Author: Paul T. Keyser File Type: pdf The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the worlds experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science.Additional features include a Glossary, Gazetteer, and Time-Line. The Glossary explains many Greek (or Latin) terms difficult to translate, whilst the Gazetteer describes the many locales from which scientists came. The Time-Line shows the rapid rise in the practice of science in the 5th century BCE and rapid decline after Hadrian, due to the centralization of Roman power, with consequent loss of a context within which science could flourish. **

Author: Wakoh Shannon Hickey File Type: pdf Mindfulness and yoga are widely said to improve mental and physical health, and booming industries have emerged to teach them as secular techniques. This movement is typically traced to the 1970s, but it actually began a century earlier. Wakoh Shannon Hickey shows that most of those who first advocated meditation for healing were women leaders of the Mind Cure movement, which emerged during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Instructed by Buddhist and Hindu missionaries, many of these women believed that by transforming consciousness, they could also transform oppressive conditions in which they lived. For women - and many African-American men - Mind Cure meant not just happiness, but liberation in concrete political, economic, and legal terms. In response to the perceived threat posed by this movement, white male doctors and clergy with elite academic credentials began to channel key Mind Cure methods into scientific psychology and medicine. As mental therapeutics became medicalized and commodified, the religious roots of meditation, like the social-justice agendas of early Mind Curers, fell by the wayside. Although characterized as universal, mindfulness has very specific historical and cultural roots, and is now largely marketed by and accessible to affluent white people. Hickey examines religious dimensions of the Mindfulness movement and clinical research about its effectiveness. By treating stress-related illness individualistically, she argues, the contemporary movement obscures the roles religious communities can play in fostering civil society and personal wellbeing, and diverts attention from systemic factors fueling stress-related illness, including racism, sexism, and poverty.About the Author Rev. Wakoh Shannon Hickey , Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Notre Dame of Maryland University. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and previously worked as a journalist, editor, and corporate trainer. She is also a professional chaplain, a priest of Soto Zen Buddhism, and a certified leader of InterPlay. She enjoys research, teaching, contemplative practice, interfaith engagement, and flying stunt kites.

Author: Nicholas Lewin File Type: pdf In the thirties Jung was at the height of his powers and found himself swept up in the international politics of his day. At this time he was president of what was to become the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy. As a consequence of Hitlers rise, Jung and his ideas were placed in the centre of a whirlwind of theoretical and political controversy. These chaotic times led him to comment widely on political events and saw his most extensive attempt to explain these events in terms of his theories of the collective and his use of the archetype of Wotan to explain Nazi Germany. This work is part of the ongoing reappraisal of the intellectual fabric of Jungs theory and the perspective he sought to establish, and seeks to re-examine the period, to unravel some of the confusion by setting out the historical background of Jungs ideas, and provide a fresh debate on Jung and his collective theory. **Review A remarkably detailed study of a controversial aspect of an indisputably significant thinker. Nick Lewin clarifies and contextualizes Jungs political outlook without seeking to excuse or exculpate, and presents a powerful argument for seeing Jungs political stance as more complex and sophisticated than it is often assumed to be.- Professor Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow, author of Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics (Volumes 1 & 2)Nicholas Lewins study is a remarkable piece of scholarship that applies a strategic perspective to the subject of psychology and war. It provides a compelling exploration into the thinking of the renowned psychiatrist Carl Jung, who attempted to understand the upheavals that afflicted the world that he witnessed in the 1930s and 1940s. In particular Lewin explores Jungs ideas concerning war of the psychopathology, both in terms of his attitudes towards the growing threat of war that a revanchist Germany represented from 1936, and later, during the war itself, as a psychiatric consultant for Alan Dulles (future director of the CIA) in American intelligences early attempts at profiling the enemy leadership using Freudian and Jungian techniques. This is a superb piece of innovative and critical analysis that offers its readers a mastery of Jungian analysis and subtle insights about the challenging world around us.- M.L.R. Smith, Professor of Strategic Theory, Department of War Studies, Kings College, University of LondonThis book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Jungian theory and draws on a rich mixture of historical material, evolutionary psychiatry and Jungian scholarship. It offers us new perspectives to understand and use Jungs work. The book re-explores the internal logic of Jung s collective theories and brings new thought to bear on the contribution of Geographical Determinism and the persistence of Lamarckian influences in psychoanalytic thought, and shows how they continue to distort our ability to bring Jungian psychology into contemporary psychological theory. By carefully unpacking Jungs collective theories the book provides the opportunity to refine some of the tools by which we understand, apply and continue Jungs work, and as part of this process Dr Lewin offers some theoretical innovations to archetypal theory, bringing in contributions from evolutionary psychiatry and meme theory to enrich his discussion.- Dr Gottfried Heuer, Jungian training analyst and supervisor with the Association of Jungian Analysts, biodynamic body psychotherapist and trainer, in private practice in West London. About the Author Nick Lewin is on the executive committee of CG Jung Analytical Psychology Club, London, and is in training as a Jungian psychotherapist.

Author: Edward A. Irons File Type: pdf From School Library JournalGrade 10 UpIn approximately 700 alphabetical entries, this volume covers the basic concepts, beliefs, and practices of Buddhism. Of note is its treatment of more than 200 prominent figures, past and present major organizations and societies and discussions of the religion around the world, from Afghanistan and Africa to the United States and Vietnam. Other Asian religions are also discussed. The entries are unsigned and vary considerably in length, quality, readability, and appeal. They conclude with further reading references. Assorted appendixes and black-and-white maps and photos round out the volume. Many locations mentioned in the entries arent on the maps, including Tibet there are internal inconsistencies in dates and spellings, and the articles about monks are weak. Overall, though, this is a compelling, practical, and straightforward work. Robert E. Buswell, Jr.s Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Macmillan, 2004), a two-volume set with nearly 500 entries and more illustrations, emphasizes history and literature and is more theoretical.Ann W. Moore, Schenectady County Public Library, NY Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From BooklistFacts On File has made the study of Buddhism much more accessible with the most recent addition toits Encyclopedia of World Religions series.More than 600 entries are concise yet surprisingly comprehensive for a one-volume work. Most notable are the biographical entries for lesser-known figures who do not grace the pages of larger reference sets like the Encyclopedia of Religion (2d ed., 2005). These figures include Buddhists past (Maitripa, 11th century) and present (Thich Nhat Hanh). The long line of Dalai Lamasis well represented, too. Asian regions like China and Thailand understandably receive lengthy entries in the encyclopedia. However, geographical perspectives from outside Asia are also highlightedplaces like Australia, Canada, South America, and the U.S. Entries onArt, aesthetics, and architecture and on Buddhist festivalsflank many conceptual treatments (e.g., Hell, Wheel of Life, Yin-yang). Noticeably absent are illustrations. There are surprisingly few in the volume, and those that are present are not in color. Like most major religions, Buddhism has its neighboring faith traditions, including several East Asian religions such as Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. Each of these receives major entries along with numerous references throughout. Consistently, readers are gently guided through potentially puzzling religious concepts. The contributors assume very little or no expertise from their readers. The tone is only slightly academic, with numerous source recommendations for more serious researchers. In fact, among the works greatest strengths are thefurther-reading suggestions, primarily print but including an occasional Web site, that accompany the majority ofentries.The volume concludes with a more general 10-page bibliography as well asa meaty but compact index. Like others in the series, this encyclopediais well suited for public libraries and academic collections. --Wade Osburn