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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 610 EAN: 9780062516442 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0062516442 Label: HarperOne Manufacturer: HarperOne Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 271 Publication Date: 2000-09 Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: September 05, 2000 Studio: HarperOne Accessories:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Larry Dossey, M.D. Amazon.com Review: Cue the theme song to the Twilight Zone: Research shows your plants won't grow as well when you're depressed as when you're happy. Praying for someone else will improve your own health, too. The growth of E. coli bacteria is inhibited when a group of people merely think about stopping the growth. And qi gong practitioners in San Francisco can kill cancer cells in other peoples' bodies--by willing the cells to die. These ideas surely sound ludicrous, but these and other similarly mindboggling studies have been commissioned and replicated by researchers at Harvard, Duke, McGill, and other esteemed universities. Larry Dossey is known as the father of mind-body medicine and perhaps best known for his advocacy of the role of prayer in healing in 1995's bestselling Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine. He admits that working on such seemingly impossible projects a few years ago would have ruined a researcher's career with "ATF," or "the anti-tenure factor." But things are changing. He wrote Reinventing Medicine to present proof that "the mind can literally change the external world" and how this "nonlocal mind" will change health care in the future. His argument for the existence of this nonlocal mind is as convincing as it is eloquently conveyed. Doubters, he says, merely need to examine their own dreams for proof this is true. When was the last time you had a conversation or found yourself in a situation you dreamed about the night before? Studies from as early as the 1960s "strongly suggest that dreams are an avenue of nonlocal communication between separate, distant persons." Dossey's support of the nonlocal mind is sure to draw pooh-poohs from cynics, including M.D.s, but, he warns, health-care workers are bound to experience this force firsthand: "Doctors can experience their patients' symptoms nonlocally, and this can be unpleasant." He cites the example of psychiatrist Mona Lisa Shulz, a medical intuitive, who "began to grow increasingly uncomfortable, feeling hot and flushed," while speaking over the phone with a feverish patient. Dossey says this telesomatic event, extreme empathy, or whatever you want to call it, is dangerous, but that "empathic balance" is something that will be taught in medical schools in the future to ensure accurate diagnoses of ill patients. Dossey was one of the first vanguards of mind-body medicine, which is basically accepted as fact today; he's again presenting the future of medicine, as otherworldly as it seems. --Erica Jorgensen Average Rating:
 Rating:  - new research validates healing practices from long agoThis is a wonderful book for anyone- lay person or professional- who is interested in cutting edge research on the power of the mind and heart in healing. "Non-local" mind encompasses prayer, good wishes, healing practices like Therapeutic Touch, the laying on of hands, intuition, premonition,Love,and all benevolent practices used to facilitate the healing of others. Larry Dossey talks about how we communicate with one another over distance, like the Aboriginal and many other cultures, and how we ... Read More Rating: - NEW medicineIt is always difficult to accept change but I think the change written about in this book is already happening. Rating: - A Major Contribution to the Emerging World ViewHaving recently read and strongly recommended Larry Dossey's latest book, I have been re-reading some his earlier books. This one is similarly excellent. Medical models are strongly determined by the way in which people see the world: traditional Chinese medicine is a fruit of a Taoist world view, and classical Greek and Roman medicine was informed by the philosophical models of the day. Beginning roughly in the middle of the 19th century, Western medicine began to adopt an approach based ... Read More Rating:  - For the believer...If you are a believer in prayer or any paranormal phenomena, or if you want to believe, then this book is for you. It represents a well written scholarly survey of the field of non-local consciousness citing many published research activities, all referenced through an impressive bibliography. If, however, you are open minded on the subject, or bear a healthy skepticism, this work will leave you wanting more. So, take the books great set of references as fodder for the Google search engine, ... Read More Rating: - Understanding the Relationship between the Mind and the BodyLarry Dossey's book presents its readers with a new and unique theory of how prayer will be able to influence the health of our body. He begins his book with a brief overview of the three different Eras of medicine. Era I deals with mechanical, material, or physical medicine and Era II deals with mind-body medicine, which may include any form of therapy where the body treats itself and only itself through psychosomatic methods. In this book, Dossey adds to this list by suggesting the possibility of an Era ... Read More |
