The following is an inquiry into the phenomenon of “Spirit” and its relation to the practice of locating an acupuncture point. In this context of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which finds its roots in Taoist tradition, the aspect of Spirit shen is understood as being inextricably inter-related, inter-dependent and inter-connected with the Body and Mind aspects of this triune. Eight practitioners agreed to participate in a taped interview describing the experience of locating an acupoint. Although each practitioner described an experience which was unique, four threads emerged which are similar: (1) the practitioner focuses a body mediated awareness inward; (2) this awareness is then extended to the patient; (3) then there is the experience of movement toward the point both with intention and a palpating finger; and (4) when the point has been located there is a pause, followed by the sensation of arrival of the patient’s qi at the acupoint.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-83).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-83).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-83).

Cette recherche est une tentative de mener un processus de création artistique, à la fois théorique et pratique, qui puisse contribuer à penser de nouvelles modalités d'images dans le champ de l'art et propose des pistes alternatives à la représentation. Ces images, fluides, autopoïétiques, sont davantage pensées ici comme translations continues que comme formes déterminées. Vivantes, elles se constituent sur leur bordure, à la limite d'une prise de consistance ou d'une dissolution. Nous partons du mouvant, de la durée bergsonienne, nous plaçant en son sein afin d'épouser le flux continuel des nos corps et des choses. Nous investissons un processus ouvert, celui d'une base d'expérimentation somatique fluide impliquant à la fois un corps sans images, en amont de celles produites par le système nerveux, et une multiplicité d'images poétiques engendrées par l'expérience. À ces pratiques, nous couplons celle d'une philosophie vécue en acte, engageant des concepts dans le processus créatif, le mouvement et la danse. Nous sommes portés à vivre, à penser, un seuil de tremblement sur lequel la perception ordinaire vacille, et à élaborer des modalités de regard qui tentent d'ouvrir les corps et les espaces les libérant d'images fixes ou d'identités trop définies. Il s'agit non seulement de voir avec la peau, les liquides, les os, mais d'épouser le vide au cœur des choses et de tenter de voir avec « les yeux du vide » afin que les images se transmutent continuellement en leur anagramme : magies. Nous pouvons alors nous connecter aux dimensions fluidiques de la vie afin que coule une nouvelle douceur entre les corps et les catégories. / This research is an attempt to establish a process of artistic creation, simultaneously theoretical and practical, contributing to the conception of new image modalities in the art field and offering alternatives to representation. Images –fluid, autopoietic– are considered here more as continuous translations than fixed shapes. They are living entities, constituting themselves at their limits, always on the verge of attaining consistency or dissolving. We start with movement, Bergsonian duration, putting ourselves inside it in order to embrace the continual flux of our bodies and of things. We enter into an open process based upon a groundwork of fluid somatic experimentation involving both (1) explorations without images (explorations antecedent to the images produced by the nervous system) and (2) a multiplicity of poetic images engendered by the process itself. We join to these practices that of a philosophy experienced in action, involving concepts in the creative process, movement, and dance. We come to experience and conceive a threshold of trembling on which ordinary perception flickers. We develop modalities of the gaze that attempt to open bodies/spaces, liberating them from set images or too-fixed identities. At issue is not merely seeing with skin, liquids, bones, but espousing the void at the heart of things and attempting to see with "the eyes of the void" in order that images be transmuted continually into their anagram: magies [spells]. We may then connect to the fluidic aspects of life and a new gentleness may flow between bodies and categories.

