The Writings of Skryabin

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Nicholls ◽  
Michael Pushkin ◽  
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Creative Play ◽  
Religious Feeling ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Section Viii ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Final Text ◽  
Life Work

An introduction by Boris de Schloezer gives the genesis of the final text in the section, the Preliminary Action, and explains its relation to Skryabin’s projected life-work, the Mystery. Section I: an effusion of Orthodox religious feeling from teenage years. Sections II-VII: Around 1900, an expression of rejection of God in the face of disillusion is followed by the text of the choral finale of the First Symphony, declaring faith in the power of art. An unfinished opera libretto, symbolic in narrative, expressing belief in Art’s power to seduce and persuade. Three notebooks develop a world view in which the world is the result of the self’s creative activity. The creation of art and of the universe are identical. There is a higher self, identical with divinity. Forgetfulness of individuality leads to freedom and universal consciousness. Section VIII: The literary poem written during the composition of the symphonic Poem of Ecstasy summarises the scenario developed in the notebooks. Life starts with the desire to create, delight in creative play meets opposition, the creative goal is achieved and disappointment sets in. The process is repeated until it is realized that the struggle is itself joyful and self-affirmation is achieved. Section IX: The text of the Preliminary Action is symbolic in structure. Primal Male and Female Principles emerge; the Female is identified with Death. Life arises from the union of energies. Struggle and bloodshed follow. The conclusion is an impulse towards unification, the synthesis of experience and dematerialisation. Both the complete first draft and the incomplete revision are included.

scholarly journals Editorial

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
Katherine Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Poverty Relief ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Silver Lining ◽  
Hiv Aids

Just as the world united in grief after the tragic carnage of 9/11, so too hasthe world become one after the cataclysmic tsunami that has claimed,according to Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald (February 8, 2005),295,608 lives, and has affected 11 countries in the Indian Ocean region.The tsunami destroyed entire villages and families. Long after thehouses have been rebuilt and the people have returned to a kind of normalcyin their lives, the effects of this catastrophe will continue to be felt.Local economies and the infrastructures needed to support them will haveto be rebuilt, and there will be the continuing psychological impact on thesurvivors, who will always feel guilty for having survived and who willnever be free of the pain of losing their loved ones.No one has been unaffected by the tsunami, although some of us, bythe grace of God (swt), have not felt its devastation. As the English adagegoes, every cloud has a silver lining. And in the face of such an awesomenatural calamity, we have seen the best side of humanity, as people rush toprovide aid and assistance to the survivors.The tsunami has also allowed those working in poverty relief and aidprograms elsewhere to turn the spotlight on their efforts to avert othercalamities that are of the same magnitude but occur at a much slower pace.Among such people is Stephen Lewis, the UN Secretary-General’s SpecialEnvoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, who pointed out during an interview on CBCradio (January 12, 2005) that more than 2 million people in Africa die eachyear of AIDS. And then there is Rabbi Michael Lerner, who reminded us inhis essay in Tikkun (January 5, 2005) of a recent UN report that 29,000 childrendie every day from avoidable diseases and malnutrition.Calamities and their accompanying suffering and struggles are tests forhumanity. They remind us that we are not in control of the universe, andthus are a lesson in humility. They remind us that life is fragile and can betaken from us at a time and in a way that we do not expect, and thus are alesson in priorities and perspective, a check against the materialism andhedonism that is overtaking our consumer capitalist lives. Who wouldreally care that they do not own the latest iPod if they knew that they wereto die tomorrow? ...

Schleiermacher and the Problem of Divine Immediacy

1968 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Religious Feeling ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
Rational Reflection ◽  
The Universe

A problem which was widely recognised during Schleiermacher's life, and one which I think is not yet satisfactorily solved, concerned the integration of feeling and concepts within human consciousness. Within the domain of philosophy of religion it may be phrased as follows: How does religious feeling relate to rational reflection such that each complements and enriches the other? Schleiermacher was convinced that religion never originates in human understanding or autonomy and that one's understanding of the world is not necessarily dependent on religious faith. But he was equally convinced that reflection and religion ought to enjoy a harmony which reflects the harmony of the universe, and this ideal motivated his continuous attempt to construct a complementary philosophy and theology. His hope was to show that ‘understanding and feeling… remain distinct, but they touch each other and form a galvanic pile.… The innermost life of the spirit consists in the galvanic action thus produced in the feeling of the understanding and the understanding of the feeling, during which, however, the two poles always remain deflected from each other.’

scholarly journals Rabindranath Tagore’s Idea of Universal Humanism in the Light of Islamic World View

