The Harmony of the Soul
The Harmony of the Soul

Author: Neal O. Weiner

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780791417317

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The Harmony of the Soul creates a naturalistic grounding for ethics and a moral grounding for psychotherapy. It is an original and startling synthesis of the ideas of mental health and moral virtue based on neglected affinities between classical Greek ethics, contemporary virtue ethics, sociobiology, and the basic presuppositions of psychotherapy. A central thesis of the book is that we can assume "the worst" about what science tells us about the human animal without having to sacrifice any of the things that are of most importance to ethics: virtue and the good life, harmony of the soul, freedom, conscience, and moral knowledge.

Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls
Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls

Author: Alan R. Harvey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0198786859

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Music is central to human cultural and intellectual experience. It is vitally important for the welfare of human society and - this book argues - should become more widely accepted in our community as a mainstream educational and therapeutic tool. This book explores the importance of music throughout human evolution, and its continued relevance to modern-day human society. Throughout, the emphasis is on the origin of music and how (and where) it is processed in our brains, exploring in detail the genetic and cultural evolution of modern, loquacious humans, how we may have evolved with unique neural and cognitive architecture, and why two complementary but distinct communication systems - language and music - remain a human universal. In addition the book explores, in some depth, the different theories that have been put forward to explain why musical communication was (and remains) advantageous to our species, with a particular emphasis on the role of music and dance in enhancing altruistic and prosocial behaviours. The author suggests that music, and the social harmonization it brings, was of vital importance in early humans as we became more and more individualized by the emergence of modern language and the modern mind, and the realization that we are mortal. Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls demonstrates the evolutionary sociobiological importance of music as a driver of cooperative and interactive behaviour throughout human existence, and what this evolutionary imperative means to twenty-first century humanity and beyond, from social and medical/neurological perspectives

Plato and the Divided Self
Plato and the Divided Self

Author: Rachel Barney

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0521899664

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Investigates Plato's account of the tripartite soul, looking at how the theory evolved over the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus.

A New Harmony
A New Harmony

Author: J Philip Newell

Publisher: Saint Andrew Press

Published: 2014-08-07

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0861537610

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In a world that seems increasingly fragmented, J. Philip Newell calls us to a vision of life′s essential oneness. He invites us to listen for the heartbeat of God and to be part of a new harmony. A New Harmony is based on a Christianity more integrated with the earth and with the rest of humanity and we are taken on a pathway towards transformation in our lives. A New Harmony communicates across the boundaries of religion and race that have separated us and honours our distinct inheritances by serving what is deeper still—the oneness of our origins and the oneness of Earth′s destiny.

The Harmony of Nature and Spirit
The Harmony of Nature and Spirit

Author: Irving Singer

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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This text argues that separating nature and the life of spirit not only precludes an understanding of how consciousness, awareness of value, and the pursuit of ideal possibilities originate in nature but also masks the discovery of how experience can be me

Thinking With Your Soul
Thinking With Your Soul

Author: Richard Wolman

Publisher: Richard N. Wolman, PhD

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780609605486

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During the creation of the Psychomatrix Spirituality Inventory (PSI) at Harvard, Dr. Wolman found seven factors that comprise the spectrum of spiritual experience. By completing the PSI included in the book, readers will learn about their spirituality in each of these areas and how to improve their spiritual lives.

Heart, Self, & Soul
Heart, Self, & Soul

Author: Robert Frager

Publisher: Quest Books

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0835630625

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Heart, Self, and Soul is the first book by a Western psychologist to explore the rich spiritual tradition of Sufism as a path for personal growth. Western psychotherapy aims largely to help us eliminate neurotic traits formed in childhood and adapt to society. In contrast, the Sufi goal is ultimately spiritual: Yes, we need to transform our negativity and be effective in the world; but beyond that, we need to reach a state of harmony with the Divine. Full of stories, poetry, meditations, journaling exercises, and colorful everyday examples, this book will open the heart, nourish the self, and quicken the soul.

Soul Contracts
Soul Contracts

Author: Danielle MacKinnon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1476739056

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Stop worrying and start living. This entirely new approach to life helps you recognize and release hidden barriers in your soul that are blocking the way to true happiness and success. How many times have you wondered why, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t keep a relationship? Can’t stay healthy? Can’t make enough money? Can’t find happiness? Have you ever stopped to think—perhaps there is some other force at work? In Soul Contracts, intuitive coach and consultant Danielle MacKinnon helps you recognize and release the energetic barriers lodged deep in your soul, called soul contracts. Born out of despair, fear, pain, or anger, a soul contract is an unconscious promise that you’ve made with yourself in the past that is now hindering your ability to move forward in life. Through a five-step process, you can identify, master, and release these hidden blocks, and thus unlock your greatest potential. Don’t let anything stand in the way of living the life you deserve. Soul Contracts can help you eliminate these barriers and start living a brilliant, happy, and prosperous life.

THE MIND IS THE HEALER, THE MIND IS THE KILLER:
THE MIND IS THE HEALER, THE MIND IS THE KILLER:

Author: Ze'ev Kolman

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1481759310

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"The Mind is the Healer, The Mind is the Killer" How the mind can heal you and how the mind can destroy you" by Zeev Kolman presents an exciting, unique and revolutionary perspective on healing, health, and spirituality, and shares with us the treasures of Zeev Kolman's lifework and journey, through clear instruction, moving inspirational stories, healing adventures and case studies. The author's transforming experience in the Sinai desert endowed him with healing and mystic gifts, including the vision and healing power of the dynamic Blue Diamond Light and Energy. In this book, Zeev offers a deep understanding of energetic forces, which govern and influence our lives, and he teaches how to connect with and embody this cosmic Blue Diamond Energy, and how to apply it in our lives, for self-help and for those in the healing professions. Zeev reveals details of his healing revelations through techniques, exercises, meditations, visualizations and working with the " Subtle Anatomy" of the brain, heart, aura, spirit and soul, for in-person and absent-healing. Experience how you can move beyond the physical fabric of reality into realms aligning the harmony of mind, body and spirit!

Aristotle on Earlier Greek Psychology
Aristotle on Earlier Greek Psychology

Author: Jason W. Carter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-21

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1108574777

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This volume is the first in English to provide a full, systematic investigation into Aristotle's criticisms of earlier Greek theories of the soul from the perspective of his theory of scientific explanation. Some interpreters of the De Anima have seen Aristotle's criticisms of Presocratic, Platonic, and other views about the soul as unfair or dialectical, but Jason W. Carter argues that Aristotle's criticisms are in fact a justified attempt to test the adequacy of earlier theories in terms of the theory of scientific knowledge he advances in the Posterior Analytics. Carter proposes a new interpretation of Aristotle's confrontations with earlier psychology, showing how his reception of other Greek philosophers shaped his own hylomorphic psychology and led him to adopt a novel dualist theory of the soul–body relation. His book will be important for students and scholars of Aristotle, ancient Greek psychology, and the history of the mind–body problem.