Healing. See MEDICINE; FAITH HEALING; HERBS; HOMEOPATHY; MAGNETIC HEALING; MESMERISM

(See also: Head of all Heads, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

absent healing (absentee healing, distance healing, distant healing, remote healing, teleotherapeutics):

(1)           Treatment of a patient not in the practitioner's vicinity through magic, meditation, prayer, spirit doctors, or telepathy.

(2)           A form of faith healing that involves the projection of positive healing energy.

(See also: Absent healing, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Healing:

Generally indicates cures that cannot be explained in terms of accepted medical principles.

See also Faith Healing, Psychic Healing, Spirit Cures.

(See also: Healing, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Sufi healing: Tradition of faith healing based on Sufism, an Islamic form of mysticism that developed mainly in Persia (Iran). It is based particularly on the teachings of one of the largest Sufi orders, the Chishti order. Sufi healing includes abjad, breathwork, fasting, and prayer.

(See also: Sufi healing, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Essene way of self-healing: means of tapping psychic and healing powers of the universe. It encompasses affirmations, visualizations, color therapies, and communion with the angels of the Earthly Mother and Heavenly Spirit. (The Essenes, also called Physicians, were a Jewish sect that preceded Christianity. Their specialty was faith healing.)

(See also: Essene way of self-healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Spiritual Gifts

According to Christian doctrine, special abilities given by God to worthy believers. Every Christian has at least one

Following is a list of the gifts arranged in two groups.

• The first are gifts that require supernatural intervention and are possessed only by true Christians.
• The second are gifts that do not require supernatural intervention. Even non-Christians can have the second group of gifts.

A further issue is whether or not the gifts are still in use today. Some believe they ceased with the apostles and the completion of the writings of the Bible) and they are no longer needed for the building up of the body of Christ (Eph. 4: 12). Others believe the gifts are still in use but not in the pure apostolic sense. In other words, they are still in use but not in the same way possessed by the apostles. Instead, they are available to the believer if and when God decides it is beneficial to use them.

The first group of spiritual gifts are: Salvation, Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophecy, Distinguishing of Spirits, Tongues, and Interpretation of Tongues.

The second group of spiritual gifts are: Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving, Leading, and Showing mercy.

(see Psychic Gifts)

(See also: Spiritual Gifts, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Spiritual Gifts

According to Christian doctrine, special abilities given by God to worthy believers. Every Christian has at least one

Following is a list of the gifts arranged in two groups.

• The first are gifts that require supernatural intervention and are possessed only by true Christians.
• The second are gifts that do not require supernatural intervention. Even non-Christians can have the second group of gifts.

A further issue is whether or not the gifts are still in use today. Some believe they ceased with the apostles and the completion of the writings of the Bible) and they are no longer needed for the building up of the body of Christ (Eph. 4: 12). Others believe the gifts are still in use but not in the pure apostolic sense. In other words, they are still in use but not in the same way possessed by the apostles. Instead, they are available to the believer if and when God decides it is beneficial to use them.

The first group of spiritual gifts are: Salvation, Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophecy, Distinguishing of Spirits, Tongues, and Interpretation of Tongues.

The second group of spiritual gifts are: Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving, Leading, and Showing mercy.

(see Psychic Gifts)

(See also: Spiritual Gifts, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Belief -Systems  - The belief or faith that the patient holds as his innermost cultural, spiritual, and psychological resources for healing. For modern man the healer may be a physician or priest. For American Indians and Mexicans it is the curandero or shaman. For Alaskan Eskimos it is an angakok and so forth. Each concept has its own specific practices that help the person with faith to be healed. The key to faith healing is belief. All healers must understand the patient-belief system in order to achieve success in treating most disorders.

(See also: Belief -Systems, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

psychic dentistry: healing of teeth or gums, production of fillings in teeth, or generation of teeth by faith healing (prayer and the laying on of hands) or psychic healing. Psychic dentistry may also include extraction of teeth (e.g., impacted molars) by psychokinesis.

(See also: Psychic dentistry, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Word-Faith Movement

A movement based in large part on the teachings of E. W. Kenyon (1867-1948) that became a distinct movement under the teaching and leadership of Kenneth Hagin, a Pentecostal faith-healing evangelist.

