Sacred Wells in Wales

Sacred Space

A space can be sacred, providing those who inhabit a particular space with sense of transcendence-being connected to something greater than oneself. The sacredness may be inherent in the space, as for a religious institution or a serene place outdoors. Alternatively, a space may be made sacred by the people within it and events that occur there. As medical providers, we have the opportunity to ...

Sacred psychiatry in ancient Greece

From the ancient times, there are three basic approaches for the interpretation of the different psychic phenomena: the organic, the psychological, and the sacred approach. The sacred approach forms the primordial foundation for any psychopathological development, innate to the prelogical human mind. Until the second millennium B.C., the Great Mother ruled the Universe and shamans cured the dif...

Engaging the sacred in treatment

Torture by its very nature creates distress in part related to the intentionality of the trauma inflicted. Consequently, it is necessary for clinicians to address many of the existential concerns that arise in the course of treatment. Often in clinical training, issues of spirituality are deferred to spiritual caregivers. It is important when working with torture survivors to consider the myria...

Is Anything Sacred Anymore?

Eugenics--sacred and profane.

t begins innocuously enough. A six-month-old baby, once thriving and cheerful, begins reacting differently to normal sounds such as clapping hands or closing doors. Her parents ice that her limbs twitch and her muscles are not developing properly. She has trouble swallowing and shows signs of mental retardation. What they can’t see is her compromised brain tissue, which began degenerating when ...