Secrets of Aboriginal Healing: A Physicist's Journey with a Remote Australian Tribe

by Gary Holz D.Sc., Robbie Holz (Primary Contributor)

                                 AWARD-WINNING - READ IN OVER 43 COUNTRIES!
 
A guide to the 60,000-year-old healing system of the Aborigines revealed through one man's journey to overcome multiple sclerosis

* Written at the request of the Aboriginal people the author stayed with

* Explores the use of dreamtime, spirit guides, and telepathy to discover and reprogram the subconscious motivations, thought patterns, and beliefs behind illness

* Reveals how to tap in to healing support through the body/mind/spirit connection


In 1983 award-winning physicist Gary Holz was diagnosed with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. By 1988 he was a quadriplegic. Then, in 1994, his doctors told him he had two years to live. Desperate and depressed, he followed a synchronistic suggestion and went to Australia to live with a remote Aboriginal tribe. Arriving in a wheelchair, alone, with almost no feeling left from the neck down, Holz embarked on a remarkable healing transformation of body, mind, and spirit and discovered his own gift for healing others.

Written at the request of the Aboriginal healers Holz worked with, this book reveals the beliefs and principles of the 60,000-year-old healing system of the Aborigines of Australia, the world's oldest continuous culture. Chronicling the step-by-step process that led to his miraculous recovery, he explains the role played by thought in the creation of health or disease and details the five essential steps in the Aboriginal healing process. He explores the use of dreamtime, spirit guides, and telepathy to discover and reprogram the subconscious motivations behind illness--a process that enacts healing at the cellular and the soul level, where the root of physical illness is found.

Supported by modern science, including quantum physics, Aboriginal medicine enables each of us to tap in to healing support through the power of the body/mind/spirit connection.

Genres: Spirituality, Health, Nonfiction, Alternative Medicine

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2013

Reviews

[Matt Person · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book REALLY needs to have a disclaimer that people with diseases such as MS, Hep C, cancers, and do I even need to say AIDS???? should not eschew modern medical treatments in favor of the positive thinking expounded in this book. Pretty sure no one has ever willed HIV out of their body (nor their body to regenerate myelin sheath). This book is in fact DANGEROUS without such a disclaimer. Disclaimer, I myself don't have a medical degree, but come on. I could be way off base here, and if I am, I certainly apologize and hope to be corrected, but I highly doubt even Rose and Ray themselves would encourage a patient with any of the aforementioned conditions to stop whatever treatment they were on. And certainly if they did the publisher should at least provide the reader the courtesy of well documented scientific references.

Taken at a non-literal level this book reads as a second to third rate Paulo Coelho fable without the style or a pop-psychology self-help book. I would need to do more research into Aboriginal medicine methods to fully ascertain this claim, but I'm pretty sure this book heavily wanders into the "noble savage" trope territory. And that's dangerous and a disservice to the legitimate healing practices of Aboriginal people. Again, if I'm wrong and the main tenets of traditional Aboriginal healing are indeed muscle testing and affirmation AS described in the book, I apologize.

It does have some good lessons in it and it's certainly an interesting read. I do believe there is benefit to be gained by coming to terms with your personal reality and acceptance and I do believe Gary Holz achieved healing on some level. Just left with the feeling that this book is a fraud in terms of what true Aboriginal healing entails.

[Nampijinpa Chester · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry folks but this book has nothing to do with the Australian Aborigines' 60,000 year old traditional healing system. As an Australian Aborigine who knows about traditional healing, I'm not sure what this healing was but seemed to be a combination of modern Western healing modalities with some "mind over matter" thrown in.

The tribe he mentions doesn't exist and sadly this man appears to be exploiting the world's appetite to know our secrets. It is like a bit like the novel written by that woman who claims to have lived with a lost tribe in the Desert. So immoral of her to write that book and capitalise on her deceit. But she's laughing all the way to the bank.

The Desert is full of Traditional Healers so I don't know why he didn't go and see one of them.

