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Balancing act: bach flower remedies and the seven gates of soul awareness
Authors: Mack Gaye F. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractFaith or fear? How we respond to our external environment depends on the emotional and energetic patterns rooted in our Chakras, our seven sacred gates. As spirit in body, our soul constantly pushes us toward harmony within and amongst these centres, bringing them into full expansion. This, then, can lead to balance between the need for connection and courage, choice and resilience, self‐love, unconditional love, voice, insight and faith.The emotional imprints of our chakras are excellent maps for discovering unexplored territory. Working with these images, we find that the chakras can intensify and expand, leading us toward soul awareness.As healing tools, Bach Flower Remedies have a powerful and unique and synergistic rapport with the patterns of our chakras and their energy is invaluable in assisting us in this challenging work. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Julian of Norwich ‐ her relevance to healing today
Authors: Grange John M. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractIn the 14th century, Julian of Norwich had a series of intense visions which, after many years' contemplation and reflection, she put down on paper in her book ‘Revelations of Divine Love’. Her teaching is based on a very simple formula — God is all wisdom and all power and all love. Therefore, even if things seem very dark, all is going according to plan towards an ultimate fulfilment. Hence, Julian's most famous statement “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well”. It is our spiritual blindness that prevents us from realising this great truth. Sin and suffering appear unavoidable yet they have no abiding substance as they will ultimately be transmuted into a great good. Julian is remarkable for her very modern psychological insights. Thus she sees the wrath of God as being a projection of our own anger on to God who, she states, never shows anger as he is fully satisfied with the integrity of his creation. She has much to say about the ‘super‐ego’, that part of our soul which is incapable of sin and she stresses the need for us to come, through contemplation, to know our true natures. Julian puts great emphasis on joy — indeed she introduced the word ‘enjoyment’ into the English language. She also, like St. Paul, affirms that the joys awaiting us will make our present suffering pale into insignificance. Her theology is of particular relevance to humanity at this troubled stage in our history and offers a foundation for healing in the truly holistic sense. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Organisation Report: Reiki at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Authors: Mills Jeri 
Published: March 2006

AbstractSince I wrote my book many people have asked me about developing Reiki programs in their local hospitals in the USA. In most cases they have already made a phone call or sent a letter extolling the virtues of Reiki to the hospital administrator, and have offered to start a Reiki program in the hospital. If the request was denied, the person became frustrated, assumed there was a closed minded attitude at the local institution and gave up. This report sets about describing the long, complicated process that ultimately led to the introduction of Reiki at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. It is hoped that this account will help people to understand how these programs evolve in most large institutions, and perhaps encourage confidence and fortitude to move through the channels that will allow them to bring Reiki into their local hospitals. The reports seeks to illustrate the benefits of a collaborative approach in a cancer center offering physical, social, psychological and spiritual support. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
The Enneagram ‐ a means to psychological and spiriutual awareness
Authors: Sayre‐Adams Jean 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe use of the Enneagram for psychological and spiritual growth has increased enormously in the past two decades. First used in Jesuit retreat centres in the US, it soon spread to other spiritual centres throughout the US and Britain. The profound impact of using the nine personality types to understand self and others is now being used by businesses, therapists, and in health care settings. Even though people now sit around the table and discusses their type with others in ordinary conversation, much as we might talk about our astrology signs, the Enneagram is much deeper and more complex. It shows us a way to awakening and remembering that we are aspects of the Divine. At its deepest level the Enneagram, as taught by Riso and Hudson, show us a path for personal and spiritual evolution. This paper explores the origin of the Enneagram, the Enneagram types and how they respond when under stress and when moving towards wholeness. It emphasises the Levels of Development and ways in which we can personally grow as identified by Riso. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
The relationship between clinical leadership and spirituality in a health service clinical setting
Authors: Bennett Jill 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis report uses a critical incidence type approach to investigate the nature of clinical leadership in relation to spirituality in a UK National Health Service (NHS) clinical setting. The report is qualitative, using reflection and highlighting self‐awareness as effective learning tools. It uses the concepts of transformational leadership and other models of leadership, and also the normative ‐ re‐educative approach to change to examine approaches to acknowledging and enhancing spiritual care. Attention is focused on the concepts of the inner and outer journey, and the relevance of the shamanic view of leadership and power. The nature of spirituality, spiritual care within a health care setting, and barriers around spiritual care for nurses are discussed in the context of the unit. Findings suggest: that inappropriate “top down” leadership styles can hamper progress; that leaders need also to attend to their inner processes to be effective; and that the nature of spirituality make it a difficult area to approach but a potentially valuable one for nurses, and patients. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Meaning in life and faith after death
