This work aims to delve into the inner world of the composer Federico Mompou (1893-1987) with special focus on the artistic and philosophic concepts that make his aesthetic so unique within music history. Thereore, apart from biographical data, the connections between his music and ideas that belong to the existentialist and pantheist movements will be presented. Nevertheless, the ultimate objective of this project is the configuration of a piano solo recital program which, containing works from different periods and composers shows the essence of Mompou's inner world to the audience. For that, I have focused on the part of that world that is presented in what I have called his "mystic music" (pieces inspired by the imagination of the spiritual, religious or magic universe). The process of selection of the program is fully explained and justified in the thesis.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NEVE IONE RIBEIRO GUIMARAES.pdf: 1107478 bytes, checksum: d66520ed027fab2b91051653d70a94f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-14 / This thesis aims to analyze Huberto Rohden s thought, Brazilian Christian philosopher, in his work The Sermon on the Mount , in a, about this teaching by Jesus Christ as described in the Gospel of Mathew (5-7). The author considers the authentic Christianity to be as it was lived in the beginning centuries, as it was lived by the disciples of Christ. The importance of the speech by Jesus Christ, the so called The Sermon on the Mount , is studied under this view by Rohden, as well as the identification of his thought s specific fields, such as the philosophy, the religion, the metaphysics, the mysticism, the intuition and the spiritual reasoning, the great lines of his thought. It is also studied the scientific, philosophical and religious perspectives which have influenced his thought, as well as Rohden s comprehension of the Sermon in relation to other theologians. We emphasize that Rohden unveils in his work Sermon the spiritual Reasoning, category (with no intention of limiting his thought) which makes the spiritual Self experience possible, with the understanding above the analytical understanding and sensorial. The intuition, another characteristic which influences Rohden s thought, is an approach which cannot be set apart from his written productions, as the mystic-intuitive that sought its connection with the Supreme Being. As the mystic, the approach taken in this thesis is connected to his religiosity, as a dimension which shows the divine essence, calling for the consciousness as to how we can experience God. The metaphysical approach, which is the search for the Being, is God in Rohden, the Supreme Reality, and not just, or only, the thought. It must be emphasized, however, that the Being, by its own nature, is unreachable in its transcendentalism, and also unreachable in its essence. / Esta tese tem por objetivo analisar o pensamento de Huberto Rohden, filósofo cristão brasileiro, a partir de sua obra: O Sermão da Montanha , na perspectiva univérsica, sobre este ensinamento de Jesus Cristo descrito no Evangelho de Mateus (5-7). O autor considera como autêntico Cristianismo, a vivência cristã como nos primeiros séculos, assim como foi praticada pelos discípulos de Cristo. A importância do discurso de Jesus: o chamado Sermão da Montanha , é estudado nesta visão de Rohden, como também a identificação do campo específico do pensamento do autor como a filosofia, a religião, a metafísica, a mística, a intuição e a razão espiritual que foram as grandes vertentes de seu pensamento. Também é estudada a perspectiva científica, filosófica e religiosa que influenciou seu pensamento assim como a compreensão de Rohden sobre o Sermão em relação a outros teólogos. Salienta-se que Rohden desvela nesta sua obra (Sermão) a Razão espiritual, categoria (sem querer fechar o seu pensamento) que possibilita a experiência do Eu espiritual, compreendendo-a acima do inteligir analítico e do sensorial. A intuição, outra característica que perpassa o pensamento de Rohden, é uma abordagem que não pode ser separada de sua produção escriturística, como místico-intuitivo que procurou sua ligação com o Ser Supremo. Quanto à mística, a abordagem que se faz nesta tese, está ligada à sua religiosidade, como uma dimensão que mostra a essência divina, remetendo à consciência de como podemos vivenciar Deus. A abordagem metafísica, que é a procura pelo Ser, este Ser em Rohden é Deus a Suprema Realidade e não apenas, ou somente, o pensamento. Saliente-se, contudo que o Ser pela sua própria natureza é inacessível na sua transcendentalidade e inacessível também em sua essência.