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Though ancient Egypt was well known for their medical treatments they also believed magic spells could help cure their sick people. Some of these spells involved some strange rituals that have no reason to have been involved in curing illnesses. Though not as common some people still follow these practices to attempt to cure disease.

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The ancient Egyptians experienced the same wide array of disease that people do in the present day, but unlike most people in the modern era, they attributed the experience to supernatural causes. The common cold, for example, was prevalent, but one's symptoms would not have been treated with medicine and bed rest, or not these alone, but with magical spells and incantations. The Ebers Papyrus (dated to c. 1550 BCE), the longest and most complete medical text extant, clearly expresses the Egyptian view of medical treatment: "Magic is effective together with medicine. Medicine is effective together with magic." The magic referred to took the form of spells, incantations, and rituals, which called on higher supernatural powers to cure the patient or treat symptoms.

Heka was the god of magic and also of medicine, but there were a number of deities called upon for different diseases. Serket ( Selket) was invoked for the bite of the scorpion. Sekhmet was called upon for a variety of medical problems. Nefertum would be appealed to in administering aroma therapy. Bes and Tawreret protected pregnant women and children. Sobek would intervene in surgeries. One could call upon any god for help, however, and Isis and Hathor were also invoked, as was the demon-god Pazuzu. Even Set, a god associated with chaos and discord, sometimes appears in magic spells because of his protective qualities and great strength. All of these deities, however, no matter how powerful, had to be called by an experienced practitioner and this was the doctor of ancient Egypt; part magician, part priest, and part physician.

Injury & Disease

Physical injury was common in a culture which not only engaged in monumental building projects but had to contend with wild animal attacks from lions, hippos, jackals, and others. Injuries were easily recognized and treated in much the same way they would be today: bandages, splints, and casts. Since the Egyptians had no concept of bacteria or the germ theory, however, the cause of the disease was less clear. The gods were thought to mean only the best for the people of the land, and so the cause of a disease like cancer was as mysterious to the ancient Egyptians as the origin of evil and suffering is for religiously-minded people in the present.

Although their understanding of physiology was limited, Egyptian physicians seem to have been quite successful in treating their patients & were highly regarded by other cultures.

The most common reasons for disease were thought to be sin, evil spirits, an angry ghost, or the will of the gods to teach someone an important lesson. Although the embalmers who dissected the bodies at death were aware of the internal organs and their relationship with each other spatially in the body's cavity, they did not share this information with doctors, and doctors did not consult with embalmers; the two professions were considered distinctly different with nothing of note to contribute to each other.

Doctors were aware that the heart was a pump and that veins and arteries supplied blood to the body, but they did not know how. They were aware of liver disease but not the function of the liver. The brain was considered a useless organ; all thought, feeling, one's character, was believed to come from the heart. A woman's uterus was believed to be a free-floating organ which could affect every other part of the body. Still, although their understanding of physiology was limited, Egyptian physicians seem to have been quite successful in treating their patients and were highly regarded by other cultures.

Medical Texts

The medical texts of ancient Egypt were considered as effective and reliable in their time as any modern day equivalent. They were written by physicians for physicians and presented practical and magical cures and treatments. They were written on papyrus scrolls which were kept in the part of the temple known as the ('House of Life'), but copies must have been carried by individual doctors who frequently made house calls.

These texts today are all known by the names of the individuals who discovered, purchased, or donated them to the museums where they are housed. The primary texts are:

The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (c. 1800 BCE) deals with conception and pregnancy issues as well as contraception.

The London Medical Papyrus (c. 1782-1570 BCE) offers prescriptions for issues related to the eyes, skin, burns, and pregnancy.

The Edwin Smith Papyrus (c. 1600 BCE) is the oldest work on surgical techniques.

The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE) treats cancer, heart disease, diabetes, birth control, and depression.

The Berlin Medical Papyrus (also known as the Brugsch Papyrus, dated to the New Kingdom, c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE) deals with contraception, fertility, and includes the earliest known pregnancy tests.

