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PubMed1994

Memory, double, shadow, and evil.

In order to examine shadow dynamics the author explores the phenomenology and mythological associations of the 'double' or Doppelgänger. Current Jungian-inspired theories concerning relations of shadow and double are found to be limited because they do not explain (1) the process of personification of the psychic complex which gives rise to the double, (2) the immediate conditions under which doubling occurs, (3) the conditions which lead to the assignment of evil qualities to the double as shadow. The paper seeks to remedy each of the above limitations by redescribing shadow/double phenomena in terms of autonomous memory phenomena, both personal and trans-personal.

Brain↗
PubMed1996

The Piano, the animus, and the colonial experience.

Focused principally on an analysis of Ada, the mute heroine of Jane Campion's The Piano, this article shows how post-Jungian animus theory illuminates that character's mysterious personality. In particular, Ann Ulanov's thoughts about animus development are connected with Demaris Wehr's observations concerning the internalization of social oppression in an argument that shows how, notwithstanding she is a woman, Ada is a product of colonial oppression. Her mythological antecedents are also considered, and are particularly marked in that she resembles the handless maiden in Marie-Louise von Franz's analysis of that fairy tale. In this context Ada's ultimate renunciation of her husband is symbolically reinforced by the developing personality of her daughter Flora. The changes in both characters can be seen as implying not only the rebirth of Ada's psyche but also the emergence of a new psychological readiness to throw off the colonial mantle.

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PubMed1997

Fairy-tales in psychotherapy.

Fairy-tales, like mythologies, can be found all over the world containing the same motif and chains of motifs. In this paper I have presented some theories on the occurrence of this archetypal phenomenon ranging from the old migration theory to Sheldrake's theory of morphogenetic fields. I have then tried to show how fairy-tale-motifs can appear in various ways in analytical therapy, often in hidden forms. We find them in patients' dreams as well as in their fantasies and associations. If the therapist is open to them they will also appear in his or her amplifications. He or she might then take note of the fairy-tale or point it out to the patient; in the latter case it might provide better access to the patient's problems and complexes as fairy-tales have an emotional completeness because of their pictorial character. Finally I have described the favourite fairy-tale of one of my patients and related it to his symptoms, his central complex and his personal ways of experiencing and behaving. This survey of how fairy-tales can be used in therapy with children and with adults far from exhaustive.

Adult↗
PubMed1988

Mis-taken love: conversations on the problem of incest in an Irish context.

An emotive consciousness of the issues surrounding incest frequently calls forth revulsion, outrage, fear, concern, and competition. Such responses often legitimate a range of actions that include the protection of children, the blaming of mothers, and the punishment of fathers. This article explores a "systemic" dis-position in conversations on father-daughter incest. The notion of a "Fifth Province" (from Celtic mythology) is invoked wherein all emotions, judgements, and descriptions can find acceptance, and whereby a language of control and competition, implicitly negating individuals and their relationships, is suspended as a rationale for action.

Child↗
PubMed2005

Jesus and the eye: New Testament miracles of vision.

PURPOSE: To compile and appraise the accounts of the miracles of vision in the New Testament. METHODS: We carried out a critical analysis of the compilation of ocular miracles using past medical knowledge and historical reconstruction based on the accounts of the apostles and of various historians living in the first three centuries ad. RESULTS: Three blind adult male beggars residing on three different street locations were described. Two had previously had good vision that had declined over a long time and the third had been born blind. The manifestations of the ocular diseases in these cases were meagre, precluding any precise diagnosis. The healing methodology did not rely on physical examination, detailed history, or the use of medicines. Jesus' tools consisted of spitting, touching, praying and the use of words. Visual outcome reported as a complete cure was realized in all three incidents. CONCLUSIONS: The accounts of miracles in the Gospels appear to be historically reliable, yet subject to different interpretations: faith in the miracle (the Christian perspective); sorcery (the Jewish perspective); mythology (the atheist perspective), and scientifically possible human action by a charismatic, compassionate, knowledgeable man (the scientific perspective: psychotherapy or suggestion).

Bible↗
PubMed2001

Fetomaternal cellular and plasma DNA trafficking: the Yin and the Yang.

