Monastic Medicine, a unique dualism between natural science and
spiritual healing :
· Centers of hospitality
· Monks focused on treating a patient’s soul, in addition to his body,
believing that God had ultimate authority in one’s health and recovery.
· Rule of St. Benedict: code of rules for monastic living.
· Start one’s pilgrimage earlier in life.
· Before others, and above all, special care must be taken of the ill,
so they may be looked after, as Christ.
· Spiritual aspect of medicine through Biblical allusions.
Freemasonry - images/symbols, Geomancy
Freemasonry - images/symbols, Geomancy
· Predominance in Monastic Medicine of Spiritual Medicine over natural,
physical healing.
Meditation/Contemplation
Thomas Merton :)
The divine origin of herbs remained the primary reason for their healing
Meditation/Contemplation
Thomas Merton :)
The divine origin of herbs remained the primary reason for their healing
powers.
Lecto Divina
Lecto Divina
· Building’s designed so that ill monks would remain in touch with God.
Prelude
Cloister
Stone circles/hearths/chimneys
Fish hatchery - Koi
The Church of the Incurabili
Dowsing
Interface
be-tween
Re-presentation
Ospedaletto & Mendicanti hospitals (Churches of)
Mirror pond
Ospedali Grandi
echo
cohesion
fractal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
iterations - Gothic fractal, Hokusai's waves
Conflict resolution center(s) - deprogramming think tank
gate keeper or ferryman
HEALING - is the process of re-establishing harmony within the organism.
ILLNESS - implies a loss of this balance, and the need for reintegration with
the body's natural ability to heal and regenerate.
Far from being inert containers, spaces can be understood to be fully participant
in the healing experience. Working with the totality of these forces can result in
conscious co-creation of spaces that are not only useful, but which are vibrant
and alive, and therefore capable of their own contributions.
Stone circles/hearths/chimneys
Fish hatchery - Koi
The Church of the Incurabili
Dowsing
Interface
be-tween
Re-presentation
Ospedaletto & Mendicanti hospitals (Churches of)
Mirror pond
Ospedali Grandi
echo
cohesion
fractal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
iterations - Gothic fractal, Hokusai's waves
Conflict resolution center(s) - deprogramming think tank
gate keeper or ferryman
HEALING - is the process of re-establishing harmony within the organism.
ILLNESS - implies a loss of this balance, and the need for reintegration with
the body's natural ability to heal and regenerate.
Far from being inert containers, spaces can be understood to be fully participant
in the healing experience. Working with the totality of these forces can result in
conscious co-creation of spaces that are not only useful, but which are vibrant
and alive, and therefore capable of their own contributions.