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The medical counterculture
Published in Lois N. Magner, Oliver J. Kim, A History of Medicine, 2017
By the 2010s, Christian Science leaders began to soften the Church's traditional prohibitions on secular medical treatment. Church leaders publicly announced that parents could do whatever was necessary to care for their children. Furthermore, members of the Church were told to think of spiritual healing as a way of supplementing mainstream medicine. Seeking a new definition of Christian Science as complementary or alternative healing, Church leaders attempted to strengthen their case for inclusion in healthcare legislation and coverage by insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state programs. Critics assumed these announcements were an attempt to mitigate the harm done to the image of the Church when members were charged with manslaughter or child endangerment for refusing to obtain conventional medical treatment for sick children.
Energy Medicine
Published in Len Wisneski, The Scientific Basis of Integrative Health, 2017
So, let us go out on a limb a bit here and ask, “What are the possible mechanisms of action for intercessory prayer, spiritual healing, or distant healing?” It has been proposed that such healing may occur as a result of activating a healing bioenergy, a subtle energy as we have called it. In this paradigm, spiritual healing occurs because the healer is capable of taking energy from the subtle energy realm, using her or his body as a conduit, and then emitting the subtle energy to the ill person, literally giving it to that person. If the ill person is open to receiving it, she or he may benefit physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It is a type of entrainment of subtle energy to a resonance that the patient can access and use to her or his benefit. One can also focus the same kind of healing energy on oneself.
Spiritualism
Published in Steven L. Jeffers, Michael E. Nelson, Vern Barnet, Michael C. Brannigan, The Essential Guide to Religious Traditions and Spirituality for Health Care Providers, 2012
Steven L. Jeffers, Michael E. Nelson, Vern Barnet, Michael C. Brannigan
• Spiritual healing, recognized in many religions, has been a principle of Spiritualism since its beginning. Evidence is growing in the medical community of the importance of spiritual healing in the well-being of patients.
Complementary and alternative treatment methods practiced by parents in pediatric cases diagnosed with atopic dermatitis
Published in Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2022
Ayşe Akbaş, Zeynep Şengül Emeksiz, Ahu Yorulmaz, Yıldız Hayran, Fadime Kılınç, Halil Ibrahim Yakut, Müge Toyran, Kezban İpek Demir
Psychological stress is an important component of AD and can worsen the disease process. Psychological treatment interventions such as hypnosis and ‘biofeedback’ can be used as adjuvant therapy in AD patients (43). It is thought that the method of prayer and inculcation, which is suitable for the socio-cultural structure of our country, may have a similar effect. Regression can be observed in dermatological patients with emotional relaxation resulting from prayer and inculcation. For this reason, prayer and inculcation therapies are accepted as spiritual healing methods (44). In previous studies conducted in our country, while prayer and inculcation were in the first place, we found it in the 5th place (10.8%) (18,19). Parents with a high level of education may cause this rate to decrease. The basis of this approach is the belief that the soul and body should be evaluated together in the treatment of diseases (45).
Intersections of Traditional Healing and Art Therapy: Legacy of Sarah E. McGee
Published in Art Therapy, 2019
For much of the history of psychotherapy, spiritual healing was considered out of the mainstream and even counterproductive to mental health treatment (West, 2005). However, Helms and Cook (1999) stressed that breaking this taboo is mandatory if therapists intend to deliver culturally relevant interventions. Sue and Sue (2016) underscored that indigenous spiritual healing practices offer a holistic stance by identifying the sources of illness and distress as rooted in imbalanced relationships or disconnectedness from one’s group identity or environment. They concluded, “Harmony and balance are the healer’s goal” (p. 337). In regard to the specific West African health practices that influenced McGee, Vontress (2001) described several differences between traditional and modern healing practices. Unlike mental health professionals, who focus on psychological concerns, traditional healers are holistic diagnosticians who regard the individual as a total system of psychological, physiological, social, and spiritual components that function as a dynamic unit.
Sacred kink: finding psychological meaning at the intersection of BDSM and spiritual experience
Published in Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 2018
All participants reported the felt sense of an external and spiritual presence. This is perhaps what Rudolf Otto described as the Numinous, or an experience of the “wholly other.” Otto characterized the numinous as being entirely different from the experience of daily life, awe-inspiring, potentially frightful, fascinating, and wondrous. The experience of the numinous evokes a “sense of one's own nothingness in contrast to its power” (www2.kenyon.edu). This sense of presence is frequently mentioned in relation to such transformative experiences. Maslow (1962) mentions it as a component of peak experiences. It is the first item listed on the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (Currier et al., 2012). It is also a regarded as a key component in spiritual healing (Koss-Chioino, 2006) and religious conversion (Mahoney & Pargament, 2004).