Mental and Spiritual Healing: A Critical Review of the Science


Author: Jonas WB//Crawford C//Chez RA

Affiliation: Samueli Institute for Information Biology (CA, USA
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2002
Other:
 Volume ID: 20   ,  Issue ID: 2   ,  Pages: 316   ,  Word Count: 77  
    This presentation will present the quantity and quality of scientific information in five central areasrelated to spiritual healing.  These include: 1) The Health Impact Of Religious And Spiritual Practices, 2) Intercessory Prayer and Healing Prayer, 3) Research on Mind-Matter Interactions (MMI), 4) Direct mental influence on living systems (DMILS), 5) Non-instrumental - 'Energy' Healing methods, and 6) The Impact of Healing in a Clinical Setting.  Implications of these investigations for the future of spiritual healing, energy medicine and intentionality studies will be discussed.