The Hearst Medical Papyrus (dated to the New Kingdom) treats urinary tract infections and digestive problems.

The Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus, dated c. 1200 BCE, prescribes treatment for anorectal diseases (problems associated with the anus and rectum) and prescribes cannabis for cancer patients (predating the mention of cannabis in Herodotus, long thought to be the earliest mention of the drug).

The Demotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden (c. 3rd century CE) is devoted entirely to magical spells and divination.

Each doctor had his or her own area of specialization and would consult the text corresponding to their field.

Medical Treatment

Doctors began their diagnosis and treatment of a patient by examining the person and coming to one of three conclusions:

1. I can treat this condition.

2. I can contend with this condition.

3. I can do nothing for this condition.

Cancer, for example, had no more a cure then than it does today. Heart disease could be contended with through spells, medicine, and a change in one's diet. Skin and eye problems could be treated through salves, spells, and incantations. Once the doctor had determined whether anything could be done, the next step was to understand the nature of the problem. It was a given that the root cause was some supernatural entity, but the physician had to understand how that entity was attacking the body and why. The patient would be asked a series of questions to determine what they were experiencing as well as what they might have done to deserve the affliction.

One example of this procedure, from the Ebers Papyrus, addresses the problem of a patient who presents with what appears to be a "mortal illness". The physician is instructed to examine the patient carefully, and if the body seems free of disease except for "the surface of the ribs," the doctor should then recite a spell against the disease and prescribe a mixture of bloodstone, red grain, and carob, cooked in oil and taken over the next four mornings with honey. The spell to be recited is not specified in this case but in many others is given.

Medicines were usually mixed with beer, wine, or honey, and each of these had their own medicinal properties. Beer was the most popular drink in ancient Egypt, frequently serving as one's wages, and was considered a gift from the gods for the people's health and enjoyment. Tenenet was the goddess of beer, but the drink was most frequently associated with Hathor (one of whose epithets was 'The Lady of Drunkenness'). Spells invoking Hathor appear in the medical texts, but an especially interesting one calls upon Set.

Although Set originally seems to have been a protective god, throughout most of Egypt's history, he was the arch-villain who murdered his brother Osiris and plunged the land into chaos. He does appear in certain eras, though, as a protector and champion, and his name is even taken by some kings (Seti I, for example) who especially honored him. In one spell, recited to cure an unnamed illness, Set is invoked to lend his power to the medicine prescribed: beer. Egyptologist Alison Roberts notes that "Set's influence in the beer drunk by the sick person is so great that tormenting demons become confused and are borne away, leaving the person restored to health" (98). The spell reads, in part:

There is no restraining Set. Let him carry out his desire to capture a heart in that name 'beer' of his - To confuse a heart, and to capture the heart of an enemy. (Roberts, 98)

Beer was thought to "gladden the heart" in general, but when one was ill, medicines mixed with beer - and combined with spells - were thought particularly effective. Beer and wine were also prescribed for children and nursing mothers. A prescription from the Ebers Papyrus for childhood incontinence calls for the mother to drink a cup of beer mixed with grass seeds and cyperus grass for four days while breastfeeding the child.

The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus focuses primarily on the uterus as the source of a woman's ailments and frequently prescribes "fumigation of the womb" as a cure. This would be accomplished by directing incense smoke or inserting incense into the woman's vagina. Prescriptions frequently mention "discharges of the womb" as the primary cause for problems, as in this passage:

Examination of a woman aching in her rear, her front, and the calves of her thighs
You should say of it 'it is discharges of the womb'.
You should treat it with a measure of carob fruit, a measure of pellets, 1 hin of cow milk
Boil, cool, mix together, drink on 4 mornings. ( Column I.8-12)

A test for fertility suggests placing an onion in a woman's vagina; if the scent of the onion was on her breath the next morning, she was considered fertile. Pregnancy tests are also addressed in which vegetation (specifically emmer and barley) is doused with a woman's urine; if the plants flourish, she is pregnant. It was also thought one could determine the sex of the child in this same way. If emmer seeds sprouted first, the child would be female; if the barley responded first, the child would be male. Contraceptives are also described in the text with one method cited as the insertion of a plug of crocodile dung into the vagina. Spells accompanying these procedures are also given to make them more effective.

