Searching for Healing: Making Sense of the Many Paths to Wholeness Book

This survey taps the increasing interest in and practice of alternative therapies for illnesses that respond poorly to modern medicine, describing how the the healing methods work and what cultures they operate from. The author explores the mysterious interaction of mind and body in healing, exemplified by the "placebo effect." Several chapters explore what has become known as alternative medicine and healing, with their basis in metaphysical philosophies or religious systems. These include acupuncture, chiropractic, homoeopathy, aromatherapy, and spiritualism. The author also considers the impact of New Age spirituality on healing.