Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness

by Bruce Burger, Richard Gordon (Introduction), Mathaji Vanamali (Contributor)

A comprehensive course in the power of energy medicine—drawing on polarity therapy, esoteric anatomy, and somatics—that reveals the vital role of consciousness in the healing arts
 
Esoteric Anatomy offers a spiritual approach to massage, bodywork, and somatic psychology, demystifying an ancient transpersonal model for understanding energy in nature and working with consciousness in the healing arts. It offers a comprehensive health care system based on understanding the body as a field of conscious energy—a system that promotes healing, health building, and self-actualization.
 
Author and spiritual healer Bruce Burger begins by introducing Polarity Therapy in a series of energy-balancing sessions that can be used in conjunction with other forms of therapy and bodywork. This holistic approach can alleviate physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual suffering, including clearing trauma from the cellular memory of the brain. Next, he turns his attention to Esoteric Anatomy in a section of essays that explore the role of energy—or life force—in the healing arts, drawing from the wisdom of ancient India. And finally, Burger builds upon his studies of Polarity Therapy and Esoteric Anatomy to present a unique system of Somatic Psychology that can promote further healing.
 
Thorough, insightful, and complete with illustrations, Esoteric Anatomy is a fascinating course in energy medicine that can guide you toward better health, personal growth, and spiritual transformation.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Health

440 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 1998

Reviews

[Tucker Johnson]

WHOA

[Ruud · Rating 4 out of 5]

Based on Vedic knowledge and work of Dr. Stone. Polar therapy. Explaining on:
- the Guna's, neutral, positive and negative energy.
- The relation of astrological signs with the body
- The step down process from universal field/causal plane, to mental/spirit, to the five elements
- The function of the elements (their purpose in the body/mind)
- How this step down relates to the 7 chakra's
- Massaging techniques to balance the chakra's.
- Theology - the relation between god and man
- Theomorphic principles
- Archetypes of Jung
- the function of the parasympathetic, sympathetic and cerebrospinal nervous system
- and much more Vedic knowledge on consciousness, sound, 'gods' etc

Critical note:
- quite difficult book to read
- Much repetition making the book thicker than it needed to be

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be honest I haven't quite finished this, it is a massive text book of information.
This is based on Vedic, Yogic, Ayurvedic knowledge as well as the work of Dr Stone on Polar therapy.
It shows how everything is connected within and around the body.
Includes: The chakras, the Guna's, astrological signs within the body, the elements and their purpose within the body and mind, massage techniques, the parasympathetic/sympathetic/cerebral-spinal systems, concept of consciousness and even Jungian Archetypes.
This text is meant to help us better understand the physical, emotional, spiritual concept of the body-mind and therefore empower us to understand our own illnesses that manifest and WHY they manifest in the body.

It is one of those books that make you go "Whoa!"
Very in depth, very intriguing.

[Rah~ri]

Interesting?