List Books » Healing Myths, Healing Magic; Breaking the Spell of Old Illusion - Reclaiming Our Power to Heal
Authors: Donald M. Epstein, Janet Mills
ISBN-13: 9781878424396, ISBN-10: 1878424394
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hay House, Inc.
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: New Edition
Even as healthcare technology makes great strides, studies show that the attitude of a person suffering from chronic illness may hold the most sway over the healing process. This book shows that the first step in adopting a positive attitude toward health lies in dismissing harmful myths. "I must forgive before I can heal." "I am sick because God is punishing me." "If it doesn't feel good, it must be an effective medicine." These are outdated concepts that can slow healing -- or make an illness worse. Donald Epstein divides these myths into four categories: social, biomedical, religious/spiritual, and New Age. He discusses each myth individually -- from "healing is expensive" to "every condition can be traced to a demonstrable physical cause" -- and offers replacement myths, or "Healing Magic," to be both meditated upon and declared out loud by the reader in order to create an opportunity for healing.