November 2005, Volume 5, No. 11

 

DON'T MISS THE PHOTO AT THE END OF THIS NEWSLETTER

 

*** EVENTS ***  
J = presentation by Daniel J Benor, MD

NEW -- RECENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
 

*November

3-6 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, Karn Mix, 607-871-2216, mixlm@alfred.edu,  http://las.alfred.edu/~soc/SSSR/index.html

4-6 Congregations, Denominations and Research on Religion: Promoting Cooperation, Rochester, NY 607-871-2216, mixkm@alfred.edu, http://las.alfred.edu/~soc/SSSR/index.html

6  Fourth Annual Integrative Medicine Conference at UC Berkeley, http://www.studentsforintegrativemedicine.info/

8-10 Mind and Life XIII: Investigating the Mind 2005, The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation, Washington, DC, http://www.investigatingthemind.org/

8-10 Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation, Washington, DC, Brian Dobson 203-894-9240, mli@dobsonr.com, http://www.investigatingthemind.org/

9-10 American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) pre-conference workshops, Anaheim, CA,  http://acam.org/conferences

10-12 Energy Psychology and the Soul Connection - Seventh Annual Energy Psychology Conference in Toronto, Canada - Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, with pre- and post-conference workshops http://www.TorontoEPC.com/ 

11-13 American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) Conference, Anaheim, CA, http://acam.org/conferences

12 Workshop: Bringing Mindfulness to our Practices as Lawyers and Mediators, Arlington, VA http://www.imcw.org/pdfs/meditation.mediation.11.12.05.pdf

12-13 Discovering Sacred Water, Amherst, MA, Sharon Weizenbaum 413-549-4021, sweiz@rcn.com

12-16 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, http://web.sfn.org/AM2005

13 Dalai Lama: Global Peace through Compassion, Washington, DC, Ticketmaster at (202) 397-SEAT (7328), http://www.dalailamadc.org/

16-20 12^th International Prenatal and Perinatal Congress, Birth and the 21^st Century Family: Opportunities and Challenges, San Diego, 707-887-2838, http://www.birthpsychology.com/

17 FoodMed: The First Conference on Healthy Healthcare Food, Oakland, CA http://www.foodmed.org

17-19 Teilhard's Legacy: Rediscovering Fire, Philadelphia, PA, Kathleen Duffy, 215-248-7197, kduffy@chc.edu, http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/show_article.asp?9282

18-21 Eighth World Congress on Qigong and the 8th American Qigong Conference, San Francisco, http://www.eastwestqi.com/, eastwestqi@aol.com


*December

10 Annual Meeting and Dinner of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Philadelphia, matt@pnhp.org, 312-782-6007, http://www.pnhp.org/anmeetingform.pdf; pre-conference Leadership Training www.pnhp.org/ltiform.pdf

11-January 7 Science, Values, and Religion Seminar, The Association of Science, Society, and Religion, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, India. e-mail Kuruvilla Pandikattu at puneseminar@gmail.com,  http://www.assrindia.org/


*January 2006

7-14 The Scientists Retreat at Insight Meditation Society - to introduce neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists and others who study the mind, to intensive meditation in a retreat setting -- vipassana retreat led by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg.  http://www.mindandlife.org/

11-14 Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, 808-949-1456, humanities@hichumanities.org, http://www.hichumanities.org/

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Shamanism, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Enlightenment, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Sacred Sexuality, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats. 

26-29 Brain Management¨/ Subliminal Dynamics¨/ Mental Photography¨ seminar Ð Learn to read as fast as you can turn the pages, with up to 100% recall. This is a very advanced system of whole-brain learning and hemispheric balancing that super-excites the brain on all levels of consciousness simultaneously.  It is not hypnosis, it is not speed-reading; it is not about developing an eidetic memory. It is a whole body/mind training system that can be understood and practiced by anyone regardless of age, education or IQ.   Philadelphia Ð Thursday 5:00-9:30; Friday 5:30-9:30; Saturday & Sunday 1:00-5:30. Registration must be postmarked by January 5, 2006 for the early bird rate of $795.  After January 5, $895. Checks payable to Martina Steiger, ThD, Mailed Daniel Benor, PO Box 502, Medford, NJ 08055 martinasteiger@earthlink.net www.martinasteiger.com

26-29 The Amazing Meeting 2006: Science in Politics & the Politics of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 954-467-1112, http://www.tam4.com/

29-Feb. 4 MindBodySpirit Medicine: The Professional Training Program, Berkeley, CA, Chanelle Redman, credman@cmbm.org, http://www.cmbm.org/


*February 2006

10-13 Spiritual Activism Conference, Washington, DC, 510-528-6250, joe@tikkun.org, http://www.tikkun.org/community/spiritual_activism_conference/