A disgraceful exploitation of our culture for his own benefit. I found it very difficult to read because of all the BS.

[Judith A Pauley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of time

I never learned any new healing techniques. This book would have us believe that a ancient civilization depends on muscle testing and affirmations to cure everything. I've spoken with aborigines before and they explained some of their techniques and muscle testing was NOT involved at all. This book is like mutant down under it's misleading.

[Tania Hickey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Can’t believe I paid $26 for this. I have a genuine interest in Aboriginal culture. None of this book gelled with me. Is it fiction? Cows are scarce in Australia, really? Have you ever been there. A remote tribe within a days drive of Brisbane? Land of rock and sand within 15 mins of Brisbane. The language used has me doubting any contact at all with our Aboriginal mob

[Andi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Touched me in so many ways

I can relate to so many points from the author's story. Reading the book made me feel lighter and more connected to the universe around me. I will keep integrating the learning by reading the sequel.

[Sparkie Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and enjoyable quick read on one man's journey with Aboriginal healing for his MS.

[Manuel Rey · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was thoroughly enjoyable but I couldn't buy the bit about telepathic communication with the Australian aborigines.

[Anastasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book

[Yeongseon Park · Rating 5 out of 5]

With MS, 43 years old, two years left to live, Gary Holz spends a few weeks in the Australian desert connecting with aboriginal healers. This book is the story of his healing journey.

The healer, Rose, helps the author find the healer within himself by listening to him and teaching him the five essentials of healing: willingness, awareness, acknowledgement, empowerment, and focus. Then, the healing process begins with reprogramming.

It is very interesting to read the transformation of a physicist who was at the forefront of modern science opens his mind to an alternative healing method.

Short book, easy to read, containing tens of thousands of years of healing wisdom.

"The Aboriginal people believe that a person's mind exists in every part of his body, in every single cell. Because of this, every thought we have, each emotion we experience, has a physical effect upon our body."

[Felicia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I won this book on Goodreads.
I was excited to learn a new way of thinking/healing.
But the book had very little information. I guess the size of the book should have given me a clue.
I understand the concept of positive thinking and letting things go. Not holding onto the past and grudges etc. By releasing it you allow your body to release it too.
However it says he was cured but in reality he died from complications of MS.
I am sure he did get better from his journey to the remote Australian Tribe and the things that they taught him [that you never learn]. But it didn't cure him.
I felt like I learned nothing from this book. And that is why I gave it just one lonely star.
But I really wanted to like and love this book and give it more stars.
It was sadly disappointing for me.

That's just my humble opinion. Don't take my word though. Always read and make up your own mind.

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Life changing!

The main point of this book is that our physical well-being is directly connected to our thoughts and outlook. It's a powerful story about how one western-minded scientist learned how to use spiritual healing techniques.

Whenever I see anything about "spiritual" "holistic" "energy", I'm immediately skeptical. There's a lot of mumbo jumbo out there, but this book is a cut above the rest.

This is one of the most logical books I've ever read in this genre. It's hard to believe, but hard to argue the results.

Please read this book. It's valuable for everyone, not just people who have medical conditions, and not for people who are interested in spiritual healing.

This book is about self-improving and understanding.

[Renate Kinscheck · Rating 1 out of 5]

A man with MS, who has always lived in his head and cut off his emotions, travels to the aboriginies to try to get cured. The healers do their best to get him to face his painful emotions of child abuse and bad relationships. All of this would be done by any good western therapist. and perhaps this would have at least lessened the symptoms of his MS. I believe such cases have been documented.
then the aboriginal treatment veers off into the absurd. documents with important information are placed on his abdomen for him to absorb by osmosis. I skipped to the end at that point and found that many of his MS symptoms were cured or lessened at least.
I had hoped for some insight into a valid indigenous healing system and instead found a lot of nonsense.

