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Exceptional Experience and Health: Essays on Mind, Body and Human Potential
Author(s): Christine Simmonds-Moore (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Co
- Publication Date: 15 April 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 275 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786459662
- ISBN-13: 9780786459667
Book Description
The study of the effect of “”exceptional”” experiences and beliefs on health–including anomalous, placebo, or hypnotic healing and mystical, religious, transpersonal, and creative experiences–has expanded and gained wider acceptance. This collection of essays explores the nature of mind, its impact on the body, and the relationship between “”exceptional”” experiences and physical health, mental health, and the potential for other types of perception. Examining the influence of spiritual practices, different types of mental imagery, and the practice of alternative healing methods such as reiki and johrei, the pieces propose ways of harnessing positive potential and encourage the expansion of mental health practice to include the full range of exceptional experiences. By normalizing experiences that are often pathologized, this book recognizes that exceptional human experiences can and do have value for physical and mental health.
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About the Author
Christine Simmonds-Moore teaches at the University of West Georgia and has received several Bial grants, given to promote exploration of a variety of topics pertinent to understanding exceptional experiences.
