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

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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.

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...

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.

A profound book filled with hope regarding the link between "conflict" and health. The core of this book is based on the amazing "discovery" by Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer of the concrete link between conflict and illness -- all illness -- which he calls "German New Medicine." Based on thousands of confirmations with actual patients over the past 25+ years, Hamer conclusively shows how conflict leads to illness and that illness is a perfectly normal, logical response which heals the body and restores it to normalcy. Obissier "translates" Hamer's rather technical explanations into understandable words and adds a wealth of information about how to "decode" the current and/or ancestral conflicts which caused the illness. The way we react to one or more conflicts determines how our body adapts to these shocks; this can include unresolved conflicts from many generations ago which, without your knowledge, still have an effect on your health as well as your key life decisions. If/when this new paradigm of medicine is accepted globally it will change our world for the better. Regardless, you have the option of evaluating this for yourself and understanding how your body deals with illness and heals itself if you allow it to rather than let drugs, radiation, surgery and/or psychotherapy interrupt a pefectly normal, logical process.

A great book that shows us how to work on our feelings so we can heal ourselves. It is a new radical view of seeing our illnesses, that is difficult to accept it by first hand. If you can have access to the work of Dr. Rycke Hamer which is the basis of this approach you can understand it better.

The information in this book may seem a little far out but if you can suspend disbelief and give it a try, you may be surprised and find that it does seem to work. A bit esoteric in spots, but overall practical and honest information. You've got nothing to lose but whatever your illness is. Well worth the read.

Biogeneology: Decoding the Psychic Roots of Illness

By Patrick Obissier

It seems that a lot of what we call "nature" can be healed by what we call "nurture." Patrick Obissier takes us even deeper into the roots of our ancestral origins of disease by looking at the psychic roots of the disease in question. What I found interesting and useful was how this book deals with the basic principles that underlie all life forms, thereby transcending cultures, race, and environment.

Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide Magazine and Author of "To Believe Or Not To Believe: The Social & Neurological Consequences of Belief Systems"