Exceptional Experience and Health: Essays on Mind, Body and Human Potential

by Christine Simmonds-Moore

The study of the effect of "exceptional" experiences and beliefs on health--including anomalous, placebo, or hypnotic healing and mystical, religious, transpersonal, and creative experiences--is attracting increasing academic and public interest. This collection of essays explores the nature of mind, its impact on the body, and the relationship between "exceptional" experiences and physical health, mental health, and the potential for other types...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786459662
• ISBN13: 9780786459667
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher