Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness: Freedom from the Ancestral Origins of Disease [Paperback]

Patrick Obissier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 2006

Reveals the psychic causes of illness and how to decode and resolve them

• Explains how we inherit illness from our ancestors via cellular memory and provides protocols for diagnosis and treatment

• Demonstrates how illness is an ally that enables individuals to restore balance to both their life and that of their family tree

Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness offers protocols for diagnosis and treatment for conflicts that can span generations. While the idea that emotional stress lies at the origin of every illness is becoming more readily acceptable today, it also is possible to trace the root cause of an illness to our ancestors--their unresolved psychic distress can become part of the cellular memory inherited by their descendants. Until the issue has been settled successfully, it will continue to trigger illnesses in the generations that follow to offset the mind’s inability to resolve the problem. Illness is the body’s way of protecting those who experience severe emotional shock or excessive amounts of stress.

Illness is therefore an ally, rather than the adversary conventional medicine purports it to be. Understanding illness in this way directs us to look for the psychic conflict that underlies it in order to eliminate the disease, rather than merely dealing with its overt physical symptoms. For example, diabetes, which creates excess sugar in the bloodstream, can be triggered by the stress caused by feelings of powerlessness: To compensate for the sense of powerlessness, the body manufactures more sugar to fuel the muscles. To stop this excess sugar production, the psychic distress beneath it must be resolved or it will be passed on to the next generation. When we discover the solutions that create harmony in the body and in our life, the body will no longer have to manufacture illness to restore a sense of balance, and illness will no longer be part of the bequest we leave our descendants.

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“Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness raises fascinating questions for all physicians and patients to consider--to what extent are psychological, traumatic, and survival experiences of our ancestors passed to us through our DNA and to what extent must we consider transgenerational transmission of disease in our search for healing. Obissier presents compelling examples to support his ideas and raises questions that future research and practice must answer.”
(Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D., author of Coyote Medicine and Coyote Healing
)

"In a succinct and easy-to-read style, Obissier explains biological conflict, cold and hot stages of disease, allergies, miracle healing, destiny, the different types of biological programming, possible solutions the brain can adopt, and countless other relevant topics."
(David Paulsen, Ekaha Enchantments, National Review Network, Fall 2006 )

"Certainly, the idea that illness is not necessarily a curse but a challenge to change one’s life is implicitly wholesome. Also sound and constructive is the associated thought that all healing is essentially self-healing--the kind of wisdom that has been an integral part of Yoga and other spiritual traditions for millennia. To see this wisdom spelled out in scientific (neurolinguistic) terms is very helpful, and Obissier’s approach and writing style are positively encouraging."
(Georg Feuerstein, Traditional Yoga Studies, Nov 2006 )

"Patrick Obissier has written a book with a powerful thesis which it is impossible to dismiss and that is capable of changing profoundly the way we think of and seek to treat illness and disease."
(New Dawn, July-Aug 2007 )

" . . . a subtle metaphor for the principles that underlie the homeopathic understanding of human beings and their illnesses." (
Vatsala Sperling, M.S., Ph.D., The American Homepath,
Nov 2008
)

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“Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness raises fascinating questions for all physicians and patients to consider--to what extent are psychological, traumatic, and survival experiences of our ancestors passed to us through our DNA and to what extent must we consider transgenerational transmission of disease in our search for healing. Obissier presents compelling examples to support his ideas and raises questions that future research and practice must answer.”
--Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D., author of Coyote Medicine and Coyote Healing

Most people believe there is link between our emotional/psychic health and the health of our physical body, yet why is it that some people are more prone to illness than others? In Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness Patrick Obissier contends that not only does emotional stress lies at the origin of every illness, but that it is also possible to trace the root cause of an illness to our ancestors--their unresolved psychic distress can become part of the cellular memory we inherit. Until the issue has been successfully settled, it will continue to trigger illness in the generations that follow.

Illness is actually the body’s way of protecting those who experience severe emotional shock or excessive amounts of distress. Illness should therefore be considered an ally, rather than an adversary. Understanding illness in this way directs us to look for the underlying causative psychic conflict in order to eliminate the disease, rather than merely dealing with its overt physical symptoms. For example, diabetes, which creates excess sugar in the bloodstream, can be triggered by the stress caused by feelings of powerlessness. To compensate for this sense of powerlessness, the body manufactures more and more sugar to fuel the muscles. To halt this runaway sugar production, the psychic distress that caused it must be identified and resolved or it will be passed on to the next generation. When we discover the solutions that create harmony in the body and in our life, the body will no longer have to manufacture illness to restore a sense of balance, and illness will no longer be something that we must endure, or part of the bequest that we leave our descendants.

