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Ciało w jodze. Tradycja i współczesność

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Świerzowska A.
Rozprawy Naukowe Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu
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2015
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vol. 48
63-75
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This article is an attempt to show one of the most important, in the author’s opinion, changes that took place in the cultural and historical development of yoga, namely the change of direction in thinking and perceiving the body in the yoga practice, being the transition from the model named as “off the body” (functioning in the pre-modern, traditional yoga) to the model named as “to the body” (functioning in the modern forms of yoga). Both models have been shown through the prism of three values that in today’s yoga practice (especially in the mass practice) are perceived through the prism of the body and through the body are realized. These values have been defined as: “healthy body”, “beautiful body” (aesthetically perfect) and “social body”. Description of both models has been supplemented with basic information about those processes which enabled the aforementioned transition to occur, changing the body-tool into the body-goal.
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Żywioły ujarzmione. Pańcabhuta [pięć żywiołów] w doświadczeniach ekstatycznych jogi

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Świerzowska A.
Studia Religiologica
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2011
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vol. 44
85-94
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This text presents the concept of the five (and not, as in European tradition, four) elements in Indian thought, concentrating in particular on the philosophy and practices of yoga, whose aim is to use the elements on a path ultimately meant to lead to liberation. Earth (prithiwi), water (ap), fire (agni), air (wata), ether (akasha), known in Sanskrit as bhuta or mahabhuta (terms which only overlap to a limited degree with the English terms like “element”), come from original materials, and mix together in given proportions. In this way they not only become the basis of the existence of the reality surrounding us, but also form, describe and to a certain degree determine the nature and functioning of the person. These fundamental elements, although they remain concealed and are not available for direct understanding, manifest their existence in many various ways: thanks to these it is possible for the five senses to work, constituting a determinant of the division of the human body into five parts, are at the basis of the five pranas of life and the so-called humours of the body (dosha). Lastly, they are manifested in the various chakras, the concept of which is so often invoked and even more often deformed in popular Western literature. Thanks to these subtle manifestations, it is possible for the various elements to be influenced in a given way, controlled, until complete enthralment – and this is not only in the microcosmic dimension (the person) but also macrocosmic (reality). The gradual enthralment of the elements designates the various degrees of the ecstatic journey towards ultimate liberation. The article is opened by a short description of the individual elements, and then the following are shown: the mechanism, selected ascetic-mystical practices (asana, pranayama, meditation of elements), the effects of transformation of elements and their role in achieving ecstatic states.
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Wincentego Lutosławskiego jarstwo w praktyce – od doświadczeń osobistych do „programowej wstrzemięźliwości”

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Świerzowska A.
Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych
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2023
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vol. 84
145-171
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The article presents Wincenty Lutoslawski (1863–1954), who, by his actions, contributed to the propagation of the ‘Lebensreform’ diet in Poland. His activities are painted against the background of a brief characterisation of the structure of the Polish ‘Lebensreform’ movement. Lutosławski promoted the vegetarian diet, understood as a lifestyle subject to the rules of abstinence. The article reconstructs the sources from which the philosopher drew his knowledge on the subject of vegetarian food and discusses his views on the importance of a meatless diet not only for the preservation of physical health but, above all, for the spiritual development of man. It also shows how the philosopher propagated these recommendations in a programmatic way and how his followers gathered in the Eleusis Society applied these recommendations.
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W artykule przedstawiono postać Wincentego Lutosławskiego (1863–1954), który swoimi działaniami przyczynił się do upowszechniania w Polsce diety jarskiej. Tłem dla rozważań jest krótka charakterystyka struktury polskiego nurtu Lebensreform. W tym kontekście ukazano działalność Lutosławskiego w zakresie promocji diety jarskiej rozumianej jako styl życia poddanego regułom wstrzemięźliwości. W artykule zrekonstruowano źródła, z których filozof czerpał wiedzę na temat jarstwa, omówiono jego poglądy na znaczenie diety bezmięsnej nie tylko dla zachowania zdrowia fizycznego, ale przede wszystkim dla rozwoju duchowego człowieka. Pokazano także, w jaki sposób wskazania te filozof w sposób programowy upowszechniał i jak były one stosowane przez jego zwolenników skupionych w Stowarzyszeniu Eleusis.
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CZYJE CIAŁO JEST ŚWIĄTYNIĄ DUSZY? UWAGI PO LEKTURZE KSIĄŻKI KRZYSZTOFA T. KONECKIEGO

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Świerzowska A.
Studia Humanistyczne AGH
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2013
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vol. 12
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issue 4
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THE ORIGIN AND IMPACT OF THE THEOSOPHICAL CENTRE IN ADYAR

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Trzcińska I., Świerzowska A.
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2017
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vol. 16
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issue 4
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One of the most interesting examples of the Theosophists’ campaign of transgressive imagination in Easternand Western culture is the movement’s headquarters – The Theosophical Society International Headquarters in Adyar (Chennai, Tamil Nadu), called the “vision of hope for mankind”. This remarkable project has so far failed to attract any comprehensive research or permeate the extensive sources of Theosophical literature or subject literature. The aim of this paper is to highlight the most specific elements of this utopia – partly imagined, partially realised – which was intended by its creators to be an inspiration for the coming new era of the world.
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