This paper puts forward a mystical reading of Plato’s Allegory the Cave by comparing it with some allegories from Sufi literature, Islamic tradition. The argues that determining parts allegory, such as escaping cave world shadows; seeing sun/truth and becoming philosopher; necessity returning to cave, have significant similarities what Sufis said about their experience spiritual enlightenment. ...

We are now witnessing a radical revival in clinical research on the use of psychedelics (e.g. LSD and psilocybin), where ‘mystical’ experiences at centre. Drawing in-depth interviews with 50 psychedelic drug users, we document how they draw archetypical mystical narratives, comprising three key dimensions: (1) transcendence time space; (2) deep euphoria; (3) perception being one ‘a larger whole...

though the meaning of time seems to be the same for all people, it becomes a complicated, important and relative concept in mysticism which cannot be grasped easily because each mystic understands and interprets it differently depending on the states he experiences; even the same mystic may have diverse interpretations of it in various states and conditions. this paper aims to investigate the s...

A book called the Zohar emerged during the Middle Ages, giving rise to a Jewish form of mystical speculation known as the "Cabala" and creating strong interest in the system's mystical teachings in both Jewish and Christian circles. During the Renaissance, Pico, Reuchlin, and Ricci led in applying the Zohar's mystical teachings to the OT in defense of Christian doctrines such at that of the Tri...

JCB • VOLUME 214 • NUMBER 2 • 2016 122 Growing up in the Boston area, Cliff Brangwynne was a kid with distinct interests. He recalls performing one of his fi rst experiments after watching a TV program on quantum mechanics: spending an afternoon bouncing a tennis ball off a wall in an attempt to observe quantum tunneling. Through high school, he read pop-science books about the weirdness of the...

In recent years, with the rapid improvement of the performance of computers, new possibilities for real-time simulation technologies are emerging. In this study, we simulated the behavior of water in real time and combined this simulation with a measurement of the user’s 3D motion to simulate the interaction between water and light, as observed in Noctiluca. Noctiluca is oceanic plankton that p...

We begin with the development of phenomenologies and descriptive psychologies of mystical experience. The historical and cultural context for these concerns starts in the nineteenth century, where there appears a strong interest in a naturalistic philosophical understanding (Schleiermacher, Nietzsche) and social science (Tylor) of mystical and religious experience. All the great pioneers in the...

The story of the Pact of unity between Chiara Lubich and Igino Giordani, which was the prelude to Chiara’s mystical experience in the summer of 1949, concludes with the introduction of something new arising from the Pact: the Soul. Chiara describes it as “the bond between us,” the “space” where the multiplication of the one and the unification of the many is both actualized and explained. This ...