Authors: Norbury Eric 
Published: March 2006

AbstractEveryone has a story to tell, none more so than after experiencing an incomprehensible loss. Sudden or unexpected death on a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) can be one such loss. Relatives of seven patients who died told me their amazing stories during my research, ‘Sudden Bereavement in a Coronary Care Unit: A Phenomenological Study’. This report is not so much about the research process, but about the stories that emerged about those suddenly bereaved and their loved ones, who died on the CCU. I am the researcher, but I am also a nurse. I did not just want to carry out a piece of research for academic purposes, I wanted to gain an insight into a bereaved person's world, to try to learn what they are experiencing, and also to explore how they find meaning in their lives after the death of a loved one. Those who were bereaved and the stories they told me, touched me more than I could have ever imagined. More than as a researcher, more than as a nurse, they touched me as a person and they left me forever changed. This is my story too. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
A conversation with Neil Douglas‐Klotz
Authors: Douglas‐Klotz Neil 
Published: March 2006

AbstractNeil Douglas‐Klotz is co‐chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion (www.eial.org/AARMysticismHome.htm) and co‐directs the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an independent scholar of religious studies, spirituality and psychology, and is the author of several books, including Prayers of the Cosmos (Harper, 1990), Desert Wisdom (HarperCollins, 1995), The Hidden Gospel (Quest, 1999), The Genesis Meditations: A Shared Practice of Peace for Christians, Jews and Muslims (Quest, 2003) and a re‐edited edition of Lex Hixon's Heart of the Qur'an (Quest, 2003). He holds a PhD in religious studies and psychology from Union Institute University and taught these subjects for 10 years at Holy Names College in California. He has followed the practices of the Sufi path since 1976 and was recognized as a senior teacher (murshid) in this tradition in 1993. He sits on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Sufism. Full information about his publications and lectures worldwide can be found at www.abwoon.com. News of the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning can be found at www.eial.org. The Hidden Gospel and The Genesis Meditations are reviewed in this issue. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Therapeutic touch and dementia care: a tentative journey
Authors: Doherty Donna 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis article is a report of a research project examining the effectiveness of an approach to healing known as Therapeutic Touch (TT) in dementia care. TT is widely used but has been little researched in the field of dementia, and the study also aimed to explore the impact of TT on staff who learned the technique. Touch is considered to be a core aspect of giving care, a primary means by which people can feel connected to others, and loved and valued. Using touch to help and heal has been at the core of many religious and spiritual traditions. Touch is a way of communicating when all else may fail, and the use of touch in the context of TT requires the compassionate presence of the practitioner, with the intention focused on the wellbeing and healing of the other. The study indicates benefits to both patients and practitioners from TT. An explanation of the study methodology, results and conclusions are provided in this summary. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
There is no ‘other’ – reflections on service and connection
Authors: Francis Darling David 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe following is an edited version of the sermon given at the act of worship for the Royal College of Nursing Congress in April 2003. The congress is the largest annual gathering of nurses in the UK and the RCN is the largest professional nursing organization in the world, with more than 350,000 members. The author reflects on the meaning of Jesus' interaction with the lawyer who came to ‘test’ him, and what Jesus was trying to teach about the essence of being a neighbour, through his parable of the Good Samaritan. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Energetics of the not ordinarily encountered
Authors: Hemsley Martin , Glass Nel 
Published: March 2006

AbstractStories of healing gathered during a recent interpretive research study into the lived experience of nurse healers are revealed in this article to give health professionals strong pictures of how nurse healers experience being “channels for” healing. The philosophical precepts underpinning interpretive science are outlined to support the use of storytelling as a valid and compelling research method in health care practices. It is therefore asserted that nurse healers' stories can offer inspiration to nurses and other health professionals who may be wishing to expand into the healing realms of caring practice. Further, the authors believe nurse healers can also contribute to an accepting climate in the profession where they may openly celebrate their stories. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
A plea to care
