Spiritualism

Discuss the services provided by phrenology, physiognomy, mesmerism, spiritualist, and mental healer. Identify what aspects of these pseudosciences are similar in some way to what professionals psychologist provide today. The psychologies of the 19th century such as phrenology, physiognomy, mesmerism, spiritualist, and mental healers were very popular and the public strongly believed in their teachings and practices. Phrenology used the cranial measurement to identify the talents and…

The American Civil War, lasting from 1861-1865, marked a turning point in the history of the United States as the Confederate States had seceded from and battled the Union to protect states rights and the driving force of their economy: slavery. Slaves had been imported from Africa and forced to work in America, beginning in the early colony of Jamestown in 1619. The often inhumane conditions which were experienced by slaves and limited social mobility, applying to even freed black men,…

Religion in Ancient Egypt guided almost every single aspect of Egyptian life. Egyptian religion was base on the combination of practice and beliefs, which included mythology, spiritualism, science and magic. Egyptians believed that life on Earth it is just a beginning of eternal journey. In order to continue the journey after death, human needed to live a life that worth to be continued. If a soul deserves a life after death, it will reach the afterlife. In order to do it, the human soul has to…

The book I read was called Breaking Loose Together and was written by Marjoleine Kars. It was published in 2002 by the University of North Carolina Press. Breaking Loose Together is a nonfiction historical book. The book is comprised of two hundred and eighty-four pages. It is a nonfiction and historical book because it gathers quotes, accounts, journal entries, and news articles from everyone that was in the western region of a Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Its main argument is to tell the…

studying different religious teachings, different philosophies, and meditation he found the “middle-way” to enlightenment. According to buddhapadipa.org, “He realized that self-indulgence was utter materialism and self-mortification was utter spiritualism, so then he balanced these two extremes into the middle way, giving importance to both mind and matter, because when they work together, interdependently it is very powerful.” (http://www.buddhapadipa.org) Everything he had learned in his…

fictions of all genres like history, fantasy, adventure, science-fiction, crimes, drama, war... and more than 1200 other works as essays, pamphlets, articles, letters to the press, poems, interviews, plays... on every subjects such as politics, spiritualism, war, crimes, etc.” (The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia) out of all of these works, none are as well known as that of the ones pertaining to Sherlock Holmes. Let us now take a closer look at one of Doyle’s favorite Sherlock Holmes stories…

through killing. One way of doing this is killing a person and selling and stealing their possessions. The “Bloody Benders” are famously known for this. In Kanas, they ran an inn, secretly killing guests. They would “advertise Kate’s [their daughter] spiritualism gifts in an attempt to elicit visitors” (Gibson 14) to gain their income. After murdering their guests, they would steal their valuables to sell. Stealing combined with providing “healing” services allowed the Benders to make enough…

Buddhism and Science Looking closely at the Kālāma Sutta one would assume that the structure is very familiar. One would theorize that is consonant with science. In other words, one cannot ignore the fact that the data and the way the Buddha expounded his teaching is very similar to that of science methodology, namely, empiricism. It is very much alike to the scientific method that is well-known today—of theoretical, hypothesis, test, and result. Further, the Buddha place great emphasis on…

If you look at Cornelius Vanderbilt from a morale standpoint he might be the most despicable character in Americans history. Anyone that has studied American history knows that that is an extremely deprecating statement. Yet, if you look at him from a business perspective he might be one of the most successful persons in American history ending this career with 105 million dollars and his son William practically doubling that wealth to end up with upwards of 200 million dollars which is the…

The hippie movement was the common title Americans used to define the out casted individuals and their actions that began to take place in the early 1960s and continued on through the 1970s. The movement started as vocal opposition to the United States taking part in the Vietnam War. Soon after, this generation ultimately transformed into a liberal counterculture. A counterculture is a subculture that has values and behavioral norms that are substantially different from those of the mainstream…