Medicine and Spirituality

Cover Art for 9781413440034, Medicine and Spirituality by De Coppens, Peter Roche
ISBN: 9781413440034
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 14 June, 2004
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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We are now living at a truly extraordinary period of time when human consciousness is undergoing a fundamental quantitative and qualitative transformation. All the social institutions that, for so long, were the "cradle" of human nature and civilized life are now crumbling, medicine and health-care in particular which are becoming evermore expensive and dangerous! The dangers and opportunities involved have never been greater. A new conception of knowledge, human nature, health, illness, and healing in particular, are slowly emerging, being rooted in a holistic perspective that recognizes and integrates the physical, the human, and the spiritual dimensions. Integrating the teachings of the spiritual tradition, of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and of Psychosynthesis, as well as that of outstanding medical doctors and healers he encountered and worked with, and of his personal experience, the author has attempted to develop an integrated theoretical perspective and a practical framework to link medicine and spirituality. For several years, he has been giving lectures and workshops on this subject at various international centers seeking to resolve the great "paradox of medicine": the fact that, from time immemorial, Saints, Sages, and authentic healers were able to be instruments for complete and lasting healings of all known forms of pathology without medical training or clinical experience. How can we rationally understand this and benefit from it? This is what this book is al

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