http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1245 2013-05-19T21:07:40Z 2013-05-19T21:07:40Z Carr, Annabel http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7922 2012-05-01T17:09:24Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Grounding the Angels: An Attempt to Harmonise Science and Spiritism in the Celestial Conferences of John Dee Authors: Carr, Annabel Abstract: The retrospective catechisation of largely bygone beliefs is a naturally difficult assignment. An even more slavish task attends those philosophies which are not merely antiquated but which belonged, during their time of eminence, to a tradition of deliberate secrecy. An attempt to crack the ‘orphic’ codes of any such occult tradition will rely on a well-formed understanding of its position on the wider esoteric map as well as an appreciation of the clandestine nature of esoteric movements in general. Indeed, the seasoned esoteric historian will be closely familiar with the sentiment of Trithemius’s seventeenth-century caution to Agrippa: “... communicate vulgar secrets to vulgar friends, but higher and secret to higher, and secret friends only”. The would-be decrypter must therefore accept as inflexible the possibility that his or her quest might yield at best fragmentary fruits, for, as French warns in his biography of John Dee, the knotty complexity of old esoteric manuscripts “must necessarily elude modern readers”

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarbatoare, Octavian http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7194 2011-02-14T18:03:34Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Messianic Ideas: Historical Sources, and some Contemporary Expectations of Fulfilment Authors: Sarbatoare, Octavian Abstract: The aim of this work is to provide basic historical insights into the origins of the messianic myth and its future developments within various world religions (see our Table of contents). Issues of millenarian ideas in connection to the world saviour theme are also part of the study. We intend to provide an enlarged picture upon the subject of the world saviours including some current trends. All major characters we present herein are messianic per se; some will prove to have eschatological features as well.

2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Norman, Alex http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6150 2010-05-25T12:28:33Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Spiritual Tourism: Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Travel Authors: Norman, Alex Abstract: Tourism and pilgrimage have been said to be closely related1. However, the relationship between tourists and the religions and religious contexts they visit has been neglected. Why tourists travel to places of religious significance and how they conceive of their travels are important questions to both the study of tourism and of religion. This thesis is particularly concerned with those tourists who engage in religious practice or have some form of spiritual experience in a religious context. These I am tentatively calling ‘spiritual tourists’. What the study of their experiences can yield is information on the nature of touristic experiences and the position of religion within society. These patterns are conspicuously played out in the context of travel writing, where stories of personal transformation and self discovery can often seem the standard.

2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Penicka, Sarah http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6111 2010-05-10T12:32:21Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Men of Faith: Stravinsky, Maritain and the Ideal Christian Artifex Authors: Penicka, Sarah Abstract: In this paper I explore the relationship and mutual influences between Stravinsky and Maritain. Despite the connections between these two men, and the prominence which Stravinsky at least still holds, scholars have neglected to examine their relationship in any depth. Although there is an abundance of recent scholarship on Stravinsky, most of it concentrates on Stravinsky during his Russian period, or on the workings of Stravinsky’s serial music divorced from its religious subject matter.8 I will demonstrate how Stravinsky met the criteria of Maritain’s ideal Christian artifex by analysing Canticum Sacrum (1955) through the lens of Maritain’s philosophy. One of Stravinsky’s major religious works, Canticum Sacrum was also one of his first works to use serialism. Although it is neither neo-classical nor from the period of Stravinsky’s rededication, it demonstrates not only how Stravinsky exemplified Maritain’s ideal, but that he continued to exemplify this ideal in his later works. While neither man changed his work to comply with the beliefs of the other, both Stravinsky and Maritain used each others’ writings – both musical and philosophical – to support and explain their methods, ideas and inspirations. Maritain’s enshrinement of Stravinsky as the prime living example of his artistic ideal boosted the popularity of his own philosophy, and Stravinsky ultimately lived up to the role of the ideal Christian artifex with pleasure, publicly describing himself in Maritain’s terms and finding a method of worship through his art that required no overt prostrations, only humble belief.

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Tofighian, Omid http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6103 2010-05-03T21:54:15Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Rethinking Plato’s Theory of Art: Aesthetics and the Timaeus Authors: Tofighian, Omid Abstract: The Timaeus presents a fascinating account of the cosmos. It includes a creation myth that introduces the figure known as the Demiurge who, despite the fact that he is the cause of the sensible world, is reverently attributed with reason, and whose creation – the cosmos – is actually beautiful and good. In this dialogue Plato offers his readers a panorama of the universe. But just what are his intentions for this? Is his approach a precursor to the methods of natural science,1 or does the Timaeus fall under the category of theology? This thesis will discuss the outcome Plato wished to achieve by finally writing on cosmology and how the methods used to accomplish these ends reveal a more existential attitude towards aesthetics.