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Ichhimuddin Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Eternal Truth ◽  
Ultimate Truth ◽  
Rabindranath Tagore ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Islamic Civilization ◽  
The Universe

Very few studies are available to understand the philosophical views of Rabindranath Tagore in the light of his attitude and realization of Islam vis-à-vis idea of universalism. Fact remains that the Islamic civilization has thoroughly been recognized in the academic circles but its depth and learning have not been studied up to expectation. European historians and philosophers seem to be hesitant to acknowledge the contribution of Islamic civilization over the centuries. Even a majority of Eastern scholars are critical about welcoming the actual merit of Islam. Rabindranath Tagore being one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of poets and writers made a serious study on the philosophy and writings of many Muslim thinkers and ultimately brought to our notice an extraordinary feeling about Islamic ideas and philosophy. Rabindranth Tagore seems to have sought the inner meaning of Islam and developed a kind of value- based attitude towards human life and the universe. It is likely that through his Gitanjali and Religion of Man (Manusher Dharma) in particular were presented with an objective to stimulate and guide men in search of Ultimate Truth and Oneness of God. It is said that Rabindranth Tagore was acquainted with the verses of the Qur‟an in his childhood and in this respect his father Maharishi Devendranath Tagore imbibed in him many theological aspects of Islam as a religion. The paper intends to explore how Tagore was influenced by Islam and as a poet-thinker he nurtured the idea of eternal truth from the Upanishads, the Tripitakas as well as the Bible and through a particular discipline and inner uplift he came to the conclusion that aggregate of essentials of diversity cannot be judged in the light of mere logic and arguments. This feeling seems to have prompted Tagore to find out the inner truth of the universe and side by side to propagate the idea of universal humanism throughout the world. Philosophy and Progress, Vol#61-62; No#1-2; Jan-Dec 2017 P 53-66

scholarly journals Postmodern spirituality and the culture of individualism

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Motak
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
Meaning And Purpose ◽  
New Phenomena ◽  
Postmodern Spirituality ◽  
Fundamental Shift ◽  
The Universe

In recent years, the thesis about a fundamental shift in Western religiosity has become increasingly prominent in the scientific study of religion. Many new phenomena of today’s religious scene are seen as the manifestation of a resacralization/re-enchantment of the world, or even of spirituality/a spiritual revolution. The new religious world view that is taking shape presupposes an essential oneness of microcosm and macrocosm and a presence of the divine in man and in the world. The radical distinction between the temporal and supernatural worlds disappears, which seems to herald the advent of a new type of spirituality based on the idea of immanence. This new ‘all-inclusive spirituality’ has many forms of expression and is concerned with ‘the sacredness of life, nature and the universe’ and ‘all pathways that lead to meaning and purpose’. This ‘subjective turn’ means ‘a turn away from life lived in terms of external or “objective” roles, duties and obligations, and a turn towards life lived by reference to one’s own subjective experiences (relational as much as individualistic)’. All the above-mentioned explanatory frameworks to a certain extent employ the concept of individualization.This presentation examines the the concept of individualization as an approach for the understanding of today’s religious scene.

scholarly journals Finding God in All Things through Poetry

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
Novita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Spiritual Exercises ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
Ignatian Spirituality ◽  
The Core ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Universe

Poetry is a language of devotion. It is the melody that resonates from one’s pure conscience. Being the most important and richest part of our spiritual practice, people read and write poems to help them gain understanding about themselves, each other, and the world around them. Examining world poetry, mainly from America, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka which  tell about the presence of God, this article attempts to find out how God the Creator is present and represented, focusing as it does on the connection between poetry and spiritual exercises. Each of the seven poems under discussion is read by considering Ignatian Spirituality of which the core is “Finding God in All Things”. The selected poems show that God can indeed be found in three main spots. First, God resides in the universe. The presence of God in nature is a common theme shared by the poets discussed. Second, the speakers of the poems find God within themselves. They find God through discretion. Third, some of them find the face of God in that of other people because humans are created in His image. The poems open an awareness that God is present in the sufferings of others. In conclusion, poetry serves as both prayers and spiritual exercises that can improve people’s inner compassion and justice.

scholarly journals LANDASAN FILOSOFIS PEMBERDAYAAN KOMUNITAS ADAT TERPENCIL

Sosio Informa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusmin Tumanggor
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
World View ◽  
The World ◽  
The Universe

