Volume 6 Issue 2 FALL 2020

Editorial	1
Ātma vichāra and its Pathways to Freedom	2
1 Introduction	3
2 The Background	5
3 Description of Ātma vichāra on the Basis of Bibliographical Research	6
3.1 The Mind That Is to Be Transcended & Its Use in the Process of Ātma vichāra	8
3.2 The Process of Mystical Death & its Necessity for Reaching Mukti	8
3.3 Majjana or “Diving” into the Heart-cave	9
3.4 The Application of Prānārodha as a Pathway to Mukti	10
3.5 Surrender as a Practicable Way for a Contemporary Sādhaka	10
4 Supportive Processes of Ātma vichāra	11
5 Ātma vichāra in Everyday Life – Feedback from Ātma vichāra Courses	11
6 Conclusions	13
Acknowledgement	13
References	14
Romanticism and Religious Crisis: Schleiermacher, Poetry, Peregrinatio vitae	16
1 Introduction	17
2 Schleiermacher	18
2.1 Schleiermacher and Spirituality	18
2.2 The Place of Religion After the Enlightenment Turn	19
2.3 Redefinition of Religion	19
2.4 The Meaning of Religion in Modernity	20
3 Romantic Poetry	21
3.1 Novalis’ Hymns to the Night	21
3.2 Wordsworth’s The Prelude	22
3.3 Shelley’s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty	23
4 Commonality: Peregrinatio vitae	24
5 Conclusion	25
Notes	26
References	27
Studying Spirituality of Muslim Spouses Fighting Infertility: From Methodological Problems to Analysis of Everyday Practice	28
1 Introduction	29
2 Methodological Challenges	30
First Problem	30
Second Problem	30
Third Problem	30
Fourth Problem	31
3 Discussion	32
3.1 Discovering the Background on Marriage and Progeny in Islam	32
3.2 Diversity of Approaches: For the Situation of the Believing Patient Even to be Harder	32
3.3 Diseases Related to Reproductive Health as God’s Punishment	29
3.3 Diseases Related to Reproductive Health as God’s Punishment	35
4 Conclusion	35
Acknowledgement	37
Notes	37
References	38
Some Patristic Inspirations for the Theological Study of Spirituality	40
1 Introduction	41
2 Rediscovery of the Church Fathers in Theology	42
3 Contemporary Importance of Reading of Early Church Texts	42
4 Ethos of Dialogue	43
5 Some Inspirations for the Theological Study of Spirituality	43
6 Spiritual Impulses for the Renewal of Theology	44
Acknowledgement	45
References	46
Personality Types and Prānic Energy Perceptions: An Exploratory Study	48
1 Introduction	49
1.1 Vedic Theory of Personality	50
1.2 Triguna and Their Influence on Prānic Energy Experience	50
2 Method	51
2.1 Participants	51
2.2 Procedure	52
2.3 Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria	52
2.4 Measures	52
2.4.1 Vedic Personality Inventory	52
2.4.2 Pranic Energy Perception Schedule	52
2.5 Statistical Analysis	53
2.6 Results	53
3 Discussion	57
4 Conclusion	58
Acknowledgement	58
References	59
Restraining the Yoga Police	60

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MzgxMzI=