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"Intelligence Running Wild": Edward Podvoll (1936-2003) and the Unfolding of the "Contemplative Psychotherapy" Project. [PDF]
ABSTRACT This paper explores the origins and development of the “contemplative psychotherapy” project in the United States, emerging around psychoanalyst Edward Podvoll and the intellectual environment at Naropa University during the 1970s and 1980s.
Priviero T.
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Abstract Philosophical discussion on control has largely centred around control over our actions and beliefs. Yet this overlooks the question of whether we also have control over the reasons for which we act and believe. To date, the overriding assumption appears to be that we do not, and with seemingly good reason. We cannot choose to act for a reason
Sophie Keeling
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Before and after the great Revolution, mesmerism, acupuncture, phrenology, homeopathy, most of them being born in Germanic area, were introduced in France where they attracted great attention in the public sphere.
Olivier Faure
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Per una prosopografia del movimento mesmerista. Il progetto “Harmonia Universalis” [PDF]
For a prosopography of the Mesmerist movement. The “Harmonia Universalis” project. The authors present the project “Base de données Harmonia Universalis: pour une prosopographie de la Société de l’Harmonie Universelle (1783-1786)”, funded by the Labex ...
Armando, David, Belhoste, Bruno
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The Fantastic in the French Historical Novel of the First Half of the 19th Century [PDF]
The article examines the processes of genre identification of the fantastic in the French historical novel of the mid‑19th century, the role and transformation of natural science and pre-scientific knowledge — the phenomenon of mesmerism in the ...
Litvinenko, N. A.
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Media in Action: From Exorcism to Mesmerism
In the Bavaria of 1775, the popular exorcist practices performed by the catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner were discredited and superseded by the enlightened, ‘scientific’ system of Franz Anton Mesmers “Animal Magnetism”.
Stephan Gregory
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The Effect of Hypnotherapy on Pain Intensity in Postoperative Patients: A Systematic Review
Background: Pain is a common problem in patients undergoing surgery. The constant postoperative acute pain can affect the physiological and psychological aspects of the patient.
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In Our Mutual Friend, Dickens brilliantly exploits the medical climax in the recovery of the ‘incurable’ Estelle L’Hardy (1836–37), a paralyzed Swiss girl who self-hypnotized a celestial choir to assuage menacing pain.
Carole Koepke Brown
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Historical milestones of the invention and use of placebo
The review is based on the originals of nearly all major sources on the history of placebo and the placebo effect for 1945–2020. Data on the etymology and semantics of the term “placebo”, on its introduction into the Catholic service and, then, into ...
A. N. Koterov
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The following article is based on a report presented at the Arts and Machine Civilization International Scientific Conference. The author analyzes publications related to Enigmarelle and automata in periodicals of the early twentieth century in order to ...
MARTYNOVA DARIA O. / МАРТЫНОВА Д.О.
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