Master Approaches to New Age Alternative Therapies
Publisher: Pustakmahal Publishers, New Delhi
Published: 2005
Place of publication: India
Description: Physical health is closely linked to mental and spiritual health. In fact very often a physical ailment is but a manifestation of a problem at the psychological level. As such people down the ages have tried to explore this inextricable connection and come out with incredible solutions to a variety of ailments.

This book is a masterly volume providing an over view of the different approaches propounded by thinkers and researchers over time. For instance Choa kok Sui, a Filipino practicing Pranic Healing ( by dividing the body into the physical visible body and the invisible energy body) claiming to cure illnesses of eye, liver, kidney, heart in a few sessions through it. Barbara Brennan, an American and a former NASA physicist bases her healing techniques “on the anatomy and physiology of the human energy field, or auric field”. Dr. Benedict Lust (1872-1945) the father of Naturopathy believed that man could stay healthy and strong as long as he lived in accordance with Natural laws and Yogic practices, as given in an organized system by Maharishi Patanjali in the first century B.C. and known to be a miracle cure for a range of illnesses. Including these, the book brings the basic theories and practices of over 30 such masters from every part of the globe – ranging from Rosemary Gladstar ( Herbal Healing), John Robin ( Healing through Organic Foods), and Lama Surya Dass ( Healing through Buddhist Spiritual Medicine_ to Indian masters ( Healing through Meditation ) and Ancient masters ( Healing through Natural Tantras).