Stephen T. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199284597
- eISBN:
- 9780191603778
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199284598.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
It is rational for those who believe that Jesus was raised from the dead to believe that he was bodily raised from the dead. However, this is not the same as resuscitation. The concept of “spiritual ...
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It is rational for those who believe that Jesus was raised from the dead to believe that he was bodily raised from the dead. However, this is not the same as resuscitation. The concept of “spiritual resurrection”, popular with some New Testament scholars, is rejected as vague and inconsistent with Scripture. It is argued that bodily resurrection was what Paul believed, and that the New Testament accounts of the resurrection appearances present a unified picture. It is further argued that Jesus’ resurrection is an example of “bodily transformation”. Jesus’ resurrection body was numerically identical (but not qualitatively identical) to his pre-mortem body.Less
It is rational for those who believe that Jesus was raised from the dead to believe that he was bodily raised from the dead. However, this is not the same as resuscitation. The concept of “spiritual resurrection”, popular with some New Testament scholars, is rejected as vague and inconsistent with Scripture. It is argued that bodily resurrection was what Paul believed, and that the New Testament accounts of the resurrection appearances present a unified picture. It is further argued that Jesus’ resurrection is an example of “bodily transformation”. Jesus’ resurrection body was numerically identical (but not qualitatively identical) to his pre-mortem body.
Stephen T. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199284597
- eISBN:
- 9780191603778
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199284598.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This chapter argues that when Mary Magdalene, Peter, and others saw the risen Jesus, their “seeing” was a case of a normal vision. This is the natural way to read the New Testament accounts, ...
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This chapter argues that when Mary Magdalene, Peter, and others saw the risen Jesus, their “seeing” was a case of a normal vision. This is the natural way to read the New Testament accounts, especially given the physical detail contained in many of them. Six possible arguments in favor of objective vision are discussed. Two arguments in favor of normal seeing are presented: that the early church interpreted the “seeing” as normal vision, and that it is theologically significant that the “seeing” was normal. It underscores the reality of the incarnation, and places the church in a strong apologetic position.Less
This chapter argues that when Mary Magdalene, Peter, and others saw the risen Jesus, their “seeing” was a case of a normal vision. This is the natural way to read the New Testament accounts, especially given the physical detail contained in many of them. Six possible arguments in favor of objective vision are discussed. Two arguments in favor of normal seeing are presented: that the early church interpreted the “seeing” as normal vision, and that it is theologically significant that the “seeing” was normal. It underscores the reality of the incarnation, and places the church in a strong apologetic position.
William A. Silverman
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780192630889
- eISBN:
- 9780191723568
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192630889.003.0035
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter presents a 1996 commentary on efforts to promote a uniform practice for aggressive resuscitation of marginally-viable infants based on value judgments of policymakers. The rescue ...
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This chapter presents a 1996 commentary on efforts to promote a uniform practice for aggressive resuscitation of marginally-viable infants based on value judgments of policymakers. The rescue principle in medicine holds that the prolongation of life is paramount among all goods. However, it would be preposterous to treat longer life as a good that must be provided at any cost — even one that would make the lives of its people barely worth living.Less
This chapter presents a 1996 commentary on efforts to promote a uniform practice for aggressive resuscitation of marginally-viable infants based on value judgments of policymakers. The rescue principle in medicine holds that the prolongation of life is paramount among all goods. However, it would be preposterous to treat longer life as a good that must be provided at any cost — even one that would make the lives of its people barely worth living.
Christina M. Puchalski
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195146820
- eISBN:
- 9780199999866
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195146820.003.0012
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine and Older People
This chapter examines the importance of faith and spirituality in end-of-life care from the perspective of Islam, explaining the principles of the Islamic religion and suggesting that the terminally ...
