Gnosis is continual amazement (ḥayrat), said Hazrat Abu Bakr al-Shibli (861-946), an influential Sufi of Persian heritage.

Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they’ve felt spiritual peace in the last year. More than 60 percent report thinking about God a lot. Penny Edgell, a sociologist at the University of ...

who built a strong foundation with their spiritual future in mind. On a chilly Sunday evening in January, as birds soar effortlessly against the pale blue sky while dusk falls on the Sanford ...

the God of destruction, transformation, and regeneration. It is a night dedicated to worshipping Shiva, fasting, and offering prayers for spiritual growth. Each year, devotees honor this day with ...

I think it's a rainbow bridge that connects earth with sky, the man with God, the inner world to the outer world," he said. Also read: Woman attending Maha Kumbh Mela murdered, companion ...

When Annika Peterson glides along a frozen lake on her cross-country skis, she feels something sacred. On a blindingly ...

Voltaire’s stance appears straightforward: he condemns Christianity, and he is almost commissioned to complete its ...

This 2008 Maxis creation was heralded as the next evolution of god games, and released to critical acclaim despite sky-high expectations ... Hailed as a spiritual successor to Populous, From ...

Douthat guides the reader through the science toward God with a gentle but insistent ... above history and politics, leading by spiritual power that connects him directly to the people.

They will seem larger and higher in the sky in the early morning and late afternoon ... is a deified ancestor or a family or personal god. “When those of our loved ones go before us, they ...