LESSONS FROM SPIRITUAL HEALING RESEARCH & PRACTICE

Abstract

Healers and satisfied healees report that healing treatments are effective for numerous illnesses. Modern medicine has been skeptical of such reports, suspecting they are no more than placebo responses. This paper reviews a substantial body of research studies showing that healing may bring about changes in water, enzymes, unicellular organisms, plants, animals and humans. Possible partial mechanisms are proposed for the action of healing in a variety of situations, along with suggestions for further promising research.