PATRICK OBISSIER is a therapist who specializes in the biodecoding of illness. Since the 1970s he has been studying numerous holistic therapies to address the role disease plays in humans, society, and the environment and the psycho-cerebro-physical effects that manifest in the human body. He lives in the south of France.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press (January 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594770891
• ISBN-13: 978-1594770890
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #541,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Intelligence of Nature, New Medicine and the meaning and resolution of illness, May 14, 2006

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Jed Shlackman (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness: Freedom from the Ancestral Origins of Disease (Paperback)

This book is a translation of the author's French language book about the concepts and implications of the "New Medicine" generated by research of Dr. Hamer. The ideas are well presented for the layperson, with numerous analogies and metaphors. The basic ideas are revolutionary to the existing paradigms which dominate medicine. In the biodecoding process of this field it is understood that psychological conflict lies at the root of illnesses, with observed symptoms being the mind-body system's tool to deal with a conflict. Many case studies are described and the author reports how Dr. Hamer and others have used brain scans to correlate how these psychological/emotional issues are communicated through brain relays to associated organs and tissues. This book is an excellent introduction to these ideas. Some interesting philosophical and metaphysical conclusions are offered in this book, with these being in my view the only areas of weakness to the overall presentation. Soul memory is presumed in this book to be ancestral memory (rather than an additional layer of memories/programming from incarnations that exist independent of one's family lineage, the idea I consider most plausible). The discussion of destiny seems incomplete and paradoxical, though it does stir thinking about the nature of how circumstances come into being and how shifts in consciousness and awareness can shift one's path and experience. Using illness as a catalyst for transformation and resolution of underlying psychospiritual issues is an important model for those seeking to understand the healing process. The author acknowledges that a broad spectrum of therapies may assist in this process, while he shows how "detective work" of some sort is vital to facilitating genuine healing and resolution of illness. I think this is a good book for the public to read, as it takes ideas of people like Louise Hay into a deeper extent of illumination without going into excessive detail; details of decoding processes and mapping of the mind-body system are presented in workshops for professionals which can be found by searching online at websites mentioned in this book.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book, May 11, 2007

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Jacques G. Provost "bookworm" (Kona, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness: Freedom from the Ancestral Origins of Disease (Paperback)

I keep referring to it as Dr Hamer's book but he didn't write it...
it's about his work but it was written by a French guy named Patrick Obissier and the book is titled "Biogenealogy - decoding psychic roots of illness" I don't think the title even comes close to doing justice to the contents of the book... it will be one of the few PERMANENT books in my library... I read it 3 times and I will read it again... until I master the material and I can comfortably teach it... I see it as an expansion on the concept of shock & trauma... his concept of trauma reaches far back into our lineage and includes various illnesses as a way of resolving it... for me, he completely turned the concept of illness upside down to the point that I now welcome it because it is the final repair phase where things come back to normal...
FASCINATING...

27 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deceptive packaging, December 7, 2006

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This review is from: Biogenealogy: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness: Freedom from the Ancestral Origins of Disease (Paperback)

I would have been kinder in my rating of this book if the author had not made so many unsubstantiated claims. For one thing, the use of the term "biogenealogy" in the title is highly misleading. There is nothing scientific about this book: it provides absolutely no scientific research or references to back the author's claims, a significant ommission. While I am always interested in new hypotheses, I object to opinions being presented as fact - as this author does, repeatedly.

I not only find Obissier didactic, I find him pessimistic. If anything, he has us looking over our shoulders in fear of what our ancestors may have passed on to us. This smacks of negative motivation. Obissier ignores the fact that a predisposition to a particular pathology does not automatically mean it will manifest itself in one's lifetime. For example, you don't have to die of heart disease simply because your father did. Your current lifestyle choices have far more relevance, and can even override your genetics. The same applies to the emotional legacies that Obissier refers to. Candice Pert, for one, has shown the effects of mind (here and now) on one's physiology in "Molecules of Emotion" In fact, current research is showing that even DNA is not static - and while modified by our ancestors' stressors, is nevertheless subject to our own mental influence. I am therefore concerned to see little reference in this book to mental and physical choices we can make now, or specific strategies we can employ.

If Obissier is entering the nature-versus nurture debate, coming out on the side of nature, his argument is unconvincing if not prejudiced. Even if his theories are intended to be an extension of the Buddhist spirit of acceptance, they are very negative (which Buddhism is not). What is more, the few positives (which can be found in most generic, motivational books) tend to come across as platitudes - especially the inference that acceptance will allay our fears. That's not acceptance; it's fatalism.

My major issue with this author is that, for all its claims of innovation, his theory is just a variation on the established psychotherapy theme - focus on fixing our pathology (Obissier just posits a different source) rather than on activating our power. If you really want to find mind-body solutions, cell-biologist, Bruce Lipton's book, "Biology of Belief" is a good starting point, and is far superior.