Compiled by Daniel J. Benor, MD

RESEARCH

Benson, Herbert, et al. Study of the therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer. American Heart J.  2006, 151(4), 934-42 (Large study, null effects)

Braud, William. Conformance behavior involving living systems, In: Roll, W.G. et. al (Eds), Research in Parapsychology 1978, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow 1979, 111-115.

Braud, William/ Schlitz, Marilyn. A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery, J Scientific Exploration 1989, 3(1), 43-63.

Byrd, Randolph C. Positive therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer in a coronary care population, Southern Medical J 1988, 81(7), 826-829. (See also Harris)

Chen, Kevin W et al. Effects of external qigong therapy on osteoarthritis of the knee, A randomized controlled trial, Clinical Rheumatology 2008, 27(12), 1497-1505.

Grad, B./ Cadoret, R./ Paul, G. I. The influence of an unorthodox, method of treatment on wound healing in mice, International J Parapsychology 1961, 3, 5-24.

Green, William Michael, The Therapeutic Effects of Distant Intercessory Prayer and Patients' Enhanced Positive Expectations on Recovery Rates and Anxiety Levels of Hospitalized Neurosurgical Pituitary Patients: A Double Blind Study (Doctoral dissertation), San Francisco: California Institute of Integral Studies 1993.

Harkness, EF/ Abbot, NC, Ernst, E, A randomized clinical trial of distant healing for peripheral common warts, American Journal of Medicine 2000 (Apr 15), 108(6):448-52. (Poor study because warts respond to suggestion of any sort!)

Harris, William S. et al, A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the coronary care unit, Archives of Internal Medicine 1999, 159(19), 2273-2278 (See also Byrd)

Jhaveri, Ankur et al. Therapeutic Touch (TT) affects DNA synthesis and mineralization of human osteoblasts in culture, J Orthopaedic Research 2008, 26(11), 1541-1546.

Krucoff, Mitchell W. Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. Lancet 2005, 366, 211-217.  Duke University, Durham, NC (Large study, non-significant effects)

Muehsam, David J.et al, Effects of qigong on cell-free myosin phosphorylation: preliminary experiments, Subtle Energies 1994, 5(1),93-104.

Nash, Carroll B. Psychokinetic control of bacterial growth, J Society for Psychical Research 1982, 51, 217-221.

O'Laoire, Seán, An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory prayer on self-esteem, anxiety, and depression, Alternative Therapies 1997, 3(6), 38-53.

Radin, D. et al, Remote mental influence of human electrodermal activity, European J. Parapsychology 1995, 11, 19-34.

Radin, D. Hayssen, G. Emoto, M. et al. Double-blind test of the effects of distant intnetion on water crystal formation, Explore 2007; 3:485-492.

Redner, Robin/ Briner, Barbara/ Snellman, Lynn, Effects of a bioenergy healing technique on chronic pain, Subtle Energies 1991, 2(3), 43-68.

Rein, Glen, An exosomatic effect on neurotransmitter metabolism in mice: A pilot study, Second International Society for Parapsychological Research Conference, Cambridge, England 1978.

Rein, Glen, A psychokinetic effect of neurotransmitter metabolism: Alterations in the degradative enzyme monoamine oxidase, In: Weiner, Debra H./ Radin, Dean (Eds), Research in Parapsychology 1985, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow 1986, 77-80.

Saklani, Alok, Preliminary tests for psi-ability in shamans of Garhwal Himalaya, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 1988, 55(81), 60-70.

Samarel, Nelda, et al, Effects of dialogue and therapeutic touch on preoperative and postoperative experiences of breast cancer surgery: an exploratory study, Oncology Nursing Forum 1998, 25(8), 1370-1376.

Sancier, Kenneth M./ Chow, Effie Poy Yew, Effects of external and internal Qi as measured experimentally by muscle testing, Healing with Qigong and quantitative effects of Qigong, J American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1989, 7(3), 13-19.

