The practice of dream healing : bringing ancient Greek mysteries into modern medicine

Foreword - Stephen Larsen. Part 1 - Invocation and call. 1 The women of Troy: Epidauros, 1987. Part 2 - Myth, method, and meaning. 2 The myth of Asklepios. 3 Dream, myth, and ritual. Part 3 - an Asklepian pilgrimage. 4 Conscious mythmaking. 5 Birthplace and homeland: Trikka, 1300 BCE. 6 Healing sanctuary: Epidauros, 600 BCE. 7 Earth-walking savior: Korinth, 480 BCE. 8 Raising the dead: Troizen, 480-428 BCE. 9 Beautiful and besieged: Athens, 429-420 BCE. 10 The father of medicine: Kos, 400 BCE. 11 To the imperial city: Rome, 291 BCE. 12 Harmonizing science and spirit: Ephesus, 100 CE. 13 The ancient psychiatrist: Pergamum, 150-170 CE. 14 Asklepios and Christ: the Roman empire, 300-500 CE. Part IV - Asklepian healing today. 15 A saint in the mountains: Krete, 2000. 16 Modern dream healing. 17 The ship of death and life: Greece, 1995. 18 "What dream the god has sent": Pergamum, 1998. 19 Sokrates on Krete: Lebena, 2000. 20 The snake returns. 21 Asklepios makes house calls. 22 The future of Asklepian medicine. Part 5 - Benediction. 23 The blessing of Asklepios: Pergamum, 1998

'In this classic work, psychotherapist and Greek scholar Dr. Edward Tick explores the god [Asklepios] as an archetype of the divine physician symbolizing the Self. What he discovers restores the foundation for a truly holistic medicine. First he transports us through myth and history on an imaginal pilgrimage based on his journeys with patients to ancient Greek healing sites, where they recreate the dream incubation ceremonies once held in Asklepian temples. Then from case studies he crafts practical methods that today's healing professionals and lay readers can use anywhere, with or without the help of specialists. His radical model shows how consulting rooms, hospitals, and any place of rest can become sanctuaries for the recovery of the whole person.'

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