Le sujet de cette thèse est le paysage dans sa spécificité viticole analysée comme représentation spatiale dans le processus de construction de l'espace géographique de la vitiviniculture et aussi dans l'utilisation des images du paysage viticole comme l’image spatiale des vins des régions des Indications de Provenance (IP's) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo (Brésil). Les sources théoriques sont en lien avec la Géographie Critique et la Géographie Culturelle. L'objectif a été d'expliquer le paysage viticole comme représentation spatiale des régions et d’analyser l'image du paysage viticole comme symbole spatial pour les vins des IP's. L'organisation de l'espace géographique des régions de IP's s'insère dans le contexte de la colonisation italienne. Le développement de la vitiviniculture régionale a occasionné des conditions de mise en oeuvre des IP's, dont les associations de producteurs ont utilisé des images de paysages viticoles pour construire le lien espace-régiontoponyme- vin. L'analyse des paysages a révélé six types et un sous-type avec deux formes de paysages viticoles traditionnels et cinq types de paysages viticoles modernes, y compris les éléments emblématiques naturels et construits, entre lesquels se remarquent l’Araucaria angustifolia, et l'usage des Platanus acerifolia pour soutenir les vignobles, héritage de la tradition viticole étrusque. L'analyse des images des paysages viticoles utilisées par les associations a montré qu'il y a des différences significatives et la majorité sont paysages viticoles traditionnels. Les IP Vale dos Vinhedos et IP Monte Belo ont établi des liaisons directes entre espace-vinpaysage, mais non celle de IP Pinto Bandeira. La recherche a montré que le paysage viticole est un symbole de la représentation de l'espace régional et du vin des IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo. / O tema da tese é a paisagem em sua especificidade vitícola, analisada como representação espacial no processo de construção do espaço geográfico da vitivinicultura e no uso da imagem da paisagem vitícola como imagem espacial dos vinhos das regiões das Indicações de Procedência (IP’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo, Brasil. O objetivo foi explicar a paisagem vitícola como representação espacial das regiões e analisar a imagem da paisagem vitícola como símbolo espacial para os vinhos das IP’s, cujas bases teóricas estão na Geografia Crítica e na Geografia Cultural. A organização do espaço geográfico das regiões das IP’s insere-se no contexto da colonização italiana, da qual a vitivinicultura é elemento cultural. O desenvolvimento da vitivinicultura regional levou à implementação de IP’s e ao uso de imagens de paisagens vitícolas, pelas associações de produtores, para construir o vínculo espaço/região-topônimo-vinho. A análise das paisagens das regiões revelou seis tipo e um subtipo em duas formas de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais e cinco tipos de paisagens vitícolas modernas, incluindo elementos emblemáticos naturais e construídos, entre os quais se destaca a Araucaria angustifolia e o uso do Platanus acerifolia para sustentar os vinhedos, herança da tradição vitícola etrusca. A análise das imagens de paisagens vitícolas usadas pelas associações evidenciou que há diferenças significativas sendo, a maioria, de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais. As associações das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos e Monte Belo estabeleceram vínculos diretos entre espaço/vinho/paisagem, mas não IP Pinto Bandeira. A pesquisa evidenciou que a paisagem vitícola é um símbolo representacional do espaço regional e do vinho das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo. / The theme of this thesis is the landscape in its specificity vineyard analyzed as a spatial representation in the building process of the geographical area of viticulture growing and the use of image of vineyard landscape as spatial landscape of the wine of the regions of Geographical Indication (GI’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo, Brazil. The objective was to explain the use of vineyard landscape as spatial representation and the images of vineyard landscape as spatial symbol for the wines of GI’s. The theoretical sources to analyze are related to the Critical geography and with the Cultural geography. The organization of the geographic area of the regions of GI’s comes within the context of the Italian colonization process in which its culture was part of the cultivation of vines. The vineyard regional industry development took the conditions of implementation of GI’s, whose producers associations begun to use images of landscape wine to build wine-region-toponym. The landscape analysis revealed six types of traditional wine-growing landscapes and a subtype of landscapes and five types of modern wine landscapes, occurring in both natural and constructed features characteristic among these was the Araucaria angustifolia and the use of Platanus acerifolia in support of the vineyards, and is the Etruscan wine growing tradition. The analysis of the landscape vine images used by associations showed that there are significant differences; the most are images of traditional vine landscape. The association of GI’s Vale dos Vinhedos and Monte Belo established direct links of wine-region- landscape, but not IG Pinto Bandeira. The survey showed that landscape is a representational symbol of regional area and of the wine of GI’s from Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo.

