Healing chants and Singing Hospitals: towards an analysis of the implementation of spiritual practices as therapeutic means

This article combines two very interesting fields of research: the one concerning issues of health and well-being in ‘post-secular’ religious practices, the other one striving towards a wider recognition and comprehension of the aural or acoustic side of religions and religious practice, respectively. Due to their favourable qualities, singing and chanting are increasingly implemented in therapeutic programmes. The Singing Hospitals is an international network of medical professionals, music therapists, musicologists, neurobiologists and related groups or initiatives. They aim to promote the beneficial effects of singing for health and healing in healthcare settings on an international level. The potential to experience transcendence and to be affirmed in one’s own spirituality as it is ascribed to chanting accords with its beneficial effects on human health. In post-secular societies the human body, mind and psyche are increasingly understood as being interwoven with the world and the cosmos and with other human, non-human and also divine beings

Our queen of hearts' - the glorification of Lady Diana Spencer: a critical appraisal of the glorification of celebrities and new pilgrimage

Religiosity and spirituality respectively have always been and will be subject to change. The emergence of the manifold forms of new religious and spiritual movements in the last century includes a variety of cult-like vener­ations of specific individuals, such as politicians (e.g. Mao, Lenin) and modern idols (e.g. Elvis Presley, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson), who are glorified like saints. Devotees gather annually for memorials of their departed idols or travel­ long distances to visit the tomb, former home, etc. of a specific person to pay tribute to him or her. Due to the motivations of these devotees, the trouble they take, the practices and the tangible emotionality that are connected with this phenomenon, it can be considered a form of pilgrimage. This article presents some thoughts about the glorification of celebrities which leads to these considerable forms of cult and pilgrimage, using as an example the case of Lady Diana Frances Spencer (d. 1997)

The Impact of Soccer Regulations on European Soccer Organizations’ Marketing Tactics

This paper highlights important changes in soccer regulations that have shaped the sport into what it is today, and marketing approaches that are used within soccer organizations and how they are impacted by these regulations. Important regulations, such as the seminal Bosman Ruling and the Financial Fair Play regulation, are examined, the growth and importance of sponsorships within European soccer organizations is discussed. The growth of Internet marketing and the impact of future advances in technological regulations on the game of soccer are outlined

An Exploratory Investigation into the Budget Allocation of Mexican Male Sojourners in the U.S.

Mexican male sojourners make up a large, distinct consumer segment that has been present in the United States for decades, but have not been extensively studied from a business perspective with respect to their budget allocation decisions. The result is that this consumer segment may have been underserved due a lack of understanding and research. This paper examines the budget allocation process of these sojourners, exploring their patterns of sending remittances and the extent of their expenditures, providing grounds for future studies focusing on how to better serve this segment

The XL Web Service Language : Concepts and Implementation

The XL programming language has been build on two very simple premises. First, XML is the forthcoming language used to describe and communicate complex data. Second, services provided via the internet are complex but loosely coupled and use XML. Services are neither bound to a certain platform, computer, or application scenario. The interaction between service provider and consumer is based on availability and reliability of interface descriptions and the coherence to internet standards like HTTP and XML. The XL language provides the means to easily describe complex services based on the XML data model, the XML query language XQuery and an XML storage model. In the following, the ideas behind the XL language, the language itself, and the XL runtime engine used as a prototype will be described in detail. Furthermore, different statement processing concepts, different usage scenarios and the non-functional requirements of the runtime engine itself are discusse

