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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"esoteric"”.
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Post-mordial : esoteric embodiment
… of genetic information. The artifacts become esoteric 'post-mordial' emodiments of human being, existing as totems of their lineage, and 'momento mori' for remaining humans.
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The Theosophical Society and politics: esoteric discourse, esoteric monism, and theosophical identity in late 19th and early 20th century Britain and Ireland
This thesis addresses the connection between esotericism and political ideas in the formative decades of the Theosophical Society, including Irish dimensions. The Theosophical Society provided the most influential and widespread forum for esoteric discourse in the late 19th and early 20th …
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Religion and the Return of Magic : Wicca as Esoteric Spirituality
… magic remained an integral part of western esotericism, of which Wicca in the 1990s is a current manifestation. Using Antoine Faivre's characterisation of esotericism and Wouter Hanegraaffs historical emphasis on esoteric connections, we construct a framework to enable us to assess Wicca as …
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Through the Lens of Freemasonry: The Influence of Ancient Esoteric Thought on Beethoven's Late Works
… and other types of ancient philosophical and esoteric thought. The composer integrated these concepts into his world view as well as his music. Evidence of this philosophical/musical synthesis can be seen by comparing his personal writings with certain of his compositions that reflect such …
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Through the lens of freemasonry: the influence of ancient esoteric thought on Beethoven's late works
… and other types of ancient philosophical and esoteric thought. The composer integrated these concepts into his world view as well as his music. Evidence of this philosophical/musical synthesis can be seen by comparing his personal writings with certain of his compositions that reflect such …
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Ezoterika J. Ivanauskaitės romane „Placebas“ /
In this master thesis, named Esoterica in J. Ivanauskaite`s novel “Placebas”, in an esoteric way J. Ivanauskaite novel “Placebas” (2003) is analyzed. The topic is new and actual, because in this above-mentioned aspect the novel “Placebas” or Ivanauskaite’s novels were not investigated. The aim of …
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Creating Heresy: (Mis)representation, Fabrication, and the Tachikawa-ryu
… the Tachikawa-ryu in the development of Japanese esoteric Buddhist doctrine during the medieval period (900-1200). In doing so, I seek to challenge currently held, inaccurate views of the role played by this tradition in the history of Japanese esoteric Buddhism and Japanese religion more …
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THE FORMATION OF CLASSICAL IMĀMĪ EXEGESIS: Rawḍ al-jinān wa-rawḥ al-janān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān of Abū al-Futūḥ Rāzī (d. in or after 552/1157)
… This early phase was replete with original esoteric tendencies. This center gradually moved to Qumm in the 3 rd/9th century when a dispute arose over the acceptance of esoteric exegesis as the normative Imami interpretive approach. Eventually, intellectual esoterism was overcome and the …
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Evolution Esotericized: Conceptual Blending and the Emergence of Secular, Therapeutic Salvation
The esoteric appropriation of evolution in the sense of self-improvement or personal transformation can be better understood by combining a historical approach with conceptual metaphor theory. The dissertation first evaluates the esoteric appropriation historically as a type of religious response …
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A synergistic reputation-policy based trust model for Grid resource selection
… are considered limited as they are bounded to esoteric reputation-based trust models encompassing predefined metrics for calculating and selecting trusted computing resources and as a result, they prevent external involvement in the trust and reputation evaluation processes. This thesis …
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The Spiritual Turn: Modern Sufism and the Study of Islamic Art and Architecture
… (1808-1883) who proposed to unveil the common esoteric origins of Christianity and Islam. The Algerian anti-colonial leader and Sufi master hoped that such an ecumenical project could spare his co-religionaries further military confrontations with Western powers. Organized chronologically, the …
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Dante's Divine Comedy as a theurgic act, a guide for the blessed reader from a state of misery to a state of bliss.
… discussion the dissertation proposes an esoteric interpretation of Dante’s cosmological journey, with the hypothesis that the Commedia was designed as a theurgic act. Structurally, this paper will first give a general overview of Dante’s time emphasizing the cultural, political and …
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Becoming God, Becoming the Buddha: The Relation of Identity and Praxis in the Thought of Maximus the Confessor and Kūkai
… his day. Kukai was a Japanese monk who studied esoteric Buddhism in China and returned to establish an esoteric lineage in Japan, allowing it to survive after its demise in China. In the first half of my dissertation, I investigate their philosophical understandings of identity, what makes a …
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Some applications of quantitative techniques in the Asset Management Industry
… level relevant to practitioners, and is not esoteric.
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The Journey of the Fool
… to avoid the culturally-dependent, and hence, esoteric language of design and so create an exoteric language more appropriate for civic space.
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"Falling to a devilish exercise": Magic and Spectacle on the Renaissance Stage
… to cause popular prejudice against its most esoteric forms combined with tacit acceptance of "folk" magic, the kind employed by local men and women for the benefit of their neighbors. The early playwrights who dramatized the magus were thus fairly constricted in how the magus could appear …
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Alchemy In Selected Plays Of Shakespeare
… than previously judged. In both its exoteric and esoteric aspects, it held a significant place in the developing thought patterns of mankind. The material of esoteric alchemy was man himself. The alchemists assumed a world which operated as chemical process, a Nature which tended toward perfection …
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Communication patterns in families with preschool deaf children - A survey
… used a mixture of pointing, showing objects, esoteric gestures and short simple sentences with the children. Child-parent communication was dominated by physical contact, esoteric gestures and pointing. The data suggest as negative association between speaking and use of natural gestures. 65% …
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The Essence of Reincarnation and Consciousness as a Gateway into Teaching and Learning
… reincarnation, consciousness, and ancient and/or esoteric knowledge. The present study sought to understand how this knowledge influenced and impacted educator growth and development, and examined overlaps in teaching and learning.</p>
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