The Anthroposophical Approach To Medicine

Author : Friedrich Husemann,Otto Wolff
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0880100311

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Today's medicine is strongly influenced by natural science, which focuses entirely on the material nature of reality. Molecular biology has become the foundation of modern medicine with the result that today's medical industry chases after technology to solve all its problems. In the process it is losing its own essence as it moves into fields increasingly alien to human nature as a whole. Nevertheless, many doctors are beginning to reexamine this exclusive worldview in favor of a more wholistic approach to healing. To this end, anthroposophical medicine encompasses a wide range of healing modalities, including orthodox, allopathic medicine. The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine explores the body's relationship to soul and spirit on the basis of Rudolf Steiner's insights into the activities of the spiritual world. Edited by doctors Friedrich Husemann and Otto Wolff, this book invites us to an in-depth view of a true alternative to materialistically oriented medicine. Chapters include essays on childhood development and diseases; the disorders of old age; neuroses and psychological imbalances; pharmacology; healing plants; biochemistry and pathology; blood-work; and special diagnostic techniques. This first of a multi-volume series is an invaluable tool to all who want to extend the practice of medicine to include the whole human being.

Author : Friedrich Husemann
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781621510758

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With the commentary in A Study Companion keyed by paragraph number to the text of An Outline of Esoteric Science, Clopper Almon takes the reader step-by-step through one of Rudolf Steiner's most difficult texts. Each chapter is considered for themes, or brief summaries of the main points, review questions, discussion questions, and Almon's own observations of the text. "The title, Die Geheimwissenschaft in umriss [The occult science in outline] in the original points out that the subject of the book is just those realities and beings which are, at least initially, hidden from most of us. But at the same time, it makes explicit that this is no collection of 'tales of the supernatural,' but a clear, conceptual, thoroughly scientific account of these matters. Because the terrain is unfamiliar, a substantial portion of the book must be what might be called 'conceptual description.'... The book is terse, concise, and demands the reader's utmost attention, as well as the energy to visualize inwardly the pictures presented. It is not a book to be skimmed. Nor is it to be sampled here and there--though one man who tried to do so hit a passage that changed his life." -- Clopper Almon (from his foreword) This study companion will be a great help to readers of every level, vastly enriching their reading of one of Steiner's most important written works.

Author : Friedrich Husemann,Otto Wolff (Dr. med.)
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Anthroposophical therapy
ISBN : 9781621510758

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The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine by Friedrich Husemann,Otto Wolff (Dr. med.) Pdf

Today's medicine is strongly influenced by natural science, which focuses entirely on the material nature of reality. Molecular biology has become the foundation of modern medicine with the result that today's medical industry chases after technology to solve all its problems. In the process it is losing its own essence as it moves into fields increasingly alien to human nature as a whole. Nevertheless, many doctors are beginning to reexamine this exclusive worldview in favor of a more wholistic approach to healing. To this end, anthroposophical medicine encompasses a wide range of healing modalities, including orthodox, allopathic medicine. The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine explores the body's relationship to soul and spirit on the basis of Rudolf Steiner's insights into the activities of the spiritual world. Edited by doctors Friedrich Husemann and Otto Wolff, this book invites us to an in-depth view of a true alternative to materialistically oriented medicine. Chapters include essays on childhood development and diseases; the disorders of old age; neuroses and psychological imbalances; pharmacology; healing plants; biochemistry and pathology; blood-work; and special diagnostic techniques. This first of a multi-volume series is an invaluable tool to all who want to extend the practice of medicine to include the whole human being.

Author : Friedrich Husemann,Otto Wolff
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 088010273X

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Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0880104635

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Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

These lectures -- the first on medicine by Rudolf Steiner -- outline the foundation for an anthroposophical approach to health and illness. Steiner begins with a discussion of various contemporary views of illness and pathology. He goes on to explore illnesses in relation to the whole human being, looking at the various processes and organs in relation to the human threefold organization. Homeopathy, naturopathy, and allopathy are discussed in the light of the spiritual nature of the human being and in terms of the ways various planets and the cosmos influence healing substances. On the whole, Steiner's approach rests on the long tradition of Western medicine without negating its roots. Perhaps more than anywhere else, Steiner's enthusiasm and familiarity with the subject is in evidence here. Steiner describes many specific illnesses and their treatments and how doctors must develop their ability to diagnose illnesses and prescribe treatments based on their own inner capacities.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1855841339

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Medicine by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of modern times, contributed much to the regeneration of culture. In addition to his philosophical teachings, he provided ideas for the development of many practical activities including education--both general and special--agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, religion, and the arts. Today there are thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and many other organizations based on his ideas. Steiner's original contribution to human knowledge was based on his ability to conduct spiritual research, the investigation of metaphysical dimensions of existence. With his scientific and philosophical training, he brought a new systematic discipline to the field, allowing for conscious methods and comprehensive results. A natural seer from childhood, he cultivated his spiritual vision to a high degree, enabling him to speak with authority on previously veiled mysteries of life. Topics include: true human nature as a basis for medical practice; the science of knowing; the mission of reverence; the four temperaments; the bridge between universal spirituality and the physical; the constellation of the supersensible bodies; the invisible human within us: the pathology underlying therapy; cancer and mistletoe, and aspects of psychiatry; case history questions: diagnosis and therapy; anthroposophic medicine in practice: and three case histories.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781855843370

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Medicine by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

Understanding man's true nature as a basis for medical practice; The science of knowing; The mission of reverence; The four temperaments; The bridge between universal spirituality and the physical; The constellation of the supersensible bodies; The invisible human within us: the pathology underlying therapy; Cancer and mistletoe, and aspects of psychiatry; Case history questions: diagnosis and therapy; Anthroposophical medicine in practice: three case histories.

