C. J. S. Thompson. Pp. xv., 335. London: The Scientific Press, Limited. 1897. In many, if not most, medical libraries there is a small space devoted to the lighter side of literature, wherein may often be found volumes of anecdote relating to the history of the profession of medicine and its followers. In this not too conspicuous corner The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy may well f...

This paper attempts to answer three questions: (1) Was Emerson a mystic? (2) If so, what is the nature of his mysticism? (3) How has his understanding of mysticism influenced by Unitarian theology and spiritual practice? In doing so, it draws upon historical and contemporary studies of mysticism and mystical experience, including those of William James, Leigh Eric Schmidt, and Bernard McGinn am...

In this paper, we explore how to use spatial context for image inpainting and we test it in two applications: photoediting and crack removal in digitized old paintings. Context is determined based on the texture and color features. We use these contextual features to guide the search for image patches that can fill in the missing/damaged regions in a visually plausible way. A priori knowledge a...

A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from the urine of a patient at one of the centers participating in the 2001 edition of the MYSTIC program in Brazil. The initial phenotypic findings of the isolated K. pneumoniae presented an unusual MIC of 8 microg/mL to meropenem, 2 microg/mL to imipenem, elevated MICs to broad spectrum cephalosporins (ceftazidime/cefotaxime/cefepime MIC > 256 micro...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit mystic and scientist, was a groundbreaking thinker whose synthesis of evolution faith challenges the faithful to see God in more expansive perspective. Teilhard’s vision ultimately posits that universe is evolving closer relationship with Divine. Through increase material complexity consciousness, spiritual power cosmos revealed, identified by as becoming pers...

Abstract This article discusses how women in Finland, the happiest country world 2019, use new spiritual services and angels to cope with everyday life. Should not high living standard level of happiness decrease spirituality, as Norris Inglehart suggest? The research material was collected using questionnaires talks given by Irish mystic Lorna Byrne Helsinki 2011 2015. For studied, offer suppo...