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  2. Centering prayer - Wikipedia

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    Centering prayer is a form of Christian contemplative prayer, to center awareness on the presence of God. [web 1] [web 2] This modern movement in Christianity was initiated by three Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts in the 1970s, Fr. William Meninger, Fr. M. Basil Pennington and Abbot Thomas Keating, in response to the growing popularity of Asian meditation methods.

  3. Émile Coué - Wikipedia

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    Hypnotherapy in the United Kingdom. v. t. e. Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie ( French: [emil kue də la ʃɑtɛɲʁɛ]; 26 February 1857 – 2 July 1926) was a French psychologist, pharmacist, and hypnotist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. [1] [2] "It was in no small ...

  4. Efficacy of prayer - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A child praying before lunch in the United States, during the Great Depression in 1936. The efficacy of prayerhas been studied since at least 1872, generally through experimentsto determine whether prayeror intercessory prayerhas a measurable effecton the health of the person for whom prayer is offered.

  5. The Cloud of Unknowing - Wikipedia

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    The practical prayer advice contained in The Cloud of Unknowing forms a primary basis for the contemporary practice of Centering Prayer, a form of Christian meditation developed by Trappist monks William Meninger, Basil Pennington and Thomas Keating in the 1970s. [20] It also informed the meditation techniques of the English Benedictine John ...

  6. Standing bell - Wikipedia

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    Standing bell. A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a wide range of sizes, from a few centimetres to a metre in diameter. They are often played by striking, but some—known as singing bowls —may also be played by rotating a suede ...

  7. Prayers or Meditations - Wikipedia

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    Prayers or Meditations was written in 1545 by the English queen Catherine Parr. It was published under her name. [1] It first appeared in print on 8 June 1545. [2] Preceded in the previous year by her anonymously published Psalms or Prayers, the 60-page book consisted of vernacular texts selected and assembled by the Queen for personal devotion.

  8. Thoughts and prayers - Wikipedia

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    Context. Natural disaster. gun violence. "Thoughts and prayers" is a phrase commonly used by officials and celebrities, particularly in the United States, as a condolence after a deadly event such as a natural disaster or mass shooting. [ 1] The phrase "thoughts and prayers" is criticized by political activists, who say the phrase is a ...

  9. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - Wikipedia

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    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes is a prose work by the English metaphysical poet and cleric in the Church of England, John Donne, published in 1624. It covers death, rebirth and the early modern concept of sickness as a visit from God, reflecting internal sinfulness. The Devotions were written in December ...