In human pregnancy, multiple lines of evidence have indicated that there is trafficking of nucleated cells and cell-free DNA between the mother and fetus. Diagnostically, fetal cells in maternal blood and fetal DNA in maternal plasma offer a noninvasive source of fetal material for prenatal diagnosis. Through the developments of methods for fetal cell isolation and fetal DNA detection, many fetal genetic characteristics and chromosomal abnormalities have been detected from maternal blood. Large-scale clinical trials have been initiated that will facilitate the eventual application of these technologies. The presence of large quantities of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma challenges the conventional belief that the fetal and maternal circulations are separate entities. In addition, the recent demonstration of the persistence of fetal cells following delivery also opens up a new field of investigation and raises new physiologic and pathogenic implications. Like the Yin and Yang in Chinese mythology, we believe that fetal cells and fetal DNA transfer are closely related and should be studied and applied in a synergistic manner.

Biological Transport↗
PubMed1978

Pathways upstream: risks and realities of early screening efforts.

The need for basic societal institutions to foster growth-enhancing and ego-strengthening experiences is highlighted. The ascendancy of Asklepios--as representative of the remedial, medical model--over Hygeia--symbolizing the preventive, public health approach--is traced from Hellenic mythology to present reality. The Hygeian merits of current early identification programs are considered, and means for moving them closer to the Hygeian ideal are suggested.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2004

Probing receptor structure/function with chimeric G-protein-coupled receptors.

Owing its name to an image borrowed from Greek mythology, a chimera is seen to represent a new entity created as a composite from existing creatures or, in this case, molecules. Making use of various combinations of three basic domains of the receptors (i.e., exofacial, transmembrane, and cytoplasmic segments) that couple agonist binding into activation of effectors through heterotrimeric G-proteins, molecular pharmacology has probed the basic organization, structure/function relationships of this superfamily of heptahelical receptors. Chimeric G-protein-coupled receptors obviate the need for a particular agonist ligand when the ligand is resistant to purification or, in the case of orphan receptors, is not known. Chimeric receptors created from distant members of the heptahelical receptors enable new strategies in understanding how these receptors transduce agonist binding into receptor activation and may be able to offer insights into the evolution of G-protein-coupled receptors from yeast to humans.

Animals↗
PubMed1997

Liver regeneration.

Liver regeneration after the loss of hepatic tissue is a fundamental parameter of liver response to injury. Recognized as a phenomenon from mythological times, it is now defined as an orchestrated response induced by specific external stimuli and involving sequential changes in gene expression, growth factor production, and morphologic structure. Many growth factors and cytokines, most notably hepatocyte growth factor, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-alpha, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, insulin, and norepinephrine, appear to play important roles in this process. This review attempts to integrate the findings of the last three decades and looks toward clues as to the nature of the causes that trigger this fascinating organ and cellular response.

Animals↗
PubMed1999

The kidney in ancient Egyptian medicine: where does it stand?

Driven by their deep-seated desire for eternal life in a healthy body, ancient Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to begin collecting and recording medical lore and medicinals that were effective for a healthy body. With its religious origins, medical care was initially provided by priests, but evolved over time into an independent discipline practiced by the swnw (sounou) or physician. What has been preserved of their knowledge in extant medical papyri reflects the great capacity of Egyptians for practical achievement in treating symptoms, but lacks the abstract thought that was to come with the advent of the more rational Greek medicine. The number of prescriptions and incantations for the management of urinary disorders (hematuria, retention, frequency, infection) and dropsy that are mentioned in extant medical papyri likely reflect the frequency with which these problems were encountered. Urine was thought to be formed in the region of the bladder, by a process considered akin to purification. Available studies on preserved mummies indicate that kidney disease was not uncommon. Whether a functional role of the kidney was appreciated at all is highly doubtful. On the other hand, the available evidence suggests an awareness of the kidney (ggt) to which was ascribed a mythological role that may well account for why the kidneys and the heart were the only organs not removed during the process of mummification.

Egypt, Ancient↗
PubMed1996

Chimaera and its modern virus-like descendants.

Chimaera was a monster in ancient Greek mythology combining elements from different animal species in its body. Modern molecular biology enabled the generation of harmless but useful chimaeras consisting of elements from different nonrelated viruses. The objective is that the resulting chimaeras form highly immunogenic virus-like particles (VLPs). Such chimaeric VLPs can be used as highly efficient carriers for sequential and conformational B cell epitopes and T cell epitopes. Most VLPs are readily produced in heterologous hosts and are easy to purify. This article deals with various systems of VLPs described in this topical issue of Intervirology and makes comparisons with chimaeric replication-competent viruses, recombinant virus vectors expressing foreign proteins, and DNA vaccines.

Animals↗
PubMed1996

[Delusions of witches and suppression of femininity in the Occidental culture from the analytic viewpoint].

