Techniques of Spiritual Experience
This book is a unique attempt by historians, anthropologists and specialists of different religions and esoteric trends to investigate the mental and physical 'techniques' for obtaining an 'experience' of the Absolute or the Sacred. Cognitive techniques include prayers or litanies practised in di...
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| description | This book is a unique attempt by historians, anthropologists and specialists of different religions and esoteric trends to investigate the mental and physical 'techniques' for obtaining an 'experience' of the Absolute or the Sacred.
Cognitive techniques include prayers or litanies practised in different ways, through repetition (Sufi dhikr, Christian Hesychasm, yoga) or motion (Sufi dance), along with visualizations (in Kabbala, Sufism, Buddhism) or breathing exercises (in many trends), and in the invocation of names (Kabbala, Sufism). Such techniques may also be taught by spirits or immaterial entities (Daoism, shamanism). Physical techniques aim to establish the practical conditions for controlling the body and preventing it from becoming an obstacle on the ascetic path. They include body postures in yoga and, most particularly, seclusion, often performed in solitary places (a forty-day retreat in Sufism or the famous three-year seclusion in a cave or hermitage in the case of Tibetan Buddhism).
Mental and physical techniques are obviously intimately associated, and this book underlines the similarities between their practice in most world religions, the main points in common being the exercises based on repetition, breathing techniques and seclusion. In addition, some authors emphasize the fact that certain mystic trends, like Christian Hesychasm ('prayer of Jesus'), Sufism and Kabbala have borrowed spiritual techniques from Buddhism, and especially from yoga, and that such loans have also taken place between Sufism and Kabbala, and Buddhism and Daoism. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1669512025-10-09T12:24:32Z Techniques of Spiritual Experience Brach, Jean-Pierre Zarcone, Thierry anthropology religious practice Judaism Christianity Islam Buddhism shamanism mysticism yoga meditation spiritual exercises Kabbalah thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHC East Asian and Indian philosophy::QDHC2 Yoga (as a philosophy) thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPB Islam: branches and groups::QRPB4 Islamic groups: Sufis thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRR Other religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRV Animism and Shamanism thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VX Mind, body, spirit::VXW Mysticism, magic and occult interests thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VX Mind, body, spirit::VXM Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRF Buddhism::QRFB Buddhism: branches and groups::QRFB2 Mahayana Buddhism::QRFB21 Tibetan Buddhism This book is a unique attempt by historians, anthropologists and specialists of different religions and esoteric trends to investigate the mental and physical 'techniques' for obtaining an 'experience' of the Absolute or the Sacred. Cognitive techniques include prayers or litanies practised in different ways, through repetition (Sufi dhikr, Christian Hesychasm, yoga) or motion (Sufi dance), along with visualizations (in Kabbala, Sufism, Buddhism) or breathing exercises (in many trends), and in the invocation of names (Kabbala, Sufism). Such techniques may also be taught by spirits or immaterial entities (Daoism, shamanism). Physical techniques aim to establish the practical conditions for controlling the body and preventing it from becoming an obstacle on the ascetic path. They include body postures in yoga and, most particularly, seclusion, often performed in solitary places (a forty-day retreat in Sufism or the famous three-year seclusion in a cave or hermitage in the case of Tibetan Buddhism). Mental and physical techniques are obviously intimately associated, and this book underlines the similarities between their practice in most world religions, the main points in common being the exercises based on repetition, breathing techniques and seclusion. In addition, some authors emphasize the fact that certain mystic trends, like Christian Hesychasm ('prayer of Jesus'), Sufism and Kabbala have borrowed spiritual techniques from Buddhism, and especially from yoga, and that such loans have also taken place between Sufism and Kabbala, and Buddhism and Daoism. Published 2025-10-09T12:24:29Z 2025-10-09T12:24:29Z 2025-09-30 book 978-1-912385-73-7 978-1-912385-56-0 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166951 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.seankingston.co.uk/Open%20Access.html https://www.seankingston.co.uk/OA/BRAC01.pdf Sean Kingston Publishing Sean Kingston Publishing 10.26581/B.BRAC01 10.26581/B.BRAC01 3f48d7a0-9bcb-4d16-8065-0f3e2b45f2a1 6e003351-66e8-468a-9db6-e700964026eb 978-1-912385-73-7 978-1-912385-56-0 Sean Kingston Publishing 280 Canon Pyon, UK The Centro Incontri Umani, Ascona open access |
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