Author : Friedrich Husemann
Publisher : Mercury Press
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Anthroposophical therapy
ISBN : 0929979842

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The Anthroposophic Approach to Medicine by Friedrich Husemann Pdf

Author : Victor Bott
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781855843134

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An Introduction to Anthroposophical Medicine by Victor Bott Pdf

In modern times western societies have become increasingly familiar and at ease with many complementary and alternative types of medicine, often derived from eastern sources. Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophical medicine, founded in the early part of the twentieth century, is a renewal of the original sources of western medicine. However, unlike many modern medical practices based on reductionist, materialistic thought, Steiner's truly holistic system encompasses a picture of the human being as an entity of body, soul and spirit. Anthroposophical medicine seeks to bring harmony to these various aspects of the human constitution. Victor Bott, a medical doctor, gives a comprehensive overview of this remarkable system of medicine, and presents a new approach to understanding the various types of diseases. His survey includes a discussion of the stages of human development, the roles of various organs such as the lungs, liver, kidneys and heart, particular diseases of many kinds, and pointers as to why people fall ill in the first place. He also discusses the increasing prevalence of cancer, and gives insights into specific phenomena such as the menstrual cycle. This volume will be illuminating both for medical practitioners and therapists who wish to learn more about anthroposophical medicine, and for patients who would like a deeper understanding of a key medical approach.

Author : Rudolf Steiner,Ita Wegman
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781855843455

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Extending Practical Medicine by Rudolf Steiner,Ita Wegman Pdf

In this classic introductory work on spiritual medicine, Rudolf Steiner worked in unique literary collaboration with the physician Ita Wegman. Their aim was to revitalise the art of healing through spiritual knowlege - yet in so doing they did not underrate or dismiss modern scientific medicine, but illumined it beyond its present materialistic outlook to a fuller realisation of the human condition.As Ita Wegman wrote in her preface: "The aim was not to underestimate scientific medicine in an ameteurish way; it was given full recognition. But it was important to add to existing knowlege the insights that can come from true perception of the spirit, enabling us to understand the processes of illness and healing."Today this new extension of practical medicine, known as 'anthroposophical medicine', is used and valued by many physicians and in many clinics around the world.Dr. ITA WEGMAN was born in the Dutch West Indies in 1876 and trained in gymnastics and massage and later medicine. After founding the Institute of Clinical Medicine in Arlesheim, she was made leader of the Medical Section of the Anthroposophical Society in 1923. Her last years were devoted to her work in the clinic where she died in 1943.

Author : Michael Evans,Iain Rodger
Publisher : HarperThorsons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Anthroposophical therapy
ISBN : 0722527713

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Anthroposophical Medicine by Michael Evans,Iain Rodger Pdf

While conventional medicine analyzes disease in terms of cellular disturbances and prescribes drugs to counteract physical symptoms, anthroposophical medicine adds a spiritual image of the human being. Anthroposophical doctors (who qualify first in conventional medicine) increase the range of treatments available, offering artistic therapies, herbal remedies, and many others. Where conventional treatment can only suppress the symptoms, these treatments extend the possibilities of a cure and reduce the need to use conventional drugs. This book is an excellent introduction to the scope and potential of anthroposophical medicine.

Author : William Bento
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Anthroposophical therapy
ISBN : 0880105305

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Lifting the Veil of Mental Illness by William Bento Pdf

Mental illnesses are too often seen only in abstract terms. In keeping with this, mainstream psychology, which seldom acknowledges the psyche or soul, relies increasingly on pharmaceutical treatment. In his unique approach to anthroposophical psychology (or "psychosophy"), William Bento views imbalances of the human soul in an experiential and human way. Basing his views on the work of Rudolf Steiner, Bento looks not only at the human body, soul, and spirit, but also at the way the whole environment of physical phenomena, life forces, and spirit beings affects us as individuals. Going well beyond our immediate, earthly surroundings, the author considers the cosmic effects of sun, planets and stars, offering a holistic view of the human soul. This book is a valuable and accessible addition to the field of anthroposophical psychology and to the study of Spiritual Science in general.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983-04-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780880106993

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Health and Illness by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

In 1922 the hundreds of workers from 17 nations engaged in the construction of Rudolf Steiner's first Goetheanum building arranged for Steiner to give them a daily lecture after their morning coffee break. Rudolf Steiner not only had the workers set the lecture themes but also welcomed their questions and comments. This second colume of nine of these talks retains the vital, coloquial, and spontaneous qualities of the first volume. The workers continued to show a special interest in therapeutics and health, but phenomena from all the kingdoms of nature as well as their cosmic origins were also touched upon. Thus, Steiner was able to shed new light on a wide specture of topics, including the effects of healing metals and substances on the human body, pregnancy, beaver lodges and wasp nests, crossed eyes, vegetarian and meat diets, and various specific diseases such as jaundice, rabies, hemophilia, and influenza.

Author : Joaquin G. Tan
Publisher : Steiner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0983226121

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Healing Ourselves from Medicine by Joaquin G. Tan Pdf

Based on thirty years of practical experience, this book offers a detailed manual for applying the principles of an anthroposophic approach to medicine that anyone use. The author clearly explains the philosophical underpinnings of this unique approach to self-healing, which will prove valuable to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of human health and illness.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1855841517

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Approaches to Anthroposophy by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

These lectures provide an excellent introduction to some of the leading themes of anthroposophy. Steiner carefully corrects certain misunderstandings that had arisen regarding his spiritual-scientific research and demonstrates how anthroposophy has nothing whatever to do with mysticism or spiritualism; nor is it simply a revival of ancient esoteric teachings. Rather, it is a genuinely modern spiritual teaching for Western humanity that builds upon the achievements of science and develops its exact methodology further into the investigation of spiritual realities through the awakening of higher organs of perception.