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AZIZE MARIA YARED DE MEDEIROS.pdf: 1274502 bytes, checksum: 29ccf54a80bcbace6a44480cbf796b32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-12 / The object of this essay is to understand the mystic formulated by Henri Bergson, in his last work The Two Sources of Morality and Religion. The philosopher s reflections show two kinds of religious manifestations, which he called static and dynamic. The first one is characterized by institutionalized religions, with its dogmas and doctrines, whose traces are recognized as responsible for the processes of social cohesion. The second, known as dynamic, is related with the mystic, object of analysis of this essay. The multiple meanings of the term mystic and the complexity of the phenomenon required research about the historic and linguistic development of its roots. Mystic is understood in this thesis as a subjective human experience, which establishes, in a conscious way, a direct relationship, with no intermediary, with God, or the Absolute or even better, with Mystery, causing deep transformation in the subject of the experience, with social and communal consequences. Mystic, a definitive expression of bergsonian metaphysics, derives from an intuitive process and establishes the impossibility of intelligence and rationality to reach the Absolut. His reflections are based on theories of evolution. He argues that there is no opposition between creationism and evolution, and establishes the existence of élan vital, a vital force which, along with matter, develops the planet and its species. We found, in the makeup of Bergson s metaphysic thoughts and using his intuitive method, elements which can sustain the proposal thesis: we understand that the individual impetus for the search of meaning is part of the structure of human consciousness, and the comprehension that there is an ascendant evolutionary process, inherent to life and undertaken by humanity, reaches its summit and the core, not only in the mystic experience, but also in the loving action generated by it. / É objeto deste trabalho compreender a mística, conforme formulada por Henri Bergson em As Duas Fontes da Moral e da Religião, sua última obra. As reflexões do filósofo apresentam os dois modos de manifestação religiosa, por ele denominadas estática e dinâmica: a primeira, caracterizada pelas religiões institucionalizadas, com seus dogmas e doutrinas, cujos traços são reconhecidos como responsáveis pelos processos de coesão social; a segunda, denominada dinâmica, identifica-se com a mística, objeto de análise deste trabalho. A polissemia do termo mística e a complexidade do fenômeno demandaram uma pesquisa sobre o desenvolvimento histórico e linguístico de suas raízes. A mística é compreendida nesta tese como uma experiência humana, subjetiva, que estabelece, de forma consciente, uma relação direta e sem intermediações com Deus ou o Absoluto ou, melhor ainda, com o Mistério, e causa profunda transformação no sujeito da experiência, com consequências sociais e comunitárias. A mística, expressão definitiva da metafísica bergsoniana, resulta de um processo intuitivo e estabelece a impossibilidade de a inteligência e a racionalidade atingirem o Absoluto. A base de suas reflexões se encontra nas teorias da evolução. Defende não haver oposição entre criacionismo e evolucionismo e estabelece a existência de um élan vital, um impulso criador da vida que, junto à matéria, desenvolve o planeta e suas espécies. Encontramos, na construção do pensamento metafísico de Bergson e na utilização de seu método intuitivo, elementos que podem sustentar a tese proposta: nosso entendimento de que a pulsão individual pela busca de sentido é parte da estrutura da consciência humana e a compreensão de que existe um processo evolutivo ascendente, intrínseco à vida e empreendido pela humanidade, cuja realização atinge seu ápice e âmago não somente na experiência mística, mas na ação amorosa que dela decorre.