The Demotic Magical Papyrus is completely devoted to spells, rituals, and incantations for summoning the gods and spirits for assistance, and some of these are thought to instruct the physician-magician on how to raise the dead. While this may be so, it seems the purpose of those spells was primarily to gain insight into the cause of death by summoning the spirit of the deceased. Spells are given to summon a drowned man or a murdered man, for example. To summon the spirit of the drowned man, the doctor should put a sea-carob stone (an object not yet identified) on the brazier and call out his name, while for the murdered man, one places the dung of an ass and an amulet of Nephthys on the brazier. To disperse spirits, the dung of an ape was placed on the fire.

Not all of the medical texts involved magical spells in the treatments, however. The Edwin Smith Papyrus, for the most part, gives straightforward procedures in treating injuries. Beginning with the head, the text goes down the body giving the type of injury sustained and suggesting how best to deal with the problem. Although eight magic spells appear on the back of the papyrus, the majority of the work is concerned entirely with medical procedures addressing injuries directly without an appeal for supernatural intervention.

Conclusion

The ancient Egyptians were acquainted with the concept that disease could be naturally occurring as early as the beginning of the Old Kingdom (c. 2613-2181 BCE). The architect Imhotep (c. 2667-2600 BCE), best known for his work on the king Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, had written medical treatises emphasizing this possibility and claiming that disease was not necessarily a punishment from the gods or the work of evil spirits. His ideas were not ignored either as he was highly respected for his work and was later deified as a god of medicine and healing.

Even so, lacking any other probable cause for sickness, the Egyptians continued to believe in supernatural elements influencing one's health. Although the title of swnw (general practitioner) and sau (magical practitioner) appear in inscriptions relating to doctors, magic was important for both. This is not surprising as human beings will always seek out a reason for any given experience. When faced with some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon, one will find a cause for it in that which seems most reasonable to one's belief system.

The earliest myths were told to explain the rising of the sun, the change of seasons, the reason for suffering; and these all had a supernatural element to them. The gods were present in every aspect of the ancient Egyptians' lives. When it came to determining the root cause of disease, therefore, they looked to that same source and implemented spells and rituals to call upon their gods for health and well-being with the same confidence people in the present day submit to any treatment prescribed by the modern medical profession.

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The ancient Egyptians experienced the same wide array of disease that people do in the present day, but unlike most people in the modern era, they attributed the experience to supernatural causes. The common cold, for example, was prevalent, but one's symptoms would not have been treated with medicine and bed rest, or not these alone, but with magical spells and incantations.

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This is an article to teach people how to see aura. This article is very long and constantly references colours and a like even says “to ask the aura to show itself.” The sheer length of the article could make someone who was just trying to see if it is possible agree since there is enough information. However once the information is read it is clear that it does not make any sense.

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The true majesty of the aura is that it doesn't lie. In this luminescent sheen, all untold beauty lies waiting to be discovered. We all have auras, that colorful field that decorates the Light Body. Plants, animals, people, and even buildings all radiate distinct colors which reveal more than our words can.

While not the most impressive party trick, paying attention to a person's aura will tell you much more than words alone. Little effort is required but perhaps patience on yourself as you begin to notice the field, will serve you best.

How can we begin to read these subtle fields then to learn to see more than what is being given to us? It is quiet easy to learn how to read auras but first let's cover some basics before you begin.

What is the Aura?

James van Praggh reminds us we are spirits having a human experience and it is this frequency of spirit which vibrates creating the energetic field around us. This field around our physical body is known as the "aura."

We have 10 bodies according to both Egyptian and Hindu traditions and the auric field can generally be seen radiating from 6-18 inches outside of the physical body. This prevalence of color illustrates these subtle bodies beautifully. It is the colors which will help us most "see" the aura.