In dominant seventeenth-century thinking women's bodies, minds, and spirits were not only inferior to men's, but also more prone to evil. This study explores the ways in which the women writers attempted to redefine these assumptions. Through an analysis organised along various spiritual transformations the writers claim to go through, the study presents an insight into seventeenth-century women's construction and redefinition of femininity. The symbolic process of women's spiritual transfiguration results in them identifying with the metaphorical figure of Zion and in positioning women as godly agents of God, whereas male writers' transformations eventuate in their being effeminized and being turned into 'Crooked Agents' of God. Therefore, the study shows how the potentials inherent in the biblical figure of Zion were used in establishing a connection with God and in forming female and male authorial identity. The thesis draws on the understudied voices of women such as the anonymous Eliza, Elizabeth Major, An Collins or Gertrude More, and is contextualized by male-authored texts, some of them considered as canonical and popular in contemporary literature.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-09-21T17:44:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Wellington Roriz de Oliveira Júnior - 2016.pdf: 2334458 bytes, checksum: 6aeeb655f607e3d2a58fdb88ee7922f7 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2016-09-23T17:07:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Wellington Roriz de Oliveira Júnior - 2016.pdf: 2334458 bytes, checksum: 6aeeb655f607e3d2a58fdb88ee7922f7 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-23T17:07:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Wellington Roriz de Oliveira Júnior - 2016.pdf: 2334458 bytes, checksum: 6aeeb655f607e3d2a58fdb88ee7922f7 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-25 / This study has the objective to analyze the relationship between body and mind in Alexander Lowen´s publications to discuss how the body illness is related to the character structures. For this, we seek to know how the body appears as a concept in the perspective presented by the author; discuss how is and how historically builds the relationship between body and mind in his approach; know how the character and illness concepts were built in his theory; discuss how the author develops the relationship between both. It was assumed as hypothesis that the character appears as an important joint point between mind and body and that its constitution is related to the body illness. Bibliographic and qualitative research was used, and the method used was Categorical Content Analysis of Lowen publications, his precursors and also of current articles on the topic. Five categories were developed to analyze the collected information: child development; the concept of energy; the relationship between the ego and the body; the emotions and sexuality; and the individual's relationship with the historical and social context in which they live. We conclude that the character appears as a fundamental and resulting element in the relationship between mind and body and that its constitution follows the same function of the illness, which is to react to a stressor element and restore the body's balance. Therefore, there is a relationship between them, since different types of character handle the particular disease forms. It is noticed that individuals with a combination of oral and rigid traits have unique characteristics that make them more prone to bodily illness than individuals with other character structures. This way of categorization changes among the author´s publications. We emphasize the importance of the concepts discussed by Lowen in structuring his theory and in developing a perspective in psychology that addresses the body and mind in an integrated manner. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre corpo e mente na obra de Alexander Lowen, no intento de discutir como o adoecimento corporal se relaciona com as estruturas de caráter. Para isso, busca-se: a) conhecer como o corpo aparece como conceito na perspectiva apresentada pelo autor; b) analisar como se dá e como se constrói historicamente a relação entre corpo e mente nessa abordagem; c) conhecer como se constroem e se fundamentam os conceitos de caráter e adoecimento em sua teoria; d) debater como o autor desenvolve a articulação entre ambos. Assumiu-se como hipóteses que o caráter se mostra como um ponto de articulação importante entre mente e corpo e que sua constituição está relacionada ao adoecimento corporal. Foi utilizada pesquisa bibliográfica, qualitativa, e o método utilizado foi a Análise de Conteúdo Categorial das obras de Lowen, assim como de seus precursores, bem como artigos atuais sobre a temática. Cinco categorias foram elaboradas para a análise dos dados coletados: o desenvolvimento infantil; o conceito de energia; a relação entre o ego e o corpo; as emoções e a sexualidade; e a relação do indivíduo com o contexto sócio-histórico em que vive. Conclui-se que o caráter se mostra como elemento fundamental e resultante na relação entre corpo e mente. Além disso, sua constituição segue a mesma função do adoecimento, que é a de reagir a um agente estressante e restabelecer o equilíbrio do organismo. Portanto, há uma relação entre ambos, uma vez que diferentes tipos de caráter lidam com a doença de formas particulares. Percebe-se que indivíduos com a combinação de traços orais e rígidos possuem características peculiares que os tornam mais propensos ao adoecimento corporal do que indivíduos com outras estruturas de caráter, embora essa forma de categorização se modifique ao longo da obra do autor. Ressalta-se a importância dos conceitos discutidos por Lowen na estruturação de sua teoria e no desenvolvimento de uma perspectiva em psicologia que aborde o corpo e a mente de forma integrada.

