mysticism

Examples of mysticism in the following topics:

• Religious Experience

  • Mystical experiences are in many ways the opposite of numinous experiences.
  • In mystical experiences, all 'otherness' disappears, and the believer recognizes that they are one with the transcendent.
  • Because mysticism emphasizes radical unity, which is the opposite of hierarchy, it is often deprecated or persecuted by members of these institutional faiths.
  • The term "spiritual awakening" can refer to a wide range of experiences, including being born again, having a near-death experience, or achieving mystical liberation or enlightenment.

• The Bhakti Movement

  • There was no grouping of the mystics into Shaiva and Vaishnava devotees as in the south.
  • The movement was spontaneous and the mystics had their own versions of devotional expression.
  • Ramananda, Ravidas, Srimanta Sankardeva, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Vallabhacharya, Surdas, Meera Bai, Kabir, Tulsidas, Namdev, Dnyaneshwar, Tukaram and other mystics spearheaded the Bhakti movement in the north while Annamacharya, Bhadrachala Ramadas, and Tyagaraja among others propagated Bhakti in the south.

• The Pequot War

  • At the time of the Pequot War, Pequot strength was concentrated along the Pequot (now Thames) and Mystic Rivers.
  • Mystic, or Missituk, was the site of the major battle of the war.

• The Silo D'Oro

  • Spanish art, particularly that of Morales, contained a strong mark of mysticism and religion that was encouraged by the counter-reformation and the patronage of Spain's strongly Catholic monarchs and aristocracy.
  • The mysticism of Zurbarán's work - influenced by Saint Theresa of Avila - became a hallmark of Spanish art in later generations.
  • Mystical literature in Spanish reached its summit with the works of San Juan de la Cruz and Teresa of Ávila.

• Painting

  • Other groups of artists expressed feelings that verged on the mystical, many largely abandoning classical drawing and proportions.

• Identity Formation

  • Lastly, a religious identity is the set of beliefs and practices generally held by an individual, involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as faith and mystic experience.

• Spanish Painting in the Baroque Period

  • Spanish art, particularly that of Morales, contained a strong mark of mysticism and religion that was encouraged by the Counter-Reformation and the patronage of Spain's strongly Catholic monarchs and aristocracy.
  • The mysticism of Zurbarán's work—influenced by Saint Theresa of Avila—became a hallmark of Spanish art in later generations.

• Painting and Other Forms of Art

  • South German wood sculpture was important in developing new subjects that reflected the intensely emotional devotional life encouraged by movements in late medieval Catholicism such as German mysticism.

• Soviet Constructivism

  • After deposing its first chairman, Wassily Kandinsky, for his "mysticism," The First Working Group of Constructivists (including Liubov Popova, Alexander Vesnin, Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, and the theorists Alexei Gan, Boris Arvatov, and Osip Brik) would develop a definition of Constructivism as the combination of faktura – the particular material properties of an object – and tektonika, its spatial presence.

• Canadian Painting in the 20th Century

  • Both artists viewed abstract art as a way to explore symbolism and mysticism as an integrated part of their personal spirituality.