeist folktro folktroväsen förändrat medvetandetillstånd inbedda kyrkor atmosfär platsminne kvarvarande psykiska avtryck apparitioner numen animistiska teorier spiritistiska teorier det omedvetna Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi Psychology of religion Religionspsykologi History of religion Religionshistoria HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP
518	Djävulens nya kläder : Finns den personifierade djävulen idag? Van Der Kaay, David, Isaksson, Lars January 2010 (has links) Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och jämföra Djävulens funktion i dagens mest lättillgängliga och populära mediagenrer. I studien redogörs hur bilden av Djävulen uppstått med nedslag i Gamla testamentet fram till upplysningen. Mot denna bakgrund tolkas och analyseras hur och om denna gestalt återfinns i dagens mediasamhälle, med inriktning på filmerna Terror på Elm Street och 2012, tv-serien Lost och romanen Frankenstein av Mary Shelley. Huvudresultatet visar på att en kamp mellan det goda och det onda troligtvis alltid kommer att förekomma och medan djävulsgestalten i och med upplysningen tappar inflytande i kristendomen återfinns denne i diverse film, böcker och serier. symbolik symbolism djävulen statan bibeln kristendom gamla testamentet nya testamentet kyrkofäder dante alighieri häxor upplysningen frankenstein terror på elm street lost 2012 HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi Dogmatics with symbolics Dogmatik med symbolik History of religion Religionshistoria Sociology of religion Religionssociologi
519	"The spirit of ayahuasca" : de kognitiva grunderna i erfarenheten av substansen ayahuasca: en fältstudie genomförd i Pisac, Peru Wallner, Johan January 2010 (has links) This essay aims at understanding the experience of the use of ayahuasca, and similarities and differences between interview protocols and socio-cultural identities. The work is based on field studies conducted in the Peruvian Andes, in the village of Pisac September to November 2009. What has emerged is that the experience does not seem to be dependent on cultural manifestations as much as it is dependent on general human cognition. Theories have been applied on an empirical phenomenological descriptive study. Various brain activities, along with mental mechanisms contribute to a deeper understanding of the findings in the descriptive analysis. It seems that the cultural differences, which I have classed as typological in the phenomenological study, mostly are expressions of meaning for the informants. Furthermore, I have argued that the typical mystical experience, or if you like religious experience, is an essentially biological phenomenon related to episodic memory dealing with experiences. The typological characteristics are products of the semantic memory and these characteristics are primarily linguistic and cultural phenomena. The socio-cultural identities express the basic experience of Ayahuasca and altered states of consciousness in fundamentally similar ways, because both groups share the same human cognition. Regarding these cognitive mechanisms, I have also argued that there are mechanisms such as ”Theory of mind” and ”Active detection device” which have been active in the experiences of ayahuasca. fieldwork Peru ayahuasca Pisac altered states of consciousness science of the mind cognition cognitive psychology phenomenology perception vision meaning mysticism drugs druginduced experiences religionsantropologi fältarbete Peru ayahuasca Pisac förändrade medvetandetillstånd medvetandeforskning kognition kognitiv psykologi fenomenologi perception vision meningsskapande mystik droger droginducerade upplevelser HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi History of religion Religionshistoria Psychology of religion Religionspsykologi
520	Lindsberg : en kvalitativ undersökning av platsbunden entitetkontinuitet Duppils, Sara K. January 2010 (has links) This essay is an analysis of a three-day participant observation with sensitive people in a house with entity continuity. The purpose was to investigate the possible experiences participants had during their stay. The method used was modified based theory with Jungian application. The investigation showed that the core category was a peculiar atmosphere which the participants related to a different world than the physical. The place’ atmosphere influenced the participants and led to transcendent experiences related to a spirit realm. The core category led to sub-categories, which consisted of participants’ experiences and the events surrounding them. A Jungian psychology test revealed that introverts have more and stronger sensations; and extraverted individuals were the only ones that had objective experiences and only few and weak subjective experiences. jungiansk psykologi parapsykologi entiteter entitetsupplevelser spöken entitetkontinuitet religiösa upplevelser ESP jungiansk psykologi C. G. Jung hemsökt plats andar spöken poltergeist folktro folktroväsen förändrat medvetandetillstånd inbedda kyrkor atmosfär platsminne kvarvarande psykiska avtryck apparitioner numen animistiska teorier spiritistiska teorier det omedvetna Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi Psychology of religion Religionspsykologi History of religion Religionshistoria HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP

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