Scofield, A. M./ Hodges, R. D. Demonstration of a healing effect in the laboratory using a simple plant model, J Society for Psychical Research 1991, 57, 321-343.

Sicher, Fred/ Targ, Elisabeth/ Moore, Dan/ Smith, Helene S. A randomized, double-blind study of the effects of distant healing in a population with advanced AIDS, West J Med 1998, 169(6), 356-363.

Slater, Victoria E. The safety, elements, and effects of Healing Touch on chronic non-malignant abdominal pain (Doctoral Dissertation) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing 1996.

Tsubono, Kenjiro; Thomlinson, Paul. Shealy, C. Norman.
The Effects of Distant Healing Performed by a Spiritual Healer on Chronic Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Alternative Therapies 2009, 15(3), 30-34.

Turner, J. G/ Clark, AJ/ Gauthier, DK/ Williams, M, The effect of Therapeutic Touch on pain and anxiety in burn patients, J Advanced Nursing 1998, 28, 10-20.

Watkins, Graham K./ Watkins, Anita. Possible PK influence on the resuscitation of anesthetized mice, J Parapsychology 1971, 35(4), 257-272.

Wells, Roger/ Klein, Judith, A replication of a "psychic healing" paradigm, J Parapsychology 1972, 36, 144-147.

Annotated bibliography of healing research

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research: Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001; 2^nd Ed Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications 2007. (Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies.)

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research: Volume I, Professional Supplement, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001. (Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.)

Full listing of randomized controlled studies references to 2008, with a few abstracts
http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/completelistrandomizedstudiesx.html

Therapeutic Touch and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Cox, Thomas. A nurse-statistician reanalyzes data from the Rosa Therapeutic Touch study, Alternative Therapies, 2003, VOL. 9(1), 58-64.

Leskowitz E. Un-debunking Therapeutic Touch. Alternative Therapies, 1998, 4(4), 101-02.

Rosa L, Rosa E, Sarner L, Barrett S. A close look at therapeutic touch. JAMA.1998;279(13):1005-1010.

Blank AJ. An even closer look at therapeutic touch [Letter to the editor]. JAMA. 1998;280:1907.

Schwartz GE, Russek LG, Beltran J. Interpersonal hand-energy registration: Evidence for implicit performance and perception. Subtle Energies. 1995. 6(2),183-200.

HEALING - General References    Daniel J. Benor, MD

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research: Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001; 2^nd Ed Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications 2007. (Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies.)

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research: Volume I, Professional Supplement, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001. (Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.)

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research, Volume II: Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing, Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications, 2004. (Self-healing, wholistic complementary/ alternative medicine and integrative care, biological energies, and environmental interactions with bioenergies.)

Benor, D. J. Healing Research, Volume II (Popular edition), How Can I Heal What Hurts? Wholistic Healing and Bioenergies, Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications, 2005. Self-healing, wholistic complementary/ alternative medicine and integrative care, biological energies, and environmental interactions with bioenergies.

Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research, Volume III - Personal Spirituality: Science, Spirit and the Eternal Soul, Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications 2006. (Research on NDE, OBE, spirit survival, reincarnation, spiritual awareness.) http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/hrv3.html

Benor, Daniel J. Spiritual healing for mental health, In: Shannon, Scott (ed). Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health, San Diego, CA: Academic/Harcourt 2001, 258-267. http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/spiritualhealingmentalhealth.html

Benor, Daniel J. Spiritual healing for infertility, pregnancy, labor and delivery, Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery 1996, 2, 106-109.

Benor, Daniel J. Psychotherapy & spiritual healing, Human Potential, 1996 (summer), 13-16.

Benor, Daniel J. Spiritual Healing: A unifying influence in complementary therapies, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 1995, 3(4), 234-238.

Benor, Daniel J. Spiritual healing and psychotherapy, The Therapist 1994, 1(4), 37-39 www.wholistichealingresearch.com/spiritualhealingandpsychotherapy.html

Benor, Daniel J. Intuitive diagnosis, Subtle Energies 1992, 3(2), 41-64  http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Articles/IntuitDx.asp.

