Seekers of the Healing Energy: Reich, Cayce, the Kahunas, and Other Masters of the Vital Force

The author chronicles the healing energy from earliest times up to our own day, observing that it is part of consciousness itself. The human body is wave-form energy as much as it is solid-particle mass. More focus is needed on methods that treat the body as energy. The Nei Ching, the most ancient medical work, makes mention of this primordial energy which amongst various cultures & individuals has been called ki, prana, mana, vital force, archaeus, pneuma, élan vital & animal magnetism. The following features of the healing force are identified: It can heal, be conducted by media like metal wires and silk threads, be stored within inanimate materials like water, fluctuate with weather conditions, be controlled by mind, be reflected by mirrors, operate at a distance and be used for good or evil. It furthermore penetrates everything, accompanies solar rays, has properties resembling other types of energy but is a distinct force, possesses polarity and emanates from the human body. In the chapter on Huna healing of Hawaii, the section on the three selves of the individual: subconscious, conscious & superconscious is highly illuminating. Amongst other matters, Coddington discusses the work of William Tufts Brigham, Max Freedom Long and the Hawaiian death prayer. The founders of holistic medicine in the West were Pythagoras & Hippocrates; their works The Golden Verses & The Hippocratic Collection are briefly analyzed. This chapter includes a passage on the French philosopher Henri Bergson. The fascinating Paracelsus was a brilliant and original physician of his time who tirelessly exposed the harmful treatments of his contemporaries and who emphasized the two-fold path to knowledge, by experience and intuitive reasoning. Franz Anton Mesmer, Baron von Reichenbach, Phineas Quimby, Mary Baker Eddy & Edgar Cayce are discussed in one chapter, whilst Samuel Hahnemann & Homeopathy make up an informative chapter that explains the Law of Similars, Theory of Potentization and the 2000 Remedies. Coddington also looks at Palmer & Chiropractic, Kirlian Photography, the Yogic phenomenon of Kundalini, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Ch'i energy, Reflexology, Biofeedback, Breath Therapy, Kundalini, Androgyny, Wilhelm Reich, Rudolf Steiner, the Chakras, Mantra as well as Music Therapy that works through consonance, dissonance, tempo, pitch, melodic intervals & dynamics. She assigns them to three categories: 1 Those that use Ch'i energy and the balancing of Yin and Yang principles 2 Those that employ Orgone Energy - Reichian, Bio-energetics, Breath Therapy 3 Those producing meditative states and may use Prana - Acupuncture, T'ai Chi, Acupressure, Reflexology, Bio-energetics, Breath and Sacred Sounds. The book makes a vast subject accessible to the lay reader, and concludes with thoughts on a new era of healing. It has an extensive bibliography & index. I highly recommend the book Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies

This book was extremely insightful. opened my eyes to new alternative means of healthy living. It has given me hope with my existing medical conditions...MUST READ>