Since God Created The Pandemic
Since God Created the Pandemic… (and Everything Else) As we weather the storm of Covid-19 and face many unknowns we might pause to ask: “If God is in charge, and life is a classroom, then
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 and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review
Collaborative Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia outlines the key concepts that are
Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Emergence?
Ayahuasca: Is It a 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 consciousness
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 Emergence: What is it?
Spiritual Emergence: The Search for Happiness Inside every person is the deep desire how to find true happiness and spiritual fulfillment. No one can doubt that! Each of us looks for it everyday. Spiritual Emergence
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
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
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
Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
Spiritist psychiatric care is described below…and it’s leading us into new territory that might improve our own healthcare system! Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil “If the spirit is not acknowledged as existing and real,