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Healing States: A Journey Into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism
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Product Description
A colorful and compelling examination of evidence for the mind's ability to heal, taking a step into the fascinating world of psychic healing and shamanism. 80 black-and-white photographs.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #427136 in Books
- Published on: 1987-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Although the authors of this provocative exploration into the spiritual realms of healing are trained in the orthodoxies of Western medicine and psychology (both have doctorates and are researchers and scientists in San Francisco), their inquiries into "mind over matter" phenomena have led them to conclude that science alone is inadequate in treating human illness. (On this subject, they note the question put to them by a Peruvian shaman: "In the training of your healers, what steps do they take to attune Mother Earth and the Great Spirit?") By observing diverse parapsychological and metaphysical methods of mediums, spiritists and others following "indigenous" healing from ancient to contemporary societies, Villoldo and Krippner enhance our concept of health by incorporating ideas that are ignored by allopathic medicine, a process advocated by the World Health Organization. The freshness of their approach results in a steady level of stimulation.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Customer Reviews
The trail starts here.
I bought this book shortly after it was published and to this day, I still refer to it. A few years later I was privileged to study many of the healers discussed in these pages with Dr. Krippner in Brazil. It was every bit as amazing as reading about it for the first time. The accounts are factual, described in detail, and skillfully written with academic objectivity. If you are reading this you are probably open to the experiences described in the book but it may lead you as it did in my case, much deeper into the world of healing, alternative medicine, shamanism and good magic.
Carlisle Bergquist, Author of "The Coyote Oak: Burgeoning Wisdom"
The Coyote Oak: Burgeoning Wisdom
