Bodies Of Experience

Author : Didier Fassin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520940451

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When Bodies Remember by Didier Fassin Pdf

In this book, France's leading medical anthropologist takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis—the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Didier Fassin traces the deep roots of the AIDS crisis to apartheid and, before that, to the colonial period. One person in ten is infected with HIV in South Africa, and President Thabo Mbeki has initiated a global controversy by funding questionable medical research, casting doubt on the benefits of preventing mother-to-child transmission, and embracing dissidents who challenge the viral theory of AIDS. Fassin contextualizes Mbeki's position by sensitively exploring issues of race and genocide that surround this controversy. Basing his discussion on vivid ethnographical data collected in the townships of Johannesburg, he passionately demonstrates that the unprecedented epidemiological crisis in South Africa is a demographic catastrophe as well as a human tragedy, one that cannot be understood without reference to the social history of the country, in particular to institutionalized racial inequality as the fundamental principle of government during the past century.

Author : Graham Nicholls
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738731766

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Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience by Graham Nicholls Pdf

A Better Approach to Astral Projection Experience the insights and joys of astral projection with Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience—a personalized, accessible, science-based guide from a top authority in the field. Drawing on more than twenty years of study and countless OBEs that he has brought about in himself and others, Graham Nicholls shares proven techniques for leaving the body. Gain greater insight into your psychological makeup and strengths with a unique approach to self discovery. Learn to use your greater awareness to build a customized approach to projecting into the astral plane. Integrating his deep knowledge of self-hypnosis, breath work, virtual reality, quantum science, nutrition, and healing, Nicholls teaches you how to move past limiting beliefs and deepen your level of self-understanding so you can achieve your astral goals. Praise: "A fascinating review of out-of-body experiences in a detailed, yet easy-to-read style. Nicholls' valuable contribution [provides] excellent and practical direction to help explore this phenomenon."—Dr. Jeffrey Long, New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of the Afterlife "Navigating the Out of Body Experience stands out as one of the best. Graham Nicholls [demonstrates] a rare and welcome understanding among authors within this genre."—Thomas Campbell, NASA Physicist and author of My Big TOE

Author : Luis Minero
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738736990

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Demystifying the Out-of-Body Experience by Luis Minero Pdf

Master the skills of leaving the body using logic and reason. Improve self-understanding and achieve personal growth with over a dozen exit techniques. With well-ordered, rational explanations, Demystifying the Out-of-Body Experience describes how and why OBEs work. This is a groundbreaking guide for using OBEs to understand your place in the worlds that exist beyond our daily lives. Meet spiritual guides, loved ones who have crossed over, and even other out-of-body travelers who want to help you understand who you are and why you are here. Learn communication techniques and memory aids to get the most out of each experience, in addition to tips for creating a program of OBE mastery. Contrary to popular belief, many people have come back from "the other side" and shared their experiences. And now, you can be part of this life-changing exploration. Perfect for beginners and experienced seekers who want to learn about the non-physical planes in a non-mystical context and want to evolve the condition of their soul. This practical workbook for spiritual transformation is based on the research of the International Academy of Consciousness.

Author : Iris Marion Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199882984

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On Female Body Experience by Iris Marion Young Pdf

Written over a span of more than two decades, the essays by Iris Marion Young collected in this volume describe diverse aspects of women's lived body experience in modern Western societies. Drawing on the ideas of several twentieth century continental philosophers--including Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty--Young constructs rigorous analytic categories for interpreting embodied subjectivity. The essays combine theoretical description of experience with normative evaluation of the unjust constraints on their freedom and opportunity that continue to burden many women. The lead essay rethinks the purpose of the category of "gender" for feminist theory, after important debates have questioned its usefulness. Other essays include reflection on the meaning of being at home and the need for privacy in old age residences as well as essays that analyze aspects of the experience of women and girls that have received little attention even in feminist theory--such as the sexuality of breasts, or menstruation as punctuation in a woman's life story. Young describes the phenomenology of moving in a pregnant body and the tactile pleasures of clothing. While academically rigorous, the essays are also written with engaging style, incorporating vivid imagery and autobiographical narrative. On Female Body Experience raises issues and takes positions that speak to scholars and students in philosophy, sociology, geography, medicine, nursing, and education.

Author : Kevin McSorley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415692151

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War and the Body by Kevin McSorley Pdf

"This book places the body at the centre of critical thinking about war, giving embodiment and bodily issues an analytic recognition they have often been denied in the annuals and ontology of conventional war scholarship"--Page [1].

Author : Elmar Brähler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783642734120

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Body Experience by Elmar Brähler Pdf

In this book body experience is seen as the subjective expression of psyche and soma and is discussed in relation to its significance in modern medical practice and psychoanalysis. The authors relate how the patient's subjective expression of his or her body frequently plays only a marginal role in current therapy and how the central factor of many diseases is consequently missed. Particularly in the growing field of psychoanalytic psychosomatic medicine it will be necessary to pay the issue of body experience more attention. These theoretical and empirical contributions on body experience were specially prepared for the volume. Initial chapters cover a variety of aspects of body experience and its general significance in medicine and psychoanalysis. Following chapters consider body-oriented forms of therapy, sex-related aspects of body experience and the empirical measurement of body experience and bodily complaints.

