Essays about: "spiritual transformation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words spiritual transformation.

1. 1. The Ayahuasca Experience: A Phenomenological Study of Tourists in Iquitos, Peru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Jesse Wasson; [2020]
   Keywords : social anthropology; phenomenology; ayahuasca; ritual healing; Peru; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Yearly thousands travel from around the globe to Peru to participate in the ceremonial consumption of ayahuasca under the guidance of a shaman. The brew stimulates a psychedelic state in users that triggers hallucinations, powerful emotional responses,and severe physical reactions, all of which are codified into ritual practice. READ MORE

3. 2. Catalysts for transformation : a systematic literature review exploring the interlinkages and potential role of classic psychedelics to social-ecological sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Marion Nilsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Classic Psychedelics; Transformation; Connectedness; Spirituality; Worldview; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Most of classic psychedelic literature indicate its potential benefit to society and the environment during a time of rapid environmental degradation and climate change– hinting its potential role to sustainability and socio-ecological transformation. There is virtually no study drawing the explicit interlinkages of classic psychedelic research to sustainability science but it is observed that there are overlapping themes to the psychedelic experience and inner-sustainability concepts. READ MORE

4. 3. Skanstullsbron Library

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Jialu Cai; [2019]
   Keywords : transformation ; library ; mega structure ; viaduct ;

   Abstract : I describe library as a place where one can detach from everyday life and attach to things that happened hundreds of years ago, happen in the fantasy world, happen in the spiritual space. With this description I regard library as a spiritual space rather than a functional building. READ MORE

5. 4. A Paradise Fading : Perceptions of Wild Nature in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and His Knights

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Li Hedenmalm; [2018]
   Keywords : Alfred Lord Tennyson; Idylls of the King; Howard Pyle; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; Victorian literature; ecocriticism; nature; wilderness; industrialism; animalisation; nostalgia; paradise;

   Abstract : This thesis explores representations of wild nature in two Arthurian texts – one British and one American – produced in an age characterised by rapid social transformation: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859-1885) and Howard Pyle’s Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903). By investigation of the textual descriptions of wilderness and the portrayals of characters living there, the study aims to investigate what attitudes towards unkempt nature are displayed in the two texts. READ MORE

6. 5. Spiritual Activism for At-Risk Youth : Compassionate Saint Augustine’s Youth Academy Initiative, an Ethnographic Study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Shanti Grafström; [2018]
   Keywords : Spiritual; Activism; Social Justice; Juvenile Rehabilitation; Restorative Justice; Racism; Meditation; Collective Consciousness Shift; Compassion; Ethnography;

   Abstract : BACKGROUND:  This is an ethnographic study of two communities coming together to serve at-risk youth in St. Augustine, Florida. Compassionate St Augustine (CSA) is a non-profit organization grounded in the Golden Rule that promotes compassion-based practices in schools, businesses, faith communities, and government. READ MORE