Achterberg, Jeanne

Imagery in healing; shamanism and modern medicine - 1st ed - Boston/London Shambhala c1985 - viii, 253p.; illus.; appendices; bibliog. notes; bibliog; index. - (New Science Library) .

1 The shaman: master healer of the imaginary realms. 2 The golden thread: imagery and the history of medicine. 3 The shaman and the scientist: uses of imagery in modern medicine. 4 Science and the imagination: physiology and biochemistry. 5 Behavioral and social science: imagination as psychotherapy. 6 Immune odyssey: mind and disease

'...links the ancient visionary methods of shamanism to the provocative results of recent research on the healing power of imagery. A courageous and interesting book.'

Paperback

0-394-73031-3

84-20748


Medicine and Psychology
Mind and Body
Imagery (Psychology)
Psychosomatic Medicine
Shamanism
Healers
Healing

R726.5 .A24 1985