Colors of the Aura

A vibrant color indicates spiritual awareness and wellbeing while dull or muddied colors reveal a sluggishness in self-knowledge and even sickness. Those who balance their chakras, practice yoga and make conscious eating choices will naturally radiate from their acts of self-love. Less pronounced colors may indicate places where more awareness is necessary.

The colors in the field will also reveal much in learning how to read the auras. While some of us may physically see them, some sensitives may be more accurately able to feel them. I am a clarisentient which means I can sense things much better than I can see them(clairvoyant). Be gentle in your explorations of which of your psychic senses are more developed and begin first with those which are the strongest.

To begin to sense the frequency of color is the best place way to read auras for beginners. For a moment, allow yourself to come into stillness, closing your eyes and breathing deeply. Then invite the colors to wash over you noticing how each feels in your subtle and physical bodies. When you can become familiar with the vibration of the colors it is easier to notice it in others. This is an easy and accessible way for beginners to sense the aura.

Location of the Aura

Our aura will surround our entire body, but most often Kirlian photos will simply capture the field around the head and chest. There are many ways to physically capture the aura with great diagnostic accuracy. But in the absence of cool technology and a hefty investment, you can easily begin to sense these auric fields for yourself.

Those fields around the upper body will be a good indicator of where the person is now. Sometimes jagged and other times smooth, the texture will also reveal how consistent this energy is residing within the person.

Cool flashes of color can sometimes be seen outside of the field. Called "clouds" or "flares", these can indicate tendencies that don't always permeate the field directly but are influential in the reality of the person.

Large blocks of color or human-shaped colors most often reveal the presence of our guides to us. I once had the outline of a golden body standing to my right indicating the companionship of a Ascended Master I had been working with quite regularly. Other times loved ones may appear to simply say hello.

I once did 300 aura readings in a weekend. Watching the colors dance through each soul was both a sensory overload and a massive learning experience. Truth be told, I didn't know how to read auras before that weekend but I learned quickly. I was most amazed by how each person matched their field. Rarely was I stumped or surprised by what I saw in the image and the person standing before me. I was heartened to see how truly accurate these beautiful images were of each person's moment of their life's journey.

Placement of Colors

The location of each color will also illuminate many interesting facets. For instance, if someone carries red around their chest, it may indicate a frustrated heart while white around the crown will portray a highly advanced soul.

My first aura photo came in with a black arch over my head. While the black may immediately put off novices, I was in the hands of an expert who asked if I had a near death experience. "Nope," I replied. She smiled deeply and said "You must be a shaman then who is able to cross between the worlds of life and death." Bam! She saw something in me that (at that time) I had not even fully embraced in myself.

Colors Will Change

It should be noted that the aura colors will change. As we grow and evolve, our aura reflects our efforts.

It's fascinating to me to watch how the colors will morph over time, even from one minute to the next the field is affected by every thought and interaction we have. Never are two images the same and seeing the colors can be a excellent way to track spiritual progress.

How to Read Auras for Beginners

1. Notice Energy

Before we can fully develop our ability to see auras, we must first become aware of how energy feels in our body. Next time you are with a friend, pay attention to how you feel in their presence. Do they invite you in to feel loved and cherished or rather drain you of your own energy? Align yourself with your breath and ask for an honest sensation of how they feel to you. It is this visceral, physical reaction which if we begin to honor will assist us best in navigating the many people with whom we come in contact.

2. Auras are Easier to See From the Periphery

Goofy but true, we are rarely able to see an aura. As we are biological machines processing and filtering out so much information, so too is our direct vision affected by the lightning speed editing of our brains. To begin seeing the aura, gaze at one spot for 30-60 seconds and allow your gaze to soften. Notice those objects just outside of your direct sight to further develop your periphery vision. While mastering your gaze, there is no need to strain or stress for that will only trigger anxiety in the brain. Breathe normally while practicing this soft-focus vision.

3. Color is King

As we explored, it is the presence of color that will best hone your ability to read auras. To expand your sight, go into a neutral colored room and play with brightly colored objects. I find this best taped to the wall at a distance so I can practice my periphery best. Close your eyes and breathe asking the colors to show themselves to you. Gaze at the color (poster board or a solid color wrapped object are good) while breathing deeply. Again allow your gaze to soften almost as if you are looking through it.