Author : Edward Slopek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Art
ISBN : 8822907159

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Bodies of Art: the Shaping of Aesthetic Experience by Edward Slopek Pdf

Author : Robert A. Monroe
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780804153881

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Journeys Out of the Body by Robert A. Monroe Pdf

The definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of the internationally known Monroe Institute. Robert Monroe, a Virginia businessman, began to have experiences that drastically altered his life. Unpredictably, and without his willing it, Monroe found himself leaving his physical body to travel via a "second body" to locales far removed from the physical and spiritual realities of his life. He was inhabiting a place unbound by time or death. Praise for Journeys Out of the Body "Monroe's account of his travels, Journeys Out of the Body, jam-packed with parasitic goblins and dead humans, astral sex, scary trips into mind-boggling other dimensions, and practical tips on how to get out of your body, all told with wry humor, quickly became a cult sensation with its publication in 1971, and has been through many printings. Whatever their 'real' explanation, Monroe's trips made for splendid reading." —Michael Hutchinson, author of Megabrain "Robert Monroe's experiences are probably the most intriguing of any person's of our time, with the possible exception of Carlos Castaneda's." —Joseph Chilton Pierce, author of Magical Child "This book is by a person who's clearly a sensible man and who's trying to tell it like it is. No ego trips. Just a solid citizen who's been 'out' a thousand times now and wants to pass his experiences to others." —The Last Whole Earth Catalog

Author : Seymour Fisher
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Body Experience in Fantasy and Behavior by Seymour Fisher Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Magic Light Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789081842006

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Astral Dynamics: The Complete Book of Out-of-Body Experience by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony Peake
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780289489

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The Out of Body Experience by Anthony Peake Pdf

This book opens with the author's experience with the 'Lucid Light Stimulator' in Switzerland. This presents him with his first experience of 'Astral Travel'. From this he takes the reader on a historical, theological and mystical journey through the history of the 'out of body experience' in all its varieties and forms. The second half of the book discusses the science behind the experience. It reviews some of the latest research in the fields of psychology, neurology and neuro-chemistry. It then attempts a short explanation of why quantum physics may be the unlikely source of answers to the mystery of the out-of-body experience. The final section presents the author's new model of how exotic-sounding concepts such as Bose-Einstein Condensates, Einstein Rosen Bridges, Zero-Point Energy, microtubules and coherent light can be used to present a totally new explanation of how 'Astral Travel' really does involve a journey - into inner, not outer, space.

Author : Robert Peterson
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781612833156

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Out of Body Experiences by Robert Peterson Pdf

Broaden your horizons by learning astral projection and experiencing its profoundly positive impact on your thoughts about life, death, and spirituality. Throughout history, people have reported spiritual experiences that we now identify as out-of-body experiences or OBEs. In recent times, modern researchers like Robert Monroe have pioneered the scientific study and practice of OBEs. Increasingly, people are remembering spontaneous OBEs, especially from early childhood. Also, OBEs are a typical feature of near-death experiences and have been described as beautiful, painless, and ecstatic. This is the comprehensive manual for inducing out of body experiences and managing the experience. Peterson not only explores the stages of his own development, but also concludes each chapter with a specific exercise that takes you to the next level. From wiggling out of your body for the first time (the author did a back flip his first time) to traveling through other realms and dealing with your “encounters,” this is one of the most practical, step-by-step guides to OBEs available. He clearly demonstrates how this consciousness-expanding experience is accessible to anyone willing to make the leap into the great beyond. This is the ultimate manual on how to leave home alone . . .

Author : Christopher A. Faircloth
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759116153

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Aging Bodies by Christopher A. Faircloth Pdf

Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism, a divide realized in the divergent research fields of geriatrics and gerontology; the first examines the physical body, and the second focuses instead upon psychological and social aspects of aging. Research Health Scientist Christopher Faircloth's edited volume of original pieces attempts to bridge this rift: reinserting the physical aging body and its lived experiences back into gerontology's study of aging. He asks, 'Is it not the physical body that readily marks us as aging?' Faircloth organizes this text around two major themes of the aging body: everyday experience, and the social and personal impact of its imagery, while concentrating on three areas of substantive concern: medicalization, gender/sexuality, and the body as consumer. This book would be of interest to gerontologists, social scientists, and students of these fields concerned with the aging body, both object and subject, as experienced and alternatively perceived in relation to contemporary society.

Author : Robert Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1078221413

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Hacking the Out of Body Experience by Robert Peterson Pdf

Where do we go when we die?Everything we know about the afterlife is based on someone else's spiritual experiences: near-death experiences (NDEs) and out-of-body experiences (OBEs) aka astral projection. Most of the information has been distorted by religious agendas, centuries of time, ancient language misinterpretations, cultural differences, and just plain lack of words for what really happened. Wouldn't it be great if you could get your own answers without coming close to death? Now you can.This book will teach you how to temporarily exit your physical body and explore the world beyond.Many books claim to teach you how to induce OBEs, but fail to deliver. Most sell you superstitious nonsense, occult rituals, or new-age mumbo-jumbo. Even the best seem to parrot the same stale techniques that don't work, and usually without any explanation of how they're supposed to work. This book is different.Hacking the Out of Body Experience is the best and most complete collection of no-nonsense techniques to induce OBEs. There is no cruft. It's one hundred percent OBE techniques, based on Peterson's 40 years of firsthand experience, solid principles of neuroscience, bio-hacking, and information gleaned from all the experts in the field. Best of all, each technique contains a detailed explanation of the principles behind it and how it works.

Author : E. M. Collingham
Publisher : Polity
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X006120507

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Imperial Bodies by E. M. Collingham Pdf

Through a discussion of texts and practices, the body is introduced into the historical account as an active social principle. Collingham paints a vivid picture of life and manners of the British in India.