Cannabis is frequently used among Sufis
the mystical interpretation of Islam that exerts strong influence over local Muslim practices in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and Pakistan.
Sufi — a Muslim mystic; a member of a religious order which follows
mystical interpretations of Islamic doctrines and practices.
Kabbalah instructor and scholar Chaim Solomon will discuss the concepts and themes of Kabbalah, the ancient tradition of
mystical interpretations of the Bible, found in the work of artist Anselm Kiefer.
Not exact matches
That original Islam is only hinted at in the Qur» an and the Hadith, which were written years after the prophet Mohammed had his
mystical experience — just as the original precepts
of Christianity are minimized and only obliquely presented in the New Testament and its «authorized» translations,
interpretations and commentaries, which were written over many years, well after Jesus» ministry and Paul's
mystical experience.
They have been stirred together in a mortar, and the two elements have completely neutralized each other in a compound which is neither history nor
interpretation, but
mystical rhapsody and poetry
of devotion, not so much a theology as a half - Gnostic Christian theosophy — history turned inside out in order to reveal its inner meaning, but ceasing to be history in the process.
[21] As John Henry Newman famously wrote: «It may be almost laid down as an historical fact that the
mystical interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together» John Henry Newman, A.n Essay on the Development
of Christian Doctrine, ch 7, section 4, no5).
Today in Turkey there is no conflict between Sunni and Shi'a or between those who follow a literal
interpretation of Islam and those who prefer a
mystical interpretation.
Dr. Code holds that there is an unavoidable
mystical dimension in every
interpretation of nature.
But the symbols discover this meaning for us (S 57, emphasis added), 21 a remark that recalls Wittgenstein's famous conclusion
of his Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus: «Not how the world is, is the
mystical, but that it is»; except that the how
of world - making, if it is ultimately dependent on imaginative
interpretations of signs or symbolisms, becomes every bit as mysterious as the fact that it is.
When there were contradictions in those materials, a reconciliation was effected, or at least attempted, through the use
of the «different levels
of interpretation», where the historical meaning, the moral meaning, the theological meaning, and the highly
mystical meaning could be distinguished and an appropriate distribution made in the discussion
of this or that biblical text.
The method gave rise to the couplet: Litera gesta docet, Quid credas allegoria / Moralis quid agas, Quo tendas anagogia (which freely translates as: «The literal teaches what God and our ancestors did; the allegory is where our faith and belief is hid / The moral meaning gives us the rule
of daily life; the anagogy [or
mystical interpretation] shows us where we end our strife»).
It is indeed the grave necessity
of hour to not only simplify this great message but also to relate the
interpretation of mystical verses
of Gita with our modern tastes, trends and tendencies
of life.
Take horses for instance: from the symbolism behind the forms
of Amy Laugesen's classic sculptures to the expressive
interpretation of Peggy Judy's paintings
of livestock; from the
mystical photographs by Sandra Lee Kaplan to the modern artifacts and adornments
of Janet Nelson; the style, form, and
interpretation of these artists couldn't be more varied.
In exploring the visual connections between numbers — exact and absolute units
of measurements — and the
mystical, wayward ways
of luck, as embodied by locals performing for her camera, Cromwell offers a lyric homage to Cuba, the place that's shaped her practice and that continues defying expectations and
interpretations.
While they no doubt owe much to the precedents
of Op art and Pattern and Decoration, Takenaga's repetitive forms, like Ross Bleckner's, inspire more
mystical interpretation... Takenaga's paintings portray matter and energies beyond what we know, beyond the everyday world.
Tai Shani's work occupies the central gallery space and frames the gallery entrance with vibrant symbolic sculptures; technicolour, psychedelic
interpretations of mystical objects and ritualistic architecture.
They use varying kinds
of imagery appropriated from popular culture and abstract
interpretations of nature, used as a symbolic vocabulary to express a
mystical, ephemeral and kaleidoscopic viewpoint.