Recommended Reading
The Alchemy of Healing Whitmont, Edward C. MD, North Atlantic Books, 1993. A book that speaks of psycho-spiritual healing through homeopathy.
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing Caroline Myss, Harmony Books, 1996 (and others by same author). This author, a medical intuitive, writes about the chakra system and the association of specific disease processes with the seven major centers of energy in the body.
Aphrodites Daughters Jalaja Bonheim, Simon and Schuster, 1997. Stories about sexual experience as a means for spiritual growth.
Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul Shaun McNiff, Shambhala Publications, 2004. A series of essays that span a career, addressing many issues, ideas, and reflections on how visual and other forms of art-making helps one to discover and express the deepest part of our knowing.
Cancer As a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals Lawrence LeShan, Ph.D., Penguin Books, 1994. Inspiring stories and pithy writing exercises created by Dr. LeShan, a psychologist who has spent more than 50 years working with cancer patients.
Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marian Woodman Inner City Books, 1993. A Jungian psychologist speaks about major issues that women deal with in our culture such as attitudes around eating and nurturing, control and being good, maturity and establishing ones own identity.
Conscious Eating Gabriel Cousens, MD, North Atlantic Books, 2000. A comprehensive approach to embracing the ideal diet, written from spiritual, religious, ethical, nutritional, and medical viewpoints.
Cycle Savvy: The Smart Teen's Guide to the Mysteries of Her Body Toni Weschler, MPH, Harper Collins, 2007. A humorous, practical and honest guide for the teenage girl in your life.
The Emerging Science of Homoeopathy: Complexity, Biodynamics, and Nanopharmacology Bellavite, Paolo MD and Signorini, Andrea MD, North Atlantic Books, 1995 and 2002. A nitty-gritty, investigative look at the ethical, scientific, anecdotal, historical, and powerful healing effects of homeopathic medicine.
The Hidden Messages in Water Masaru Emoto, Worlds End Publishing, 2004. A poetic approach to water with many beautiful photographs of ice crystals.
Healing with Whole Foods: Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition Revised Edition, Paul Pitchford, North Atlantic Books, 1993. A comprehensive look at the way in which we are nourished by foods from a Chinese medicine perspective, enhanced by some Western diagnostic parameters.
Organon of the Medical Art Samuel Hahnemann MD, edited and annotated by Wendy OReilly PhD, Birdcage Books, 1996. A scientific explanation of the nature of disease and the process of becoming healthy by the father of homeopathy. This version is supplemented by contemporary commentary.
Womens Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine Hudson, Tori ND, Keats Publishing, 1999. A Naturopathic physician with 20 years of experience in the field explains how conventional and alternative diagnosis and treatment can be integrated for the layperson.
Molecules of Emotion Pert, Candace PhD, Touchstone , 1997. One of the earliest female scientists to study neurochemistry, Pert explains how her discovery that brain chemicals exist throughout the body helped to carve a pathway for the mind/body philosophy and practice of health.
The Seat of the Soul Gary Zukav, Simon and Schuster, 1989. Using simple language, Zukav leads a profound discussion on the nature of our relationship to the divine and suggests how we can experience happiness starting now.
The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen Publishing Inc., 1997.
The Mastery of Love Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc., 1999.
The ongoing search for truth and understanding far exceeds in nobility than mere production of an answer to a query based upon current beliefs. Charles Darwin
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