Religious Contexts for Healing

Christianity

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Judaism

Blank, William, Torah, Tarot & Tantra: A Guide to Jewish Spiritual Growth, Boston: Coventure 1991
Excelloent philosophical survey of Jewish spiritual awareness

Bleich, David J., Judaism and Healing: Halachic Perspectives, USA: Ktav 1981 Excellent review of halachic perspectives on a broad spectrum of health issues

Davis, Avram, The Way of Flame: A guide to the Forgotten Mystical Tradition of Jewish Meditation, HarperSanFrancisco 1996 Basic discussion on meditation, how to set up your regular meditation practice

Green, Arthur, Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology, Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson 1994   The divine in creation, revelation and redemption

Greenbaum, Avraham, The Wings of the Sun: Traditional Jewish Healing in Theory and Practice, New York: Breslov Research Center1995 Wonderful discussion of the wholistic perspectives of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav

Greenbaum, Avraham, Under the Table & How to Get Up: Jewish Pathways to Spiritual Growth, New York: Tsohar 1991 Philosophical discussion, with folk tales, on spiritual growth

Heifetz, Harold (ed), Zen and Hasidism, Wheaton, IL: Quest 1978 Excellent discussions on Eastern concepts as relevant to Judaism, spiritual awareness within Judaism

Kaplan, Aryeh, Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide, New York: Schochen 1985 Excellent range of meditative practices

Kushner, Laurence: Honey from the Rock, Harper & Row 1977/ Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights 1994
Wonderful collection of quotations on spiritual awareness

Ostow, Mortimer (ed), Ultimate Intimacy: The Psychodynamics of Jewish Mysticism, 1995

Raphael, Simcha Paull, Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson 1994 Outstanding compilation of Jewish references to the afterlife

Schachter, Zalman, The Yehidut: A Study of Counselling in Hasidism, Doctoral Dissertaion, Hebrew Union College, Cincinatti, Ohio 1968 Outstanding discussion on Hassidic Jewish views of counseling

Scholem, Gershom (ed), Zohar, the Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah, New York: Schocken 1976 Excellent introduction to Jewish mysticism

Zimmels, H. J. Magicians, Theologians and Doctors: Studies in Folk-medicine and Folk-love as reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa (12th-19th Centuries), London: Edward Goldston & Son 1952

Shamanism

Books

Achterberg, Jeanne, Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine, Boston/London: New Science Library/ Shambala 1985.

Boyd, Doug, Rolling Thunder, New York: Delta/ Dell 1974.

Bramly, Serge, Macumba: The Teachings of Maria Jose, Mother of the Gods, New York: Avon 1979.

Drury, Nevill, The Elements of Shamanism, Longmead, England: Element 1989.

Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, Translator: W Trask, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970.

Garcia, Raymond L. ‘Witch Doctor?’ A Hexing Case of Dermatitis, Cutis 1977, 19(1), 103-105.

Garrison, Vivian, Doctor, Espiritista or Psychiatrist? Health-Seeking Behavior in a Puerto Rican Neighborhood of New York City, Medical Anthropology 1977, 1, 65-180.

Halifax, Joan. Shaman: The Wounded Healer, New York: Crossroads 1982.

Hammerschlag, Carl A. The Dancing Healers: A Doctor’s Journeyh of Healing with Native Americans, San Francisco: Harper & Row 1988.

Harner, Michael. The Way of the Shaman, New York: Bantam/Harper & Row 1980.

Heinze, Ruth-Inge,Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Study of Shamanism, San Rafael, CA 1985, Berkeley, CA: Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies 1985.

Hultkrantz, A. The shaman and the medicine-man, Social Science Medicine 1985, 20(5), 511-515.

Ilieva-Even, Yanina, A Case of Shamanistic Healing in Siberia, Translated by Vilenskaya, Larissa, Parapsychology in the U.S.S.R. Part III, San Francisco: Washington Research Center 1981, 63-64.