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This chapter examines the importance of faith and spirituality in end-of-life care from the perspective of Islam, explaining the principles of the Islamic religion and suggesting that the terminally ill Muslim walks in faith, rooted in trust in the Almighty. It describes the contribution of Islam to medical technology, the practices concerning resuscitation orders, and Muslim customs and rituals in the healthcare setting.Less
This chapter examines the importance of faith and spirituality in end-of-life care from the perspective of Islam, explaining the principles of the Islamic religion and suggesting that the terminally ill Muslim walks in faith, rooted in trust in the Almighty. It describes the contribution of Islam to medical technology, the practices concerning resuscitation orders, and Muslim customs and rituals in the healthcare setting.
Keri Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561636
- eISBN:
- 9780191730542
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0001
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter provides an introduction to Advance Care Planning (ACP). It cites the underlying purpose and principles of ACP, in response to patient need. It reflects on the deeper significance of ACP ...
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This chapter provides an introduction to Advance Care Planning (ACP). It cites the underlying purpose and principles of ACP, in response to patient need. It reflects on the deeper significance of ACP conversations. Lastly, it presents some hope and expectations, and suggestions for planning ACP in different settings. ACP discussions are important. They are a key means of improving end of life care and of enabling better planning and provision of care in line with the needs and preferences of patients and their carers. The practice of ACP affirms the use of advance statements, in which patients clarify their wishes, needs, and preferences for the kind of care they would like to receive, and the means of leading a fuller life meanwhile. It can also include advance decisions or refusals of specific treatments including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the appointment of a person to act as a proxy surrogate.Less
This chapter provides an introduction to Advance Care Planning (ACP). It cites the underlying purpose and principles of ACP, in response to patient need. It reflects on the deeper significance of ACP conversations. Lastly, it presents some hope and expectations, and suggestions for planning ACP in different settings. ACP discussions are important. They are a key means of improving end of life care and of enabling better planning and provision of care in line with the needs and preferences of patients and their carers. The practice of ACP affirms the use of advance statements, in which patients clarify their wishes, needs, and preferences for the kind of care they would like to receive, and the means of leading a fuller life meanwhile. It can also include advance decisions or refusals of specific treatments including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the appointment of a person to act as a proxy surrogate.
Ben Lobo
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561636
- eISBN:
- 9780191730542
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0009
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
People might make a variety of advance decisions that might apply to a range of issues about their health, welfare, finances, or other personal matters. This chapter concentrates on the advance ...
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People might make a variety of advance decisions that might apply to a range of issues about their health, welfare, finances, or other personal matters. This chapter concentrates on the advance refusal of treatment. It provides background to advance decisions and care planning for end of life, looking also at the context of English law, society, and culture. It looks at related topics such as Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) and children, decisions relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and assisted suicide. Lastly, it looks forward to raising public and professional awareness, education, and professional development. The discussion also notes that people in England and Wales now have a legal right to refuse even life sustaining treatment.Less
People might make a variety of advance decisions that might apply to a range of issues about their health, welfare, finances, or other personal matters. This chapter concentrates on the advance refusal of treatment. It provides background to advance decisions and care planning for end of life, looking also at the context of English law, society, and culture. It looks at related topics such as Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) and children, decisions relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and assisted suicide. Lastly, it looks forward to raising public and professional awareness, education, and professional development. The discussion also notes that people in England and Wales now have a legal right to refuse even life sustaining treatment.
Madeline Bass
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561636
- eISBN:
- 9780191730542
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0010
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the success rates of CPR, who should make the final decision about CPR, the CPR decision-making process involved in ...
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This chapter discusses the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the success rates of CPR, who should make the final decision about CPR, the CPR decision-making process involved in Advance Care Planning (ACP), and how to handle a conversation about CPR. The discussion shows that CPR is not as successful as many professionals think. CPR should not be offered if it is going to be futile. If patients have capacity they should be given the option to make decisions for themselves if there is a choice. CPR decisions may be complex and highly emotive. But by following the correct decision-making process, by not using false reassurance, and by being honest and direct, CPR decisions can be made appropriately. This can result in the patient having a dignified, and a good death.Less
This chapter discusses the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the success rates of CPR, who should make the final decision about CPR, the CPR decision-making process involved in Advance Care Planning (ACP), and how to handle a conversation about CPR. The discussion shows that CPR is not as successful as many professionals think. CPR should not be offered if it is going to be futile. If patients have capacity they should be given the option to make decisions for themselves if there is a choice. CPR decisions may be complex and highly emotive. But by following the correct decision-making process, by not using false reassurance, and by being honest and direct, CPR decisions can be made appropriately. This can result in the patient having a dignified, and a good death.
