Author: James McClenon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875805900
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
For thousands of years, spiritual questions have haunted the hearts and minds of humankind. Do higher powers exist, and if so, what is our relationship to them? And how else might we interpret seemingly miraculous events such as faith healing, out-of-body experiences, and extrasensory perceptions? Wondrous Healing traces the human capacity for religious belief to the success of ancient healing rituals, such as chanting to calm women in childbirth or rhythmic dancing to reduce trauma from wounds. Those who accepted these hypnotic suggestions were far more likely to receive positive benefits from the "healing." The apparent success of such rituals, McClenon argues, led to the development of shamanism, humankind's first religion. Controversial and daring, McClenon's theory is based on his extensive research and firsthand observation of modern shamanistic performances across Asia and North America. His evidence supports the argument that evolutionary processes developed a biological basis for religion. McClenon's historical and anthropological analyses of these issues explore the relationship between science, society, and spirituality.
Wondrous Healing
Author: James McClenon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875805900
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
For thousands of years, spiritual questions have haunted the hearts and minds of humankind. Do higher powers exist, and if so, what is our relationship to them? And how else might we interpret seemingly miraculous events such as faith healing, out-of-body experiences, and extrasensory perceptions? Wondrous Healing traces the human capacity for religious belief to the success of ancient healing rituals, such as chanting to calm women in childbirth or rhythmic dancing to reduce trauma from wounds. Those who accepted these hypnotic suggestions were far more likely to receive positive benefits from the "healing." The apparent success of such rituals, McClenon argues, led to the development of shamanism, humankind's first religion. Controversial and daring, McClenon's theory is based on his extensive research and firsthand observation of modern shamanistic performances across Asia and North America. His evidence supports the argument that evolutionary processes developed a biological basis for religion. McClenon's historical and anthropological analyses of these issues explore the relationship between science, society, and spirituality.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875805900
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
For thousands of years, spiritual questions have haunted the hearts and minds of humankind. Do higher powers exist, and if so, what is our relationship to them? And how else might we interpret seemingly miraculous events such as faith healing, out-of-body experiences, and extrasensory perceptions? Wondrous Healing traces the human capacity for religious belief to the success of ancient healing rituals, such as chanting to calm women in childbirth or rhythmic dancing to reduce trauma from wounds. Those who accepted these hypnotic suggestions were far more likely to receive positive benefits from the "healing." The apparent success of such rituals, McClenon argues, led to the development of shamanism, humankind's first religion. Controversial and daring, McClenon's theory is based on his extensive research and firsthand observation of modern shamanistic performances across Asia and North America. His evidence supports the argument that evolutionary processes developed a biological basis for religion. McClenon's historical and anthropological analyses of these issues explore the relationship between science, society, and spirituality.
Leaves of Healing
Healing Without Medicine
Author: Albert Amao
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 083563132X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
As a man thinketh, so is he—thus is the biblical King Solomon often quoted by proponents of New Thought, one of the most influential native religious movements in America. Albert Amao provides an engaging and serious history of this and related movements from the eighteenth century to the present. His discussion ranges from Phineas P. Quimby, the father of New Thought, and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, to Myrtle Fillmore, cofounder of Unity Church of Christianity, William James, the father of American psychology, and leaders in the emerging field of Energy Psychology. Amao’s aim is to provide a rational explanation of the power of thought to heal the mind and body. All methods of mind/spiritual healing are self-healing, he says; we all have an inner capacity to heal ourselves. He examines cases of contemporary New Thought leaders who self-healed from “incurable” diseases free of medicine, and he describes the mechanism that triggered their healing. Their experiences have benefited millions of followers worldwide. The beauty of New Thought, says Amao, is that it empowers us to become conscious co-creators of our well-being and achieve success in other areas of life beyond recovering our health.
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 083563132X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
As a man thinketh, so is he—thus is the biblical King Solomon often quoted by proponents of New Thought, one of the most influential native religious movements in America. Albert Amao provides an engaging and serious history of this and related movements from the eighteenth century to the present. His discussion ranges from Phineas P. Quimby, the father of New Thought, and Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, to Myrtle Fillmore, cofounder of Unity Church of Christianity, William James, the father of American psychology, and leaders in the emerging field of Energy Psychology. Amao’s aim is to provide a rational explanation of the power of thought to heal the mind and body. All methods of mind/spiritual healing are self-healing, he says; we all have an inner capacity to heal ourselves. He examines cases of contemporary New Thought leaders who self-healed from “incurable” diseases free of medicine, and he describes the mechanism that triggered their healing. Their experiences have benefited millions of followers worldwide. The beauty of New Thought, says Amao, is that it empowers us to become conscious co-creators of our well-being and achieve success in other areas of life beyond recovering our health.
