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"Mysticism" in Iran is an in-depth analysis of significant transformations in the religious landscape of Safavid Iran that led to the marginalization of Sufism and the eventual emergence of 'irfan as an alternative Shi'i model of spirituality. Ata Anzali draws on a treasure-trove of manuscripts from Iranian archives to offer an original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm. The work straddles social and intellectual history, beginning with an examination of late Safavid social and religious contexts in which Twelver religious scholars launched a successful campaign against Sufism with the tacit approval of the court. This led to the social, political, and economic marginalization of Sufism, which was stigmatized as an illegitimate mode of piety rooted in a Sunni past. Anzali directs the reader's attention to creative and successful attempts by other members of the ulama to incorporate the Sufi tradition into the new Twelver milieu. He argues that the category of 'irfan, or "mysticism," was invented at the end of the Safavid period by mystically minded scholars such as Shah Muhammad Darabi and Qutb al-Din Nayrizi in reference to this domesticated form of Sufism. Key aspects of Sufi thought and practice were revisited in the new environment, which Anzali demonstrates by examining the evolving role of the spiritual master. This traditional Sufi function was reimagined by Shi'i intellectuals to incorporate the guidance of the infallible imams and their deputies, the ulama. Anzali goes on to address the institutionalization of 'irfan in Shi'i madrasas and the role played by prominent religious scholars of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in this regard. The book closes with a chapter devoted to fascinating changes in the thought and practice of 'irfan in the twentieth century during the transformative processes of modernity. Focusing on the little-studied figure of Kayvan Qazvini and his writings, Anzali explains how 'irfan was embraced as a rational, science-friendly, nonsectarian, and anticlerical concept by secular Iranian intellectuals.

Mysticism --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Islam --- History. --- Sufism --- History --- Mysticism - Islam - Iran - History --- Sufism - Iran - History

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A scholar's experiences inside a contemplative working community in Israel's Negev desert In this thoughtful and enlightening work, world renowned religion scholar Ariel Glucklich recounts his experiences at Neot Smadar, an ecological and spiritual oasis that has been thriving in the arid Southern Israeli desert for a quarter century. An intentional community originally established by a group of young professionals who abandoned urban life to found a school for the study of the self, Neot Smadar has thrived by putting ancient Buddhist and Hindu ideas into everyday practice as ways of living and working. Glucklich provides a fascinating detailed portrait of a dynamic farming community that runs on principles of spiritual contemplation and mindfulness, thereby creating a working environment that is highly ethical and nurturing. His study serves as a gentle invitation to join the world of mindful work, and to gain a new understanding of a unique form of mystical insight that exists without exoticism.

Mysticism. --- Spirituality. --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Spiritual life --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Negative theology --- Neot Smadar (Religious community)

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Christianity and literature. --- Jesus Christ --- In literature. --- In motion pictures. --- Humanity. --- Mystical body.

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Mysticism in the Reformation, Part I of Volume 6 of The Presence of God Series, is the first full account of the role of the mystical element of Christianity in the Reformers who broke with Rome in the period 1500-1650. Although some modern Protestant theologians tried to distance the Reformation from any contact with mysticism, recent scholarship, by both Protestants and Catholics, has shown that Protestant mysticism is an important part of the heritage of the Reformation. After an “Introduction” surveying modern disputes about the nature of the Reformation and the Catholic reaction to it (both Catholic Reform and Counter-Reformation), Chapter One deals with how the pioneering Reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin reacted to the heritage of Christian mysticism, concentrating on Luther’s complicated relation to mystical traditions. Chapter Two turns to the role of mysticism in select “Radical Reformers” of the sixteenth century, who created models of interior mystical religion that continued to have an effect over the centuries. Chapter Three analyzes the writings of the two most famous Lutheran mystics of the early seventeenth century, Johann Arndt and Jacob Boehme, whose impact in later Western religious traditions has been both powerful and controversial. Finally, Chapter Four considers the significance of mysticism in the English Reformation, both among those who accepted the Elizabethan Settlement that established the Anglican Church, as well as with the dissident Puritans who rejected it.

Mysticism --- 248.2 "15/17" --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- 248.2 "15/17" Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--?"15/17" --- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--?"15/17" --- History --- Catholic Church&delete& --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Catholic Church

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Christina von Hane ist eine einzigartige und bisher unbekannte Mystikerin. Mit dieser Arbeit wird erstmalig eine umfassende Studie ihrer spätmittelalterlichen Vita geliefert. Die im ersten Teil vorgestellten multiperspektivischen Untersuchungen berücksichtigen die Christina von Hane-Vita in ihrem handschriftlichen Vorkommen und diskutieren die Performativität des mystischen Textes. Eine Neuedition der Vita wird im zweiten Teil dargeboten.

Mysticism. --- Mysticisme --- Christina, --- Mysticism --- Women mystics --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Christine, --- 235.3 CHRISTINA --- 235.3 CHRISTINA Hagiografie--CHRISTINA --- 235.3 CHRISTINA Hagiographie--CHRISTINA --- Hagiografie--CHRISTINA --- Hagiographie--CHRISTINA --- Christian spirituality --- Christina von Retters --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Mystics --- Christina --- Christine --- Women mystics - Germany - Biography --- Christina Christi, O. Praem --- Christina, - von Hane, - 1269-1292 --- Bridal theology. --- Premonstratensians. --- performativity.