16-20 Grand Challenges, Great Opportunities, St. Louis, Melissa Rosenthal, mrosenth@aaas.org, http://www.aaas.org/

*March 2006

14-18 Global Summit On HIV/AIDS,Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge, Accra International Conference Centre, St. Paul, MN http://www.africa-first.com/gsaidstmik2006/default.aspx

24-26 Goshen Conference on Religion and Science, Goshen, IN, Carl Helrich, 574-535-7302, carlsh@goshen.edu, http://www.goshen.edu/religionscience


*April 2006

3-30 Attention 4^th year MD and DO Students: Humanistic Elective in Activism, Alternative Medicine, and Reflective Transformation (HEART), California. Clerkship for 4th year allopathic and osteopathic medical students. First deadline for application:  June 15th, 2005 (rolling admission until then and thereafter). General elective credit in Internal Medicine through University of Florida College of Medicine. Peter Klinger MSIII, heartzpace@yahoo.com, http://www.amsa.org/humed/heart/index.cfm

7-9 The Spirit of Mountains, Bangor, ME, http://www.scimednet.org/

19-23 The National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) 26th Annual Conference, From our Roots to the Present: Liberating Voices through Poetry Therapy, Boston, MA, http://poetrytherapy.org/conference.html

29-May 4 The International Congress on Dialogue of Science  and Religion: Science and Religion Defining Life and the Person, Tehran, Iran, Shiva Khalili, 0098-21-8501403-9, shivakhalili@yahoo.com


*May 2006

9 Evening Lecture with Elisabet Sahtouris, London, http://www.scimednet.org/


*June 2006

3 Radical Futures on Renewable Energy, London, http://www.scimednet.org/


*August 2006

6 Northwest Conference on Forgiveness, Bremerton, WA, Sally Santana, sally@ifdnw.org, http://ifdnw.org/


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*** BOOKS ***

Jeffrey Keen. Consciousness, Intent, and the Structure of the Universe, Victoria: Trafford/Jeffrey Keen 2005. 310 pp US$23.99, C$29.99, EUR19.50, £13.50  3 pp. Refs
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    Jeffrey Keen has an Honors degree in Physics and Mathematics from Imperial College, London University and is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Swisher Hygiene UK Ltd. While he was initially a skeptic about psychic phenomena such as dowsing, "he now accepts that science is not infallible and that there is enormous scope in investigating non-mainstream science." He has been studying dowsing and other aspects of consciousness for 20 years.
    Keen's book is written for educated dowsers, researchers in psi, and scientists interested to know whether there are any systematic, lawful observations about dowsing. With Keen's book, the answer is a resounding 'Yes!' Keen has meticulously studied dowsed impressions of various objects such as crystals and ordinary rocks, plants and humans. He reports fascinating notes on the energy fields around single objects, paired objects, and groups of similar objects. Having explored dowsing for several decades, this reviewer was both delighted and dismayed at some of these notes.
    He notes that crystals and other objects become charged with dowsable energy through being in the sun and being located over places with positive earth energies. Their energies are discharged or drained by being in a dark place, being located over places with negative earth energies, or being handled by humans.
            (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)


Deepak Chopra. The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence, New York: Harmony Books 2003, 302 ppPB $14.00.
Deepak Chopra reviews the evidence that confirms we are all linked together in a web of consciousness. Going well beyond this basic fact, he weaves a marvelous thesis suggesting that there are no coincidences. Every single event is pregnant with meaning. The challenge is to open ourselves to become aware of the invitations in what appear to be coincidences -- to waken to our participation in the web of ongoing creation.

When we learn to live from the level of the soul, many things happen. We become aware of the exquisite patterns and synchronous rhythms that govern all life. We understand the lifetimes of memory and experience that have molded us into the people we are today. Fearfulness and anxiety fall away as we stand in wonder observing the world as it unfolds. We notice the web of coincidence that surrounds us, and we realize that there is meaning in even the smallest events. We discover that by applying attention and intention to these coincidences, we can create specific outcomes in our lives. We connect with everyone and everything in the universe, and recognize the spirit that unites us all. We unveil the wondrousness that is hidden deep inside us and revel in our newfound glory. We consciously shape our destinies into the limitlessly creative expressions they were meant to be, and by doing so we live out our most profound dreams, moving closer to enlightenment.

This is the miracle of synchrodestiny. (p. 28-29)

The more we are in the flow of the universe, the more often and the more profoundly our inner desires and wishes can manifest into outer realities. This is not to say that our every whim will be granted to us.
         (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)


WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Thomas Pakenham. Meetings with Remarkable Trees, New York: Random House 1998. 192 pp  60 specimens  HB $24.95 7 1/2 x 9 in.