Take note of the field outside of the colored object. You'll begin to notice a pale, shimmer of color coming off of it. This is the magic of reading the aura. As you gain confidence with single colors, gradually add in multi-colored objects to expand your psychic vision.

4. Read the Aura of Another

As plants are our most gracious earth allies, start with them-- plus they won't say anything if you're wrong!

When you're ready to move on to people, please get their permission first. This will ensure free will is honored and will grant you access to see their aura. This is simply polite after all and will ensure clean boundaries and access to the unseen realms are respected.

Ask them to stand 14-18 inches in front of you against the neutral wall. Look at the wall- not your friend- and begin to sense the field. Softly gazing through her and at the wall around her. Ask the aura to show itself to you, and pay attention to not only your vision but also your sense of the colors. Once you've made this connection in reading the aura, up the game by asking them to move around slowly to see if you can still sense the same colors. As a fun bonus, put on their favorite music to see if the colors shift.

5. Self-Practice

Once you've honed your skills with others you may be up for trying to read your own aura! Note that this may be a bit more challenging but is an excellent practice at strengthening your intuitive abilities. Sit in a quiet meditative space and clear your mind. Set an intention that you would like access to "see" your own aura.

Gently rub your hands together, this activates energy between the two hands and turns on the Aka. The stickiness (or sense of being magnetized to one another) you may feel is known as Aka -- the ethereal substance of life-- to the ancient Egyptians and is the invisible thread that creates matter.

Focus your attention between the palms and see if you can sense a color to these threads of energy. It may feel like mist or fog even but your physical sense of color will confirm and bolster your psychic vision.

Seeing auras is just one step to greater awareness and elevating our consciousness for it brings us into alignment with those people, spaces and situations which serve us best.

The blessing of how to read auras is that it gives us a direct experience of energetic reality which we often ignore. When we can honor the invisible reality we navigate through each day, it will slow down our fast pace and bring us into greater harmony with the spiritual nature of reality all around us.

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The true majesty of the aura is that it doesn't lie. In this luminescent sheen, all untold beauty lies waiting to be discovered. We all have auras, that colorful field that decorates the Light Body. Plants, animals, people, and even buildings all radiate distinct colors which reveal more than our words can.

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Energy is another way of saying something happened without reason which is not true. Even just the word energy being used in an explanation should make one suspicious of the information.

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This is an article to teach people how to see aura. This article constantly uses the word energy making it hard to believe there is any scientific data to support it. Also there is no sure fire method to know if the aura has been cleansed meaning how can we even trust any of the information being presented.

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If we are spirits having a human experience, then it is this frequency of spirit which vibrates and creates an energetic field around the human body. This field around our physical body is known as the "aura." Just like your physical body, your subtle body in the form of you aura may experience and exhibit stress, fragmentation, and a loss of luminosity. Spring is an excellent time to detoxify and regenerate, both body and spirit. Try these steps to liberate your aura's highest potential and feel the cascading effects seasons after season.

1. Visualize Your Aura

Sit in a quiet, distraction-free zone in your house. Stay seated comfortably in a position you can relax in for about 15 minutes while practicing breathing exercises. Remain conscious of what you're doing, and aware of your inhales and exhales. You can even meditate. Once you find yourself beginning to totally relax, form a white light in your mind and have it surround you. Allow it to flow throughout you, from the tips of your toes to the top of your head, and visualize it moving up and down your back, near your spine. If you get distracted or thrown off, you can get yourself back on track by re-visualizing the white light and focusing on your breath.

2. Discard Your Negative Energy

Avoid negative people or energy vampires. People affect more than just themselves, so be aware of how others affect your energy and vice versa. One way to protect yourself is to make sure you surround yourself with more positive people than negative ones. Spend less time time (or none at all) with negative people, once you figure who they are. Find positive people who always have a smile to offer and have kind souls. These people can help offset negativity in your aura.

