scholarly journals Ramón Xirau: la verdad en la poesía y la pertinencia filosófica de las imágenes

2009 ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Isabel Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Jorge Luis Borges ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross ◽  
The Way

Xirau is a philosopher who is always seeking the union between philosophical arguments and poetical images. He is seduced by the eloquence and the persuasiveness of images. In this paper I briefly analyze four examples, two from literature to philosophy (John of the Cross and Jorge Luis Borges), and two from philosophy to literature (Wittgenstein and Nietzsche). All of them show the way Xirau finds metaphysics behind poetry, and poetry behind metaphysics.

scholarly journals “O Sweet Cautery”: John of the Cross and the Healing of the Natural World

Horizons ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-331
Author(s):  
Mary Frohlich
Keyword(s):  
Human Person ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Divine Love ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
Full Capacity ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross ◽  
The Web ◽  
Lengthy Process ◽  
The Way

Contrary to what may appear in a superficial understanding of his spirituality, John of the Cross strongly affirms the goodness of creation and its capacity to mediate the presence of God. He specifically identifies the web of mutual interactions among creatures as a primary manifestation of divine love, and he affirms that the more a person participates in God, the more he or she participates fully and joyfully in this community of creatures. Activation of creation's full capacity to mediate divinity, however, depends on the full fruition of the human person in God. Experientially, this involves a lengthy process of a back-and-forth rhythm between the glimpse of God in creation and the complete renunciation of dependence on creaturely knowledge in favor of faith. John's writings invite us to participate in the healing of the natural world by pursuing this contemplative rhythm all the way to its fruitional climax.

scholarly journals Różne stany doskonałości. Proboszcz z Ambricourt według Bernanosa i Bressona

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Maciej Gorczyński
Keyword(s):  
Film Studies ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Dark Night ◽  
Saint John ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross ◽  
The Way

Different state of perfectness. The priest from Ambricourt according to Bernanos and BressonIn the paper the author draws a comparison between Georges Bernanosʼ Journal d’un curé de campagne The diary of a country priest, and Robert Bresson’s adaptation of the book. The aim of the comparison is to show, how different artistic principles affected the way the holiness is presented. The author claims that it is not actually holiness, but a peculiar state, which Saint John of the Cross called Dark Night of the Senses. The paper represents fields of literary studies, and film studies.

Conclusions

Savoring God ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Gloria Maité Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
The Cross ◽  
John Of The Cross ◽  
The Way

The last chapter explores some insights taken from the comparisons as they address questions crucial to modern readers and humanity scholars. John of the Cross and the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theologians had in mind an “ideal reader” who would invest all her emotions and intellect into the act of reading. For John, this is a reader who knows how to “savor” the text and the “divine truths” contained within it. The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theologians envision a reader who reads “with the heart,” a sahṛdaya. Although these expectations may differ from those of modern readers who approach these texts through a comparative theopoetic lens, we can still ask what the qualities of a modern “ideal reader” are. What could today’s scholars and teachers learn from these Early Modern ways of reading and teaching how to read? And how might their practices of theopoetic impact the way we read and compare texts?

scholarly journals The Way of the Mystic: The Sanjuanist stages of the spiritual path

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Kourie
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Spiritual Journey ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Dark Night ◽  
Spiritual Path ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Spiritual Marriage ◽  
John Of The Cross ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

A major conceptual dynamic in all major religious traditions is the need for purification and transformation of the individual in order to effect integration and maturation of the personality in the divine. Although the means by which this purification takes place differs according to the cultural and religious configurations of any given tradition, nevertheless a recurring image is that of an inner and outer odyssey. A major example is the threefold path of John of the Cross, which presents a psycho-spiritual journey by which ‘divine osmosis’ can be realised, passing through the ‘dark night of the soul’, and culminating in ‘spiritual marriage’. Although not accepted by many theoreticians and practitioners of mysticism, nevertheless the value of the Sanjuanist schemata still holds sway in contemporary society.

2. Speaking of God in the Post-Human Era: An Examination of Radical Life Extension in Relation to Key Theological Concepts and Narratives

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Barton
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
The Core ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
The Cross ◽  
And Function ◽  
Radical Life Extension ◽  
The Way ◽  
Changing World

Rapid advancements in radical life extension technologies contribute to humanity’s ever-changing world. The normalization of radical life extension technologies would signify that the present era in which biology and evolution act as dictators of human life and health would come to an end, thereby ushering in the age of the post-human. The purpose of this paper is to engage in a theological analysis of how and to what degree the ways in which humanity speaks about God could be changed or influenced if radical life extension becomes normative within society. . It is likely that this powerful technology would have a significant impact on many facets of culture, including the way in which humanity engages with religion, in particular Christianity. To accomplish this, the technology that could potentially support radical life extension, namely nanotechnology and cybernetic immortality, will be explained in terms of their relevance and function. Subsequently, the affects of radical life extension for human life will be addressed. Specifically, the implications of the partial or full eradication of human biological and psychological suffering and death through the use of cybernetic immortality and nanotechnology and will be considered. From there, the core theological concepts and narratives will be analyzed in the context of the potential actualization of radical life extension technology. A focus will be placed on the ethic of loving thy neighbour, Christ’s suffering on the cross, the hope of salvation and the Christian hope of entrance into heaven after death. 

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