Author Richard S. Weiss is a Senior Lecturer in South Asian religions at Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand). In his “Recipes for Immortality,” (Oxford University Press, New york City, 2009) Weiss illuminates the continuing success of traditional healers in the …
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Books
Book Review: Alchemical Medicine for the 21st Century
Alchemical Medicine for the 21st Century (subtitled ‘Spagyrics for Detox, Healing and Longevity’) written by Clare Goodrick-Clarke, is among the best “first” books for someone new to alchemy, providing the reader with a concise and very well-written compilation of alchemical …
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Book Review: Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West
Ayurveda is a lineage of healing that has evolved from the primordial past in a far-off land with an unimaginably different cultural context from the West and has endured through oral legacies of countless generations of healers as well as …
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Book Review: Messages from the Dream Body
Messages from the Dream Body by Nancy Dakota Adlman (CreateSpace/Amazon.com, 2011) Messages from the Dream Body is a compelling poetic account of the Shaman’s path. Nancy Dakota Adlman, the author of “Messages from the Dream Body” is a social work …
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Book Review: Light, Medicine of the Future
Light, Medicine of the Future: How We Can Use It to Heal Ourselves Now by Jacob Liberman, O.D., Ph.D. Bear & Company/Inner Traditions Press, Rochester, Vermont 1990 Jacob Liberman, is a doctor of optometry as well as the holder of …
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Book Review: Snake Oil Science
SNAKE OIL SCIENCE: THE TRUTH ABOUT COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE by R. BARKER BAUSELL, Ph.D. Oxford University Press (New York) 2009 Perhaps this volume should have been titled “Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Scientific Skepticism and Bad Methodology.” This …
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Critical Information: A ‘Must Read’ for Every Ayurvedic Educator, Practitioner and Student
Fluent Bodies - Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance by Jean M. Langford Jean Langford, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, takes her readers on a fascinating journey into contemporary India, where ayurvedic medical practice has been …
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Great Book on Ayurveda
Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms by Frederick M. Smith (Author), Dagmar Wujastyk (Editor) Modern and Global Ayurveda is a collection of papers presented at a 2004 conference convened by the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the …
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