{"product_id":"exceptional-experience-and-health-christine-simmonds-moore-9780786459667","title":"Exceptional Experience and Health: Essays on Mind, Body and Human Potential","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 of perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining the influence of spiritual practices, mental imagery, and alternative healing methods such as Reiki and Johrei, the essays encourage the expansion of mental health practice to include the full range of exceptional experiences. By normalizing experiences that are often pathologized, this book recognizes that exceptional human experiences can and do have value for physical and mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Simmonds-Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786459662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786459667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Christine Simmonds-Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443679637759,"sku":"9780786459667","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21ed325f-b709-4846-87dc-4d4145096fc4.jpg?v=1777207087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exceptional-experience-and-health-christine-simmonds-moore-9780786459667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}