Ozark Folk Magic
Author: Brandon Weston
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738767433
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Discover the Healing Power of Plants and Prayers Bring traditional methods of healing and magic into the modern world with this impressive book on Ozark folk magic. Providing lore, verbal charms, healing plants, herbal recipes, magical tools and alignments, and more, folk healer Brandon Weston sheds light on the region's secretive culture and shows you how to heal both yourself and others. Ozark Folk Magic invites you to experience the hillfolk's magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. Learn how to optimize your healing work and spells according to the moon cycles, zodiac signs, and numerology. Explore medicinal uses for native Ozark plants, instructions for healing magical illnesses, and how modern witches can feel at home with Ozark traditions. Combining personal stories and down-to-earth advice, this book makes it easy to incorporate Ozark folk magic into your practice. Includes a foreword by Virginia Siegel, MA, folk arts coordinator at the University of Arkansas
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738767433
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Discover the Healing Power of Plants and Prayers Bring traditional methods of healing and magic into the modern world with this impressive book on Ozark folk magic. Providing lore, verbal charms, healing plants, herbal recipes, magical tools and alignments, and more, folk healer Brandon Weston sheds light on the region's secretive culture and shows you how to heal both yourself and others. Ozark Folk Magic invites you to experience the hillfolk's magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. Learn how to optimize your healing work and spells according to the moon cycles, zodiac signs, and numerology. Explore medicinal uses for native Ozark plants, instructions for healing magical illnesses, and how modern witches can feel at home with Ozark traditions. Combining personal stories and down-to-earth advice, this book makes it easy to incorporate Ozark folk magic into your practice. Includes a foreword by Virginia Siegel, MA, folk arts coordinator at the University of Arkansas
Healing Within
Author: Michael W. Kovarik
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452516235
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Healing Within... ...came to be from my journey with breast cancer. This healing passage evolved over a few years. It did not present itself right away, but transpired when I was ready for it to begin. First, I had to become conscious of this path and perfect a balance within. With my initial diagnosis, I gave full authority to my traditional doctors, a traditional drug therapy, and fear. It would take a second discovery of this illness to fuse me with my heart and soul. My journey to heal within drew me to a path reaching the deepest caverns of my being. It was a remarkable awakening of my ability to hear the whispers of my inner voice as it guided me to who I truly am to be. It is this disease, so grounded in dread and fear, that had the power to awaken me to my heart, my soul, and the quest they were guiding me to be part of. Its precious gift, life: a full life. When listening to our inner voice, we embrace its message, treasure its guidance, and trust its love. This comforting, intimate instrument gently guides us in discovering our authentic self, ones genuine life path, and the potential we possess to truly heal within. Michael W. Kovarik
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452516235
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Healing Within... ...came to be from my journey with breast cancer. This healing passage evolved over a few years. It did not present itself right away, but transpired when I was ready for it to begin. First, I had to become conscious of this path and perfect a balance within. With my initial diagnosis, I gave full authority to my traditional doctors, a traditional drug therapy, and fear. It would take a second discovery of this illness to fuse me with my heart and soul. My journey to heal within drew me to a path reaching the deepest caverns of my being. It was a remarkable awakening of my ability to hear the whispers of my inner voice as it guided me to who I truly am to be. It is this disease, so grounded in dread and fear, that had the power to awaken me to my heart, my soul, and the quest they were guiding me to be part of. Its precious gift, life: a full life. When listening to our inner voice, we embrace its message, treasure its guidance, and trust its love. This comforting, intimate instrument gently guides us in discovering our authentic self, ones genuine life path, and the potential we possess to truly heal within. Michael W. Kovarik
The Essential Guide to Energy Healing
Author: Ben Andron
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1615642633
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In our complex times, innumerable people are stricken with disease, discomfort, and pain—some from identifiable sources and others rooted deeply in psychological trauma. More and more people are turning to natural, holistic therapies to supplement or replace traditional medicine, ease pain, and heal the source of their suffering. The Essential Guide to Energy Healing illuminates the various uses of body and earth energy to mitigate disease and suffering and helps readers judge for themselves which methods will be most effective for their ailments—or those of others they wish to heal. Practical steps show how to put these energies to use. Topics covered include: • What energy medicine is and how it works. • Magnet therapy. • Light therapy. • Cymatic (sound) therapy. • Psychic healing. • Therapeutic touch. • Healing touch. • Esoteric healing. • Qi Gong healing. • Reiki. • Pranic healing. • Crystal healing. • Distant healing.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1615642633
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In our complex times, innumerable people are stricken with disease, discomfort, and pain—some from identifiable sources and others rooted deeply in psychological trauma. More and more people are turning to natural, holistic therapies to supplement or replace traditional medicine, ease pain, and heal the source of their suffering. The Essential Guide to Energy Healing illuminates the various uses of body and earth energy to mitigate disease and suffering and helps readers judge for themselves which methods will be most effective for their ailments—or those of others they wish to heal. Practical steps show how to put these energies to use. Topics covered include: • What energy medicine is and how it works. • Magnet therapy. • Light therapy. • Cymatic (sound) therapy. • Psychic healing. • Therapeutic touch. • Healing touch. • Esoteric healing. • Qi Gong healing. • Reiki. • Pranic healing. • Crystal healing. • Distant healing.