Kakar, Sudhir, Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions, Boston: Beacon, 1982.

Katz, Richard, Boiling Energy: Community Healing Among the Kalahari Kung, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University 1981.

Kiev, Ari (Ed), Magic, Faith and Healing: Studies in Primitive Psychiatry Today, New York: Free Press/ Macmillan 1964.

King, Serge., Kahuna Healing: Holistic Health and Healing Practices of Polynesia, Wheaton, IL: Quest/ Theosophical 1983.

Kleinman, A./ Sung, L. H. Why do indigenous practitioners succeessfully heal? Social Science and Medicine 1979, 13, 7-26.

Kleinman, Arthur M., Some issues for a comparative study of medical healing, International J. of Social Psychiatry 1973, 19(3/ 4), 160.

Kleinman, A. Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: an Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Berkeley University of California 1980.

Koss, J. D., Espectations and outcomes for patients given mental health care or spiritist healing in Puerto Rico, American J. of Psychiatry 1987, 144(1), 56-61.

Krippner, Stanley, A suggested typology of folk healing and its relevance for parapsychological investigation, J. of the Society for Psychical Research, 1980(b), 50(786), 491-499.

Krippner, Stanley and Villoldo, Alberto, Spirit healing in Brazil, Fate, Mar 1976.

Krippner, Stanley and Villoldo, Alberto, The Realms of Healing, Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts 1976; 3rd. Ed. Rev. 1986.

Krippner, Stanley/ Welch, Patrick, Spiritual Dimensions of Healing: from Native Shamanism to Contemporary Health Care, New York: Irvington 1992 (22 pp refs).
This is the most comprehensive discussion on shamanism today

Landy, David, Culture, Disease and Healing: Studies in Medical Anthropology, New York: Macmillan 1977.

Lewis, Thomas H, The Medicine Men: Oglala Sious Ceremony and Healing, Lincoln/ London: University of Nebraska (with The American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University 1990.
Written by a psychiatrist/ medical anthropologist, describing approaches and treatments he observed

Long, Max Freedom, Recovering the Ancient Magic, Cape Girardeau, MO: Huna 1978 (Orig. 1936).

Long, Max Freedom, The Secret Science Behind Miracles, Marina del Rey, CA: DeVorss 1976 (Orig. 1948).

Lyon, William S., Encyclopedia of North American Healing, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO 1996.

Matthews, Caitlin, Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Daily Life, Shaftesbury, England/ Rockport, MA: element 1995.

McGaa, E. (Eagle Man). Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World. San Francisco: Harper & Row 1990.

McGuire, Meredith B. with Kantor, Debra, Ritual Healing in Suburban America, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 1988, Abstract from White, Rhea A. Exceptional Human Experience, 1991, 9(2), 266.

Mehl-Madrona, Lewis, Coyote Medicine: Lessons from Native American Healing,. New York: Fireside/ Simon & Schuster 1998..

Moore, Nancy G., The healing web: nursing borrows from Native American tradition to create a better approach to healing, Alternative Therapies 1996, 2(2) 30-31.

Morley, Peter/ Wallis, Roy (Eds), Culture and Curing, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1978.Noble, Vicki, Shakti woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World – The New Female Shamanism, New York: HarperCollins 1991.

Osumi, Ikuko and Ritchie, Malcolm, The Shamanic Healer: The Healing World of Ikuko Osumi and the Traditional Art of Seiki-Jutsu, London: Century 1987.

Oubre, Alondra., Shamanic Trance and the Placebo Effect: The Case for a Study in Psychobiological Anthropology, Psi Research 1985, 5 (1/ 2),116-144.

Packer, Rhonda, Sorcerers, Medicine-Men and Curing Doctors: A Study of Myth and Symbol in North American Shamanism, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, UCLA 1983.

Peters, Larry., Ecstasy and Healing in Nepal, Malibu, California: Undena 1981.

Peters, Larry/ Price-Williams, Towards an Experiential Analysis of Shamanism, American Ethnologist 1980, 7 (3), 379-413.

