{"product_id":"the-system-of-healing-used-scott-m-taubold-9798893919929","title":"The System of Healing Used by the Filipino Espiritistas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbstract the System of healing used by the Filipino espiritistas: An Archival Study Scott\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Taubold Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center The purpose of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis dissertation was to describe the system of healing used by the Union of Espiritistas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Philippines as perceived by the espiritistas themselves (in accordance with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine standards), from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir own cultural context, not from the view of the parapsychological investigators, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epsychologists, medical doctors, alternative practitioners, and laypersons that have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprovided most of the existing information on Filipino healing practices. The roles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof indigenous healers were presented by prominent theorists, placing the practices of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emediumship and psychic surgery into perspective as indigenous healing phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essential principles and common factors in healing as described in other systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof healing models were also presented. Following this description of the Filipino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eespiritistas' indigenous healing system, while incorporating these essential elements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof healing (according to the prominent systems of healing theorists), this author's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econclusion is that more research of indigenous healing practices in the Philippines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis vital to a better understanding of the role of human consciousness in illness and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehealing experiences. The research question was: What is the system of healing used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the Filipino espiritistas? The study concentrates on descriptions of the Filipino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eespiritistas' system of healing in accordance with the parameters for a healing system\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresented in a journal article in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Defining and Describing Complementary and Alternative Medicine\" by O'Connor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eet al. (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott M. Taubold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893919929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Citiofbooks, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Scott M. Taubold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443091550463,"sku":"9798893919929","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b6046db-2f12-47ab-a73d-a547db45e2f3.jpg?v=1777201796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-system-of-healing-used-scott-m-taubold-9798893919929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}