Authors: Disley Di , McCormack Brendan 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis paper explores experiences of caring and uncaring in nursing. The paper will begin with an exploration of caring, the meaning of therapeutic caring and one of the author's experiences (Di) of developing therapeutic caring qualities in her nursing practice. Therapeutic caring is viewed in this paper as an interpersonal therapeutic process that promotes health and well being. The paper will describe two caring encounters — the first outlines an experience of therapeutic caring with a particular patient as an illustration of caring in action. The second is an account of Di's experience as a patient and a reflection on how this differed from the practice she had been developing as a nurse. The work of Halldorsdottir et al [Halldórsdottir S. E. and Hamrin E. (1997) “Caring and uncaring encounters within nursing and healthcare from the cancer patient's perspective”. Cancer Nursing, 202 120–128.] is used to frame the reflections on these contrasting experiences and issues of competence, incompetence and the impact of ‘discouraging experiences’ on patients will be articulated. Reflections on these experiences will serve to further illustrate the impact of uncaring practices as described by Halldorsdottir. It will be concluded that uncaring practices in the nurse patient relationship are more damaging than technical incompetence because of the way they can make or break the caring moment. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
The turning of the modern
Authors: Stigliano Tony 
Published: March 2006

Abstract“Modernity” is a term understood to mean the secularisation of space, in particular, it means the replacement of the sacred by the social and the political. “Sacred” spaces since the 19th century are the geographic memory of the formation of national identity. Nevertheless, the “sacred” as the timeless encounter with the divine remains a possibility. Modernity's reduction of faith to personal experience is the product of secularisation. But the “personal” is too narrow a cage (in Weber's sense) and, given the foundation of the modern on doubt (in Descartes' sense), the original modern rational project begins to break up. The sacred is found in the rupture created by modernity's critical failure to ground itself in certainty. The sacred also shows up as redemption through resistance to the world as commodity. The fragmentation and loss of modernity becomes the condition for the re‐emergence of the sacred as an opening for its public celebration. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
A new perspective on health
Authors: Wood Beryl 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis paper reports on a higher degree research study to explore the potential of the mental image as a means for defining personal health. Since the 1970s, the use of the mental image as a tool for exploring the lay symbology of sickness and social issues has gained considerable importance in medical and social science. In these fields, however, the idea of a personal health image has not been researched. This paper introduces a new initiative in image research for observing the health image. The data from forty six images by twenty three participants was analysed using conventional comparative content and thematic approaches. Results suggested that these approaches deter observation of the health image. Subsequently, the data from twenty images by two participant's was analysed using a composite contextual and structural approach. Results suggested that this approach was conducive to identifying and differentiating the health image from images of sickness and social issues and that, unlike such images, the health image did not appear to be affected by the events of the moment. In this respect, the health image revealed the dominant qualities of an archetype, and the recurring characteristics of a model. This further suggested that a health image is also an image model of personal health and, as such, has pertinent implications for understanding the impact of health care interventions, especially in image therapy. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
An XPS study of the reduction process of CuO–ZnO–Al2O3 catalysts obtained from hydroxycarbonate precursors
Authors: Moretti G. , Ferraris G. , Fierro G. , Lo Jacono M. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractCuO–ZnO–Al2O3 catalysts with different Cu/Zn/Al atomic ratios were obtained by thermal decomposition of hydroxycarbonate precursors. The hydroxycarbonate precursors, prepared by coprecipitation at pH = 8, depending on the Cu/Zn/Al atomic ratios contain malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2, zincian‐malachite Cu2−xZnxCO3(OH)2, aurichalcite Zn5−xCux(CO3)2(OH)6, hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6, and an hydrotalcite‐like: Cu6−xZnxAl2(CO3)2(OH)16. Upon calcination, well interdispersed oxidic phases are obtained. In the ternary Cu/Zn/Al catalysts, the aluminium‐containing phase was found to be amorphous and, regardless of the composition, only CuO and ZnO oxides are identified by X‐ray diffraction analysis. The reduction process in H2 was studied by XPS and XAES. The reduction of the Cu(II) species leads to the formation of both Cu(I) (Cu2O) and Cu(0) species. The reduction process is much slower for the alumina‐containing samples compared to the binary CuO/ZnO specimen. Alumina and ZnO play an important role in the stabilization of Cu(II) and Cu(I) chemical states at low temperature. Upon reduction at high temperature, alumina plays a key role by preventing the sintering process of the Cu(0) particles. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DNA immobilization using biocompatible diblock phosphorylcholine copolymers
