In the mid-1970s Dilmen investigated hypnosis for controlling weight and headaches. She joined some amateur hypnosis groups, which Tara­zi also had joined, and eventually they and some other members began exploring past-life regressions. During Dilmen’s first round of hypnotic sessions, she related former lives from a variety of historical periods and geographic locations. But the one that interested her the most, and the one to which she kept returning, was that of a sixteenth-century Span­ish woman named Antonia. During eight sessions conducted between June 1977 and January 1978, Dilmen gave a great deal of information about Antonia’s life. Three years later, between June 1981 and March 1983, Tarazi conducted 36 more sessions, which she tape-re­corded and transcribed. I was so excited to get this book. I LOVE Antonia's magazines, Philosophy Now and Womankind, which I highly recommend! So the idea of getting a glimpse into the brain of the woman who created and produced something so glorious in all the important ways was just too exciting. We start the new week with Antonia Case, editor of Womankind. This Australian women’s magazine is a leading example of the new women’s publications, aiming to challenge contemporary thought about what it is to be a woman . This ethos is reinforced by its no advertising policy. We join Antonia as issue 15 arrives in Europe. Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023 . Retrieved 4 March 2023. {{User-generated

I particularly admire the way the book is structured, sectioned off in a way that one could read any chapter and walk away with plenty to chew on (although I had more favorable chapters, chapter 10 for example). The chapters don't necessarily build on each other, for the better. Ya conocía a la autora por la revista NewPhilosopher de la que es editora y colaboradora y eso me animó a leer el libro. Siempre me ha parecido una pensadora brillante que no se pierde en pedanterias sin dejar de ser rigurosa y con un enfoque muy pragmático y analítico conectando las ideas de los grandes filosofos de la historia con el tema del que este hablando. Aquí no es menos. Who's watching you?". New Philosopher. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016 . Retrieved 23 January 2016. In a case reported by Spiegel and Spiegel (1978) a 25-year-old man, who learned English only after emigrating from Austria at age thirteen, when regressed to any age younger than thirteen could apparently speak no English and required the hypnotist to communicate through a German-speaking interpreter. How­ever, the subject was still able to respond correctly to some instruc­tions given in English. For other relevant cases see Orne (1951 & 1972). Magazines focused on alternatives". The Dissolve. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018 . Retrieved 12 December 2018.Flourish details my travels over the past 15 years or so – my life, and my children’s lives once they appeared on the scene, so it’s somewhat of a personal tale, but also an investigation into the science and philosophy of flourishing: what it means to live a good life. Later, Tarazi found the obscure Spanish book containing the correct information, in the Newber­ry Library. Dilmen claimed never to have vis­ited Newberry, and besides, the library there does not circulate books, and it keeps a record of all visitors. A property crisis". New Philosopher. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2015.

Although Tarazi found no evidence that Antonia ever existed, we should note that she did not even look for certain records. Tarazi argued that if Antonia’s story is true, it is highly unlikely that crucial records were ever made, or that they survived. Antonia claimed to be born on an isolated plantation on Hispaniola and baptized at a small local church whose name she could not recall. It is also unlikely that there would be records of her marriage by an unofficial priest at her husband’s home, or of her death by drowning off an unnamed Caribbean island. New Philosopher's Australian operation to launch women's magazine Womankind". mumbrella. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018 . Retrieved 29 July 2014.For those with the means to be aesthetes, like Henry with his trust fund, his redundancy cheque and his good fortune to be born a good-looking male in a well-paying field, one could say he is blessed to live the aesthetic life. But the aesthetic life still has to be worked at – new pleasures found, logistics organised for their attainment, forever coming up with the next pleasure hit, whether that’s in the form of a new luxury to indulge or a new travel destination or a new friendship, and then finding the means to continually fund it all as hedonistic pursuits take up more and more time and cost ever more money. One can become travel-weary from having so much pleasure, exhausted by the chase. “With the possession or certain expectation of good things,” writes the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, “our demand rises, and increases our capacity for further possession and larger expectations.” So how do you begin to drill down to what matters most? How do you know what it is that you are passionate about, or could be passionate about if you were to start this new thing that you haven’t even started yet because you didn’t even know it was your passion or calling? Well, I think early on, it’s a matter of being open, and being patient; and being really observant of your energy and curiosity levels when you encounter new people, and new subjects.

I always enjoy looking through French design magazine étapes, which is so beautifully designed and showcases some of the best examples of graphic design and typography. It’s a visual feast. Tarazi, L. (1990). An unusual case of hypnotic regression with some unexplained contents. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research84, 309-44. But I am left with a strange aftertaste after reading her latest book, Flourish. It is not bitter, but maybe under-sated. I didn't get the nourishment from Flourish that I desired. But perhaps that was my fault. Some of Dilmen’s (or Antonia’s) emotions during her regressions are noteworthy as well. They tend to strengthen the conviction that her re­sponses were not artifacts of suggestion and hypnotic compliance. For example, when she saw the building identified incorrectly by Spanish authorities as the one housing the Inquisition tribunal,Case argues that Womankind will cater to a broad demographic of woman who are looking for a better understanding of the world around them.

Alan Gauld expressed reasonable suspicions about the evidential value of this case. One concern is the possibility that Dilmen once read (and then later forgot) an obscure historical novel rich in accurate details of the period. Certainly, there is a precedent for that concern; there is considerable evidence for this sort of cryptomnesia– for exam­ple, the ‘Blanche Poynings’ case. 14 In several other cases, obscure names and other historical details given by regression subjects that seemed convincing evidence of genuine past lives could be traced to historical fiction.a b "Philosophy in demand: new magazine launches". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016 . Retrieved 13 August 2013. Can you honestly believe that such a willful and deliberate sin will not alter your decisions as Inquisitor’? I asked coolly. He sighed: ‘I suppose in a way it already has. In reviewing my cases recently, I noticed that they indi­cate a far more lenient view of fornication since I decided to indulge my­self. To me the liberality was so striking that I feared it might arouse suspi­cion in the Suprema. I suppose I shall have to revert to my sterner judg­ments.’ 12