Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine: (CW 312) (Volume 312)

Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine: (CW 312) (Volume 312) (The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner)

20 lectures in Dornach, Switzerland, March 21â€“ April 9, 1920 (CW 312)

â€œOur task is to discover the real difference between those processes in the human organism that we call disease processesâ€•which are basically quite normal, natural processes, even though specific causes must precipitate themâ€•and the everyday processes that we call healthy. We must discover this radical distinction, but we shall not be able to do so if we cannot take up a way of looking at human beings that really leads to their essential nature.â€ â€•Rudolf Steiner

In these twenty lectures, given to medical doctors and students, Steiner presents a new approach to the art of healing, based on the insights of spiritual science.

Taking account of modern medical knowledge and practice, and deeply versed in alchemical, Paracelsian, and naturopathic approaches, as well as homeopathy, aroma therapy, and other â€œalternativeâ€ therapies, Steiner demonstrates, on the basis of his own researches, how a truly integrated whole-person medicine is possibleâ€•one that understands the human as a being of body, soul, and spirit, a microcosm in the macrocosm, a mirror of the earth and of the heavens.

Steinerâ€™s enthusiasm and familiarity with his subject are in evidence everywhere in this volume. The wealth of insights and the range of topics are staggeringâ€•from the meaning of sickness, polarities in the human organism, and the relation of therapy and pathology, to the nature of plant, mineral, and animal in relation to the human being. Specific organs (heart, lungs, bladder, kidney, liver, and nervous system) and specific diseases (including cancer, tuberculosis, diabetes, and meningitis) are brought into extraordinary new relationships and interconnections. The whole question of diagnosis, health, and treatment is repeatedly viewed from various points of view. The result is an astounding new vision of medicineâ€•one that is practical, spiritual, psychological, and fully human. This is no abstract view of medicine; much of the material arose in direct response to the questions of practicing physicians.

This work is required reading for anyone interested in the possibility of a non-reductionistic, non-mechanistic, Western-based holistic medicine.

READ A REVIEW OF THIS BOOK BY BOBBY MATHERNE

Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine is a translation of Geisteswissenschaft und Medicin (GA 312)

Country USA
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Country	USA
Brand	Steiner Books
Manufacturer	SteinerBooks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780880106429
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine: (CW 312) (Volume 312) (The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner)

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