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 Everything About Mind-Body Medicine Sep 12, 2009
Not an easy book to read, The Cure Within is nonetheless the best summary of the state of mind-body medicine around. The author is a prodigious researcher, and brings the mind of a scientist and the heart of a historian to the subject matter; she reveals how we got to our present attitude toward mind-body medicine and in the process, connects the dots from ancient times to today.
However, the book is so dense with information that after finishing it, I felt forced to read it through once more, and in doing so, picked up a great deal more than I had the first time. It's also written in a monotone, as though the author were delivering it in one long, record-breaking breath. And yet, perhaps, that might have been wise, as the style deflects any sense of sensationalism or silliness in a subject that often attracts just that from other writers.
All in all, there are few books out there that display this kind of interdisciplinary wisdom and insightful commentary. However, as other reviewers have pointed out, she is careful to avoid a point of view; would she herself prefer acupuncture to anesthesia? Would she practice meditiation or take a valium? You have to guess.
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 essay-length idea tortured into a book Apr 25, 2009
I was disappointed by the book. It fails to measure up to the importance and promise of its subject, and reflects a narrow viewpoint. It's not too well-written either
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not a how to book Jan 26, 2009
This book is a comprehensive and fascinating history of human experiences with mind-body medicines, attempts to understand and utilize it, as well as investigate, explain or debunk it. It is not a how-to book, but rather a where, when and why book. The most profound lesson I took from The Cure Within, was that mind-body experiences are determined by our expectations of them, something that has changed dramatically over time.
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Science meets Mind Dec 17, 2008
Allow yourself to step back and listen to the stories of our modern age evolve and witness the cure within.
This book is still being written as we breathe and evaluate and marry experimental science with anecdotal evidence of powers that man has yet to explain. Even if we can not explain how the power works we can not dismiss that it exists and that science wants to know what it's all about.
Anne offers a clearly scripted map of how far man has come in explaining what we know and what we have still to know. And, she offers us the insight that learning unfolds in due time through the stories of each time. Each time has its own story based on its own parameters of experience. Beyond the notion of history, Anne sets the stage for an exciting future to come for all who continue to breathe. Yes, this is a good read.
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It's a great book May 31, 2008
Anne Harrington's book is a wonderful account of how we humans keep trying to figure ourselves out, and to define, "what it means to be human." It's a fascinating historical account that everyone should read.
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