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-09T22:11:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 24b.pdf: 588901 bytes, checksum: 1b2b4518a6966a4b3c1cf84223f97b3c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-09T22:11:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 24b.pdf: 588901 bytes, checksum: 1b2b4518a6966a4b3c1cf84223f97b3c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-19 / Nenhuma / A presente pesquisa analisa os processos grupais como força de resistência, implicação política e cuidado de si nos dias atuais pertencentes à Comunidade São João Batista situada no bairro Arroio da Manteiga em São Leopoldo, na Diocese de Novo Hamburgo. Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados foram: observação participante, com registros de dados em um diário de campo e, posteriormente, cinco sessões de grupo focal, com a presença de cinco até sete pessoas. Foram sessões semanais com uma hora de duração. A coordenação do grupo ficou a cargo da pesquisadora e de uma observadora. Os resultados encontrados através do processo grupal na Rede de Comunidades São João Batista do bairro Arroio da Manteiga foram: que a presença da resistência é constante tanto na mobilização política quanto na mística dentro do contexto da diocese e que o processo de mobilização política é atuante e atua de forma aculturada, pois cada uma das comunidades que compõem a rede apresenta uma realidade diversa uma da outra. Vale sublinhar a importância da presença da mística, pois percebe-se que é a mística que convoca o povo para militância política, para a conversão em favor dos menos favorecidos. / This thesis seeks to analyze the group processes such as resistance force, political implication and care of the self that belong to the ecclesial community Sao Joao Batista, in Arroio da Manteiga district, Sao Leopoldo city, located in the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Our methodological procedures are the following: participant observation, with data collection in a field diary, and five sessions of a focus group, up to seven participants. These sessions lasted one hour each and took place once a week. Their coordination was due to the researcher and of an observer. Our results found through this group process involving the community network Sao Joao Batista are the following: that the presence of resistance is continuous both in the political mobilization and in the mystic inside the context of the diocese, and that the process of political mobilization is active and acts in an acultured manner, because every community that is part of the network presents a different reality. It is important to highlight the relevance of the mystic aspect here, because we may realize that it is the spirituality that convenes its people towards the political action, for a conversion in behalf of the disadvantaged.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrey Albuquerque Mendonca.pdf: 499719 bytes, checksum: 2c846e6409a3db27fcbba558ef63f0da (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-08 / This dissertation will discuss about the concept of theosis (deification) as a key to understanding the Russian Orthodox mystic. To achieve our purpose, we have chosen, through the grandeur of the Christian tradition, studying the concept in the works of Paul Evdokimov - legitimate representative of the Russian theological and philosophical thought of the 20th century. Our research is aimed to bring together the literature and from the writings of commentators and Evdokimov investigating Christianity in Eastern Europe, the information that we allow an objectification of the concept theosis. We noticed in our work, that deification is the gravitational center of spirituality Patristic later bequeathed to Christian orthodoxy, the first Byzantine period, and then Russian. The union with God, not just human, but of the entire cosmos, is the beginning and end of the works of creation. For in a world where there is freedom there is in fact the possibility of sin - is understood by Christian tradition as shattering, fragmentation and disorder, or chaos. Therefore, to Evdokimov that echoes the voice of the Russian mystic and Church Fathers, theosis is the divine call to return, rebirth of a new being into a new life experience. Life in union with the Creator himself / Esta dissertação discorrerá sobre o conceito de theósis (deificação) como chave para a compreensão da mística ortodoxa russa. Para alcançarmos nosso objetivo, escolhemos, em meio à grandiosidade desta tradição cristã, estudar o conceito nas obras de Paul Evdokimov legítimo representante do pensamento teológico e filosófico russo do séc. XX. Nossa pesquisa é bibliográfica e buscou reunir, a partir dos escritos de Evdokimov e de comentadores que investigam a cristandade do leste europeu, as informações que nos permitissem uma objetivação do conceito theósis. Percebemos, em nosso trabalho, que a deificação é o centro gravitacional da espiritualidade Patrística, posteriormente legado à ortodoxia cristã, primeiro bizantina, e depois, russa. A união com Deus, não apenas do ser humano, mas de todo o cosmos, constitui o início e o final das obras da criação. Pois, em um mundo onde há liberdade, existe de fato, a possibilidade do pecado entendido por esta tradição cristã como despedaçamento, fragmentação e desordem, ou seja, caos. Portanto, para Evdokimov que ecoa a voz dos místicos russos e pais da igreja, a theósis é o chamado divino a um retorno, um renascimento de um novo ser em uma nova experiência de vida. Vida em união com o próprio Criador

