Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution

by Daniel J. Benor

Book Overview

Many believe there is no scientific evidence that supports the value of spiritual healing. Daniel Benor, M.D., reveals a world of science that few knew existed. Included in this groundbreaking book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886785112
• ISBN13: 9781886785113
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Vision Publications (MI)
• Length: 597 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Definitive Source for Energy Medicine Research

When completing my doctoral dissertation, I found this book to be absolutely invaluable. It would have taken me many, many months of effort to locate the information in Dan's book - and it may have been impossible to access some of the research. The book is also extremely valuable in convincing readers that energy medicine is alive and well, and is becoming a scientific field in its own right. A great compendium of energy medicine research. Thanks Dan - keep up the good work.

Using Science to Prove the Miraculous

In "Spiritual Healing, Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution," Daniel Benor, M.D. uses the scientific method to demonstrate that spiritual healing works and thereby takes a giant step toward remedying the problem that Descartes created when he separated mind from matter. In his clearly written book, Dr. Benor uses the tools of logic and Western science to make a compelling case for the existence of the miraculous. By using science to validate spirit, Dr. Benor is signaling the end of the Cartesian split and indicating that we are rapidly moving toward a more integrated view of ourselves and our relation to the world. Although "Spiritual Healing" is a comprehensive reference book that will be consulted for many years, I found that it was very enjoyable reading. I was particularly drawn to the chapter in which numerous healers describe how they heal and their beliefs about spiritual healing.

In depth studies on healing for human problems

In Spiritual Healing, Dr. Daniel Benor offers a ground breaking survey of 124 scientific studies documenting that spiritual healing actually works on physical illnesses and emotional injuries. Many of the controlled studies examine the effects of spiritual healing on humans, while others look at the recordable effects of spiritual healing on plants and animals. Some of the laboratory studies even demonstrate the effect spiritual healing has upon water and other materials. The reader is provided in depth studies on healing for human problems, a summary of healing methods, the views of some renowned spiritual healers, and an analysis of the risks and benefits of spiritual healing. Spiritual Healing is strongly recommended reading for students of alternative medicine in general, and spiritual healing efficacy in particular.

A Remarkable Book

This is a remarkable book. It is an important contribution which provides definitive scientific validation of spiritual healing. It represents an incredible amount of comprehensive work in different areas of healing. And it is an example of outstanding scholarship and research. I believe the deterioration of our medical care system makes it imperative that we learn to heal ourselves and others for many problems for which we do not need conventional medical care. This book & provides good evidence that many of us can be healers. In his Foreword to this book, Larry Dossey, points out that "Modern medicine will change dramatically,"and "perhaps the most important area in which radical change will occur is in our understanding of the nature of consciousness and its role in healing." This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the role of consciousness in healing. As a microbiologist. I particularly appreciate the information provided about work with bacteria, yeast, fungi, algae, and protozoa. This information is an introduction to a "new world" of microbiology. It is certainly food for thought that should motivate more such research in microbiology.

The new face of medicine

This is an outstanding work that is bound to become the prime reference material for all those engaged in the medical and scientific revolution this century will undoubtedly see. Highly insightful and objective, encyclopedic in scope, impeccably documented and cross-referenced, this is the "complementary" equivalent of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine for the 21st century health practitioner.Benor has collected most of the scientific data available on alternative healing, passed it throught the filter of statistical objectivity, submitted it to the same rigorous analysis that standard medical interventions are submitted to - and the resulting argument stands on its own: we are not asked to believe, but simply to open our eyes and see. After reviewing this material, the only possible ethical conclusion is that we all have an obligation, as health providers, to integrate these principles in the treatment we offer our patients: no doing so will one day be considered medical malpractice.Lian Sidorovfounder, EmergentMind.org