By
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, Vice President of Research and Education, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
Tina Amorok
Marc Micozzi, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Former
Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; former Executive Director of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia
Description
This collection of essays on integral medicine, consciousness, and healing integrates mainstream medical knowledge with recent developments
in the emerging areas of frontier sciences and insights from alternative healing perspectives. It promotes a model of healing in which
personal relationships, emotions, meaning, and belief systems are viewed as fundamental points of connection between body, mind, spirit,
society, and nature. Integral medicine embraces the recognition that human beings possess emotional, spiritual, and relational dimensions
that are essential in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the cultivation of wellness.
Readers learn from the leaders in
the emerging field of integral medicine and consciousness research, from the most well known (Deepak Chopra), to the frontline policy
makers (James Gordon—one of the heads of the White House Commission on Conventional and Complementary and Alternative Medicine). Readers
also gain insights from health professionals who have experienced healing within themselves and witnessed remarkable healing in their
patients. We hear from other medical professionals (through the essays and the interviews on the accompanying DVD) who approach medicine
from an array of cultural perspectives, and can attest to this multicultural, interdisciplinary, and participatory healing system in
action. Consciousness and Healing contains 47 essays in the book plus 9 bonus essays read aloud on the DVD. Essays are short and in language
suited to an audience of both lay and professional readers, with extensive references on the DVD to original scientific studies for those
interested in further exploration.