Les versants viticoles en Côte-d’Or (Bourgogne, France) présentent une forte diversité de sols résultant d’interactions entre des facteurs naturels et des facteurs anthropiques opérant à diverses échelles spatio-temporelles. Le sol représente un enjeu majeur en viticulture, car il détermine en partie la qualité de la production viticole. Or, il est soumis à d’importantes dégradations causées par l’érosion. Pour mieux gérer ce patrimoine sol et pérenniser la viticulture côte d’orienne, une meilleure connaissance de celui-ci est nécessaire. Ce travail a pour objectifs de caractériser les sols viticoles et d’identifier les facteurs qui contribuent à leur diversité par une approche interdisciplinaire croisant la géologie, la géomorphologie, la pédologie, l’histoire de l’occupation du sol et des pratiques. Les données ont été acquises à très haute résolution spatiale à partir de diverses méthodes d’imagerie i.e. télédétection par imagerie, géophysique de subsurface et modèle numérique de terrain. À l’échelle du versant, les cartes pédologiques produites à grande échelle permettent de discuter du modèle d’organisation des sols. À l’échelle de la parcelle, ces cartes mettent en évidence l’impact de l’homme sur la diversité des sols, par son rôle sur la structure du parcellaire et l’intensité de l’érosion notamment. La diversité des sols viticoles dépend de l’échelle spatiale à laquelle ils sont observés. À l’échelle du versant, les sols évoluent en fonction des variations du substrat géologique et de la topographie, suivant le modèle de topolithoséquence. À l’échelle de la parcelle, les variations du sol, telles que son épaisseur et son statut organique, peuvent être appréhendées, permettant d’en prédire le comportement agronomique. L’influence de l’homme se marque à la fois sur la structure du parcellaire et par les pratiques culturales anciennes et actuelles. Il participe ainsi à la construction des terroirs, à travers son action sur la diversité des sols. / The Burgundian vineyard hillslopes (Côte-d’Or, France) exhibit a high diversity of soils resulting from the combination of several natural and anthropogenic factors acting at various spatio-temporal scales. The soil types have major role in viticulture, since they partly determine wine-growing quality. However, soil undergoes important degradation caused by hydric erosion and vineyard management practices. To control this soil heritage for a sustained viticulture in Côte-d’Or, a better knowledge of soil is necessary. The objectives of this work is to characterise vineyard soils and to identify the factors governing their diversity using an interdisciplinary approach crossing geology, geomorphology, pedology and history of soil land use and vineyard management practices. Data have been acquired at a high spatial resolution from different imagery methods i.e. remote sensing, subsurface geophysics, and digital terrain model. At the hillslope scale, high resolution soil maps permit to predict soil agronomical comportment and discuss the spatial soil organisation of vineyard hillslope soils. At the plot scale, these maps highlight the human impact on soil diversity through its role on landscape structure and erosion intensity. Our work shows that the soil diversity of the vineyard hillslopes depends on the spatial scale used to analyse this diversity. At the hillslope scale, soil is gradually evolving along the slope, and is controlled by the geological substrate and topographical variations, and responds to topolithosequence model. At the plot scale, variations of soil thickness and organic status are taken into account and permit to predict soil agronomic behaviour. This soil diversity is partly related to human impact, due by both historical and present vineyard management practices. It appears that human activities have a past and present influence on the terroir construction in Côte-d’Or, through its action on soil diversity.

