Sökning: "esotericism"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade ordet esotericism.

1. 6. The Order and the Archive : Freemasonic Archival Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe

   Författare :Tim Berndtsson; Otto Fischer; Ann Öhrberg; Henrik Bogdan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; masonry; archival history; archival theory; the Swedish Order of Freemasons; the Order of the Strict Observance; esotericism; eighteenth-century literature; frimureri; arkivhistoria; arkivteori; Svenska Frimurare Orden; Strikta Observansen; esoterik; sjutttonhundratalslitteratur; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores how eighteenth-century European Masons created archives, and how these archives in turn created Masons. It is an exploration of how a masonic archival culture was formed, and how different ideas, hopes, and anxieties were co-produced along with the records and manuscripts kept by masonic associations. LÄS MER

3. 7. Själens arkitektur : Subtil anatomi som upplevelse, förkroppsligande och självförståelse, 1875–2020

   Författare :Malin Fitger; Egil Asprem; Per Faxneld; Peter Åkerbäck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Subtle energy; Subtle anatomy; Subtle body; kundalini; modern yoga; meditation; modern spirituality; new religious movements; New Age; esotericism; metaphors; embodiment; embodied cognition; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Contemporary forms of yoga and meditation, New Age-inspired practices, and alternative medicine share a conception of the body and mind as composed of “energy.” It depicts the soul, spirit, or consciousness as a form that adepts of spiritual practices can learn to “see” and “feel. LÄS MER

4. 8. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

   Författare :Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. LÄS MER

5. 9. Solbadets Buddha : Buddhism och teosofi i Ellen Keys Livstro

   Författare :Hedda Jansson; Per Faxneld; Egil Asprem; Erik af Edholm; Henrik Bogdan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ellen Key; Life Faith; Buddhism; Theosophy; Spirituality; Esotericism; 18th-century religion; Enchantment; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis analyzes the spiritual teaching developed by Ellen Key, which she called Life Faith (Swedish: Livstro), situating it in the broader history of religions and concerns characteristic of Key’s time. Specifically, it investigates Key’s interest in Buddhism and Theosophy by drawing on recent scholarship on alternative and esoteric spiritual movements in the late 1800s to contextualize her ideas, demonstrating how Key's Life Faith was nourished by German idealism, Romanticism, and the so-called Oriental Renaissance. LÄS MER

7. 10. American Dervish: Making Mevlevism in the United States of America

   Författare :Simon Sorgenfrei; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Mevlevi Sufism; Esotericism; Performance; Ritual; Islam; Women and Religion; Rumi; Mevlevi Order of America; Sufism;

   Sammanfattning : In the late 1970s, the Turkish Mevlevi Sufi sheikh Süleyman Dede arrived from Konya, Turkey, in the United States. There he initiated a number of individuals primarily belonging to American esoteric groups as sheikhs in the Mevlevi order, known in Euro-America as the whirling dervishes. LÄS MER