Transpersonal medicine - G. Frank Lawlis

Transpersonal medicine embraces alternative medical practices that recognise the role of mind, consciousness, and spirituality in healing. It also goes beyond the personal to enlist the support of others through the power of love, compassion and fellowship as important catalysts for change. The ultimate goal of transpersonal medicine is not only prevention and cure of disease, but the realisation of our inherent completeness and divinity, whether in sickness, in health, or even death. Dr Frank Lawlis draws on his own extensive background in clinical psychology and alternative therapies to explore how we can heal through imagery, prayer, community support, positive emotions, humour and storytelling, symbology, altered states and intuitive diagnosis. Each of the book's ten chapters are follwed by interviews with acknowledged leaders in the field of alternative medicine, such as Jeanne Achterberg, Larry Dossey, Charles Tart and Stanley Krippner.