Andrew Throns and Eve Garrad
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198509332
- eISBN:
- 9780191730177
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198509332.003.0004
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses the different ethical issues that can be encountered when caring for the dying. It begins with the influence of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in ...
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This chapter discusses the different ethical issues that can be encountered when caring for the dying. It begins with the influence of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in ethical decision making, before examining an ethical framework and the best approach to ethical decision making. Issues with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hydration, and euthanasia are also discussed. The chapter ends with a discussion on advanced directives, which should be recognized as a valid means by which patients can influence the treatments they receive when they are no longer competent to make decisions.Less
This chapter discusses the different ethical issues that can be encountered when caring for the dying. It begins with the influence of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in ethical decision making, before examining an ethical framework and the best approach to ethical decision making. Issues with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hydration, and euthanasia are also discussed. The chapter ends with a discussion on advanced directives, which should be recognized as a valid means by which patients can influence the treatments they receive when they are no longer competent to make decisions.
Thorns Andrew and Eve Garrard
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199550838
- eISBN:
- 9780191730528
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550838.003.0004
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses the ethical issues connected to the care of the dying: issues of hydration and nutrition, issues of ventilation, and issues relating to capacity and decision making. It looks ...
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This chapter discusses the ethical issues connected to the care of the dying: issues of hydration and nutrition, issues of ventilation, and issues relating to capacity and decision making. It looks at an ethical framework that tackles the best approach to ethical decision making, which includes the four moral principles that govern the field of health care ethics, and discusses the influence and moral justification of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in ethical decision making. The chapter also discusses withholding and withdrawing interventions and treatments at the end of life and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).Less
This chapter discusses the ethical issues connected to the care of the dying: issues of hydration and nutrition, issues of ventilation, and issues relating to capacity and decision making. It looks at an ethical framework that tackles the best approach to ethical decision making, which includes the four moral principles that govern the field of health care ethics, and discusses the influence and moral justification of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) in ethical decision making. The chapter also discusses withholding and withdrawing interventions and treatments at the end of life and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
R. S. Downie and K. C. Calman
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780192624086
- eISBN:
- 9780191723728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192624086.003.0006
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
The question: ‘When does life begin?’ can be understood in a biological sense, but the important question is ‘When does life begin to matter morally?’ This question easily takes us to decisions about ...
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The question: ‘When does life begin?’ can be understood in a biological sense, but the important question is ‘When does life begin to matter morally?’ This question easily takes us to decisions about resuscitation, and human beings who are severely brain-damaged or mentally handicapped. The appropriate decision making in these difficult situations is discussed.Less
The question: ‘When does life begin?’ can be understood in a biological sense, but the important question is ‘When does life begin to matter morally?’ This question easily takes us to decisions about resuscitation, and human beings who are severely brain-damaged or mentally handicapped. The appropriate decision making in these difficult situations is discussed.
R. S. Downie and K. C. Calman
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780192624086
- eISBN:
- 9780191723728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192624086.003.0017
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
There can be dispute about the definition of death, which can give rise to ethical problems about when a ventilator should be switched off. Resuscitation and when it should be attempted is a source ...
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There can be dispute about the definition of death, which can give rise to ethical problems about when a ventilator should be switched off. Resuscitation and when it should be attempted is a source of ethical dispute. Euthanasia is a source of continual dispute. Hospices can deal with only around 5% of the population. Should they be more available?Less
There can be dispute about the definition of death, which can give rise to ethical problems about when a ventilator should be switched off. Resuscitation and when it should be attempted is a source of ethical dispute. Euthanasia is a source of continual dispute. Hospices can deal with only around 5% of the population. Should they be more available?