Thomas Pakenham. Remarkable Trees of the World, W. W. Norton 2002. 192pp $49.95 HB 10" x 11" pages
    These are portraits, not just pictures, each book documenting the impressive presence of sixty venerable trees from around the world.
         (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

 

NEW!
HEALING RESEARCH      Volume II - Popular Edition
How Can I Heal What Hurts?   Wholistic Healing and Bioenergies
By Daniel J. Benor, MD

Wholistic Healing Publications, Medford, NJ 2004 
$34.95, free shipping and handling in US

Foreword by Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

Learn how your body and mind work together in health and illness, and how you can use new and ancient wholistic mind-body techniques to heal your physical and psychological problems.

o     Explore techniques you can use for self-healing of physical and psychological problems

o      Learn about biological energy medicine from Acupuncture to Yoga.

o      Discover the roles of the energy body.

o    Interactions of biological energies with environmental energies.

o     Research in unconventional energies and their relevance to healing

o      Written by a physician who is also an energy medicine practitioner and researcher.

o      642 pp, including references, endnotes, glossary, index   --  Paperback 6 x 9 inches

"Book of the Year" award
The Scientific and Medical Network, UK  

Healing Research, Volume II - Professional Edition

Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing:
Self-Healing and Energy Medicine for the 21st Century
By Daniel J. Benor, M.D.

Foreword by C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

   PAPERBACK, CD-ROM, and eBOOK
     Order from author for 15% discount, no shipping charges in US

This book will dramatically broaden and deepen your understanding of health, illness and healing.

Consciousness: We have far greater potential for healing ourselves and each other than we generally appreciate. Dr. Benor, a wholistic psychiatrist, explains how mind-body and body-mind interactions can cause illness or promote health through wholistic interactions of body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people and the environment) and spirit.  An enormous body of research, clinical examples and a variety of theories explain healing through complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM), including meditation, visualization, acupuncture, osteopathy and many more modalities, with clear and concise explanations of each of these healing modalities.

Bioenergy: Newtonian medicine has been slow to absorb the lessons of quantum physics: The body can be addressed not only as matter, but also as energy. Subtle biological energies are used by many CAM therapies -- some moving through the hands of the therapist, others through specialized interventions explained by Dr. Benor. Acupuncture addresses energies in acupuncture points, along meridians running from head to toes, and in chakras -- the body's energy regulating centers. Homeopathy and flower essences introduce energies and information through the water that is their vehicle for treatment. Does all this sound strange? Dr. Benor has gathered an amazing body of research in this book to confirm the healing potentials of these subtle bioenergy therapies -- explaining some of the roles of our energy body.
    Biological energies interact with environmental energies. Dr. Benor reviews a wealth of research on unconventional energies and considers their relevance to spiritual healing -- following on Volume I of Healing Research, which reviews 191 controlled studies of healing, demonstrating it is a highly effective treatment.

Healing: Dr. Benor explains how we can create health or illness through body-mind interactions, wholistic CAM and bioenergy medicine interventions. He reviews and discusses impressive research supporting claims that CAM and bioenergy therapies are potent and effective treatments.
More about this book and on-line orders at http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Store/Booknew.asp#v2
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Paperback $39.95   (15% author's discount and free shipping in US = $33.95)
        CD-ROM $24.95 (contains extra 75 pp. of CAM resources)
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             eBook $19.95


Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, (Popular edition)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution
Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
   Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies.

Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, (Professional Supplement)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
  Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.
Summary: Out of 191 controlled studies of healing, 124 show significant effects--on humans, animals, plants, bacteria, yeasts, cells in vitro, enzymes and DNA show significant effects.  Selecting out the more rigorous studies, 25 show effects at p< .01 and another 12 at p< .02 -.05.

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Places of peace and power: Sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions of the world
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We are part of a vast universe.      What is our place in this amazing cosmos?            What is your place in this world?                      The sands of time may be limited!

 

	THE BOOMERANG NEBULA
	The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Forever singing, as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.                   - Joseph Addison		Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, J. Biretta (STScI) et al., (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASA
	The Boomerang Nebula spans about one light year and lies about 5,000 light years away toward the constellation Centaurus. This symmetric cloud appears to have been created by a high-speed wind of gas and dust blowing from an aging central star at speeds of nearly 600,000 kilometers per hour. What confines the wind remains a mystery though. It may be a central disk of dense gas or a central magnetic field. The rapid expansion itself, however, has cooled molecules in the nebular gas to about one degree above absolute zero - colder than even the cosmic background radiation - making it the coldest known region in the distant Universe. Shining with light from the central star reflected by dust, the frigid Boomerang Nebula is believed to be a star or stellar system evolving toward the planetary nebula phase. To help better understand the Boomerang's origin, astronomers are studying the above image taken in polarized light, color coded by an angular direction associated with the polarization. Different progenitor scenarios create different amounts and patterns of polarized light. The above image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys .

 

 

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