Authors: Zhao Xiubo , Zhang Zhuoqi , Pan Fang , Ma Yinghua , Armes Steve P. , Lewis Andrew L. , Lu Jian R. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractIn this work, we examined the immobilization of bioactive Luciferase plasmid DNA (Luc) and antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) onto a biocompatible diblock copolymer preadsorbed at the hydrophilic silicon oxide/water interface using spectroscopic ellipsometry. We found that the amount of DNA immobilized was determined by the charge ratio between the cationic copolymer and the anionic DNA and that there was little measurable difference arising from the different DNA types and their molecular sizes. For comparison, we also examined the adsorption of premixed polymer/DNA complexes onto the silicon oxide/solution interface. We found that in this case the amount of DNA immobilized onto the surface was dictated by the electrostatic interaction between the substrate surface and the copolymer/DNA complex. When the copolymer was in excess, the amount of DNA immobilized was determined by the competitive process of interfacial adsorption between the free copolymer and the complex. Our results thus demonstrated that DNA molecules could be immobilized differently onto the support surface via electrostatic interactions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Characterization of a HfO2/SiO2/Si system by X‐ray reflection and X‐ray emission spectroscopies
Authors: André J.‐M. , Filatova E. O. , Renault O. , Damlencourt J.‐F. , Martin F. , Jonnard P. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractX‐ray reflection spectroscopy (XRS) and X‐ray emission spectroscopy (XES) were used to characterize a HfO2/SiO2/Si system. XRS performed at different glancing angles around the O K absorption edge and analysed with Kramers–Kronig transform (KKT) enabled the depth profilometry of the sample and provided information on the local physico‐chemical environment of the oxygen atoms. The physico‐chemical state of silicon atoms present in the HfO2/SiO2/Si system was studied by XES induced by electrons. From the analysis of the Si 3p occupied valence states, the very thin oxide interfacial layer was characterized. From the simulation of the spectra and the calculation of the emissive thicknesses, the silicon oxide thickness was determined to be one or two monolayers. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Intrinsic and extrinsic excitations in deep core photoelectron spectra of solid Ge
Authors: Kövér L. , Novák M. , Egri S. , Cserny I. , Berényi Z. , Tóth J. , Varga D. , Drube W. , Yubero F. , Tougaard S. , Werner W. S. M. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractIn the quantitative analysis of buried interfaces or the exploration of local electronic structures around component atoms in bulk solids, spectroscopy of transitions in the deep atomic core has an increasingly significant role to play. A key issue in understanding the deep core photoelectron spectra is the identification and separation of the contributions that are attributable to different excitations leading to loss of energy of the emitted photoelectrons. In this work, Ge 1s and 2s photoelectron spectra are analyzed using various models to interpret the measured spectral shapes. A detailed comparison of the results derived from the different approaches is presented. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Application of ultra low energy (ULE) SIMS to emerging diamond technologies
Authors: Guzmán de la Mata B. , Dowsett M. G. , Tajani A. , Schwitters M. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractWe report ultra low energy secondary ion mass spectrometry (ULE‐SIMS) analysis of a single crystal boron delta–doped diamond layer with normal incidence O2+ beam at incident energies of 300 eV, 500 eV and 1 keV. The diamond layer was epitaxially grown using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method on a synthetic single crystal diamond substrate grown using a high‐temperature, high‐pressure technique. The good crystalline quality of the homoepitaxal boron delta–doped layer has allowed the study of the ULE‐SIMS measurement process.In contrast to the case of silicon, the transient effects on the sputter yield are very weak: we obtained a differential shift of 0.6 nm/keV—smaller than the depth measurement uncertainty (i.e. the initial erosion rate is marginally slower).The boron ion yield is independent of the incident energy and the decay length is almost so (3.0, 3.1 and 3.5 nm for 300 eV, 500 eV and 1 keV respectively), reflecting a good depth resolution possibly limited by sample structure.The erosion rate is energy independent over a wide range, but carbon ion yields are both energy and boron concentration dependent for high boron concentrations, proportional to (YB+)0.85. For this reason, care is needed with the boron quantification when the boron content is high. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Analysis of the spin polarization of secondary electrons emitted from ferromagnetic materials
Authors: Sun X. , Ding Z. J. , Yamauchi Y. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractA Monte Carlo model has been developed to study the spin polarization of secondary electrons emitted from magnetic materials. The spin direction of the generated secondary electrons is considered, and the spin‐dependent inelastic mean free paths for spin‐up and spin‐down electrons are introduced to trace the secondary electrons in the simulation. Good agreement with respect to the energy distribution, including the enhancement at low energy and fine structure at higher energies in the secondary electron energy regime, can be found between the simulated polarization and the experimental data. The simulated primary energy dependence of the spin polarization is also found to agree reasonably well with the experimental data. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Characterisation of sol–gel crystalline V2O5 thin films after Li intercalation cycling
Authors: Alamarguy D. , Castle J. E. , Ibris N. , Salvi A. M. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThin sol–gel V2O5 films were examined before and after lithium electrochemical intercalation/de‐intercalation cycles. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used for surface characterisation, while microstructure and morphological characteristics were studied by atomic force and electron microscopies (AFM, SEM and TEM). Microscopy showed the film, as prepared, to be highly crystalline, having a layered structure and spectroscopy showed good stoichiometry and few impurities. Electrochemical cycling and rinsing for analysis leads, eventually, to porosity and decrease in film thickness, probably through degradation of grain boundaries. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.