Religious ecstasy

Have you ever wondered why a song was so catchy? Or why you always happened to get that one song stuck in your head? Well that has all been answered by Robert Jourdain in his nonfiction book Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy. Jourdain begins his book with the simplest aspect of sound, really the first puzzle piece of how music became a worldwide sensation that can be seen in basically every culture on Earth, which is hearing, and how our ears have evolved to understand, interpret, and enjoy all…

It is clear to any reader of "Howl" that Allen Ginsberg is upset with the status quo, in fact, one might even borrow Ginsberg own words about how he feels about his “generation” when he states that they, “let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy.” What a spit in the face. As I continued to read Ginsberg’s profanity-laced and prolonged verbal assault I was sure about convinced about one thing; Ginsberg is demanding for his generation to change by beating…

The first part of this assignment is to compare and contrast how the women in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth impact the titular character and how they can be compared or contrasted to women, through the looking glass of Malleus Maleficarum. The Malleus Maleficarum is a real legitimate historical document written as a guide to identifying and persecuting people (mostly women) who are perceived as witches. If you take a moment and think about this, imagine if someone; particularly a man came up with a…

The Renaissance era lasted from the early 1300s to the mid-1600s and was coined the period of rebirth or classical revival of the classical past. During this time, God became less of the focal point and humanism (man was at the measure of all things) took root. Italy was perhaps one of the most important regions of the time due to its beauty and grandeur. The top city-states during the Renaissance included Florence, Milan, and Venice. In an effort to understand how the Renaissance period…

Importance of Drug Use Prevention Statistics show that many drug users begin abusing drugs as young as 12 years old, but this could be prevented by the early implementations of drug prevention programs in schools. Determining effective prevention programs based upon community demographics could significantly decrease future drug use in communities. Adolescence is a time of transition from dependence on parents and family to self-actualization. During this transitional period, many adolescents…

Art serves the purpose of expressing ones feelings and illustrating a point of view or opinion. Typically, inspiration for subject matter stems from societal, religious or political movements that are currently effecting the functionality of society in a significant way. As a result, artists are provoked to properly capture the emotional state which is fundamental when convincingly conveying the experience of the environment and communicating an idea; “the intimate nature of emotion is…

In June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage has been legal in all of the 50 states of the United States of America. A lot of people, including the heterosexuals, homosexuals, etc., were in pure ecstasy. Same-sex couples were finally allowed to live happily and marry each other. Although, despite the happiness around, there were still people who didn't like this idea and they continued to fight for same-sex marriage to be illegal again. As for the Philippines, same-sex marriage is still not…

The Pir states that the heart is the seat of loving devotion. The implied meaning here is that the heart of one smitten by prem pīḍā (pangs of love) and lāy (intense desire) eventually becomes the repository of prem bhakti or loving devotion for the Lord. The intensity of prem bhakti engulfs the a(n)tar (inner self), leading to a fixation and passion for the Beloved. In this state of loving devotion, the Pir advises his followers to remember the Beloved at all times. The word bhagtī, used in…

The Romantic Lyric is defined by many varying qualities including a focus on “nature […] wild and untamed natural settings”, “rejection of reason as the organizing principle for art and society”, and an urge to “valorize the ordinary individual” (322). Romantic poets turned “away from the manners and artifices of social life” and instead “celebrated the beauties of the vast skies and towering mountains” (322) because the were tired of the looming pressures that the Industrial Revolution had…

addicted to certain substances were possessed by the devil, or ____ [CITE]. Treatment for drug-dependent people involved _____ from a priest (instead of dr). As time has progressed, the way in which we perceive abnormal behaviour has evolved from a religious and philosophical context, to scientific and empirically grounded interpretations [CITE]. Although many uncertainties remain, the explanation of substance dependence has diversified to include two fundamental cues of abuse, which are…