Fiona Randall
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198567363
- eISBN:
- 9780191730535
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567363.003.0006
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine Research
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a treatment aimed at lengthening and prolonging life. Its primary aim is to restore circulation and maintain ventilation. CPR is also designed to acquire ...
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Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a treatment aimed at lengthening and prolonging life. Its primary aim is to restore circulation and maintain ventilation. CPR is also designed to acquire independence from artificial means of prolonging life, and is distinct from other life-prolonging treatments particularly within the context of decision-making process. In every clinical context except in emergency departments, physicians and patients are assumed to make advance decisions regarding CPR. In the absence of an advance decision against CPR, it is the only treatment that will always be attempted. This is because CPR is assumed to be in the best interests of the patient. This chapter examines the existing decision-making process suggested by the professionals regarding CPR, with reference to some of the issues arising from it. Its focus is on the use of CPR within the context of palliative care. The chapter also proposes an alternative decision-making process that can be applied to, and employed by, patients in the palliative setting, and to those in an acute hospital setting. It furthermore discusses the arguments and problems arising from the existence of advanced statements in the palliative care.Less
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a treatment aimed at lengthening and prolonging life. Its primary aim is to restore circulation and maintain ventilation. CPR is also designed to acquire independence from artificial means of prolonging life, and is distinct from other life-prolonging treatments particularly within the context of decision-making process. In every clinical context except in emergency departments, physicians and patients are assumed to make advance decisions regarding CPR. In the absence of an advance decision against CPR, it is the only treatment that will always be attempted. This is because CPR is assumed to be in the best interests of the patient. This chapter examines the existing decision-making process suggested by the professionals regarding CPR, with reference to some of the issues arising from it. Its focus is on the use of CPR within the context of palliative care. The chapter also proposes an alternative decision-making process that can be applied to, and employed by, patients in the palliative setting, and to those in an acute hospital setting. It furthermore discusses the arguments and problems arising from the existence of advanced statements in the palliative care.
David Pitcher
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198802136
- eISBN:
- 9780191840548
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198802136.003.0010
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
Discussions and decisions about whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be attempted are challenging for patients and clinicians. Misunderstandings, poor decision making, and ...
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Discussions and decisions about whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be attempted are challenging for patients and clinicians. Misunderstandings, poor decision making, and communication failures are common and have led to complaints, litigation, and adverse media reports. This chapter considers why decisions and recommendations about CPR and other potentially life-sustaining treatments are an important part of advance care planning (ACP), and are needed in other contexts as well. It summarizes what is needed to achieve high-quality, person-centred planning that is both ethical and lawful, and considers current efforts to develop a scheme that will encourage and support clinicians and their patients in that endeavour.Less
Discussions and decisions about whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be attempted are challenging for patients and clinicians. Misunderstandings, poor decision making, and communication failures are common and have led to complaints, litigation, and adverse media reports. This chapter considers why decisions and recommendations about CPR and other potentially life-sustaining treatments are an important part of advance care planning (ACP), and are needed in other contexts as well. It summarizes what is needed to achieve high-quality, person-centred planning that is both ethical and lawful, and considers current efforts to develop a scheme that will encourage and support clinicians and their patients in that endeavour.
Muriel R. Gillick
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199944941
- eISBN:
- 9780199333165
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199944941.003.0011
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter addresses the ethics of providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to patients enrolled in hospice, given that patients who select hospice care have decided to forgo potentially ...
