Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157062934X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jeanne Achterberg, PhD, (1942–2012) was a professor of psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University) and served as associate professor and director of research in rehabilitation science at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
"A real landmark in holistic medical studies. Ledergerber, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association . For those of us—and there are more of us all the time—who think it is time to take responsibility for ourselves and our well-being, this is exciting stuff."—Frena Bloomfield, San Francisco Chronicle Review "I would encourage both laypersons and professionals to read Imagery in Healing to understand how one's belief can physiologically affect the human body."—Charles P
Ultimately, Achterberg looks to the science of immunology to uncover the most effective ground for visualization, and she presents data demonstrating how imagery can have a direct and profound impact on the workings of the immune system. The book has become a classic in the field of alternative medicine and continues to be read by new generations of health care professionals and lay people. She then traces the history of the use of imagery within Western medicine, including a look at contemporary examples of how health care professionals have drawn on the power of the imagination through such methods as hypnosis, biofeedback, and the placebo effect. She begins with an exploration of the tradition of shamanism, "the medicine of the imagination," surveying this time-honored way of touching the nexus of the mind, body, and soul. Drawing on art, science, history, anthropology, and medicine, Imagery in Healing offers a highly readable overview of the profound and complex relationship between the imagination and the body.. In Imagery in Healing, Achterberg explores in detail the role of the imagination in the healing process. In Imagery in Healing, Jeanne Achterberg brings together mode
"Very scholarly. I have not finished reading it." according to Cheryl. Very scholarly. I have not finished reading it. Quite dense.. Mind Body Medicine This book is a classic - I owned it many years ago but someone "borrowed it" so I finally bought it new again! Working in the mind /body health field this book is invaluable for helping clients to visualize their own healing process - to contact their own healer within - to literally change their life. There are many examples of the power of the mind to hurt or to heal and how this has been used cross . Massimo Maddaloni said Very good. This book is actually a composite of two different concepts, which the author doesn't link to each other in a clear manner.The section "shamanism in modern medicine" is poorly written. Most psychologists (like the author) hold that everything encountered in altered states of mind actually happens in the mind. Some Jungian psychologists softened this approach by postulating the existence of archetypal s