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White Shadow Walking With Janet Mentgen

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Diane Wardell has written a very moving account of her mentor and her own life changing experiences. In White Shadow Ms. Wardell has given us a wonderful insight into the art of healing touch and the lives of those who are dedicated to its practice. While the book is directed towards health professionals and those who strive to acquire the ancient skill it is also enlightening to anyone who wishes to learn more about healing touch. White Shadow is a very personal account of the people involved in bringing this art into modern times and western medicine. I was very taken up by this story, educated, and touched. Wardell has given us an opportunity to see how an individual can awaken the healing abilities that lie within us all. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in personal and world wide healing.

Diane Wind Wardell brings us a glowing picture of Janet Mentgen, who developed and teaches Healing Touch (HT), and established the Healing Touch International organization. Many nurses and other caregivers are using HT, which includes a variety of interventions in addition to hand and distant healing.

At the same time, this book is a marvelously detailed journal of the development of Wardell as a healer and HT teacher.

This is the sort of book one likes to dip into, ponder its lessons, and return to savor again and to chew on. The lack of index and references will hinder such deeper study.

Dr. Wardell follows Janet Mentgen, the founder of Healing Touch, for six months as Mentgen teaches all four levels of the program at many different sites. Along the way, Wardell shares her personal journey in Healing Touch, as well as insight into the character of Janet Mentgen.

As a HT student, I really enjoyed this book. The writing is dry and rough in parts - it is like reading someone's journal, Wardell's journal in fact. But Wardell is like a wonderful older student or big sister who helps you with your homework. I am grateful for her help! I learned more about Healing Touch, and got a better sense of the spiritual aspects of the work. Wardell's descriptions of the Medicine Wheel as part of her spiritual path were fascinating. On the technical side, I found it interesting how Mentgen would use Etheric Vitality meditation, instead of the Hara meditation, to raise her energies for a session. I found the descriptions of advanced techniques, such as Central Core Balance, very helpful. Overall, I got a better sense of what it takes to do this work.

This is an experiential tale of being the "sorcerer's apprentice" written in a stream of consciousness style which envelops the reader in a sense of the experience of the healing touch training.