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This chapter addresses the ethics of providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to patients enrolled in hospice, given that patients who select hospice care have decided to forgo potentially life-prolonging treatment in exchange for comfort near the end of life. Influential arguments favoring offering CPR, such as the promotion of autonomy and justice, are reviewed. Relevant regulatory requirements in the United States and the United Kingdom, the evidence for futility of CPR in dying patients, and the symbolism of CPR are discussed. Finally, the chapter translates ethics into health policy by recommending that patients who enroll in hospice receive an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) form along with other enrollment materials such as a medication kit and 24-hour contact telephone number. This approach respects the right of patients to make health care decisions, honors the choice they make about CPR, but recommends a DNR order as consistent with usual hospice practice.Less
This chapter addresses the ethics of providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to patients enrolled in hospice, given that patients who select hospice care have decided to forgo potentially life-prolonging treatment in exchange for comfort near the end of life. Influential arguments favoring offering CPR, such as the promotion of autonomy and justice, are reviewed. Relevant regulatory requirements in the United States and the United Kingdom, the evidence for futility of CPR in dying patients, and the symbolism of CPR are discussed. Finally, the chapter translates ethics into health policy by recommending that patients who enroll in hospice receive an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) form along with other enrollment materials such as a medication kit and 24-hour contact telephone number. This approach respects the right of patients to make health care decisions, honors the choice they make about CPR, but recommends a DNR order as consistent with usual hospice practice.
Jens Schlieter
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190888848
- eISBN:
- 9780190888879
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190888848.003.0014
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
A second “push factor” for the increase of near-death experiences (and their reporting), emerging in the 1960s and 1970s, is the introduction of new reanimation techniques that increased the relative ...
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A second “push factor” for the increase of near-death experiences (and their reporting), emerging in the 1960s and 1970s, is the introduction of new reanimation techniques that increased the relative and absolute numbers of individuals surviving critical situations (such as heart attacks). In addition, the chapter discusses the impact of the broadly accepted new definition of death, namely, death as “irreversible coma.” This chapter demonstrates the impact of both, the innovation of reanimation measures and the brain-death discourse, on near-death experiences and near-death discourse—visible in the publications of Moody, who, for example, remained skeptical toward the definition of brain death.Less
A second “push factor” for the increase of near-death experiences (and their reporting), emerging in the 1960s and 1970s, is the introduction of new reanimation techniques that increased the relative and absolute numbers of individuals surviving critical situations (such as heart attacks). In addition, the chapter discusses the impact of the broadly accepted new definition of death, namely, death as “irreversible coma.” This chapter demonstrates the impact of both, the innovation of reanimation measures and the brain-death discourse, on near-death experiences and near-death discourse—visible in the publications of Moody, who, for example, remained skeptical toward the definition of brain death.
Susan Mitchell Sommers
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190687328
- eISBN:
- 9780190687359
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190687328.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Ebenezer Sibly’s friendship with Quaker physician John Till Adams and his brother, William, seems to have been one of Ebenezer’s primary motivations for moving to Bristol in 1783 or 1784. Sibly left ...
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Ebenezer Sibly’s friendship with Quaker physician John Till Adams and his brother, William, seems to have been one of Ebenezer’s primary motivations for moving to Bristol in 1783 or 1784. Sibly left Bristol unexpectedly in 1787, after selling forged lottery tickets. He left with a third wife, the second apparently having died. William Till Adams introduced Sibly to masonic lodges in Bristol. Sibly entered high-degree freemasonry in Bristol and began his to collect masonic degrees and orders, forming a vital connection for many of his later partnerships and projects. Through John Till Adams, Sibly became acquainted with occult, spiritual, and medical experimentation. Sibly sold books and became involved in astrological medicine. He picked up many of the enthusiasms that informed his later career here: resuscitation of drowning victims, electrical medicine, Mesmerism, herbal and astrological medicine, and alchemy.Less
Ebenezer Sibly’s friendship with Quaker physician John Till Adams and his brother, William, seems to have been one of Ebenezer’s primary motivations for moving to Bristol in 1783 or 1784. Sibly left Bristol unexpectedly in 1787, after selling forged lottery tickets. He left with a third wife, the second apparently having died. William Till Adams introduced Sibly to masonic lodges in Bristol. Sibly entered high-degree freemasonry in Bristol and began his to collect masonic degrees and orders, forming a vital connection for many of his later partnerships and projects. Through John Till Adams, Sibly became acquainted with occult, spiritual, and medical experimentation. Sibly sold books and became involved in astrological medicine. He picked up many of the enthusiasms that informed his later career here: resuscitation of drowning victims, electrical medicine, Mesmerism, herbal and astrological medicine, and alchemy.
