Journal of Mind-Body Science

HARA Tanzan (1819-1892), a scholar priest of Soto Zen, was a forerunner of the modernization of Japanese Buddhism. He was the first to absorb natural science, especially physiology of brain and tried to mix it with Zen Buddhism. He claimed both bodily illness and mental suffering were the product of a kind of mucus called Dana which he thought was running up from the hipbone through the spinal column up to the brain. According to his theory, if this flow of mucus were to be shut up by the power of Zen, brain would be cleared away and complete health would be gained. It is true his theory was modeled on the anatomical knowledge, but the flow of Dana could not be detected objectively, so medical scientists ignored his theory. One of his pupils, HARADA Genryu, modified Tanzan's method and invented the method called Nikon Endu Ho. This method had some effects on a few healers of alternative medicine, which prospered in Japan from 1910 to 1930. In this paper I discussed the thought and method of Tanzan's Zen and its influences on those healers.

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This paper is intended to re-examine C. G. Jung's idea of synchronicity and to explore a further possibility of his theory. First, examining Jung's view on parapsychology, we figure out his theoretical standpoints to understand the synchronistic phenomena. They can be classified into three aspects; acausality, the collective unconscious and the archetypes, and Unus Mundus. Through this re-examination it will be clear that synchronicity theory lacks the consideration of meaning which is grasped by each subject at the very moment of experience. About this question we will revise Jung's theory from semiotic point of view. Synchronistic experiences can be understood as a sign, an association of the signifier with the signified (Saussure). In our model, the signifier is a certain psychic state and the signified is an external event. We will conclude that synchronistic experiences are meaningful because (1) as a metaphor, external events correspond to the inner state, (2) as a metonymy, these experiences themselves indicate the direction of one's life.

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The purpose of this study is to reconsider contemporary significance of dance (a creative body expression). The idea of "sublimation of body and mind" is defined as the setting free of an individual's inner being through original dance movements. The process of the student's sublimation is found in the class. In this paper, the following points are advanced: 1) The physical condition of an embarrassed body. 2) The effects of relaxation on the breathing, body state and mind. 3) Physical communication through dance. Furthermore, to dance with others is to harmonize breathing and connects minds. It is mentioned that "the place" where we recognize our existence and, where "independence" and "cooperation" exchange freely is important to get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction after having finished dance.

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The purpose of this paper is to make clear the relation between "Tacit Knowledge", "Tact" and "Endocept". We sometimes can't express these human potentials clearly, but they exist certainly. What is Non-verbal Knowledge, in other wards "Tacit Knowledge", which is called by Michael Polanyi (1891-1976 Republic of Hungary)? In this thesis, I'll try to compare "Tacit Knowledge" with "Tact" by Kumagusu Minakata (1867-1941 Japan) and "Endocept" by Kazuko Tsurumi (1918-2006 Japan). And I'll try to find a clue of overcoming the modern science and build a creative knowledge. The construction of this paper is as follows: 1. An explanation and a study of "Tacit Knowledge". 2. Looking into "Mysteries of Li" and "Tact" through a few examples of Minakata's Discovery of algae, in other words "Yariate". About an indwelling and an interiorization which are the most important elements of carrying out "Tacit Knowledge". 3. A study about a relation of "Endocept" and creativity.

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