In this study, we look into the historical roots of the witch-hunt. For a period of 540 years, between 1241 and 1782, the burning of witches has been well documented. During these 540 years witch-hunts were simply the culmination of a passionate hostility against femininity as such within western culture. As can clearly be seen in the texts of the great medieval theologians, the humiliation and degradation of the female sex--and the condemnation (or diabolization) of sexuality as well as antisexual prejudices--originate from a pre-Christian, heathen-mythological way of thinking, which was largely established by the medieval church as a form of syncretism and the notions of which persist even today. In those days the compulsive regulation of sexuality and the threat of the torments of hell, if one did not obey these rules, initiated the vicious circle of failure, guilt and fear in people's minds and so made it impossible to overcome the Oedipus complex. This regression to the 'anal stage of development' prepared the ground for sadomasochistic destructiveness, which was (supported by superstition) projected outwards onto the so-called witches.

Cultural Characteristics↗
PubMed1990

Influence of Carl Wernicke on Karl Leonhard's nosology.

Carl Wernicke derived his theory of the pathomechanism of mental illness of his theories on aphasia. For this reason Jaspers accused him of mythologizing the brain. On the other hand, however, Jaspers does admit that Wernicke has produced one of the most important works on psychology and says that a serious study of this work is something that no researcher can do without. Now, through the influence of modern biological psychiatry, the psychiatry of Wernicke and his school is once more gaining in significance.

Aphasia, Wernicke↗
PubMed1975

A methodologic approach to crisis therapy.

Resistance to using limited goal, brief psychotherapy often rests upon the mythology that a patient's problems must require a great deal of time for resolution. This paper offers a suitable rationale and methodology for psychotherapists to exercise their enormous capacity to assist patients effecting meaningful change in a brief time period.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2005

The space between love and not touching in psychotherapy.

The present paper discusses the advent and significance of erotic feelings in psychotherapy based on the intersubjective theory. It briefly reviews the coalescence of the tradition of avoidance of physical contact in psychotherapy, and the classical and contemporary approaches to erotic transference. A clinical case is presented in an attempt to expand the significance attributed to erotic feelings in therapy and ways of relating to it: in their intrapersonal and interpersonal meanings and in the dialectics between them. I will later discuss the father figure in feminine development and its transferential and metaphoric meaning against the background of a clinical case, and the importance of the erotic component in the processes of change and development. The paper includes mythological metaphors illustrating the issues in a cultural perspective that constitutes the traditional framework of thinking relevant to the issues which are the subject of this paper.

Emotions↗
PubMed1986

The place and value of bestophilia in perversions.

An attempt is made to place bestophilia in cultural, clinical, and theoretical perspective. Archeological and anthropological documentation and records of the widespread appearance in mythology of this practice are cited. This archaic form of perversion is still practiced in rural environments and isolated communities. The treatment of a man who grew up in such an environment gave the author the opportunity to study this form of perversion. The correlation of clinical findings with culturally sanctioned bestophilia provides a bridge between the understanding of psychopathology and anthropological variation.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

Strategies for teaching nursing research. Discovering the creative listening hole.

Creative questioning that is based on nonverbal inner listening can lead to new insights, discoveries, and perspectives. Though very challenging, the mythology of reaching the listening hole can help the student develop an ear for keys or gaps in his or her perceptions about phenomena. It can help develop respect for the rich lode of nursing experience from which researchable questions can be developed. Finally, creative research questioning introduces a new mental discipline that can lead to a fresh perception of nursing practice questions. The value of the process outweighs the risks and difficulties.

Communication↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Sport and medicine in ancient Greece.

Sport and medicine in ancient Greece were the result of a widespread tradition of liberty, which was at the heart of one of the most brilliant civilizations in history. Whereas war encouraged the development of surgical knowledge springing out of medical experience on the battlefield, peace promoted the burgeoning of sport as an integral part of Greek upbringing, allowing the channeling of young people's aggressiveness into physical competition. Medicine was magical and mythological, especially in the time of Homer (9th century BC); Aesculapius, the mythical god of healing, was its reference point. With Hippocrates (5th century BC), the body of medical experience was to be codified and built up, and was to undergo a novel evolution based on the theory of the balance of the four humors. The athlete's mentality, faced with trauma in the sports ground, underwent a change; injury was no longer considered a punishment by the gods. At the same time, temple offerings tendered in the hope of victory gave way to the athlete's personal preparation based on a specifically modified lifestyle, diet, and training. The resulting progress in medicine and public health, especially from the 5th century BC onward, was not only to favor athletic performances of high quality but also surgical techniques that were very advanced for their time. Thus it can be seen that the medical knowledge associated with the practice of sport progressed during antiquity because of its obligation to follow the warrior and then the athlete.

Greece, Ancient↗