Spiritualism

What is the Difference Between Spiritism and Spiritualism?

[2010 film Depicts the Spirit World]  Spiritualism and Spiritism: A Comparison Similarities Both Spiritism and Spiritualism originated in the 19th century.  Each believes that the spirit world of disembodied beings exists and spirits can interact
integrative mental health

Book Review: Our Woes are Not Signs of Mental Illness

Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes by Richard Hallam, PhD Rethinking Woes In this timely publication (2018), Richard Hallam – a British clinical psychologist – questions the main tenets
Collaborative Mental Health Therapy

Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review

  Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy- T?taihono-Stories of Maori Healing and Psychiatry This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia
Ayahuasca

Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Awakening?

Ayahuasca: Is It a Viable Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rain forest.  It has been used in ceremony by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand
measuring spiritual emergency

The Questionnaire Measurement of Spiritual Emergency

Measuring Spiritual Emergency Measuring Spiritual Emergency has not been very well defined by numerous authors.  Monika Goretski, PhD., has written one of the most informative and well-respected articles published on this theme.  She reviews the
spiritual healing methods

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
Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

An Open Letter to the Spiritual Community About Psychiatry By Kelly Brogan, MD  There’s life with the experience of mental illness and then there’s life as a mental patient. I’ve been told that both entail a
The New Psychiatry

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