Its teachings include: God himself created the world and all that he does by speaking words of faith. Man's creation in God's image means that human beings are �little gods� capable of speaking creative words of faith. The fall of Adam into sin transformed Adam (and all unredeemed people) into Satan's nature and transferred Adam's godhood or dominion on earth to Satan. Jesus became man in order to restore human beings to godhood as renewed �incarnations� of God. He did this by dying spiritually as well as physically on the cross, suffering in hell, and then while in hell becoming the first person to be �born again,� before finally being raised from the dead. Those who believe in Jesus are supposedly empowered to speak words of faith again, especially in order to obtain bodily health and financial prosperity. Most of the followers of the Word-Faith teachers are Pentecostals

(See also: Word-Faith Movement, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

In 1967, Dr. Shafica Karagulla published, in Breakthrough to Creativity, the results of her interviews with health professionals who claimed they could "see" the condition of organs within the body, as well as fields of force, or auras around human beings, animals, and plants. Dr. Karagulla asserted that a large number of successful physicians she interviewed showed signs of what she called Higher Sense Perception (HSP), which they ...

See also:

Medical intuitive, Medical intuitive - Publications, Medical intuitive - List of related publications, Medical intuitive - List of famous medical intuitives

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Mind-Cure.

See FAITH HEALING

(See also: Mind-Cure, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Mental Science.

See FAITH HEALING

(See also: Mental Science, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Tenrikyo

Japanese sect (metaphysical) stressing faith healing, unity of life, and teaching founded by Miki Nakayama, 1838-

(See also: Tenrikyo, Body Mind and Soul)

SPIRITUAL MASSAGE HEALING

Spiritual massage healing is a form of divinely inspired and divinely guided religious healing. It consists of prayer, love, anointing with oil, and movements derived from the laying-on of hands.

It is the practice of one’s religious faith and conscience, and it is a mode of worship. Without prayer, there is no spiritual massage healing. However, each practitioner does spiritual massage healing their own way, which may vary from one client to another.

(See also: SPIRITUAL MASSAGE HEALING, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

Sufi healing: Tradition of faith healing based on Sufism, an Islamic form of mysticism that developed mainly in Persia (Iran). It is based particularly on the teachings of one of the largest Sufi orders, the Chishti order. Sufi healing includes abjad, breathwork, fasting, and prayer. According to its theory - which posits devils, ghosts, and jinn (genies) - disbelief in God is the most severe imbalance.

(See also: Sufi healing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Tenrikyo: Sect founded in 1838 by Japanese housewife Miki Nakagama (1798-1887), through whom God the Parent appeared in order to save humankind. Faith healing is one of its main foci. Tenri means divine reason and is also definable as the order of creation. (See Divine Healing from Japan.)

(See also: Tenrikyo, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

SPIRITUAL HEALING & PRAYER: Religious belief and prayer bring comfort, hope, and relaxation to the faithful of all backgrounds. Studies have shown that regular spiritual observance, prayer, and religious ritual are beneficial to overall health.

(See also: Spiritual healing & prayer, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Christian Science.

See also FAITH HEALING (BCW, SD, TG)

(See also: Christian Science, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

These terms are part of what is called the "therapeutic method" of Orthodoxy, or the "therapeutic tradition". Orthodox theology teaches that a faith is true if it heals spiritual sickness, and brings the faithful to "behold the uncreated Light". [3] Phronema refers to "the completely self-sacrificial trust and faith in religious and ethical truths ... from the voice of God.... an unshakeable certainty about the truth of Faith... undiminished and vibrant throughout life, a continually verified daily experience," [4] "a growing feeling for and ...

See also:

Phronema, Phronema - Therapeutic method of Orthodoxy, Phronema - Phronema in the western Church, Phronema - Footnotes and references

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holistic medicine:

1. Alternative medicine.
2. That form of alternative medicine which focuses on
1. personal accountability for one's health;
2. the human body's ability to heal itself; and
3. balancing the body, mind, and spirit with the environment.

Holistic medicine includes among others acupuncture, biofeedback, faith healing, folk medicine, meditation, yoga etc.

(See also: Holistic medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Christian Science has been subject to significant criticism and public controversy throughout its history. The most highly publicized controversy surrounds Christian Science and medicine. While church members point out that followers are free to choose to seek traditional medical treatment, most rely heavily or exclusively on healing by prayer (Christian Scientists distinguish their method from “faith healing,” arguing that this term refers merely to blind faith, while their ...

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Church of Christ Scientist, Church of Christ Scientist - Theology and healing, Church of Christ Scientist - Origins and early development, Church of Christ Scientist - Theology, Church of Christ Scientist - Spiritual healing in the material world, Church of Christ Scientist - Organization, Church of Christ Scientist - Recent history, Church of Christ Scientist - Notable Christian-Scientists, Church of Christ Scientist - Public controversy

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