Cette thèse s’intitule : « Les Zaouïas Darqâwiyyas au Maroc ; Zaouïa d’al-Basîr comme exemple ». Elle présente une confrérie marocaine active basée sur une méthode d’éducation spirituelle d’origine Darqâwiyya. Cette Zaouïa joue un rôle important dans la société marocaine à plusieurs niveaux : le savoir et la culture religieux, le social et la politique, illustrant ainsi la pratique des anciens soufis. A travers les chapitres de cette thèse, je donnerai une vue d’ensemble sur l’histoire du soufisme marocain et des différentes étapes qu’il a franchies ainsi que les raisons de la permanence ou de la disparition de certains courants soufis. La Tariqa Darqâwiyya ainsi que son origine la Shâdhiliyya vont être abordées dans un second temps. Je présenterai la genèse de la tariqa Darqâwiyya ainsi que son fondateur le Shaykh Mulay al-‘Arabi al-Darqâwi. La Tariqa Darqawiyya a donné naissance à différentes voies soufies. Les modalités de son expansion en Orient et en Europe, ainsi que les principes employés dans l’éducation spirituelle seront abordés aussi. Enfin, je traiterai en détail un exemple vivant de l’enseignement issu de la Darqâwiyya : la «Zaouia Basîriyya», son origine, son fondateur le Shaykh Ibrâhîm al-Basîr et les caractéristiques de cette Tariqa. / This thesis is entitled "The Zaouïas Darqâwiyyas in Morocco; Zawiya al-Basir as an example." It has an active Moroccan Tariqa based on an original method Darqawiyya spiritual education. This Zaouïa plays an important role in Moroccan society on several levels: Knowledge and religious culture, social and political, reflecting the practice of early Sufis. Through the chapters of this thesis, I will give an overview on the history of Moroccan Sufism and the various stages it has crossed and the reasons of permanence or disappearance of some Sufi currents. Tariqa Darqawiyya as well as its origin the Shadhiliyya will be addressed in a second time. I will present the genesis of Darqawiyya tariqa and its founder Shaykh al-Arabi Mulay al-Darqawi. Tariqa Darqawiyya gave birth to various Sufi paths. The terms of its expansion in the East and in Europe, and the principles used in spiritual education will be addressed too. Finally, I will discuss in detail about "Zaouia Basîriyya", its origin, its founder, Shaykh Ibrahim al-Basir and characteristics of this Tariqa.

On a souvent défini le soufisme comme le voyage de l’esprit, dont le but est de chercher la vérité et de percer l’opacité de monde des mystères. Ainsi, dans son interprétation de l’existence, Ibn ‘Arabi estime que le monde est créé à partir d’un souffle divin : « Sois » (Kun), adressé aux êtres afin qu’ils sortent hors de la préexistence pour entamer une existence effective. Cette interprétation laisse admettre que le monde naquit de la langue et que toutes les créatures sont issues de cette parole. Ainsi, l’ordre divin est une parole (kalima) et toute parole est blessante, notamment parce que le mot « kalima » est dérivé du kalam (blessure). Selon Ibn ‘Arabi, le kalam est la trace laissée sur le blessé. Dans ce cadre, l’ordre divin « sois » (Kun), en rendant manifeste les images de la préexistence, devient une blessure créatrice.Meddeb et Khatibi suivent les mêmes voies qu’Ibn ‘Arabi. Ils ont investi la notion de blessure pour construire une vision du monde. Leur expérience consiste à affranchir l’homme des entraves qui réduisent sa liberté et sa mobilité sous toutes leurs formes. Mais cette expérience s’applique à transgresser la loi pour pouvoir accéder à la vérité. En effet, la vérité que cherchent nos auteurs est différente de la religion et de la raison qui entravent l’homme. Pour transcender le préconçu afin de créer un monde nouveau, Meddeb et Khativi sont partis de la blessure de la langue puisque la culture arabe est fondée sur la lettre et le miracle linguistique, sur la langue coranique comme idéal. Ils se sont intéressés à la langue, depuis la lettre jusqu’à la phrase et au texte. Dans leur cheminement, ils ont opté pour le mélange des langues, une attitude qui vise à déposséder la langue arabe de sa pureté et de sa vérité divine pour la rendre à l’homme. Afin toujours de rendre la langue à l’histoire, ils sont passé de la langue coranique à la quête d’un autre idéal dans les traces que propose la poésie antéislamique, l’image du corps, les rituels et les métaphores. Ce métissage linguistique, culturel et religieux aboutit ainsi à une autre vision du monde. En effet, cette autre vision correspond à la reconstitution d’une forme de totalité humaine qui coïncide avec la littérature et la diversité des langues contre une totalité divine incarnée dans