Katharsis Katharsis is a beneficial transformation of painful emotions through absorbed contemplation of a powerfully moving work of art. The root meaning of "katharsis" in Greek is cleansing. The word can indicate the removal of...

Catharsis The release of repressed psychic energy. The term catharsis originated from the Greek word katharsis, meaning to purge, or purgation. In psychology, the term was first employed by Sigmund Freud's colleague Josef Breuer (1842-1925), who...

CATHARSIS. The Greek katharsis is an action noun corresponding to a verb that literally means "to prune, to clean, to remove dirt or a blemish [katharma] for the purpose of rendering some thing, place, or animate being pure [katharos]."...

Catharsis (Κάθαρσις) is a Greek word meaning "purification" or "cleansing" derived from the ancient Greek gerund καθαίρειν transliterated as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure or clean" (ancient and modern...

The Boston trio that is Chelsea on Fire -- singer-guitarist-lyricist Josey Packard, bassist-singer Amy and drummer-singer Adam Simha -- formed three years ago. They've released two CDs (the latest is "Once Is Never" on Curve of the Earth) and have developed into one hot,...

The door in Ibsen's A Doll's House has banged shut so often, it's a wonder it's not off its hinges. A bad or indifferent staging of this endlessly revived piece can delude you into thinking that this is a play that has done its...

Tony Soprano carries on.The much-awaited conclusion of HBO's "The Sopranos" arrived Sunday night in a frenzy of audience speculation. Would New Jersey mob boss Soprano live or be killed? Would his family die before his eyes? Would he go to jail? Be forced to enter...

Have you ever cheated on your wife? Stolen money from your boss? Do you consider yourself a better person than your mother-in-law?Coming soon to U.S. television is a game show that has already taken Colombia by storm. Similar productions are being sped up in Brazil,...