3. Cleanse Your Own Negative Thoughts

Still have negative energy wafting around? Try looking inward. Start paying attention to your thoughts. Are there a lot of negative ones? Take a look at them. Are they untrue, delusional, or paranoid? All the more reason to chuck them out. Focus on the bright side of things. If you are having a really bad day, it's okay to express your feelings, but don't wallow in that place. Make your day a good one by treating yourself to your favorite tea. Play your favorite song. Find a friend to hang out with. If you notice that a negative thought is trying to creep in, confront it with a positive one. If you keep practicing this, you will be able to conquer the effects of negative thinking.

4. Create a Protection Bubble

This is the most commonly practiced ways of protecting the aura. Practitioners praise it as a beautiful way to connect them to the divine, and when it's done in the mornings, it's a defining start to the day. Imagine white light coming down from the sky, divine, cosmos, universe, whatever higher power resonates with you. Connect this light to the crown of your head, and then let it spill out over you and down under your feet. You are now surrounded by a white light bubble. White is pure and highly protective. You are in control of what enters and exits your white bubble of protection.

5. Get Energy Healings

Sometimes you just need a realignment: energy healings can help clean blockages blockages or balance misalignments. Healers also check for negative entities or emotional cords that may need to be cut. Don't underestimate the power of these energy checkups. You might find that your mood swings and imbalanced emotions improve drastically with a little help.

6. Smudge Your Aura Regularly

Smudging is a Native American practice using white sage to cleanse any negative energy. You can cleanse your house, people and things. Try smudging after you've had a lot of people in your home or if you feel particularly drained. Focus your intention on clearing negative energy to allow room for positive energy in your space and life.

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This article talks about how natural remedies work and that doctors are just trying to get you to be putty in the hands of pharmaceutical companies. Though the remedies talked about in this article are not harmful directly they can be if you believe fallowing all the instructions will cure you causing you to not see a doctor.

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(NaturalNews) A small voice inside your head may be telling you that natural remedies are not effective for your current health crisis. And, that's understandable, when you consider the amount of people that believe pharmaceutical drugs are the 'only way' to treat chronic health problems like allergies, arthritis or hypertension. But, here's where it gets really dangerous - especially if you're not feeling well.

The blunt truth about Western medicine. If your healthcare provider says 'natural remedies are a waste of time,' they are either lying to you or simply believe the propaganda put out by the pharmaceutical industry. On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Dr. Michael Murray will reveal lifesaving, scientifically-validated information about the power of nutrition to heal the body. Join us for an amazing show!

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Seven ways to create optimal health - despite what your doctor says

1. Spirituality is key. Obviously, this means different things to each person. But, generally speaking, it's a recognition that there is a force greater than ourselves, which connects us all, and gives meaning (purpose) to our lives.

2. Develop a positive outlook on life. Don't expect everything in life to be 'perfect' or stress-free. Simply put, optimism is essential - even in the face of difficult times. For an extreme example of this read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.

3. Focus on creating positive relationships. Let's face it: we are social creatures and we really need each other. In fact, according to Dr. Michael Murray, 'there is much scientific evidence that positive relationships can prevent disease and extend life.'

4. Practice healthy lifestyle habits. This is fairly obvious, yet often overlooked by too many people. Avoiding smoking, minimizing alcohol consumption, getting rest and effectively managing stress are all crucial to a life without chronic disease symptoms.

5. Get moving today. Unfortunately, the phrase "no pain, no gain" has turned away the vast majority of the population from exercising. Yet, it's a normal part of who we are. Bottom line: physical exercise ought to be enjoyable and done on a regular basis. The rewards are worth the effort!

6. Eat a healthy diet. Today, more than ever, this is challenging - but not impossible. Make every effort to buy local, organically-raised food. This is so important for avoiding serious health problems - even if your doctor remains uneducated about the power of nutrition to heal the body.

7. Take high-quality nutritional supplements. Most conventionally-trained physicians have no idea about the science behind this topic. Everyone is different, but it's safe to say, many people would benefit from improving their nutritional status through an effective supplementation program.

