another project WORLDVIEW worldview theme copyright 2017 Home
|
#5B VITALISM this web page is no longer maintained click here for newer version 4.0 I believe living things are holistically endowed with something special, which can be variously referred to as spirit, life force, soul, organizing principle, etc. Life is something more than the sum of its parts--not something scientists will create in the lab. (Note: In China the life force is linked with Ch’i (Qi), in India with prana or kundalini. Most religions involve belief in spiritual beings: in living things with souls, disembodied spirits, ghosts, angels, that natural objects are conscious (animism), etc). Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries: comfortable with spiritual energy / life force based medicine believes spirit explains consciousness believes in spiritual or ethereal beings such as angels, ghosts, etc. may use Animism based hypotheses summary Wikipedia article: Vitalism Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 1131 Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 27 |
Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 56 entries Songs! Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book
playing card related: these are diamond worldview themes: individual <---> knowledge card #5 concise description
|
More to Explore --Worldview Theme #5B: Vitalism |
| Odic Force (from online encyclopedia) |
| Spirituality (from online encyclopedia) |
| Panentheism (from online encyclopedia) |
| Consciousness (from online encyclopedia) |
| Qi (or Ch'i) (from online encyclopedia) |
| Emergentism (from online encyclopedia) |
| The Vital Force: An Arcane Idea?, by C. Wansbrough |
| What Does It Mean to Be Alive? (chapter one from book) |
| Manifesto of Scientists Who Accept the Paranormal (product of Feb 2014 conference at Univ. of Arizona, Tucson) |
| The Philosophy of Biology (from online encyclopedia -- why vitalism has been rejected by mainstream biologists) |
| Nature / Animism (includes links) |
| A Wisdom Archive on Material Force (Eastern / New Age perspective) |
| What is Qi? (or old spelling Ch'i; a vital life force, used in Chinese Medicine) |
| Wellness & Alternative Medicine (from online encyclopedia) |
| Romanticism, Vitalism, and the Life Sciences |
| Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith, by George Vaillant (more on this 2008 book) |
| Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas (more on this 2006 book that sketches "an emerging worldview that returns soul to the cosmos") |
| Thinking With Your Soul, by Richard Wolman (about spiritual intelligence, preview this 2001 book at Google Books) |
| Healing Through Applying Universal Life Force Energy (Reiki), by David Herron |
| Vitalism / Reductionism Debate in the Life Sciences, and the concept of Emergence |
| "The Emerging New Worldview," by Paul Helfrich (paper re: conscious creation and "consciousness is cool") |
| Consciousness in the Cosmos (essays on the Stoa del Sol website by Beatrix Murrell) |
| "Information is the Difference Between Life and Matter," by Gert Korthof (explains ideas of Hubert Yockey) |
| "Soul Traders: Demand for Exorcists in France is Soaring" (article from The Economist July 22 2017) |
| "In the Theatre of the Sacred" by Jonathan Katz ("vodou pilgrims summon timeless spirits" July 2017 article from Smithsonian) |
| "Seeking Proof in Near Death Claims" (Oct 25 2010 Wall Street Journal story) |
| Do Miracles Happen Today? by James Arlandson (2007 article) |
| Is There a God? by Marilyn Adamson (presents six reasons to believe in God) |
| The Holy Spirit, by Michael Welker (1989 article by the editor of the 2004 book The Work of the Spirit) |
| Angels (from the Catholic Encyclopedia) |
| Religion and Healing in America, ed. L. Barnes & S. Sered (read excerpts of this 2005 book at Google Books) |
| Therapeutic Touch -- History and Philosophy |
| Therapeutic Touch |
| United Communities of Spirit (a Global Interfaith Effort) |
| Life Force Centre for Natural Well Being (British organization established in 1990) |
| Spirituality and Health Magazine |
| GhostVillage.com ("the web's most paranormal destination") |
| Ghost Research Society (clearing house for reports of ghosts, hauntings, etc) |
| Neither Brain Nor Ghost by W. Teed Rockwell (review by philosopher Liz Swan of this 2005 book) |
| Life, Vitalism, Misusing the Name of the Lord, etc. by Christopher Kelty (article and commentary) |
| What is Nutritional Medicine? by B. Armstrong (article links nutrition with vitalistic life force) |
| Principles and the Practice of Homeopathy, by David Owen (comprehensive textbook) |
| quotes related to spirituality |
back to The Reality Marketplace to shop for more WV Themes
forward to next diamond theme, WV Theme #6
"As you shop in "The Reality Marketplace" avoid
spending your "reality cash" too early, before you have
seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.