The Fourth Gospel presents the doctrine of love by repeating the terms for love, such as agape and philos , and their cognate verbs. The Gospel further enriches the doctrine by adopting metaphors and symbols that signify love, lovers, and/or love deities in the first-century Med…
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This dissertation is concerned with the fate of the dark aspects of the divine feminine, as represented by the goddess Isis, after Christianity obtained its monopoly on European religion. Despite ecclesiastical attempts at extirpation, the goddesses of the pagan religions did no…
This dissertation comprises a study of the concept of desire in the thought of Jacques Lacan. The project identifies and explains the philosophical implications of Lacanian “Erotology,” the logos of eros, the logic of desire, as it is developed in Lacan’s thinking, writing, and …
Throughout history, musical aesthetics has been characterized by binary oppositions. For example, some argue music’s expressivity is rooted in its internal, formal configurations while others do so by pointing to music’s representational qualities. Or some emphasize music's sens…
Sufism is a living mystical path. The present and past great Sufis, despite the difficulty of expressing their states, have left us glimpses and footprints of their journey. Their mystical secrets and wisdom of love have been passed from heart to heart in different cultures. As …