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Sacred Medicine

A Doctor's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Healing
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In Sacred Medicine, Dr Lissa Rankin embarks on a decade-long journey to understand why some people heal against the odds. Combining spiritual adventure and rigorous inquiry, she explores faith healing, spontaneous remission, Indigenous wisdom, trauma research, and global healing traditions. The book offers practical healing practices and a thoughtful examination of the complex paths beyond conventional medicine, revealing a profound connection between mind, body, spirit, and nature.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in health and wellness, especially those curious about holistic healing, spirituality, and the interplay between traditional and alternative medicine. It suits anyone seeking hope and understanding beyond standard medical approaches, including wellness advocates and those facing chronic illness or injury.

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A discerning guide to the search for a healing miracle when all else has failed, from the New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine

From New York Times bestselling author Dr. Lissa Rankin comes a groundbreaking guide offering hope for healing when all else has failed.

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When it comes to healing from illness and injury, how is it that some people do everything right and stay sick, while others seem to do nothing extraordinary yet fully recover? How does faith healing work—or does it? What's behind the phenomenon of spontaneous remission—and is this something we can influence? Can we make ourselves miracle-prone?

Certain that if she looked hard enough she would find the answers, physician and bestselling author Dr. Lissa Rankin embarked on a decade-long journey to explore these questions and more. The result is Sacred Medicine, both a spiritual adventure story and a discerning guide to the sometimes-perilous paths available to patients when both lifestyle changes and medicine have failed them.

Dr. Rankin takes us around the world to meet healers gifted and flawed, go on pilgrimage to sacred sites, investigate the science of healing, dive deep into cutting-edge trauma research, and receive the wisdom of Indigenous cultures for whom healing begins with our sacred connection to Mother Earth. Each chapter contains select practices Dr. Rankin has found particularly effective in fostering our capacity to heal.

At a time when medicine is under scrutiny and wellness fads are debunked every day, Sacred Medicine delivers a thoughtful exploration of questions around how we heal—and a path of hope for those in need.

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Sacred Medicine has been praised for balancing respect for conventional medicine with openness to emotional and spiritual healing. Kelly A. Turner, PhD, highlights Dr Rankin's scepticism and safety focus, making her a trustworthy guide through diverse healing methods. Rebekah Borucki commends the book’s integration of science and sacredness, underscoring themes of curiosity, compassion, justice, and community as essential to healing. The work is lauded for being well-researched, thoughtful, and deeply experienced.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683647423

Publisher: Sounds True Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 April 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Sounds True Inc

Illustration: Possible 1-3 B&W, maybe diagram

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 552g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine, The Fear Cure, and The Anatomy of a Calling is a physician, speaker, and mystic. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area. For more, visit LissaRankin.com.

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