On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, you'll discover how to dramatically improve your health with nutrition - while, at the same time, reducing your exposure to toxic drugs and risky medical procedures.

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When you're sick: Think about healing (not drugging) your body

For example, when you have a cold, ask yourself these simple questions: Am I emotionally stressed out? Have I been sleeping poorly? Can I eat better? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions ... it's time to think about some natural remedies that work!

On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Dr. Murray will talk about the best ways to naturally detoxify the body, improve brain health, reduce the risk of bone loss, and effectively (and safely) deal with stress, anxiety and depression.

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Dr. Murray is one of the world's leading authorities on natural medicine. He has published over 30 books featuring natural approaches to health. For the past 35 years, Dr. Murray has been compiling a massive database of original scientific studies from medical literature. He has personally collected over 65,000 articles from scientific literature, which provide strong evidence of the effectiveness of diet, vitamins, minerals, herbs and other natural measures in the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease.

According to Dr. Murray, "one of the great myths about natural medicines is that they are not scientific. The fact of the matter is that for most common illnesses there is greater support in the medical literature for a natural approach than there is for drugs or surgery."

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Rituals and Spiritual Practices

These concepts enrich the spiritual and emotional aspects of some people's lives. Although there probably aren't going to be peer-reviewed studies about them, there is merit in the value that they bring people.

We've been geeking out about the healing power of energy recently (see our stories on earthing, and the fascinating research at the HeartMath Institute)-so it's no surprise that Body Vibes, wearable stickers that rebalance the energy frequency in our bodies, have become a major obsession around goop HQ.

The concept: Human bodies operate at an ideal energetic frequency, but everyday stresses and anxiety can throw off our internal balance, depleting our energy reserves and weakening our immune systems. Body Vibes stickers come pre-programmed to an ideal frequency, allowing them to target imbalances. While you're wearing them-close to your heart, on your left shoulder or arm-they'll fill in the deficiencies in your reserves, creating a calming effect, smoothing out both physical tension and anxiety. The founders, both aestheticians, also say they help clear skin by reducing inflammation and boosting cell turnover.

P.S. Leaving them on for the prescribed three-day period left a few goop staffers with marks on their skin, so be careful to stick them somewhere concealable if you've got an event coming up.

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Wearable Stickers that Promote Healing (Really!) | Goop

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We've been geeking out about the healing power of energy recently (see our stories on earthing, and the fascinating research at the HeartMath Institute), so it's no surprise that Body Vibes, wearable stickers that rebalance the energy frequency in our bodies have become a major obsession around goop HQ.

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Post #7 Reason for Belief: Unexplained (Image)

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Post #7 Reason for Belief: Unexplained (Image)

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Definition:

Theories and ideology that has no current explanation. This does not mean that it will not be explained in the future.

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The image displays an image taken by NASA of what they say is space debris. However since it was not collected they could only speculate that it was. However some people took it upon themselves to explain it as an alien satellite causing a theory called the Black Knight Satellite to come to fruition to explain the photograph.

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Post #8 Reason for Belief: Patternicity (Image) 

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Post #8 Reason for Belief: Patternicity (Image) 

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Definition:

Seeing meaning and patterns in images regardless of what is actually there.

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This Image shows a satellite view of the Dinosaur Mini Put Golf Adventure in Niagara Falls Ontario. I used to work at the Niagara Skywheel where the costumers could get a clear view of the course. There were plenty of customers that often laughed because they thought that the Golf holes looked like male genitalia. This shows patternicity because the hole where not designed with that intent they where designed to make an entertaining mini golf course however people will see objects from nothing.

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Perception/Observation (Image) 

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Perception/Observation (Image) 

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People can misinterpret information around them causing their own memories to become distorted. A bunch of people can see the same thing and remember/perceive it differently.

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This is an image that people can look at and see 2 different things, either see a rabbit or a duck. This shows that humans can perceive things differently even when observing the exact same image.

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Post#10 Critical Analysis (Word Document)

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Post#10 Critical Analysis (Word Document)