The Heart's Code: The True Stories of Organ Transplant Patients - & What they Reveal about Where We Store Our Memories

by Paul Pearsall

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

299 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

Dr. Paul Pearsall was a licensed clinical neuropsychologist, clinical professor at the University of Hawai`i, and on the Board of Directors of the Hawai`i State Consortium for Integrative Health Care. He was a member of the heart transplant study team at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and Senior Research Advisor for the Human Energy Systems Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

Reviews

[Rodrigo d'Orey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very fascinating book. Because of the amount of anecdotes and scientific data presented it can be a bit of slow reading at times... but well worth the time. The main crux of the book is that our heart is much more than just a pump. It takes you into a voyage of understanding of why one should see the heart as the essence of our being, the seat of our soul. If you are familiar with yoga/meditation you will know that this is also what the ancient seers believed and that it is something one can experience with practice.

[Ana Thome]

A beautiful encounter of scientific research, Hawaiian shamanism, modern medicine, and personal experiences showing how memory cells work in our body.

[Evalee Kunkel]

Sue Peck recalled Evalee would have read this book.

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted this to be a good book, but it sucked. Very painful to read - I stopped at 33% read. It wasn't at all what I expected - too scientific.