The Song of the Vineyard, Isaiah 5:1-7, portrays YHWH as a vinedresser who has carefully prepared land and planted a choice vine, a symbol of the people whom the deity has chosen. When the reasonable expectation that the vine produce good fruit is thwarted, the vinedresser destroys the vineyard. YHWH, the vinedresser, may seem to be characterised by these actions as a demanding god who will swiftly and harshly recompense any failure to meet expectations. This thesis poses the hypothesis that although this brief song may at first seemingly present a monochromatic characterisation of YHWH, it may actually present a spectrum of characterisations when viewed through multiple interpretive lenses. Socio-rhetorical criticism is the methodology used to examine this hypothesis. This methodology, developed by Vernon K. Robbins, encompasses diverse interpretive approaches, examining five aspects, or “textures,” of the text to obtain a broad interpretive spectrum. In this thesis, three of the textures, innertexture, intertexture, and socio-cultural texture, are considered in separate chapters. The chapter on innertexture examines the world of the text itself, in particular its progressive nature and emotive content. The next chapter examines the intertextural relationship between this Isaian song and two other ancient songs (The Song of the Reed Sea and the Song of Moses), associative references to Sodom, and parallels with the Song of Solomon. The chapter on the socio-cultural texture examines the portrayal of YHWH in light of the socio-economics and socio-cultural values of the world of the story, eighth century B.C.E. Judah. Through this interpretive lense, YHWH is seen as a patron or benefactor who has been dishonoured by his people. In socio-rhetorical criticism, ideology is often presented as a separate texture; in this thesis, it is considered as part of the act of interpretation of all textures, since readers’ ideologies interact with the text. The sacred texture, the last of Robbins’ proposed textures, is presented as the conclusion, with a summary of the spectrum of characterisations of YHWH that the multi-lensed interpretive approach uncovers. The conclusion also includes suggested implications of these finds for the community of faith. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)

Le sujet de cette thèse est le paysage dans sa spécificité viticole analysée comme représentation spatiale dans le processus de construction de l'espace géographique de la vitiviniculture et aussi dans l'utilisation des images du paysage viticole comme l’image spatiale des vins des régions des Indications de Provenance (IP's) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo (Brésil). Les sources théoriques sont en lien avec la Géographie Critique et la Géographie Culturelle. L'objectif a été d'expliquer le paysage viticole comme représentation spatiale des régions et d’analyser l'image du paysage viticole comme symbole spatial pour les vins des IP's. L'organisation de l'espace géographique des régions de IP's s'insère dans le contexte de la colonisation italienne. Le développement de la vitiviniculture régionale a occasionné des conditions de mise en oeuvre des IP's, dont les associations de producteurs ont utilisé des images de paysages viticoles pour construire le lien espace-régiontoponyme- vin. L'analyse des paysages a révélé six types et un sous-type avec deux formes de paysages viticoles traditionnels et cinq types de paysages viticoles modernes, y compris les éléments emblématiques naturels et construits, entre lesquels se remarquent l’Araucaria angustifolia, et l'usage des Platanus acerifolia pour soutenir les vignobles, héritage de la tradition viticole étrusque. L'analyse des images des paysages viticoles utilisées par les associations a montré qu'il y a des différences significatives et la majorité sont paysages viticoles traditionnels. Les IP Vale dos Vinhedos et IP Monte Belo ont établi des liaisons directes entre espace-vinpaysage, mais non celle de IP Pinto Bandeira. La recherche a montré que le paysage viticole est un symbole de la représentation de l'espace régional et du vin des IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo. / O tema da tese é a paisagem em sua especificidade vitícola, analisada como representação espacial no processo de construção do espaço geográfico da vitivinicultura e no uso da imagem da paisagem vitícola como imagem espacial dos vinhos das regiões das Indicações de Procedência (IP’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo, Brasil. O objetivo foi explicar a paisagem vitícola como representação espacial das regiões e analisar a imagem da paisagem vitícola como símbolo espacial para os vinhos das IP’s, cujas bases teóricas estão na Geografia Crítica e na Geografia Cultural. A organização do espaço geográfico das regiões das IP’s insere-se no contexto da colonização italiana, da qual a vitivinicultura é elemento cultural. O desenvolvimento da vitivinicultura regional levou à implementação de IP’s e ao uso de imagens de paisagens vitícolas, pelas associações de produtores, para construir o vínculo espaço/região-topônimo-vinho. A análise das paisagens das regiões revelou seis tipo e um subtipo em duas formas de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais e cinco tipos de paisagens vitícolas modernas, incluindo elementos emblemáticos naturais e construídos, entre os quais se destaca a Araucaria angustifolia e o uso do Platanus acerifolia para sustentar os vinhedos, herança