Peoples had equality of living right. To moved, to creation, to critics, to request or to reject, obedient or denial, to defend our self in all of situation to fulfill the opinion of living need. This condition must be democratic protection. The bone as much white, the blood as much red, to ramble and to buried around in the surface of the world. World view of Manado, “all of peoplesalways friendship”, World view of Melayu “The world where to stand, there the sky to uphold”. To share joys and sorrows, utopist of Indonesia. The meaning of lived reality everybody separated with the differences, especially for the indigenous people. So, we must build their solidarity to improve their live and leave the backward. The concept of philosophy based on the universe components.Key Words : philosophy, empowerment, indigenous people

Pseudo-Dionysius (fl. c. AD 500)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Jarka-Sellers
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
World View ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Dionysius The Areopagite ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Device ◽  
Pseudo Dionysius ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Christian World View

‘Pseudo-Dionysius’ was a Christian Neoplatonist who wrote in the late fifth or early sixth century and who presented himself as Dionysius the Areopagite, an Athenian converted by St Paul. This pretence – or literary device – was so convincing that Pseudo-Dionysius acquired something close to apostolic authority, giving his writings tremendous influence throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. The extant four treatises and ten letters articulate a metaphysical view of the cosmos, as well as a religious path of purification and perfection, that are grounded in the Neoplatonism developed in the Platonic Academy in Athens. Although this strand of Neoplatonist thought, in contrast to that developed at the school in Alexandria, was deliberately pagan in its religious orientation, Pseudo-Dionysius used its conceptual resources (drawing especially on Proclus) to give precision and depth to the philosophical principles of a Christian world view. Cardinal points of Pseudo-Dionysius’ thought are the transcendence of a first cause of the universe, the immediacy of divine causality in the world and a hierarchically ordered cosmos.

scholarly journals SELF-CENSORSHIP LICENSED RELIGIOUS OF NEWS MEDIA FOR BALANCED JOURNALISM TO SUPPORT HARMONY AND HUMAN PROGRESS

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Ma’ruf
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
News Media ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
The Self ◽  
Good Image ◽  
Moral Improvement ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Universe

Religion is a belief in the existence of a supernatural power who created and controls the universe. These days, Islam is often associated with terrorism so as to create Islamophobia. Distortion of information by the media decrease the good image of Islam. These days, many acts of terrorism going on in the world, but if not too highlighted if terrorists are not Muslims. Many civilians have been killed in Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan, and other countries have been killed, but it is not too claimed to be an act of terrorism as well as acts of terrorism that occurred in western countries which incidentally is known culprit is Muslim. One of the ways that have a major impact is the need to be made regarding the rules of self-censorship licensed religious for the news media. Technical implementation of the self-censorship licensed religious use of risk management. The principle is prevention. Prevention of the media to present imbalance in the news much better benefits than giving punishment to the media which wrong in presenting the news. If self-censorship is implemented, not only the equal of news that will be obtained, but the moral improvement of mankind will be achieved, given the media is a tool that easily influence the human mind. Thus proved that the acts of terrorism that confront terrorist act of taking his religion is just a scapegoat in the group seemed to be the face of the religion. Key words: self-cencorship, religious, news, journalism, harmony

WAWASAN AL-QUR’AN TENTANG KONSERVASI ALAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Bani Syarif Maula
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Balance Of Nature ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Natural Laws ◽  
Western Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Islamic Leadership ◽  
The Universe

Ecological consciousness in the mid-20th century had a direct effect on the Muslim theological view toward nature. Environmental degradation requires the awareness of all humanity to restore the world to a normal ecological ecosystem based on natural laws, including awareness based on religious texts because Western model conservation is not always in accordance with all cultures and traditions in the world. This paper explains the values contained in the Qur'an associated with ecological awareness because the Qur'an contains the teachings about nature conservation contained in its verses, ranging from problems the creation of the universe until the prohibition of destruction on the face of the earth. The concept of balance (mizan) and the concept of Islamic Leadership (khalifah) in the Qur'an become the main principle to create social harmony and balance of nature as a foundation to form religious ethics on social life and treatment of nature ethics).

The Unbearable Truth or How the World Changed and Nearly Left Anthropology Behind

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Kirk Gray
Keyword(s):  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Universe

IN THE BEGINNING … the earth was without form and void, with darkness over the face of knowledge of those who could neither read nor write, and a mighty wind called Anthropology swept over the surface of the waters of knowledge and understanding. Anthropology said let there be light on cultures not well understood by mere man and soon there was light. And Anthropology saw that the light was good, and we separated light from darkness. For a long while the light shone brightly, illuminating the corridors and halls and libraries of our learning. The sons and daughters of Anthropology were spread across the universe recording, documenting, theorizing.

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