Imagery in Healing
Shamanism and Modern Medicine
$49.00
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2002
Summary
This influential book shows how the systematic use of mental imagery can have a positive influence on the course of disease and can help patients to cope with pain. In Imagery in Healing, Jeanne Achterberg brings together modern scientific research and the practices of the earliest healers to support her claim that imagery is the world’s oldest and most powerful healing resource. The book has become a classic in the field of alternative medicine and continues to be read by new genera…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570629341 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 157062934X |
| Author: | Jeanne Achterberg |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A real landmark in holistic medical studies. 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. Ledergerber, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association
About The Author
Jeanne Achterberg
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.
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