The idea of Logos is detectable in prechristianity, ancient Greek philosophy, Judaism(Old Testament and some writings of Philon of Alexandria). For the first time, in Christianity, the idea of Logos was identified with historical Jesus and so Christians specially Church Fathers attributed some features to Logos which are very similar to Muslim mystics’ conception of the Perfect Man-Insān-i k...

colonialism is an important factor in cultural production and many of cultural constructs all over the world. english and english language teaching are at the center of the contemporary world. postcolonial literature, the genre achebe exercised, is a kind of historical text which has become central to different debates and criticisms. in this thesis, different elements related to the colonial...

charles dickens was a voracious reader even in his childhood. his early reading of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century picaresque fiction greatly influenced his writing style. his first novel, the pickwick papers, is a tale of rogues and swindlers, adventures and quests, satire and comedy, and innocence and experience. oliver twist, dickens’ second novel, is a young boy’s progress through a cor...

this study is an outlook of iranians religious practices and customs in eras such as nasser one. it attempts to answer the main question, "religious practices and ceremonies in the society during naseri ruling" and other subsidiary questions with scientific and historical theories. iran was a traditional and religious community . people abided by their religious practices and duties within reli...

Dream is one of the issues which has a special status in mysticism and psychoanalysis and it can be the subject of interdisciplinary researches. Psychoanalysis has a vast domain with different branches among which Yung’s psychoanalysis is more compatible with oriental and Islamic mysticism. For Yung dream is very important and he mentions man’s unconscious as its origin. He thinks that someti...

Gnosis (Mysticism) is a philosophy and meditation school leading the way farer through the reality and truth recognition on the basis of gnostics’ intectual intuition to attain his aim. Gnostics adjusted Qorānic concepts and prophetic sayings to the man’s inner state and inner world, and ultimately offered a perfect thought. This unique characteristic is clearly revealed in Mowlānā and ibn Fār...

The history of egotism is as long as human`s life. It shows that human being is interested in self-love which is expressing and praising his beauty. In the “poem of egotism”, the poet appreciates all his properties. One of the fundamental topics in the poem of egoism is praising religious beliefs and specific knowledge. One of the specific types of religious egotism is related to highly spiri...

The present research is an attempt to carry out a study of the ontological levels of the Prophet Idris (AS) with special references to Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyyah and Fusus al-Hikam. Ibn Arabi's esoteric method is based on his doctrine of the oneness of being which is built on unveiling, the Quranic verses, traditions, as well as relevant reports on Idris (AS). In his Fusus al-Hikam, Ib...

nowadays,tourism industry considered as one of the main sources of income of a country.unfortunately and despite of owning plenty of cultural historical and natural attractions, iran has not reached to a proper position in this field. besides, the historical cities of a country are considered as the income resource and national wealth of it. qazvin with a rich cultural precedent, have suitable ...