Amanda B. Moniz
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190240356
- eISBN:
- 9780190240387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190240356.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century, British and Irish Early Modern History
The post-Revolutionary trend of universal charity found its greatest expression in the humane society movement for the rescue and resuscitation of drowning victims. Americans embraced the movement in ...
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The post-Revolutionary trend of universal charity found its greatest expression in the humane society movement for the rescue and resuscitation of drowning victims. Americans embraced the movement in the mid-1780s after a British visitor courted their return to transatlantic philanthropic circles. Meanwhile, in Britain the humane society cause helped propel the emerging abolition movement by raising concerns about drowning on slaving voyages, and American activists used the movement to showcase African Americans’ fitness for republican citizenship. In time, the movement became a channel for transatlantic reconciliation. Based on colonial practices, the Massachusetts Humane Society sought to work with the (London) Royal Humane Society to succor shipwrecked sailors. Thwarted, the Massachusetts group forged a new model of transatlantic collaboration based on affectionate ties and joint moral responsibility for drowning victims anywhere. The Royal Humane Society reciprocated and the former compatriots made global philanthropy a force for new postwar bonds.Less
The post-Revolutionary trend of universal charity found its greatest expression in the humane society movement for the rescue and resuscitation of drowning victims. Americans embraced the movement in the mid-1780s after a British visitor courted their return to transatlantic philanthropic circles. Meanwhile, in Britain the humane society cause helped propel the emerging abolition movement by raising concerns about drowning on slaving voyages, and American activists used the movement to showcase African Americans’ fitness for republican citizenship. In time, the movement became a channel for transatlantic reconciliation. Based on colonial practices, the Massachusetts Humane Society sought to work with the (London) Royal Humane Society to succor shipwrecked sailors. Thwarted, the Massachusetts group forged a new model of transatlantic collaboration based on affectionate ties and joint moral responsibility for drowning victims anywhere. The Royal Humane Society reciprocated and the former compatriots made global philanthropy a force for new postwar bonds.
Barbara Alice Mann
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199997060
- eISBN:
- 9780190456481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199997060.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
Reincarnation, including multiple and simultaneous reincarnation, figures heavily in all Indian traditions, although Western scholarship has misconstrued the whole process. Because of the Twinned ...
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Reincarnation, including multiple and simultaneous reincarnation, figures heavily in all Indian traditions, although Western scholarship has misconstrued the whole process. Because of the Twinned Blood and Breath spirits of each life, different directions of death and return are taken, based heavily on cardinal directions, with Breath using the Milky Way (not Heaven) and Blood, the underground (not Hell). Interment and scaffolding, and water and fire (cremation) are keys to proper disintegration, with Blood going to earth and Breath traveling to outer space. Lost spirits become unhinged as singleton Blood or Breath ghosts, returning inappropriately if overly mourned by the living. Full-skeleton burials were invitations to return. In reincarnation, a new and different set of Blood‒Breath spirits pair off, but in resuscitation, the same combination of spirits returns in one individual. A few, very potent spirits may incarnate permanently. Very rarely, bonded friends (a Twinship) resuscitate together.Less
Reincarnation, including multiple and simultaneous reincarnation, figures heavily in all Indian traditions, although Western scholarship has misconstrued the whole process. Because of the Twinned Blood and Breath spirits of each life, different directions of death and return are taken, based heavily on cardinal directions, with Breath using the Milky Way (not Heaven) and Blood, the underground (not Hell). Interment and scaffolding, and water and fire (cremation) are keys to proper disintegration, with Blood going to earth and Breath traveling to outer space. Lost spirits become unhinged as singleton Blood or Breath ghosts, returning inappropriately if overly mourned by the living. Full-skeleton burials were invitations to return. In reincarnation, a new and different set of Blood‒Breath spirits pair off, but in resuscitation, the same combination of spirits returns in one individual. A few, very potent spirits may incarnate permanently. Very rarely, bonded friends (a Twinship) resuscitate together.
