The editor was fortunate to attend the Third Annual Meeting of ISSSEEM in Monterey, California in June.  Scientists and healers of all sorts participated in lectures and workshops which explored a very wide range of variations on the theme of healing.

  Elmer Green, one of the founders of the organisation, shared some of his research on electromagnetic phenomena produced by healers during healing.  He is able to detect these with the use of a room with copper walls, which includes a seat made of marble and electrically isolated from ground.  This research was inspired by Vedic writings which described unusual healing effects when healers gazed at their image in a copper wall while sitting upon such a seat.

  Glen Rein reported on research which extends the studies reviewed in issue No. 5 of the Newsletter.  He found that the heartbeats of Leonard Laskow, M.D., a gifted healer, become very regular when he is healing.

  An organisation called HeartMath has independently arrived at similar findings.  They have developed music with rhythms which are designed to entrain the heartbeat in self-healing rhythms.

  Membership includes an excellent journal, Subtle Energies, which shares many of the ideas and findings of its approximately 2,000 members.  Professional membership $35, Associate $20, Student $15.  Ms. C. Penny Hiernu, Executive Director, 356 Goldco Circle, Golden, CO 80401 USA.

The Holistic Nurses Association will be launched in September 1993.

  Aims: To provide a forum in which to promote research and education amongst nurses seeking to practise holistically; and To encourage and support nurses in their professional and personal development.

  The founding executive of the HNA is a group of nurses drawn from the NHS, Nurse Education and Independent Sector, many of whom have been exploring the dynamics of holism and healing for over twenty years.  Our shared commitment is to promote holistic practice which respects both practitioner and patient.

  Chairman: Rita Benor    Vice Chairman: Bridget Prescott Thomas

  Please contact Membership Secretary for application form: Mrs Nicky Baker, Trevaunance, Barton Hill Rd.
Torquay TQ2 8LA     (0809) 326452

Complementary Medicine in the U.S. has been given an enormous boost by a survey which showed that in 1992 people paid privately nearly as much to have consultations with complementary therapists ($10.5 billion) as they paid for conventional treatments in hospitals ($12.89 billion).  The most commonly used modalities included massage (70% of respondents), relaxation and chiropractic (11%).  Four percent or fewer used imagery, spiritual healing and weight loss programmes.

  The result of this survey is that doctors, hospitals and medical schools are increasing their involvement with complementary therapies.

  Eisenberg, David, et al, Unconventional medicine in the United States: Prevalence, Costs And Patterns Of Use, New England Journal of Medicine 1993, 328, 246-252.

  Discussions in: Advances, Journal of Mind-Body Health, Summer 1993, vol. 9, No. 3, pp 3-27.

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