Rogo, D. Scott, Psi and shamanism: A reconsideration, Parapsychology Review 1983(b), 14(6), 5-9.

Sandner, Donald, Navaho symbolic healing, Shaman’s Drum 1985, 1, 25-30.

Scharfetter, C., The shaman: Witness of an old culture -- Is it revivable?, Schweiz. Arch. Neurol. Psychiatr. 1985, 136(3), 81-95. (German with English abstract).

Singer, Philip (Ed), Traditional healing: New science or new colonialism?, Buffalo, NY: Conch Magazine, 1977.

Somé, Malidoma Patrice, Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman, New York: Tarcher/Putnam 1994. Outstanding descriptions of traditional African initiation rites

Swan, Jim, When paranormal is normal: Psi in native american culture, Psi Research 1986, 5(1,2), 79-105.

Takaguchi, Naoko, Miyako Shamanism: Shamans, Clients and Their Interactions, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, UCLA 1984.

Ullrich, Ann Christine, Traditional healing in the Third World, J. of Holistic Medicine 1984, 6(2), 200-212.

Villoldo, Alberto/ Krippner, Stanley, Healing States: A Journey into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster 1987.

Walsh, Roger N., The Spirit of Shamanism, New York: Tarcher/ Putnam 1990.

Webster, H. Taboo, A Sociological Study, Stanford, California; Stanford University Press 1942.

Whitaker, Kay Cordell, The Reluctant Shaman, HarperSanFrancisco 1991.

Winkelman, Michael James, A Cross-cultural Study of Magico-Religious Practitioners, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of CA Irvine 1984.

Winkelman, Michael, A cross-cultural study of shamanistic healers, J. of Psychoactive Drugs 1989 (Jan/ Mar), 2(1), 17-24 (from Exceptional Human Experiences 1991, 9(2), 265, excerpt #04876).

Young, Alan, Some implications of medical beliefs and practices for social anthropology, American Anthropologist 1976, 78(1), 5-24.

Curanderismo

Books

Kiev, Ari, Curanderismo: Mexican-American Folk Psychiatry, New York: Free Press 1968.

 Native American 

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Spiritual Awareness (may not be associated with reilgion)

Spirituality in Psychotherapy

Barnhouse, R, How to evaluate patients’ religious ideation, In: Robinson 1986, 89-106.

Benor, DJ, Spiritual healing and psychotherapy, The Therapist 1994, 1(4), 37-39 (Translated to German in Spirituelle Psychotherapie, Eine notwendige Weiterentwicklung, in Wiesendanger, Harald, Vom Wunderheilen zur ganzheitlichen Medizin, Munich: Kšsel 1999, 216-224). Articles/SpirHealPT.htm

Benor, DJ, Psychotherapy & spiritual healing, Human Potential, 1996 (summer), 13-16. Reproduced in Holistic Health (British Holistic Medical Association), Summer 2001, No. 69, 32-33; Revised in Healing Research, Volume I, Chapter 1 (revised edition), Southfield, Michigan: Vision Publications (2001)  Articles/PsychotherSH.htm .

Bergin, AE/ Jensen, JP, Religiosity of psychotherapists: a national survey, Psychotherapy 1990, 27, 3-7.

Cornett, C. The soul of Psychotherapy: Recapturing the Spiritual Dimension in the Therapeutic Encounter, New York: Free Press 1998.

Doherty, WJ, Soul Searching, New York: Basic 1995.

Gartner, J/ Larson, DB, Allen, GD, Religious commitment and mental health: a review of the empirical literature, Journal of Psychology and Theology 1991, 19, 6-25.

Gersten, Dennis, Are You Getting Enlightened or Losing Your Mind? How to Master Everyday and Extraordinary Spiritual Experiences, New York: Random House/ Three Rivers 1998.

Josephson, Allan M/ Larson, David B/ Juthani, Nalini, What’s happening in psychiatry regarding spirituality? Psychiatric Annals 2000, 30(8), 533-541.

