Metaphysical Medicine
Brittany Schwartz Professor Peters 5.9.12
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Are the affects of Metaphysical Medicine successful in Medical Practice?
Traditional medicine has become a victim of its own success. It is a fascinating story that parallels the development of science in the Western world since the time of Newton, Galileo and Descartes. However, as medical science proved its effectiveness in treating the human body, the mental and spiritual aspects of healing fell by the wayside. The reincorporation of metaphysics, an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception, into the medical practice can evoke true healing. Metaphysical medicine is described as “the causes and treatment of disease believed to arise from pathologies of what is known in occultism as the second body or the non-material substratum of the human body.”1 Its association with the physical is critical to permanent healing and conventional healing. It is the realm of pure thought and ideas developed from observation and experience, taken back to base abstract theory, and then systematically studied for practical applications.
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"Pamela Weintraub." Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness Find a Therapist. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. .
Schwartz 2 “It is the attempt to discover the laws that systematize the fundamental abstract objects presupposed by physical science, such as natural numbers, real numbers, functions, sets and properties, physically possible objects and events, to name just a few..." Metaphysical medicine positively affects the medical practice in many ways; it is medicine’s most valuable teammate. Metaphysics refers to a branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the fundamental nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible. “Beyond the physical.” Metaphysics literally means after or beyond physics and science. It is the study of the being and the “extension of knowing.” For example, “ What is the meaning of life and why am I here?’ It also helps us to
Schwartz 1
Are the affects of Metaphysical Medicine successful in Medical Practice?
Traditional medicine has become a victim of its own success. It is a fascinating story that parallels the development of science in the Western world since the time of Newton, Galileo and Descartes. However, as medical science proved its effectiveness in treating the human body, the mental and spiritual aspects of healing fell by the wayside. The reincorporation of metaphysics, an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception, into the medical practice can evoke true healing. Metaphysical medicine is described as “the causes and treatment of disease believed to arise from pathologies of what is known in occultism as the second body or the non-material substratum of the human body.”1 Its association with the physical is critical to permanent healing and conventional healing. It is the realm of pure thought and ideas developed from observation and experience, taken back to base abstract theory, and then systematically studied for practical applications.
1
"Pamela Weintraub." Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness Find a Therapist. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. .
Schwartz 2 “It is the attempt to discover the laws that systematize the fundamental abstract objects presupposed by physical science, such as natural numbers, real numbers, functions, sets and properties, physically possible objects and events, to name just a few..." Metaphysical medicine positively affects the medical practice in many ways; it is medicine’s most valuable teammate. Metaphysics refers to a branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the fundamental nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible. “Beyond the physical.” Metaphysics literally means after or beyond physics and science. It is the study of the being and the “extension of knowing.” For example, “ What is the meaning of life and why am I here?’ It also helps us to