VOLUME 7 ISSUE 2 FALL 2021

Editorial	1
From Individual to Universal: A Story of Kundalinī Awakening	2
1 Introduction	3
2 The Sudden Experience of Kundalinī	4
2.1 A Mental Struggle	4
2.2 A Kundalinī Awakening	5
2.3 Uncovering the Present Moment	5
2.4 A Gift of Eternal Love	6
2.5 An Expansion of Consciousness	7
2.6 Immortality Revealed	8
2.7 Union with the Ultimate Consciousness	9
3 What I Have Learned from my Experience	10
3.1 The Subtle Body	10
3.2 The Kundalinī Energy	10
3.3 Dimensions of Perception	10
4 Conclusion	11
Qi: A Personal Take on the Intersection of TCM and the Natural Sciences	12
1 Encountering Subtle Energy	14
2 The Natural Sciences’ Perspective on Energy	15
3 The Subjective Perception of Qi	17
3.1 Energy in the Palms	17
4 Energy of the Heart	18
4.1 The Heart Protector	18
4.2 Kundalinī Qi	19
4.3 Energy Channel Qi	20
4.4 Mechanical Force Transmission	20
4.5 Electrical Qi – ElecQicity	21
5 Conclusion	20
References	23
What Is Behind the Window? Ontological Question of Spiritual Experience Between Rudolf Otto and Carl Gustav Jung	24
1 Introduction	25
2 Positivist Approach versus Holistic Approach to Human Experience	26
3 Phenomenology of Rudolf Otto and Its Limits	28
4 The Original Theories of Depth Psychology	30
5 The Question of Ontology of the Numinous	32
6 Conclusion	33
Notes	34
Acknowledgment	34
References	35
Aging, Cultivation, and Transcendence in Confucianism	36
1 Introduction	37
2 The Meaning of Aging	38
3 Confucian Cultivation of Spirituality	40
4 Moral Transcendence and Decent Death	42
5 Conclusion	45
Notes	46
Acknowledgment	46
References	47
Three Types of Medieval Allegory as a Basis of Later Christian Spirituality	48
1 Introduction	49
1.1 Three Fundamental Types of Allegory	50
1.2 Allegory as an Instrument of the New Interpretation	50
2 First Sources of Allegory – Rhetorical Allegory	51
2.1 Augustine’s Contribution to Allegory	51
2.2 Reading as Allegory of the Canons of St. Victor	52
3 Medieval Integumental Allegory as a Basis of New Spirituality	53
3.1 Pagan Myths as a Source of Christian Exegesis	53
3.2 Nature Instead of Book	53
3.3 The Integumentum Accentuates the Dignity of Man	54
3.4 The Integumental Allegory – St. Francis’s Spirituality of Creature	54
4 From Integumental to Tropological Allegory	56
4.1 A Retreat from Theoretical Commentaries and the Arrival of Practice	56
4.2 Tropology as a Basis of Mystical and Affective Imitatio	56
4.3 Speculatio as an Allegory of Seeing in English Affective Mysticism	57
5 Conclusion	58
Acknowledgment	58
Notes	58
References	59
Adaptation to Cancer in the Context of Spirituality	60
1 Introduction	61
2 Method	63
2.1 Sample and Procedure	63
2.2 Measures	63
3 Results	64
3.1 Descriptive Analysis	64
3.2 Correlations	66
3.3 Correlation Network	67
4 Discussion	68
5 Conclusion	68
Note	68
Acknowledgment	68
References	68
Spirituality and Religious Orientation in Relation to Posttraumatic Growth in Cancer Patients	70
1 Introduction	71
2 Method	73
2.1 Sample and Procedure	73
2.2 Measures	73
3 Results	74
4 Discussion	76
5 Conclusion	76
Acknowledgment	76
References	77

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