The Memory of the Eyes

Frank, Georgia

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“…Through the eye, particularly the "eye of faith," Christian pilgrims were able to "witness" events of the biblical past and actually participate in their dramatic unfolding. Frank refers to this phenomenon as "biblical realism," 117 in which the suggestive power of vision facilitates contact and engagement, and "sight manifest[s] the reality." 118 In their prayer treatises, Tertullian, Origen, and Cassian argued that prayer demanded postures of attentiveness to facilitate dialogue, communion, and reciprocity with the divine.…”

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Sacred Views of Saint Francis

2018

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Brepols, 2019). 4 Though uncommon, nighttime visits to the chapels were not unheard of, although they seem to have been reserved for special feast days and dignitaries. We know that Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, for example, preferred to visit the chapels of Varallo at night (see Göttler, "The Temptation of the Senses," 403). For those occasions, the chapels would have been illuminated with candlelight. Wrought iron candleholders, albeit now without candles, are still present in several of the chapels of the Sacro Monte.

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“…), Histoire des Moines de Syrie , SC 257 (Paris, 1979). On the notion that the soul is revealed in the face, see Frank (2000).…”

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A historical perspective on mental health: Proposal for a dialogue between history and psychology.

Graiver¹

2021

History of Psychology

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This contribution aims to promote a dialogue between history and psychology by outlining a direction for future research at the intersection of these disciplines. In particular, it seeks to demonstrate the potential contributions of history to psychology by employing the category of mental health in a historical context. The analysis focuses on notions of psychological health that were developed in late antiquity, especially the equation between "health of the soul" and dispassion (apatheia) within the Christian monastic movement. This theologically informed notion of what constitutes positive human functioning and well-being is examined in view of modern attempts, in mainstream and positive psychology, to define mental health. The optimism concerning the naturalness of virtue and the malleability of human nature that underlies late antique notions of "health of the soul" becomes noticeable in its absence once we turn to modern notions of mental health. It thus provides an illuminating counter-example against which to compare and analyze modern attempts to define mental health. A comparison of these alternative notions human flourishing offers an opportunity to reflect on and test the validity of contemporary attempts to define this condition in a culturally sensitive manner.

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Reimagining Patristics

Haines-Eitzen¹

2015

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics

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