My Personal Story: What Came After John of God
In 2001 I was introduced to the phenomenal healer, John of God, at his healing center in Abadiania, Brazil. I was there on a mission: a paraplegic friend of mine wanted to know if John
How Sex Abuse and Spiritual Emergence Are Related in Spiritual Teachers
“The Cardinal” by E. Grutzner, 1846-1925? Spiritual Teachers and Spiritual Emergence Those on a path of spiritual emergence, seeking spiritual growth, often assume that their spiritual teachers are leading lives committed to helping others. Why?
Spiritual but not religious? Jesus was too.
When someone asks you if you’re religious, do you find yourself answering that you’re “spiritual but not religious”? As humans, we have an innate desire to connect with the Divine, but too many of us
How to Manage Spiritual Crisis
Spiritual Crisis and Spiritual Emergency Since psychic and spiritual experiences have been pooh-poohed in our culture—to the point we have considered talking to God as a sign of psychosis?-most people are scared of them. But
SCIENCE CONFIRMS THAT PEOPLE ABSORB ENERGY FROM OTHERS
Learn how energy transmission works. Have you ever felt like being depleted of energy when with a person? A bad vibe often surrounds this experience. According to science, everything is energy and humans are
Our Fear of Psychic Phenomena
Spiritist Medical Congress I just returned from a fantastic conference: the 2nd International Spiritist Medical Congress, “The Dawn of a New Era in Medicine”, October 1-2, 2016, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. The roster
Mysticism and Psychosis
The following article is about mysticism, spiritual experiences, spiritual emergence and extreme states of consciousness, aka psychotic process. It was originally published in Seeds of Unfolding, Vol. VI, No. 4, Fall 1989. It is one of
Human Flourishing
After 21 years of private practice, Dr. Elliot Dacher, a family practice MD, began an in-depth study of the principles and practices of consciousness and health. He pursued his study researching the subtle aspects of
Treating Spiritual Emergency
Treating Spiritual Emergency Learn more about treating spiritual emergency: One of the most unusual ways of looking at mental health crises is they are all “spiritual emergencies”. After volunteering within the Spiritual Emergency Network for
The Effects of Meditation on Mental Health
When an individual meditates, he/she comes into more contact with the Soul and Spirit. The delusion that one is a separate self, an ego, begins to dissolve. As more connection is forged with the Soul