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The knowledge of the divine does not exclude the knowledge of the world, nor does the knowledge of the world replace the knowledge of God. A conflict between reason and mind arises only when it is reason, or the mind (or heart) no longer acts in specific frames. In the present study we try to see some of the liturgical, catechetical, pastoral drifts that can be reached when the clear distinction between mind and reason is not taken into account. The liturgy is not a space dedicated to theological information, but it proposes a different type of approach to knowledge. The liturgy of the word is also part of the liturgy, but the ultimate goal of the service is to enter into the suprarational mystery of God. The world, as a whole, becomes the slave of abused reason, forgetting that reason is limited and can only provide a glimpse of understanding reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this piece (that contains two sections) I take into account some methodological and gnoseological features regarding the problem of the major impact of the Intellect within the nowadays logicist approaches: the main error that we address here is caused by the lack of clarity of the aria of the domains of Reason, Intellect, Speculative Reason. Also an error is the illicit takeover by the logicist discourses of the jargon of the classic traditional logic and the identification of the new noetic (functional, relational and operational) constructs with the whole logic domain, and, subsequently, the exclusion of Reason from logic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some personal and community experience is at the base of Franciscanism. Here, the theory and system are the result of an experience and a practice that condition the thinking. The philosophical and theological speculation of Saint Bonaventure, Roger Bacon, Scotus, Ockham, Piero di Giovanni Olivi, Raimondo Lullo, etc. may be incomprehensible without the experience of the Franciscan community and its intersection with the experience of Saint Francis of Assisi and the its vision on the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research target was to find out whether there are some differences in the level of creative imagination among patients with eating disorders and a comparison (non-clinical) group. Another aim was to use the Creative Imagination Scale (CIS) as a measure for suggestibility/hypnotic susceptibility which were put in the context of cognitive style field dependence - independence. There are some hypotheses tested which concern differences in the field dependence between patients with eating disorders and the comparison group. Research was attended by 46 girls and women with eating disorder diagnoses at the age between 14 - 48 years and 46 girls and women from non-clinical population at the age between 16 - 33 years. We used CIS to examine the level of creative imagination and Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) to identify field dependence - independence. Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) was presented to distinguish between patients with eating disorders and the comparison group and the body image issues have been recovered by Stunkard silhouette test. The results reflect that there are no demonstrable differences in the level of creative imagination between the group with eating disorders and the comparison (non-clinical) group. It was found that people with eating disorders are significantly more field dependent than the comparison group (p < 0,01) and it was also found that there is a greater field dependence of people with inadequate body image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are contemporary studies that show that reading has antianxiety and antidepressant effects almost as strong as the effects of psychotherapy sessions. As Marcel Proust said in an essay about reading: "Books do not force you to force socialization. They are like friends who do not force you to do anything. And when we leave them, we do it with the regret that we leave such a comfortable and intelligent company". A similar idea is found in Wentworth Dillon, an old Irish poet; he said, "choose the author as you choose a friend". From that moment on, if the author was well chosen, reading will be like a mutual confession. From the examples presented by the author we can assume the idea that reading does not necessarily have a purpose, it represents a path, a call, a state. As the swimming is for the body thirsty for freedom of movement, so the book is for the mind eager to escape from the prosaic environment and the patterns of everyday life. Reading is a zen form of the intellect, a form through which it is possible to find a new form of stress therapy, perhaps the best therapy. It can be said that reading is a form of collective therapy, a library therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]