Conference paper
FAITH IN HAGIOTHERAPY
Marina Ćavar
orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-6165
; Faculty of Philosophy, Society of Jesus, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Background: If vegetative life carries a vegetative soul, and rational life a rational soul, what does spiritual life carry? What are
the differences between a spiritual and rational soul? Can a spiritual soul somehow touch and see, can it be subjected to scientific
experiments? What is hagiotherapy? Why is lack of faith a defect in spiritual terms? What happens in people who believe? The aim
of this paper is to answer these questions and also explain spiritual abilities or power - faith in terms of hagiotherapy, how it affects
a person life and work, and also society.
Cases and methods: We will be relying on the most important and recently published scientific books from the founder of
hagiotherapy, Tomislav Ivančić PhD titled Hagiotherapy Encountering Man, Mans Total Woudedness, Hagiotherapeutic
Anthropology, but also an older booklet titled "Spiritual Life in the Prayer and Word Community".
Results: We will discover the meaning of hagiotherapy in this paper - therapy for that part of a person which has not been
previously therapeutically investigated and which poses a challenge to the contemporary world. We have found that the spiritual
soul, specifically a persons specificity, , carries in it a mechanism affecting the brains functioning, and also a persons complete
psychophysical existence. The investigation reveals that a person who has faith, where faith is a power or ability of the spiritual soul
in terms of hagiotherapy, acquires an amazing perspective, develops entirely and expects goodness, creates projects for the future
and is directed with great reverence to creating a spiritual reality in the psychophysical world. Not believing means being broken,
void of strength and will power, tied to "now" ,and depressed.
Conclusion: Based on this research, it seems that hagiotherapy offers new perspectives in resolving the difficulties of human
existence, on a personal and global level. The person who believes, always moves forward, discovers new worlds, is ahead of their
time and a leader of their generation.Hagiotherapy evidently wants to be a return to a persons true values and a proven path
towards a good future.
Keywords
hagiotherapy essence; person/man; spiritual soul; faith
Hrčak ID:
272492
URI
Publication date:
19.10.2021.
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