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

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