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A Path to Healing: A Guide to Wellness for Body, Mind, and Soul

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I have always had a passion for studying the holistic approach to traditional medicine. Most of the books I find are a little to SciFi for me to enjoy. Dr. A. Sullivan, does it remarkably well, she let's you know that she is an average women who make the necessary changes to create her present goal. She's in touch with the human side. Because of her, for the first time after so many books on holistic care I have taken the step and what a difference it has made. Also thanks to Dr. Sullivan I am packing my bags for Bastyr in January. Go ahead buy it make the changes you'll be glad you did.

And I quote from this book: "this attitude about wellness comes from our basic naturopathic beliefs, based on principles of vitalism [p.020...] vitalism maintains that life is more than a complex series of chemical and physical reactions. It relies on the belief that there is a soul, that which makes us breathe, that coordinates and organizes these reactions. This force, or vitalism, allows an organism to develop, reproduce, and repair itself [p.021...] Dr. Hahnemann and the vital force. The term 'the healing power of nature' (vis medicatrix naturae) [...] more than any other healing art of naturopathic medicine, homeopathy is founded upon this philosophy [...] at the core of this philosophy is vitalism [...] the belief that there is an unknowable inner essence, an energy which animates everything we call life. It is the individualized spirit, the vital force, the soul. The soul is the force [p.051...] vitalism: a philosophy at the core of naturopathy and homeopathy, holding that life is more than a series of biochemical reactions; but rather life, and all of the reactions that sustain life, is coordinated and organized by a force or spirit [p.256]." The author is a graduate of Bastyr University, an institution that states naturopathy's vitalism and spiritism {and kind} are "science." Such a claim is patently untrue, thus my low rating.