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Contemplative Prayer: History, Practices, and t...
Last Updated: March 2026, Content reviewed and expanded with new material on hesychasm, Centering Prayer, and Steiner's relationship to the contemplative tradition. Quick Answer Contemplative prayer is wordless, receptive prayer...
Ramon Llull: The Ars Magna, Combinatorial Art, ...
Last Updated: March 2026, Article updated with current scholarship on Llull's influence on Leibniz, Bruno, and the history of computation. Quick Answer Ramon Llull (c.1232-1316) was a Catalan mystic and...
Enochian Language: The Angelic Tongue of John D...
Quick Answer Enochian language was received by mathematician John Dee and scryer Edward Kelley through angelic communications (1582-1589). It has 21 letters, approximately 900 words, distinctive grammar, and 19 ritual...
Albertus Magnus: The Doctor Universalis, Natura...
Last Updated: March 2026, Article updated with current scholarship on Albert's natural science and the alchemy attribution question. Quick Answer Albertus Magnus (c. 1200-1280), called the "Doctor Universalis," was the...
Gnostic Christianity: The Hidden Gospel Within ...
Quick Answer Gnostic Christianity was a diverse movement of the 1st-4th centuries CE that understood Jesus as a revealer of hidden spiritual knowledge (gnosis), not primarily a sacrificial savior. It...
Duns Scotus: Haecceity, Univocity of Being, and...
Last Updated: March 2026, Content reviewed and expanded with new scholarship on Scotus's influence on Heidegger, Peirce, and Deleuze. Quick Answer John Duns Scotus (c.1265-1308), called the "Subtle Doctor," is...