[Moira Gibbons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating read, a memoir of a man's experience within an Aboriginal Tribe working to treat his Multiple Sclerosis. Given 2 years to live in 1994 by conventional medics, Holz is given an extraordinary lifeline after a chance meeting in a Jazz Club thousands of miles away in USA. Following his treatment he went on to live a fulfilling life passing on his new found healing knowledge and skills until his death in 2007. I began the book as a skeptic but finished it wanting to know more, how can 60,000 years of healing be ignored and mistrusted?

[Yvonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book hoping to get some education about indigenous healing instead felt as if I was re-reading Mutant Message Down Under without the excitement. That book turned out to be a novel written by a person who hadn’t even been to Australia and this feels the same. Why wouldn’t educated indigenous write their own book if they needed to spread the message? If their healing worked so well they’d be using it in their communities which continue to have dire health problems and die too young. The message about the healing steps rang true but you can read the same in any number of health and self help books. In summary, wouldn’t recommend this book. Save your money.

[Erich Inglin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Made Whole

For many years now I have practiced many of the techniques described by Rose learned in books, seminars and self discovery thru energy work using dowsing, meditation and Biofield Tuning and learned some new ones. This books makes all the connections I did not have or fully understood real and whole. This book gives access to one’s own spirituality in a loving and compassionate way, a book I recommend to everyone.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was recommended to me and I find it always interesting to peek into first cultures. Overall, the book wasn't my favorite as it is very light and brief in the story telling. I craved to go deeper.

[Marius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Take a read you might get a few insights

Health is such an amazing and un-understood concept of what the human body can do and change who we are around our own beliefs.

Know you can change, and it will follow.

[Oviya Siva · Rating 2 out of 5]

tbh this was a nothing burger in terms of sharing anything about actual aboriginal healing. a lot of the techniques mentioned were not new to me, despite that i genuinely enjoyed it as a memoir, but def not what people might be expecting.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I did like this book, I wish that it went more into detail of the process. Although it did talk about the steps, I wish it went deeper. With that said, it's definitely worth the read.

[Kim Rigby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. A great personal story, and some great advice about healing.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting insight into one man’s journey to realising the power of the mind and the strange set of circumstances that led him there.

[Steven Kolber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bizarre and a bit yuck, but also uplifting.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing read, and I learned so much!

[Devika Koppikar · Rating 3 out of 5]

For someone who has read books about positive thinking and mind-over-matter issues, this was too simplistic. Prior to reading the book, I thought he had an experience similar to Marlo Morgan and Mutant Message Down Under. Instead, this book read like a daily summary of a session with his therapist.

I checked this book out from the library because I was interested in learning about the Aborigines’ ways. He does touch on that by discussing their nonverbal behavior, living in silence, telepathy and instant meditation, but it’s just garnish. I wish he had delved into this more.

Finally, while I didn’t hate the book, I didn’t bother to finish it.

[Mason Parkes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting point of view set forth. There are parts of it that seem a bit far-fetched but I suppose that the author's extremely different mindset may have contributed to this difference. Maybe in another time of my life this would have been more relatable. As it stands it provides an interesting account of his healing and gives some insights into aboriginal culture but not as much as I might have hoped. I also saw a far greater pottential for his insight because of his training as a physicist but was slightly dissapointed in this respect as well.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really interesting read. It is about a man who had advanced stage MS and went in search of healing via a couple of Aboriginal people living in Queensland. It provides five stages of healing, many of them pretty similar to 'The Secret'.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating journey to healing. Others will certainly find useful in developing their practices.

[Mark DeGange]

A very touching and inspiring journey of healing. I have great respect for this scientist that got in touch with the real source of healing: his heart. This guy was seriously shut down. In desperation he allowed his whole paradigm of living to be challenged and shattered. This takes surrender. How many of us would go to those lengths for healing. Clearly he was called, and he responded.
Being a healer, I appreciate the way he spoke about the aboriginal healing process and his own. Maybe this was his left brain at work. But thank God it left the record it did. Maybe there is much more in his psyche we don't get to in this book. So be it. His healing is now our healing.