Jean-Paul Sartre is not traditionally thought of as a philosopher of the body and, until very recently, little critical attention has been paid to this aspect of his work. Nevertheless, since 2005 a number of articles have begun to appear which suggest that Sartre‘s account of the body in L’Être et le Néant may be worthy of more consideration than it has thus far received – perhaps most notably Joseph Catalano‘s 2005 article suggesting that the chapter on the body is central to a proper understanding of Sartre‘s philosophy. Simone de Beauvoir is often criticised for her writing on the body in Le Deuxième Sexe, with much of the criticism suggesting that Beauvoir‘s use of existential philosophy is to blame for her failings. Yet Toril Moi argues that Beauvoir‘s claim that the body is a situation, a claim that arises from existential philosophy, is a valuable contribution to feminism. In light of these developments, it seems pertinent to look again at Sartre‘s chapter on the body in L’Être et le Néant and at Beauvoir‘s work to try to understand exactly what is meant by the body as a situation and how this concept relates to Sartre and Beauvoir‘s well-known ideas on freedom and responsibility. The aim of this thesis is to examine the importance of the chapter on the body in L’Être et le Néant and to demonstrate its relevance to Sartre‘s philosophy as a whole, to look at how Beauvoir has used Sartre‘s philosophy in her own writing and to consider the relevance of that philosophy to more contemporary writing on the body. The thesis will focus on L’Être et le Néant, Le Deuxième Sexe, and La Vieillesse with references also made to both authors‘ fictional works, to Beauvoir‘s autobiographical writings, and to more contemporary work on the body.

Bodies - be they fleshy or other - are simultaneously made by, made of, moved by, and the makers and movers of other bodies. Driven by the questions how do bodies emerge? what makes bodies move? and what can bodies do? bodies are placed at the very centre of this book in order to explain and show, not only how such bodily making and re-making - (re)making - and movement is done, but also why awareness and understanding of the processes and practices involved in the continual and ongoing (re)making and moving of bodies - of three particular kinds in particular (bodies of power/knowledge, humanised bodies, and bodies politic) - is vital to the study of international relations, conflict, and security and thus to the discipline of International Relations (IR). In short, bodies - of these three kinds in particular - require foregrounding because international relations, conflicts, and security practices are conducted by, on, and for bodies (humanised bodies and bodies politic in particular), according to bodies (namely referred to as dominant bodies of power/ knowledge, which become fleshed out as material bodies including humanised bodies and bodies politic and enact statecraft, further down the line). Moreover, as demonstrated in this book, which takes up the broad empirical case of post-9/11 American body politics and two case studies into the visual body politics of suffering and dead American soldiers since 9/11 and the 2013 Camp Delta hunger strike, there is much to be gained by taking the very particular embodiments of bodies into account, as every body is unique and it is according to distinctive bodily features, malaise/ailments, and feelings that bodies are moved to act (and in turn touch and move other bodies) and continually become other than they are.

In the last fifteen to twenty years there has been increasing agreement about the phenomenon of insight, but a clear mechanism for insight is not yet understood. The present study examines nine different approaches to the experience of insight: the holistic approach of gestalt psychology; the existential approach of phenomenological psychology; the puzzle-problem approach of cognitive psychology; the creative approach of genius, dreams, design and invention; the representational approach of models; the case-study approach of great minds; the metaphors-of-mind approach; the intersubjective approach of psychotherapy, and the body-mind-spirit continuum approach of spirituality to insight. The distinctive value of this qualitative research lies in the opportunity to interview the research participants to get rich descriptions, not only about their experiences of significant insight and the conditions under which they occurred, but also to investigate the results of their insights. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s insight, in prayer before the Soweto Uprising, resulted in him writing a historic letter of warning to the Prime Minister. Debbie Brown had a series of insights in therapy and while listening to music, about responding to her husband’s long-term infidelity; the results were totally unexpected and expressed in a contemporaneous e-mail. Sir Roger Penrose’s experience of insight was subliminal as he crossed a road and needed to be re-membered later from a lingering feeling of elation; it resulted in a scientific proof about black holes. Tony Grogan’s insights and associations occurred while scanning the news and were expressed in a socio-political cartoon form for the Cape Times newspaper. The particular findings include the necessity for awareness and disposition of openness, the importance of confronting and containing the problematic raw material, and the significance of the moments of ‘impact’ and ‘interpreting’. Insight is seen as crucial to the quality of understanding, transcending the usual or dominant way of seeing things, as key to a self-actualising process and as self-authenticating yet tested in the public realm. At each occurrence of insight understanding develops and action is enabled. The relationship between insight and sight, foresight and humour, is discussed. The qualitative research findings are considered in relation to recent neurobiological research. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Psychology / unrestricted