da tradição vitícola etrusca. A análise das imagens de paisagens vitícolas usadas pelas associações evidenciou que há diferenças significativas sendo, a maioria, de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais. As associações das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos e Monte Belo estabeleceram vínculos diretos entre espaço/vinho/paisagem, mas não IP Pinto Bandeira. A pesquisa evidenciou que a paisagem vitícola é um símbolo representacional do espaço regional e do vinho das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo. / The theme of this thesis is the landscape in its specificity vineyard analyzed as a spatial representation in the building process of the geographical area of viticulture growing and the use of image of vineyard landscape as spatial landscape of the wine of the regions of Geographical Indication (GI’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo, Brazil. The objective was to explain the use of vineyard landscape as spatial representation and the images of vineyard landscape as spatial symbol for the wines of GI’s. The theoretical sources to analyze are related to the Critical geography and with the Cultural geography. The organization of the geographic area of the regions of GI’s comes within the context of the Italian colonization process in which its culture was part of the cultivation of vines. The vineyard regional industry development took the conditions of implementation of GI’s, whose producers associations begun to use images of landscape wine to build wine-region-toponym. The landscape analysis revealed six types of traditional wine-growing landscapes and a subtype of landscapes and five types of modern wine landscapes, occurring in both natural and constructed features characteristic among these was the Araucaria angustifolia and the use of Platanus acerifolia in support of the vineyards, and is the Etruscan wine growing tradition. The analysis of the landscape vine images used by associations showed that there are significant differences; the most are images of traditional vine landscape. The association of GI’s Vale dos Vinhedos and Monte Belo established direct links of wine-region- landscape, but not IG Pinto Bandeira. The survey showed that landscape is a representational symbol of regional area and of the wine of GI’s from Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo.

Le sujet de cette thèse est le paysage dans sa spécificité viticole analysée comme représentation spatiale dans le processus de construction de l'espace géographique de la vitiviniculture et aussi dans l'utilisation des images du paysage viticole comme l’image spatiale des vins des régions des Indications de Provenance (IP's) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo (Brésil). Les sources théoriques sont en lien avec la Géographie Critique et la Géographie Culturelle. L'objectif a été d'expliquer le paysage viticole comme représentation spatiale des régions et d’analyser l'image du paysage viticole comme symbole spatial pour les vins des IP's. L'organisation de l'espace géographique des régions de IP's s'insère dans le contexte de la colonisation italienne. Le développement de la vitiviniculture régionale a occasionné des conditions de mise en oeuvre des IP's, dont les associations de producteurs ont utilisé des images de paysages viticoles pour construire le lien espace-régiontoponyme- vin. L'analyse des paysages a révélé six types et un sous-type avec deux formes de paysages viticoles traditionnels et cinq types de paysages viticoles modernes, y compris les éléments emblématiques naturels et construits, entre lesquels se remarquent l’Araucaria angustifolia, et l'usage des Platanus acerifolia pour soutenir les vignobles, héritage de la tradition viticole étrusque. L'analyse des images des paysages viticoles utilisées par les associations a montré qu'il y a des différences significatives et la majorité sont paysages viticoles traditionnels. Les IP Vale dos Vinhedos et IP Monte Belo ont établi des liaisons directes entre espace-vinpaysage, mais non celle de IP Pinto Bandeira. La recherche a montré que le paysage viticole est un symbole de la représentation de l'espace régional et du vin des IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira et Monte Belo. / O tema da tese é a paisagem em sua especificidade vitícola, analisada como representação espacial no processo de construção do espaço geográfico da vitivinicultura e no uso da imagem da paisagem vitícola como imagem espacial dos vinhos das regiões das Indicações de Procedência (IP’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo, Brasil. O objetivo foi explicar a paisagem vitícola como representação espacial das regiões e analisar a imagem da paisagem vitícola como símbolo espacial para os vinhos das IP’s, cujas bases teóricas estão na Geografia Crítica e na Geografia Cultural. A organização do espaço geográfico das regiões das IP’s insere-se no contexto da colonização italiana, da qual a vitivinicultura é elemento cultural. O desenvolvimento da vitivinicultura regional levou à implementação de IP’s e ao uso de imagens de paisagens vitícolas, pelas associações de produtores, para construir o vínculo espaço/região-topônimo-vinho. A análise das paisagens das regiões revelou seis tipo e um subtipo em duas formas de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais e cinco tipos de paisagens vitícolas modernas, incluindo elementos emblemáticos naturais e construídos, entre os quais se destaca a