Top Results for Mysticism

The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film following five college students who encounter malevolent forces after playing a tape recorder in a remote cabin. The recording unleashes demons leading to possession and violent confrontations among the group members. Bruce Campbell stars as Ash Williams, attempti...

The Illusionist is a 2006 film set in turn-of-the-century Vienna, centered on a magician named Eisenheim and his rekindled romance with a woman from a higher social class. The narrative incorporates a reimagining of the Mayerling incident alongside the central love story. It stars Edward Norton, Pau...

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite was a 5th or 6th century philosopher writing under the name of an Apostle figure. His influential works explored Christian mysticism and metaphysics through negative theology—focusing on what God *is not* rather than attributes He possesses. Scholars, theologians, and...

Simone Weil was a prominent French philosopher exploring profound questions about human experience. Her work examines concepts like attention, suffering (affliction), labor’s value, and spiritual connection through a unique blend of philosophical analysis and mystical reflection. Weil's ideas remain...

Bonaventure (c. 1225-1274) was a profoundly influential medieval philosopher associated with the Franciscan order. He developed a complex system blending Aristotelian philosophy with Christian mysticism and scholasticism. His *Journey of the Mind to God* explored how human intellect could achieve il...

Meister Eckhart was a significant 13th-14th century German philosopher and theologian associated with the Dominican order. His writings explored profound concepts of detachment from worldly concerns and achieving direct union with God through mystical experience. Eckhart’s ideas on the nature of bei...

Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German Benedictine abbess, visionary, composer, and writer. Her works address theology, cosmology, natural history, healing, morality, and music, often presenting knowledge through accounts of religious visions. Scivias, her best-known visionary text, combin...

The Book of Love and Creation is an epistolary novel structured entirely around written correspondence, utilizing letters to explore complex themes.

Bitva extrasensov is a Russian paranormal reality television series produced for TNT. It adapts the British format “Britain’s Psychic Challenge,” debuting in February 2007. The program features contestants competing in psychic tests.