Healing as a sacred path : a story of personal, medical, and spiritual transformation / by L. Robert Keck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keck, L. Robert, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healing--Religious aspects.

Healing.

Keck, L. Robert, 1935-.

Keck, L. Robert.

Physical Description:

xvi, 312 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

West Chester, Pa. : Chrysalis Books, [2002]

Summary:

"An absolutely stunning book by a brilliant and compassionate man." ---Caroline Myss, author of Sacred Contracts "Bob Keck's genius resides in his heart as well as his mind." ---Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind "Strength, understanding, and inspiration: these are the fruits of reading about L. Robert Keck's healing journey. . . . Keck shows how spirituality is returning at long last to modern medicine and why this is one of the most important developments of the new millennium. Well-written and erudite, this book deserves a wide embrace." ---Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing beyond the Body and Reinventing Medicine

Contents:

Part I A Personal Story: To Hell and Back

1 The Soul of an Athlete in the Making 3

2 A Soul-Quake of Maximum Magnitude 37

3 Another Journey to Hell and Back 51

Part II The Medical Story: Past and Present

4 Miracles in Medical Exile 81

5 The Emerging Synergy: Medicine and Spirituality 106

Part III The Future Story of Miraculous Healing

6 An Ecology of The Heart: Nature and Animals 133

7 An Ecology of The Heart: People 164

8 Awakening the Healer Within: Consider the Whale 183

9 Awakening the Healer Within: the Ultimate "Rule" 222

10 Miracles-in-progress: It's about Time 252

Conclusion: Author-izing Your Own Story of Healing 287

Gratitudes 299

A Call for Stories 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0877853894

OCLC:

49799224