Araucaria angustifolia e o uso do Platanus acerifolia para sustentar os vinhedos, herança da tradição vitícola etrusca. A análise das imagens de paisagens vitícolas usadas pelas associações evidenciou que há diferenças significativas sendo, a maioria, de paisagens vitícolas tradicionais. As associações das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos e Monte Belo estabeleceram vínculos diretos entre espaço/vinho/paisagem, mas não IP Pinto Bandeira. A pesquisa evidenciou que a paisagem vitícola é um símbolo representacional do espaço regional e do vinho das IP’s Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira e Monte Belo. / The theme of this thesis is the landscape in its specificity vineyard analyzed as a spatial representation in the building process of the geographical area of viticulture growing and the use of image of vineyard landscape as spatial landscape of the wine of the regions of Geographical Indication (GI’s) Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo, Brazil. The objective was to explain the use of vineyard landscape as spatial representation and the images of vineyard landscape as spatial symbol for the wines of GI’s. The theoretical sources to analyze are related to the Critical geography and with the Cultural geography. The organization of the geographic area of the regions of GI’s comes within the context of the Italian colonization process in which its culture was part of the cultivation of vines. The vineyard regional industry development took the conditions of implementation of GI’s, whose producers associations begun to use images of landscape wine to build wine-region-toponym. The landscape analysis revealed six types of traditional wine-growing landscapes and a subtype of landscapes and five types of modern wine landscapes, occurring in both natural and constructed features characteristic among these was the Araucaria angustifolia and the use of Platanus acerifolia in support of the vineyards, and is the Etruscan wine growing tradition. The analysis of the landscape vine images used by associations showed that there are significant differences; the most are images of traditional vine landscape. The association of GI’s Vale dos Vinhedos and Monte Belo established direct links of wine-region- landscape, but not IG Pinto Bandeira. The survey showed that landscape is a representational symbol of regional area and of the wine of GI’s from Vale dos Vinhedos, Pinto Bandeira and Monte Belo.

La vigne est une culture pérenne sensible à de nombreux bioagresseurs et sur laquelle il est nécessaire de réaliser de nombreux traitements pesticides, susceptibles de causer des problèmes environnementaux, de santé humaine et d’apparition de résistance au sein des populations de bioagresseurs. Aujourd’hui, il est indispensable de développer des stratégies nouvelles de lutte contre les bioagresseurs, plus raisonnées mais permettant de conserver une viticulture compétitive. L’utilisation de produits de biocontrôle semble, en ce sens, être une approche prometteuse permettant d’allier agriculture durable et intensive.Deux écoproduits généralistes à fort potentiel ont été identifiés, comme possédant des actions intéressantes sur les principales maladies cryptogamiques de la vigne. Le premier est un extrait naturel de plante, sans action fongicide directe mais capable de stimuler efficacement et de façon systémique les défenses de la plante. Le second, quant à lui, est un microorganisme qui possède une forte action antagoniste fongicide, mais aussi la capacité à stimuler les défenses de plante. Dans un premier temps, des études en conditions contrôlées ont mis en évidence l’efficacité des deux actifs pour inhiber le développement de diverses souches d’Erysiphe necator, Plasmopara viticola, Botrytis cinerea et Botryosphaeriaceae. En parallèle, des expérimentations au vignoble, ont confirmé le fort potentiel de ces produits de biocontrôle, avec des bonnes efficacités, particulièrement stable avec l’extrait naturel. Ces différentes études nous ont permis d’identifier et d’élaborer des stratégies d’utilisation pour ces deux produits de biocontrôle. / Grapevine is a perennial crop sensitive to many fungal pathogens that require numerous pesticide treatments. However, its uses lead to environmental, human health and fungicide resistance problems. Developing sustainable pest management strategies while keeping a good wine quality is of major importance. In this sense, the use of bio-pesticides products seems to be a promising approach to combine sustainable and intensive agriculture.Two generalist bio-pesticides of great potential have been preliminary identified, forits actions on major fungal diseases of grapevine. The first one is a natural plant extract, with no direct fungicide action but able to systemically stimulate plant defenses. The second one is a microorganism showing strong antagonist fungicide actions, and important ability to stimulate plant defenses. First, the studies conducted in controlled conditions have demonstrated the effectiveness of both products in the suppression of various isolates of Erysiphe necator, Plasmopara viticola, Botrytis cinerea and Botryosphaeriaceae. In parallel,the good efficiencies of these products have been confirmed during vineyard assays. This was especially well demonstrated for the natural extract. As a whole, these studies confirm thepotential of these two products as promising bio-pesticides, of which the strategy of application have been further defined.

The goal of the diploma thesis is to design a wine hotel for 30 people with other public spaces with quality accommodation corresponding to the level of four stars in Mikulov. The new building of the Wine House is a three-storey building located in a sloping terrain, which consists of three floors above ground and one underground floor. The wine house will provide Nikolsburg Winery as a representative building. Visitors and guests of the hotel can enjoy a glass of wine on the terrace of the proposed building and at the same time wonderful views of the vineyards and the silhouette of Mikulov, relax in the surrounding picturesque landscape, or visit the nearby center of Mikulov, Pálava hills or take a boat ride on the surface of reservoirs called Novomlýnské nádrže. Accommodated guests will have the opportunity to use the wellness, massage and Finnish sauna. Tourists passing by will have the opportunity to taste good food and visit the wine lounge, where they can taste and buy locally produced wine at the same time.

This thesis deals with designing a wine hotel for Nikolsburg winery in Mikulov. The goal was to design a hotel which incorporates storage and processing of wine, while complimenting the surrounding vineyard landscape. The site is situated between nature reserves Turold nad Růžový vrch. The main focus of the design was to allow for the best possible view of surrounding vineyards, Mikulov Chateau, Basilica in Svatý kopeček and Turold nature reserve. The work centers around 4-star hotel able to accommodate 30 people, which includes a restaurant, small wellness for hotel guests and suitable technical facilities. Additionaly, the building is equipped for clean wine production (fermentation, pressing, aging, bottling, labelling, storage and expedition) and features a degustation room. Basic concept of the hotel was derived from the slope of the terrain, viewing axes and geographic orientation. There is a number of terraces symbolizing moravian hills covered by vineyards, which offer guests unobscured view of the surrounding landscape (and investors vineyards). The whole operation of the hotel has to do with winemaking as is seen in the building design. Vertical features of the facade represent rows and vertical poles in vineyards.

The goal of the diploma thesis is to design a wine hotel for 30 people with other public spaces with quality accommodation corresponding to the level of four stars in Mikulov. The new building of the Wine House is a three-storey building located in a sloping terrain, which consists of three floors above ground and one underground floor. The wine house will provide Nikolsburg Winery as a representative building. Visitors and guests of the hotel can enjoy a glass of wine on the terrace of the proposed building and at the same time wonderful views of the vineyards and the silhouette of Mikulov, relax in the surrounding picturesque landscape, or visit the nearby center of Mikulov, Pálava hills or take a boat ride on the surface of reservoirs called Novomlýnské nádrže. Accommodated guests will have the opportunity to use the wellness, massage and Finnish sauna. Tourists passing by will have the opportunity to taste good food and visit the wine lounge, where they can taste and buy locally produced wine at the same time.

This dissertation suggests the Song of Songs as a biblical paradigm for Christian spiritual direction based on the poem’s human dynamics, theological poetics and mystical aesthetic. The Song of Songs is paradigmatic as a journey from a state of self-neglect (depletion), through dynamic encounters of love (transformation), to living who I am in union with the divine I AM (deification). Identifying the human beloved as archetypal seeker and positing transformation in love as the raison-d’être for spiritual direction, the research delineates important implications for spiritual praxis, namely: the human subject (locus); human yearning (focus); the human search (journey); dynamics of human transformation and spiritual maturation (process); aspects of life-integration and union with God (purpose); and becoming a living sacrament in the world (epiphany). With its experiential-existential approach, The Canticle of Spiritual Direction serves as an interdisciplinary and intercultural resource on the Song of Songs, Christian spiritual direction, and Christian mysticism. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Christian Spirituality)