introduction in a series of written texts surviving from the pre-islamic religion, apocalyptic literature has the vital role that deals with the matter of intuition and dreams that some qualified people experienced and also retold them. this revelation is universal and popular with most religions and ethnic groups. since the awareness of metaphysical issues and predicting future events and dist...

The heavenly ascent motif is common in religious documents of late antiquity. A preoccupation with the similarities between these accounts leads some to overlook the equally important differences. Care should be taken, however, to distinguish between mystical esotericism and extraordinary religious encounter. Earlier Jewish traditions provide the proper context for understanding Paul's visions ...

the thought of leaving this world for the heavens, paradise and hell inspired by the holy prophet’s ascension appeared in the form of fictional stories in the arabic literature in the fifth century (solar calendar), i.e. in the late abbasid period, although the history of such journeys goes back to the time before islam. as it goes in pahlavi texts, the first one to have gone on oneiric journey...

ascension, as a recurring theme in narrative and visual arts of non-theistic and theistic communities (monotheistic or polytheistic) from east to west of the ancient world, reveals concern and urge of man to communicate with the supra sensible world. the connotation of ascension, however, broadly varies from the flight of shaman’s spirit, a hero transformation to god, and a trip to heaven and h...

189. Hospital onset Clostridium difficile infection not a predictor of increased antibiotic use in small hospitals: an evaluation of 54 hospitals Roy Guharoy, PharmD, MBA; Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Seggerman, MBA; Angelo Bufalino, PhD; Michelle Heavens, BSN, MHA; Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD; Clinical Excellence, University of Massachusetts Health Care, St. Louis, MO; Infection Prevention and...

Sea turtles are capable of navigating across large expanses of ocean to arrive at remote islands for nesting, but how they do so has remained enigmatic. An interesting example involves green turtles (Chelonia mydas) that nest on Ascension Island, a tiny land mass located approximately 2000 km from the turtles' foraging grounds along the coast of Brazil. Sensory cues that turtles are known to de...

Diagnostic Sedition: Re-Considering the Ascension and Hegemony of Contemporary Psychiatric Diagnosis Richard Lakeman DNSci & John Cutcliffe PhD To cite this article: Richard Lakeman DNSci & John Cutcliffe PhD (2016) Diagnostic Sedition: ReConsidering the Ascension and Hegemony of Contemporary Psychiatric Diagnosis, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 37:2, 125-130 To link to this article: http://d...