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O.T. Bonnett is a retired physician, a published author, and a sculptor. He was born in 1925 in Salina, Kansas and grew up in Kansas, Wyoming and Illinois. He graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1948. After his internship and two years of general surgery residency, he was activated into the Navy during the Korean War, serving for two years. The first eighteen months he was attached to the Second Marine Division at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, and the last six months he was in charge of a thirty bed surgical ward at the U.S. Naval hospital there. Following military service, he entered general practice in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. He practiced eighteen years as a solo practitioner, delivering babies, performing major surgery, and all the things associated with being a general practitioner. In the fall of 1970, he joined The Bellaire Medical Group, an HMO based in the coalfields of West Virginia and Ohio where he served as Chief of the Department of Adult Medicine. In 1987 he left active practice and assumed a position as Medical Director of Miners Colfax Hospital in Raton, New Mexico. He retired after five years and began writing books. In the fall of 1987 while exhibiting his sculpture at an art show in Denver, he met Greg Satre who had a pottery booth next to him. He says their meeting was one of the most significant events of his life, ranking with his birth, graduating from medical school, and meeting his spirit guide, Pan. Throughout his entire life, he has been interested in philosophy and metaphysics. As a boy, he read Emerson and Lao Tse. Many metaphysical principles were incorporated into his practice. Some fifty years ago, through the useof hypnosis, he learned that we all experience multiple incarnations. This knowledge, coupled with metaphysical principles, was helpful in the recovery of many patient's illnesses and injuries. Dr. Bonnett published two scientific articles: Effects of Positive Suggestion on Surgical P

To be really well, we need to understand how our beliefs can make us ill. We don't need to be victims—not of illness, not of injury, not of blind chance. Our minds and intentions, good and bad, directly affect our well-being.

When we understand the connection between our thinking and our bodies, we can have control over our health.

"There are many statements in this book I disagree with, as well as those I agree with. If you want to confront your belief system I suggest you read it. It can improve your health and open your mind to new ideas."
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine, and Miracles"