Rhetorik, Stilistik und inkorporierte Textsorten der ägyptischen Liebeslieder

In dieser Arbeit wird das den ägyptischen Liebesliedern zugrunde liegende dichterische Konzept analysiert. Es wird gezeigt, dass es sich bei diesen Liedern um mannigfaltige, künstlerisch gestaltete Texte handelt, deren Poetizität auf formaler und inhaltlicher Ebene greifbar ist. Zunächst werden die textkonstitutiven Elemente (formale Struktur, thematische Struktur, inhaltliche Struktur, stilistische Ausprägung) untersucht. Danach werden die Liebeslieder in ihrem textlichen und historisch-kulturellen Kontext betrachtet. Die Liebeslieder werden in einem separaten Band in Versform wiedergegeben. Soweit es der Erhaltungszustand zulässt, wird die Beziehung der einzelnen Verse zueinander durch Einrückung kenntlich gemacht. Der Transkription und Übersetzung folgt immer ein Abschnitt, in dem der formale, inhaltliche und stilistische Aufbau näher erläutert wird.:Band I I Grundlagen 1 Einführung 2 Quellen 2.1 Papyri 2.2 Ostraka 3 Forschungsgeschichte 4 Methodik und Begriffserläuterung 4.1 Strukturalismus 4.2 Stilistik und Rhetorik 4.3 Textsortenbegriff II Analyse der textkonstitutiven Elemente 1 Formale Strukturen 2 Hauptthema und Hauptmotive 2.1 Sehnsucht 2.2 Liebe 2.3 Sinneswahrnehmung 2.3.1 Haptisch-taktil 2.3.2 Visuell 2.3.3 Auditiv 2.3.4 Olfaktorisch 2.3.5 Gustatorisch 2.3.6 Ergebnisse 2.4 Körper 2.4.1 Physische Beschreibung 2.4.2 Architektonische Betrachtungsweise 2.4.3 Landschaftliche Betrachtungsweise 2.4.4 Zergliedernde Betrachtungsweise 2.4.5 Magisch-medizinische Betrachtungsweise 2.4.6 Ergebnisse 2.5 Herz 2.6 Jagd 2.7 Handlungsort 2.7.1 Urbane Landschaft 2.7.2 Natur 2.7.3 Ergebnisse 2.8 Rechtliche Aspekte 3 Inhaltliche Strukturen 4 Stilmittel 4.1 Phonologische Figuren 4.2 Syntaktische Figuren 4.3 Morphologische Figuren 4.3.1 Wiederholungen 4.3.2 Wortspiele 4.3.3 Sonstige Figuren 4.3.4 Ergebnisse 4.4 Grafische Figuren 4.5 Semantische Figuren 4.5.1 Vergleiche 4.5.2 Symbole 4.5.3 Metaphern 4.5.4 Allusionen 4.5.5 Komik/Ironie 4.5.6 Sonstiges 4.6 Pragmatische Figuren III Inkorporierte Textsorten 1 Hymnen und Gebete 1.1 An eine Gottheit 1.2 An vergöttlichte Personen 1.3 An eine Stadt/Gebet bzgl. des Erreichens einer Stadt 1.4 Ergebnisse 2 Klagen 2.1 Äußerungsformen 2.2 Pessimistische Literatur 2.3 Totenklagen 2.4 Ergebnisse 3 Beschwörungen 4 Ritualanweisungen 5 Rangstreitgespräche 6 Lehren IV Die formprägende Verlautbarungssituation 1 Zeitliche Einordnung 2 Aufführungspraxis 3 Verwendungssituation V Ergebnisse VI Appendices A Darstellungsverzeichnis B Abgekürzungsverzeichnis C Literaturverzeichnis D Anhang Band II 1. pChester Beatty I L1: pCB I, vs. C, I.1‒8 L2: pCB I, vs. C, I.8–II.4 L3: pCB I, vs. C, II.4–9 L4: pCB I, vs. C, II.9–III.4 L5: pCB I, vs. C, III.4–9 L6: pCB I, vs. C, III.10–IV.6 L7: pCB I, vs. C, IV.6–V.2 L8: pCB I, vs. G, I.1–5 L9: pCB I, vs. G, I.5–II.1 L10: pCB I, vs. G, II.1–5 L11: pCB I, rt., XVI.9–11 L12: pCB I, rt., XVI.11–XVII.2 L13: pCB I, rt., XVII.2–3 L14: pCB I, rt., XVII.3–4 L15: pCB I, rt., XVII.4–6 L16: pCB I, rt., XVII.6–7 L17: pCB I, rt., XVII.7–13 2. pHarris 500 L18: pH 500, rt., I.1–6 L19: pH 500, rt., I.6–10 L20: pH 500, rt., I.10–II.1 L21: pH 500, rt., II.2–5 L22: pH 500, rt., II.5–9 L23: pH 500, rt, II.9–11 L24: pH 500, rt., II.11–13 L25: pH 500, rt., II.13–IV.1 L26: pH 500, rt., IV.1‒7 L27: pH 500, rt., IV.7‒9 L28: pH 500, rt., IV.9‒11 L29: pH 500, rt., IV.11‒V.3 L30: pH 500, rt., V.3‒6 L31: pH 500, rt., V.6‒8 L32: pH 500, rt., V.8‒12 L33: pH 500, rt., V.12‒VI.2 L34: pH 500, rt., VII.3‒7 L35: pH 500, rt., VII.7‒11 L36: pH 500, rt., VII.11‒VIII.3 L37: pH 500, rt., VIII.4‒9 L38: pH 500, rt., VIII.9‒12 3. pTurin Cat. 1966 L39: pT Cat. 1966, Frg. 3, rt., 1–Frg. 10, rt., 2 L40: pT Cat. 1966, rt., I.1–11 L41: pT Cat. 1966, rt., I.11–15 L42: pT Cat. 1966, rt., I.15–II.15 4. oÄMUL 1896 L43: oÄMUL 1896, 1–6 5. oBorchardt 1 L44: oB 1, rt., 1–vs., 4 6. oBTdK 734 L45: oBTdK 734, rt., x+1‒vs., x+4 7. oCairo CG 25218+oDeM 1266 L46: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 1–3 L47: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 3–7 L48: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 7–11 L49: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 11–13 L50: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 14–15 L51: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 15–16 L52: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 16–18 L53: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 18–19 L54: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 19–20 L55: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 21 L56: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 21–22 L57: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 22–24 L58: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 24–26 L59: oC CG 25218+oDeM 1266, 26–28 8. oCairo CG 25761 L60: oC CG 25761, 1‒4 L61: oC CG 25761, 4–7 9. oDeM 1078 L62: oDeM 1078, rt., 1‒2 L63: oDeM 1078, rt., 3–6 L64: oDeM 1078, vs., 1–5 L65: oDeM 1078, vs., 5 10. oDeM 1079 L66: oDeM 1079, 1–8 11. oDeM 1635 + oTurin CG 56319 und oDeM 1636 L67: oDeM 1635 + oT CG 56319, 1–6 L68: oDeM 1636, 1–5 12. oGardiner 186 L69: oG 186, rt., 6–10 13. oGardiner 304 L70: oG 304, rt., 1-7 14. oGardiner 339 L71: oG 339, rt., 1–3 L72: oG 339, rt., 4–6 L73: oG 339, rt., 7–11 15. oNash 12 L74: oN 12, 1‒5 16. oTurin CG 57367 L75: oT CG 57367, rt., 1–3 17. pAnastasi II L76: pA II, vs. von rt., V 18. pDeM 43 L77: pDeM 43, rt., 1–vs., 3 19. oBTdK 780 L78: oBTdK 780, x+1‒x+5 20. oDeM 1646 L79: oDeM 1646, Frg. 1,1–Frg. 2, x+4 L80: oDeM 1646, Frg. 2, x+4–Frg. 5, x+7 21. oDeM 1647 L81: oDeM 1647, x+1–x+5 L82: oDeM 1647, x+5–x+11 22. oDeM 1648 L83: oDeM 1648, Frg. 1,1–Frg. 2, x+1–x+6 L84: oDeM 1648, Frg. 2, x+6–x+10 23. oDeM 1650 L85: oDeM 1650, Frg. 1, rt., 1–2 L86: oDeM 1650, Frg. 1, rt., 2‒6 L87: oDeM 1650, Frg. 1, rt., 6‒Frg. 2, rt., x+4 L88: oDeM 1650, Frg. 2, rt., x+4–vs., 4 L89: oDeM 1650, Frg. 1, vs., x+1–x+6 24. oDeM 1651 L90: oDeM 1651, x+1–x+3 L91: oDeM 1651, x+3–x+5 25. oDeM 1652 L92: oDeM 1652, Frg. 1, x+1–x+3 L93: oDeM 1652, Frg. 1, x+3–x+4 L94: oDeM 1652, Frg.2, x+1–x+5 26. oDeM 1653 L95: oDeM 1653, 1–6 27. oDeM 1716 L96: oDeM 1716, x+1–x+6 28. oDeM 1733 L97: oDeM 1733, 1–2 29. oMichaelides 86 L98: oM 86, 1–6 30. oPrag NpM P 3827 L99: oP NpM P 3827, 1–3 L100: oP NpM P 3827,