le Coran et le mysticisme religieux. Dans cet ordre d’idées, prôner la totalité, l’amour et la reconnaissance de l’autre devient une réponse au conservatisme islamiste et donne une nouvelle image de l’islam, différente de celle brouillée de violence. Ainsi, Meddeb et Khatibi repensent quelques convictions considérées comme fondamentales dans la religion islamique, mais qui le figent dans la violence et l’enfermement. Ainsi, le mysticisme s’écarte de Dieu pour devenir un moyen de penser un humanisme dans un monde en crise. / Sufism has often been defined as a journey of the mind, the purpose of which is to seek the truth and pierce the opacity of the world of mysteries. Thus, in his interpretation of existence, Ibn 'Arabi believes that the world is created from a divine breath: "Be" (Kun), addressed to beings so that they go out of pre-existence to begin a true existence. This interpretation suggests that the world was born of language and that all creatures are born of this word. Thus, the divine order is a word (kalima) and every word is offensive, especially because the word "kalima" is derived from kalam (wound). According to Ibn 'Arabi, kalam is the scar left on the wounded. In this context, the divine order "be" (Kun), by making manifest the images of pre-existence, becomes a creative wound.Meddeb and Khatibi follow the same path as Ibn 'Arabi. They have supported the notion of injury to build a vision of the world. Their experience is to free man from all the shackles that reduce his freedom and mobility. But this experience is applied to transgressing the law to be able to access the truth. Indeed, the truth that our authors seek is different from the religion and reason that hinder man. To transcend the preconceived idea of creating a new world, Meddeb and Khatibi built their arguments on the wound of language since the Arab culture is based on the letter and the linguistic miracle, on the Koranic language as an ideal. They were interested in the language, from the letter to the sentence and the text.In their journey, they opted for the mixing of languages, an attitude that aims to deprive the Arabic language of its purity and its divine truth in order to give it to mankind.In order to always make language history, they have moved from the Koranic language to the quest for another ideal in the traces of pre-Islamic poetry, the image of the body, rituals and metaphors.This linguistic, cultural and religious cross-fertilization leads to another vision of the world. Indeed, this other vision corresponds to the reconstitution of a form of human totality that coincides with literature and the diversity of languages against a divine totality incarnated in the Koran and religious mysticism. In this vein, advocating totality, love and recognition of the other becomes a response to Islamist conservatism and gives a new image of Islam, different from that blurred with violence. Thus Meddeb and Khatibi are redefining some beliefs that are considered fundamental in the Islamic religion, but that consign it to violence and confinement. Thus, mysticism deviates from God to become a means to humanism in a world in crisis.

La plupart des historiens maliens considèrent le Vllème siècle de l'ère chrétienne comme la date de l'avènement de l'islam au Mali, alors que le soufisme n'y fit probablement son apparition qu'à partir du XVème siècle. Cette apparition soufie se caractérise alors par des pratiques individuelles et disséminées ici et là. Il faut donc attendre l'aube du XIXème siècle pour voir une véritable émergence du soufisme et une large expansion de l'islam avec les efforts déployés par Sïdï al­ Mubtar al-Kabïr, l'instauration de l'Etat musulman du Macina et le gihëid lancé par al-ijag 'Umar. Les deux voies spirituelles, Qadiriyya et Tiganiyya entreront en opposition, mais feront résistance à l'intrusion coloniale dans le pays. Après l'indépendance du Mali, en 1960, les soufis participeront activement à la vie politique et sociale du pays. Enfin les soufis maliens sont à l'origine de maintes œuvres intellectuelles destinées à faire connaître leur voie spirituelle. / For the most part, Malian historians see and consider the 7th century of the Christian era as the advent of Islam in Mali, while Sufism most likely came into existence there by the 15th century only. This Sufi first appearance is then characterized by spread and individual practices here and there. It is only at the dawn of the 19th century that a true emergence of Sufism and a great expansion of Islam through the efforts made by Sïdï al-Mubtar al-Kabïr, the establishment of the theocratic state of Macina, and the call to jihad by al-I:Iag 'Umar can be seen. The two spiritual paths known respectively as Qadiriyya and Tiganiyya will corne into conflict but they will both resist colonial intrusion into their country. After Malian independence in 1960, Sufis will take an active part in political and social life of the country. Finally, Malian Sufis are behind numerous intellectual works meant to make their spiritual paths known.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.