History Of "Methods" of Care

Modern sources such as dictionaries hide the true origin of many of the words now used to describe various types of "healing" or "care."

It is good to look at old dictionaries for original meanings -- then to see how the word has changed meaning over time.

In really ancient times "healing" was a matter of "teaching" and the word "spirit" was understood very differently than from today:

spirit (n.): c.1250, "animating or vital principle in man and animals," from O.Fr. espirit, from L. spiritus "soul, courage, vigor, breath," related to spirare "to breathe," from PIE *(s)peis- "to blow" (cf. O.C.S. pisto "to play on the flute").
: Original usage in Eng. mainly from passages in Vulgate, where the L. word translates Gk. pneuma and Heb. ruah.
: Distinction between "soul" and "spirit" (as "seat of emotions") became current in Christian terminology (e.g. Gk. psykhe vs. pneuma, L. anima vs. spiritus) but "is without significance for earlier periods" [Buck].
: L. spiritus, usually in classical L. "breath," replaces animus in the sense "spirit" in the imperial period and appears in Christian writings as the usual equivalent of Gk. pneuma. Meaning "supernatural being" is attested from c.1300 (see ghost); that of "essential principle of something" (in a non-theological sense, e.g. Spirit of St. Louis) is attested from 1690, common after 1800.
: Plural form spirits "volatile substance" is an alchemical idea, first attested 1610; sense narrowed to "strong alcoholic liquor" by 1678. This also is the sense in spirit level (1768). (source)

It is one of the stark contrasts between "Ayurceutical" and any other method of care that the definition and understanding of the word "spirit" has been absent from all other genres of care. Yes, there are words in the definitions, but any logic examination of these words reveals that the words within these definitions, themselves, have no basis in application. A definition based on assertion of use without demonstration of that use is a fraud -- the dictionary is full of such frauds and the area of "mental health" is probably more replete with such fraud than almost any other subject.

There is a frequent assertion, with no understanding, of terms like "care for the body, mind and soul" in many care systems -0- there is NOT ONE of them that has any clue about a workable definition or understanding of the word "mind" or "soul."

Click here, for instance, on one of the prominent throw-away offers by the US Government (in the sop to God in the form of the "National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine") to "recognize" the importance of mental and spiritual phenomenon in the area of care.

Mind-body medicine focuses on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health. It regards as fundamental an approach that respects and enhances each person's capacity for self-knowledge and self-care, and it emphasizes techniques that are grounded in this approach. Source

There are people within this government agency, and certainly outside it, who believe that they understand the word "mind," "emotional," and "spiritual." It is this arrogance and ignorance which, for many thousands of years has been the one bankrupting factor in the workability of ALL genres of care.

Until "Ayurceutical" came along, and discovered and accepted a modern creation and complete understanding of these words there were only false and foolish notions floating around as "truth."

Many the learned professor will inveigh against the claimed TRUTH of THIS page and its words, while the controversy rages without clarity. I will leave my proof of these statements to another page, but simply state here that ANY genre of health care, or care, past or present, which makes ANY claim about care for the mind or care for the spirit, or care for the emotions -- ANY such genre must stand in stark contrast to Ayurceutical concepts.

Let me make this clear. "Ayurceutical" did not originate any understanding of these words, but suggests that, without such understanding, the so-called "study" or "use" of mental and spiritual "care" is a worthless and wasted effort. Ayurceutical also states that any health care genre that claims to care for the "body" but then includes factors which are not included within the Ayurceutical concept of "body" is, likewise, barking up the wrong tree.

Even more recently than when spiritual healing was common society has created new methods of care, including:

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