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Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not Forgotten

By Lisa Zyga — 2009

Does mysticism have a place in quantum mechanics today, or is the idea that the mind plays a role in creating reality best left to philosophical meditations? Harvard historian Juan Miguel Marin argues the former - not because physicists today should account for consciousness in their research, but because knowing the early history of the philosophical ideas in quantum mechanics is essential for understanding the theory on a fundamental level.

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Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

Current mainstream opinion in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind holds that all aspects of human mind and consciousness are generated by physical processes occurring in brains. Views of this sort have dominated recent scholarly publication.

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What is Mysticism? - Fr. Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr discusses mysticism and the mystical experience. Mysticism is experiential knowledge of God, the true experience of transcendence or the divine. Understanding the mystery of the incarnation means you don’t see everything in terms of either/or, but in terms of both.

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Exploring Religion - What is Mysticism?: An Afternoon with Dr. Bernard McGinn - Library at Home

Join distinguished historian Dr. Bernard McGinn as he delivers the Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture on Christian Spirituality. McGinn considers the meaning of mysticism, a word that for many indicates something bizarre, uncanny, peculiar.

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What is Mysticism - Rudolf Steiner

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What is Mysticism?

Mysticism is breaking through the limitations of ignorance and transcending the physicality of life. Sadhguru explains that mysticism is defined through ignorant perceptions of life. It is accepting and seeing all dimensions of existence instead of identifying mysticism as "other worldly."

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Phenomenology and Mysticism: The Verticality of Religious Experience

Exploring the first-person narratives of three figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mystical traditions―St. Teresa of Avila, Rabbi Dov Baer, and Rūzbihān Baqlī―Anthony J. Steinbock provides a complete phenomenology of mysticism based in the Abrahamic religious traditions.

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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

Here is the book that brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness. “Physicists do not need mysticism,” Dr. Capra says, “and mystics do not need physics, but humanity needs both.”

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Is Mindfulness a Con? | Russell Brand

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The Monk and the Rabbi — Mysticism & the Peak Experience

From LUNCH WITH BOKARA, Bokara Legendre talks with Brother David Steindl-Rast and Rabbi Lawrence Kushner about mysticism and how peak experiences and religion factor in. This segment focuses on Br. David's contributions to their conversation.

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Feminine Mysticism with Mirabai Starr - Insights at The Edge

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Mirabai about her approach to feminine mysticism and what brought her to write Wild Mercy. Mirabai explains women mystics' emphasis on interbeing as well as the innate connection between spiritual seeking and the fate of the earth.

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