An exploration of the many different dimensions of emptiness and awakening in the Buddhist tradition.
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Book Excerpt: Spiritual Formation
Henri J. M. Nouwen on how resentment can be replaced by the spiritual practice of gratitude.
Book Review: Spiritual Formation
An excellent primer on the way of the heart and the path of spiritual formation within the Christian tradition.
Book Excerpt: Living a Charmed Life
Victoria Moran on restoring the lost art of chivalry to change the world one kind act at a time.
Book Review: Living a Charmed Life
A lively and uplifting collection of 50 essays to spark our zeal for nurturing ourselves.
Book Excerpt: The Meaning of Tea
Spiritual meanings to be discovered by drinking tea.
Book Review: The Meaning of Tea
An enchanting and wide-ranging look at the calming, healing, and transformative powers of tea.
Book Excerpt: Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Elliot N. Dorf and Danya Ruttenberg on how sexual relations challenge us to consider the needs and desires of another.
Book Review: Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
A refreshing Jewish examination of sexuality from many different perspectives.
4 Humours




Irina Sidorova created this project as an interpretation of Hippocrates Theory of the 4 humours. She says that
He [Hippocrates] stated that human behavior depends on the number and density of fluids in human body, initial liquids were blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm. Furthermore, fluids were located in different parts of the body, these were: head, gall bladder, spleen and lungs. His theory was a foundation for the modern temperament theory. Temperaments are known now as sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic.
I really like how she used colors to represent the 4 humours and then overlayed them in a geometrical pattern on the anatomical illustrations.
Which one are you?
Book Excerpt: Good Character
Gentleness as a virtue that describes a person who is peaceful, slow to anger, and quick to forgive.
Book Excerpt: In the Heart of the World
Mother Teresa on how we draw closer to God when we practice true inner silence by listening, seeing, and sensing Him in everything.
Book Review: In the Heart of the World
A handy compendium of devotional material and wisdom from Mother Teresa.
Book Review: Good Character
A substantive assessment of adab as a comprehensive code of conduct for Muslims.
Book Excerpt: The World Has Changed
Alice Walker on how our spiritual connections with clothing, objects, and our ancestors deserves our attention.
Book Review: The World Has Changed
Top-notch interviews with Alice Walker from 1973-2009 on her life, her literary output, and her activism.
Book Excerpt: Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Martin Buber with a teaching story about the riches that ensue from faith in a loving God.
Book Excerpt: Deeper Than Words
Brother David Steindl-Rast on the beauty of irises and the continuous creation he sees in them.
Book Review: Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Thoughts on prayer and the spiritual life by the former head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain.
Book Review: Deeper Than Words
An illuminating, bold, and unconventional interpretation of the Apostles' Creed by a leader in the field of interreligious dialogue.