*Koenig, HG/ Larson, DB/ Weaver, AJ, Research on religion and serious mental illness, New Directions in Mental Health Surveys 1998, 80, 81-95. Excellent review of literature.

*Larson, DB/ Sawyers, JP/ McCullough, ME (eds), Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health: A Consensus Report, Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research 1998.

Lovinger, RL, Working with Religious Issues in Psychotherapy, New York: Jason Aronson 1984.

May, G. Care of Mind, Care of Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores Spiritual Direction, San Francisco: HarperCollins 1992.

Montgomery, Carol, The Care-giving relationship: Paradoxical and transcendent aspects, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 1991, 23(2), pages ?

Pargament, KI, The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research and Practice, New York: Guilford 1997.

Peteet, JR, Approaching spiritual problems in psychotherapy, Journal of Psychotherapeutic Practice and Research 1994, 155, 1001-1008.

Propst, LR, et al, Religious values in psychotherapy and mental health: empirical findings and issues, Journal of Consulting and clinical Psychology 1992, 60, 94-103.

Richard, P/ Bergin, A, A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association 1997.

Robinson, L. (ed), Psychiatry and Religion: Overlapping Concerns, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press 1986.

Shafranske, Edward P, Religious involvement and professional practices of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, Psychiatric Annals 30(8), 525-532.

Simpkinson, A/ Simpkinson, C, Soul Work: A Field Guide for Spiritual Seekers, San Francisco: HarperCollins 1998.

Sperry, Len, Spirituality and psychiatry: incorporating the spiritual dimension into clinical practice, Psychiatric Annals 30(8), 518-523.

Steere, D, Spiritual Presence in Psychotherapy: A Guide for Caregivers, New York: Brunner/ Mazel 1997.

Religious Affiliation/ Practice and Health  (Discussion and Review Articles)

Barna, G, What Americans Believe: An Annual Survey of Values and Religious Views in the United States, Ventura, CA: Regal 1992.

Bergin, AE, Religiosity and mental health: a critical re-evaluation and meta-analysis, Professional Psychiatry: Research and Practice 1983, 14, 170-184.

Ellison, CG, Levin, JS, The religion-health connection: evidence, theory, and future directions, Health Education and Behavior 1998, 25

Gartner, J/ Larson, DB/ Allen, GD, Religious commitment and mental health: a review of the empirical literature, Journal of Psychology and Theology 1991, 19, 6-25.

Koenig, HG, Research on religion and mental health in later life: a review and comentary, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1990, 23: 23-53.

Koenig, HG/ Cohen, HJ/ George, LK et al, Attendance at religious services, interleukin-6, and other biological indicators of immune function in older adults, International Journal of Psychiatry and Medicine 1997, 27, 233-250.

Koenig, HG/ Larson, DB/ McCullough, ME, Religion and Health: A Century of Research Reviews, New York: Oxford University 2000.

Larson, DB/ Larson, SS The Forgotten Factor in Health: What Does the Research Show? Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research 1994

Larson, DB/ Milano, M, Making the case for spiritual intervention in clinical practice, Mind/Body Medicine 1997, 2, 20-30.

Larson, DB/ Sawyers, JP/ McCullough, ME (eds), Scientific Research in Spirituality and Health: A Consensus Report, Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research1998.

Larson, DB/ Sherrill, KA/ Lyons, JS, et al, Associations between dimensions of religious commitment and mental health repoted in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry 197801989, American Journal of Psychiatry 1992, 149, 557-559.

Levin, Jeffrey S.: Religion and health: is there an association, is it valid, and is it causal?, Social Science and Medicine 1994a, 38, 1474-1482.

Levin, Jeffrey S: Religion in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Frontiers, London/Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 1994b.

Levin, Jeffrey S, How religion influences morbidity and health: reflections on natural history, salutogenesis and host resistance, Social Science and Medicine 1996, 43, 849-864.

