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Energy Medicine
Interest in alternative healing is at an all-time high -- yet few understand its unique promise and challenges. Now, for the first time, both professionals and laypeople can learn from the most respected authorities in the field, on Energy Medicine. Drawn from the annual conferences of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM), Energy Medicine gathers the latest findings from the frontiers of tomorrow's medicine, taking the listener on a historic, eye-opening tour of our potential as both healers and energetic beings. Here is Dr. Larry Dossey on the scientific evidence for prayer as a healing force; Dr. Caroline Myss, with a penetrating look inside the mind of a medical intuitive -- plus ten more medical pioneers who lift the veil on some of the most exciting scientific discoveries being made today. Unprecedented and unparalleled, Energy Medicine is the definitive resource on the future of alternative healing.
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First published January 1, 1998
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Larry Dossey
64 books88 followersLarry Dossey is a physician and author who propounds the importance for healing of prayer and spirituality. He combines science and prayer to advance the cause of healing the sick.
Larry Dossey studied medicine, graduating from University of Texas at Austin & the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1967. While attending medical school, he became interested in Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism. Severe, recurring migraines prompted him to study biofeedback and meditation in hopes of finding a means of controlling the headaches. He began to practice meditation regularly, while remaining skeptical about the type of praying he had learned in his youth. After graduation, Dossey went on to a distinguished medical career, which included service in Vietnam as a battalion surgeon and residencies at the Veterans Administration Hospital and Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Dossey's curiosity about the connections between science and religion prompted him to begin researching medical studies focused on the power of prayer to aid healing. In the 1980s, Dossey began writing books to document and explain his findings.
Dossey's 1993 book, Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine, made it to the New York Times bestseller list and sold close to 150,000 copies in the first three years after its publication.
Larry Dossey studied medicine, graduating from University of Texas at Austin & the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1967. While attending medical school, he became interested in Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism. Severe, recurring migraines prompted him to study biofeedback and meditation in hopes of finding a means of controlling the headaches. He began to practice meditation regularly, while remaining skeptical about the type of praying he had learned in his youth. After graduation, Dossey went on to a distinguished medical career, which included service in Vietnam as a battalion surgeon and residencies at the Veterans Administration Hospital and Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Dossey's curiosity about the connections between science and religion prompted him to begin researching medical studies focused on the power of prayer to aid healing. In the 1980s, Dossey began writing books to document and explain his findings.
Dossey's 1993 book, Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine, made it to the New York Times bestseller list and sold close to 150,000 copies in the first three years after its publication.
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