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Cusack, Carole M. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6081 2010-04-27T12:33:29Z 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: An Examination of the Ideologies Underlying Nineteenth Century Scholarly Researches into the Viking Age Authors: Cusack, Carole M. Abstract: This thesis concerns the (more or less) systematic rehabilitation of the Viking Period, which was undertaken by a collection of poets and philologists, scholars and amateurs, from the latter half of the eighteenth century through the Victorian Era into the twentieth century. The reasons underlying their efforts were, in both the broad and the narrow sense, political. For example, William Morris was a Socialist, and he employed his knowledge of pre-Christian Scandinavian society in the development of a Socialist Utopia. Similarly, William Stubbs was an authority on the Anglo-Saxon legal system, and this enabled him to convincingly argue for the Germanic origin of the English democratic institutions. The works discussed range from crude propaganda to painstakingly accurate translations, and as such there are varying levels of subtlety in their ideological messages.

1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Rawlings-Way, Olivia http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1260 2008-06-17T12:45:01Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: ‘The Path of Return Continues the Journey’ – Engaged Buddhism and the Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra in the Popular Theatre of Thích Nh´ât Hanh Authors: Rawlings-Way, Olivia

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Stewart, Brendon http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1265 2008-06-17T12:45:01Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: …with great expectations I change all my clothes Authors: Stewart, Brendon

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Wearring, Andrew http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1266 2008-06-17T12:45:01Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Re-doing Da Vinci: Appropriation and Misappropriation of Religious History in Conspiracy Fiction Authors: Wearring, Andrew

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Weitzel, Chela http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1267 2008-06-17T12:45:01Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Written Word in Islamic Art Authors: Weitzel, Chela

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson, Dominique http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1268 2008-06-17T12:45:02Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Willow and Which Craft? The portrayal of witchcraft in Joss Whedon’s Buffy: the Vampire Slayer Authors: Wilson, Dominique

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z O’Shea, Marius Paul http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1258 2008-06-17T12:45:02Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Neural Nirvana: `No mind' or out on a limbic? Authors: O’Shea, Marius Paul

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Cusack, Carole M http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1252 2009-05-21T04:29:52Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Scarlet and Black: Non-Mainstream Religion as ‘Other’ in Detective Fiction Authors: Cusack, Carole M

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Di Lauro, Frances http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1253 2008-06-17T12:45:06Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Living in the End Times: the Prophetic Language of Bob Dylan Authors: Di Lauro, Frances

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hartney, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1247 2008-06-17T12:44:55Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Between Sacred and Secular: The Pop Cult Saviour Approacheth! Authors: Hartney, Christopher

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Markwick, Laura http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1256 2008-06-17T12:45:06Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom in Hildegard of Bingen’s Visions Authors: Markwick, Laura

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Milani, Milad http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1257 2008-06-17T12:45:07Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Cyclical history, gnosis, and memory: a study in the role and significance of Mystical Poetry as a medium of Popular Culture for Persian Sufism Authors: Milani, Milad

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Rofail, Lydia Saleh http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1261 2008-06-17T12:45:07Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: From God to Marx: (Meta)Physicalities in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things Authors: Rofail, Lydia Saleh

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z von Behrens, Tanja http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1262 2008-06-17T12:45:07Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Art, Amway and the Australian Religious Consciousness Authors: von Behrens, Tanja

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Williams, Robert J http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1263 2009-05-21T06:25:08Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Symbol of the Hybrid Human/Alien Child in the Abduction Phenomenon: Rebirthing within the Psyche and the Psychosomatic Imagination Authors: Williams, Robert J

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Crosby, Vanessa http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1250 2008-06-17T12:45:08Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Innocence and Experience: The Subversion of the Child Hero Archetype in Philip Pullman’s Speculative Soteriology Authors: Crosby, Vanessa

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Wu, John http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1264 2008-06-17T12:45:08Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Goetia, Exorcism and Demonic Struggles in Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism Authors: Wu, John

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hartney, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1254 2008-06-17T12:45:06Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Imperial and Epic: Philip Pullman’s Dead God Authors: Hartney, Christopher

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Berry, Esther http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1248 2009-11-12T01:06:16Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Philip Pullman: Postcolonial Dark Materials, the Daemon and the Search for Indigenous Authenticity Authors: Berry, Esther

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Carr, Annabel http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1249 2008-06-17T12:45:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Beauty, Myth and Monolith: Picnic at Hanging Rock and the Vibration of Sacrality Authors: Carr, Annabel

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Adrahtas, Vassilios http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1251 2008-06-17T12:45:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Dancing Up Circular Quay: Indigenous Australian Popular Culture, Hybridization and the Local Performance of the Global Authors: Adrahtas, Vassilios

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoyle, Anna http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1255 2008-06-17T12:45:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Pebblemix a path to Nirvana Authors: Hoyle, Anna

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Quadrio, Philip A http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1259 2009-05-21T06:00:17Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Interplay Between the Contemporary Sacred and Secular Authors: Quadrio, Philip A

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z