The Healing Power of Spirituality
Author: J. Harold Ellens
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313366462
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
This three-volume set addresses how the role of spirituality and its constructive expressions in various religions—and outside of formal religion—enhances human personality and experience. Theologian and acclaimed scholar J. Harold Ellens now offers a breakthrough work on the positive impact of faith. In The Healing Power of Spirituality and Religion, an extraordinary group of scholars discuss the latest scientific research into the connection between belief and psychological and physical well-being. Each volume of The Healing Power of Spirituality focuses on a specific aspect of the scientific exploration of faith and well being: volume one examines the healing power of personal spiritualities like I Ching and Transcendentalism; volume two looks at the subject in the context of Christianity, Judaism, and other world faiths; and volume three explores the psychodynamics of healing spirituality and religion, including the role of biochemical and chemical reactions in heightening psychospiritual apperception.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313366462
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
This three-volume set addresses how the role of spirituality and its constructive expressions in various religions—and outside of formal religion—enhances human personality and experience. Theologian and acclaimed scholar J. Harold Ellens now offers a breakthrough work on the positive impact of faith. In The Healing Power of Spirituality and Religion, an extraordinary group of scholars discuss the latest scientific research into the connection between belief and psychological and physical well-being. Each volume of The Healing Power of Spirituality focuses on a specific aspect of the scientific exploration of faith and well being: volume one examines the healing power of personal spiritualities like I Ching and Transcendentalism; volume two looks at the subject in the context of Christianity, Judaism, and other world faiths; and volume three explores the psychodynamics of healing spirituality and religion, including the role of biochemical and chemical reactions in heightening psychospiritual apperception.
Where Are You?
Author: Dan Ehrenkrantz
Publisher: Spinoza Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
In Where Are You? A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality, Dan Ehrenkrantz leads you on a journey of transformation. Drawing from multiple traditions, the reader finds a spirituality that fits within every religion, and within no religion. Atheists and believers, the faithful and the rebellious, will all experience a taste of enlightenment. There is no dogma to be accepted, no ideas to be believed. Instead, readers are asked to place authority in their own experience. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 is designed to take you on a journey to spiritual awakening. Part 2 explores life from within the awakened state. Where Are You? explores what it means to live from the enlightened perspective. When we come home to ourselves, we allow others to do the same. Spirituality is not an escape. It’s a prescription for living fully and bringing a loving presence to the world.
Publisher: Spinoza Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
In Where Are You? A Beginner’s Guide to Advanced Spirituality, Dan Ehrenkrantz leads you on a journey of transformation. Drawing from multiple traditions, the reader finds a spirituality that fits within every religion, and within no religion. Atheists and believers, the faithful and the rebellious, will all experience a taste of enlightenment. There is no dogma to be accepted, no ideas to be believed. Instead, readers are asked to place authority in their own experience. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 is designed to take you on a journey to spiritual awakening. Part 2 explores life from within the awakened state. Where Are You? explores what it means to live from the enlightened perspective. When we come home to ourselves, we allow others to do the same. Spirituality is not an escape. It’s a prescription for living fully and bringing a loving presence to the world.
Heal Your Spirit, Heal Yourself
Author: Dr. Pema Dorjee
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1780284659
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
A unique collaboration between a Tibetan doctor and two Westerners, introducing Tibetan medicine to a Western audience. With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1780284659
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
A unique collaboration between a Tibetan doctor and two Westerners, introducing Tibetan medicine to a Western audience. With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Messages from Beyond
Author: Judith Beals
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
God Always responds when we allow ourselves to listen. The willingness to listen is the key talent Judith Beals demonstrates in Messages from Beyond. “Listening” turned into pages and pages of messages clearly meant to enlighten, instruct and inspire not just the ‘messenger’ but you, the reader, who will be encouraged and uplifted by learning that God is merely a heartbeat away. In these loving words given by God, Jesus and other Ascended Masters, the reader will find provocative insights from practical, everyday lessons urging understanding that God is real, always loving, and wistfully longing for you to come to the Source with all your problems, questions and dreams. This book welcomes you to a different reality, a new way of experiencing your faith. These inspirational messages define the possibility of a closer union with Divine Source, and will stimulate your own communication with that Source.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
God Always responds when we allow ourselves to listen. The willingness to listen is the key talent Judith Beals demonstrates in Messages from Beyond. “Listening” turned into pages and pages of messages clearly meant to enlighten, instruct and inspire not just the ‘messenger’ but you, the reader, who will be encouraged and uplifted by learning that God is merely a heartbeat away. In these loving words given by God, Jesus and other Ascended Masters, the reader will find provocative insights from practical, everyday lessons urging understanding that God is real, always loving, and wistfully longing for you to come to the Source with all your problems, questions and dreams. This book welcomes you to a different reality, a new way of experiencing your faith. These inspirational messages define the possibility of a closer union with Divine Source, and will stimulate your own communication with that Source.