Levin, Jeffrey S. How prayer heals: A theoretical model, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1996, 2(1), 66-73.

Levin, Jeffrey S./ Vanderpool, HY, Is religion therapeutically significant for hypertension? Social Science and Medicine 1989, 29, 69-78.

Matthews, D. The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer, New York: Viking 1998.

Matthews, DA/ Mccullough, ME/ Larson, DB, et al, Religious commitment and health status: a review of the research and implications for family medicine, Archives of Family Medicine 1998, 7, 118-124.

Oleckno, WA/ Blacconiere, MA, Relationship of religiosity to wellness and other health ralated behaviors and outcomes, Psychological Reports 991, 68, 819-826.

Worthington, EL Jr. et al, Empirical research on religion and psychotherapeutic processes and outcomes: a ten-year review and research prospectus, Psychological Bulletin 1996, 119, 448-487.

Negative Influence of Religious Beliefs and Practices

Bowman, ES, Understnading and responding to religious material in the therapy of multiple personality disorder, Dissociation 1989, 2, 231-238. (negative effects of harsh religious upbringing)

Josephson, Allan M, The interactional problems of Christian families and their relationship to developmental psychopathology: implications for treatment, Journal of Psychology and Shristianity 1993, 12, 112-128 (negative effects of harsh, rigid religious views and practices).

Meissner, WW, The pathology of belief systems, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought 1992, 15, 99-128.

Prayser, PW, The seamy side of current religious beliefs, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 1977, 41, 329-348.

Spirituality in Medical Education

Larson, DB/ Lu, FG/ Sawyers, JP, Model Curriculum for Psychiatric Residency Training Programs: Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice, A Course Outline, Rockville, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research 1996, 28-31.

Levin, Jeffrey S/ Larson, David B/ Puchalski, Christina M, Religion and spirituality in medicine: research and education, Journal of the American Medical Association 1997, 278, 792-793.

Puchalski, Christina M/ Larson, David B, Developing curricula in spirituality and medicine, Academic Medicine 1998, 73, 970-974.

Puchalski, Christina M/ Larson, David B/ Lu, Francis G, Spirituality courses in psychiatry residency programs, Psychiatric Annals, 2000, 30(8), 543-548.

Kundalini Experiences

Galbraith, Jean, Spontaneous rising of kundalini energy: pesudo-schizophrenia or spiritual disease? Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review (UK) 1998, 67, 29.

Galbraith, Jean, Is Spiritual experience up spine always a benign process? Can it teach us anything new about spiritual pathways? Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review (UK) December, 1999, 71.

Galbraith, Jean, Erratum for Gabraith 1999, Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review (UK) 2000, 72, 29 (corrections in table showing results of survey).

Greenwell, Bonnie, Energies of Transformation: A Guide to the Kundalini Process, Cupertino, CA: Shakti River Press/ Transpersonal Learning Services 1990.

Hill, Christopher, Is kundalini real? In: White, John, Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment 1990, 106-119.

Jung, C.G., Psychological commentary on kundalini yoga, Lectures 1, 2, Autumn 1932, Zurich: Switzerland: Spring Publications 1976, 2-33; ibid. Lectures 3, 4, Autumn 1932 1-31.

Khalsa, M.S.S. Gurucharan Singh/ Kahlsa, Sadhu Singh, Kundalini energy. In: White, John, Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment 1990, 254-290 (50 refs).

Kornfield, Jack. A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Pitfalls of Spiritual Life, New York: Bantam: 1993.

Mookerjee, Ajit, Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy, Destiny /Inner Traditions International 1991

Sannella, Lee, Kundalini - Psychosis or Transcendence?, San Francisco: H. S. Dakin 1978.

Selby, John, Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra Activation and Spiritual Growth, New York: Bantam 1992

Thomas, Kate, The Kundalini Phenomenon, New Media 2000.

White, John, Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment, New York: Paragon 1990 (Anchor 1979).