Phenomenology and Classical Chinese medicine : brief conclusions, opening doors

13 August 2009 Learning

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Here are the last few paragraphs of my thesis in Chinese medicine for my MSOM degree at National [...]

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Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : the lifeworld, holism and integrative medicine

5 August 2009 Learning

For your Wednesday (or Thursday, depending on where you are) reading pleasure, I would like to offer the third piece of my Chinese medicine thesis, written at NCNM. As promised, I’m breaking it up into bite-sized chunks and only presenting the final chapter. The next installment will be the last. I hope, in weeks thereafter, [...]

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Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : Our body is the greatest medical technology

29 July 2009 Ethics

So, as promised – here is the next portion of my thesis written for my degree in Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM in Portland. I hope you enjoy it! For those folks who requested the first chapters – I’ll get them to you soon. I’m trying to chop this into many smaller pieces so they [...]

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The bottomless pit of our knowing

28 February 2009 Science

I’m writing my thesis, which partly explains… you know… the silence. Anyway, in a brazen display of my newly born lack of worry about what others think about me, I offer this brief paragraph. It was lifted, reworked and reentered into my thesis in another form – but this is the raw stuff [...]

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The 12th Lunar month and Hexagram 19 : read Brandon Brown’s fantastic article!

6 January 2009 Classical Texts

Hey everyone,
Just a quick announcement.  Brandon Brown, colleague at NCNM and all-around fantastic guy, has written a fascinating article that dips into the cosmology of this time of year.  Here’s an excerpt:
“Here is my translation of the text from the YiJing for Hexagram 19.
《臨》元亨，利貞。至于八月有凶。
Successful, Benefitial. As for the 8th month (august) it is ominous.
《彖》 曰：《臨》，剛浸而長，說而順，剛中而應。大「亨」以正、天之道也。「至于八月有凶」、消不久也。
Gradually [...]

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