Healing east and west : ancient wisdom and modern psychology
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Healing east and west : ancient wisdom and modern psychology
John Wiley & Sons, c1996
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Healing east & west
Eastern and western approaches to healing
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Originally published: Eastern and western approaches to healing. New York : Wiley, c1989
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
Healing East & West Ancient Wisdom and Modern Psychology.
"A magnificent volume that blends both intellectual and spiritualapproaches to create a new vision of healing. It belongs in thelibraries of all those interested in the healing process."--JoanBorysenko, Ph.D., President, Mind/Body Health Sciences, Inc.
"An excellent resource for information regarding the variety ofhealing modalities. The contributors write with expertise andpresent with inspiration the necessary information. Science,spirituality, and mysticism are all well-represented in this manualof healing."--Bernie Siegel, M.D., Author of Love, Medicine, andMiracles.
"A richly interesting and enjoyable book that successfullyintegrates a multicultural approach to healing . . . a substantialbook, well-researched and clearly written by its manycontributors."--Complementary Medical Research.
"A solid contribution to a dialogue that is rapidly coming toattract the attention . . . of the mainstream of the Westernhealing professions. It should help to convince many . . . thatthis is a cross-cultural collaboration that they too should takeseriously." --British Journal of Psychology.
"This is the most comprehensive effort at bringing together theachievements of the Eastern and Western healing traditions . . . afar-reaching integration of the best of both worlds."--Karan Singh,Ph.D., Author of The Religions of India.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
EASTERN PERSPECTIVES.
yurveda: The Science of Long Life in Contemporary Perspective (C.Crawford).
Chinese Medicine: The Law of Five Elements (D. Pachuta).
Mind, Disease, and Health in Tibetan Medicine (M. Epstein & L.Rapgay).
Sufism: The Way to Universal Self (A. Arasteh & A.Sheikh).
On Being Natural: Two Japanese Approaches to Healing (D.Reynolds).
WESTERN PERSPECTIVES.
Hypnosis: Historical and Social Psychological Aspects (L. Bertrand& N. Spanos).
The Importance of Modern Physics for Modern Medicine (L.Dossey).
TOWARD INTEGRATION.
Meditation East and West (S. Ramaswami & A. Sheikh).
Toward a Synthesis of Eastern and Western Psychologies (R.Walsh).
Contributors.
Indexes.
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