Benor, Daniel J. A psychiatrist examines fears of healing, J. Society for Psychical Research 1990, 56, 287-299 http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Articles/FearsHealingPsi.asp.

Benor, Daniel J. Fields and energies related to healing: A review of Soviet & western studies, Psi Research 1984, 3(1), 8-15.

Benor, Daniel J. The overlap of psychic 'readings' with psychotherapy, Psi Research 1986, 5(1,2), 56-78.

Borelli M. D/ Heidt P (eds). Therapeutic Touch: A Book of Readings, New York: Springer 1981.

Braud, William/ Schlitz, Marilyn. A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery, Journal of Scientific Exploration 1989, 3(1), 43-63.

Braud, William/ Schlitz, Marilyn: Consciousness interactions with remote biological systems: anomalous intentionality effects, Subtle Energies 1991, 2, 1-46.

Brennan, Barbara A. Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field, NY: Bantam 1988.

Brennan, Barbara A. Light Emerging, NY: Bantam 1993. (Excellent discussions, well illustrated.)

Dossey, Larry. Healing Words: New York: HarperSanFrancisco 1993.

Gerber, R. Vibrational Medicine, Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Co. 1985. (Broad discussion, well illustrated.)

Ingerman, Sandra. Shamanic Journeying: A beginner's guide, Boulder, CO: Sounds True 2004 (Excellent introduction to personal journeying. Includes drumming CD)

Krieger, D. The Therapeutic Touch, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1979.

Krieger, D. Living the Therapeutic Touch, New York: Dodd Mead 1987.

Krippner S/ Welch, P. Spiritual Dimensions of Healing, New York: Irvington 1992. (Top shamanism discussion)

LeShan L. The Medium, the Mystic and the Physicist, New York: Ballantine 1977. (UK edition: Clairvoyant Reality, Wellingborough, UK: Thorsons 1974). (Psychologist studied healers, found common denominators in methods, learned to heal and teach healing. Excellent theoretical discussion on healing, altered states of consciousness, and other dimensions of reality.)

MacNutt, F. Healing, Notre Dame, In: Ave Maria 1974. (Catholic views on healing.)

Maharishi effect - http://miu.edu/m_effect/index.html

Markides, K. The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer, London/ Boston: Arkana 1985. (Descriptions of a remarkable, wise Cypriot healer.)

HEALING OUR PLANET

Benor, Daniel J. Using Any Therapy as an Opportunity To Heal The Collective Consciousness and Our Planet: Lessons From Ho'oponopono and WHEE
Humanity has accumulated in its collective consciousness many millennia of traumas, anxieties, fears, angers and hatreds. These are seriously impacting our behaviors today. This article has suggestions for clearing the PTSD from humanity's collective consciousness - hopefully to help us avert collective suicide:
Brief version
http://wholistichealingresearch.com/World_Healing_Collective_Consciousness.html
Full version
http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/col_con_hooponopono_whee.html

Berry, Thomas with Tucker, Mary Evelyn (ed). Evening Thoughts; Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community Sierra Club Books 2006.

Brown, Lester R.Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, New York: WW Norton 2008. Best book on the interconnections between carbon emissions and all other ecological issues.

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, New York: Little, Brown & Company 2000

Gomes, Mary E. and Kanner, Allen D., Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club 1995.

Hawken. Paul. The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, NY: HarperCollins 1993.

Hawken. Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming,  NY: Viking/ Penguin 2007.

Houlihan, Jane et al., Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns, Washington, DC: Environmental Working Group, 2005. Website: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php
Report: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/pdf/bodyburden2_final-r2.pdf

Plotkin, Bill, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche, Novato, CA: New World Library 2003.

Starhawk, The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature, New York: HarperOne/ HarperCollins 2004.

van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Irene with van Tijn, Jessica. Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature: Leading thinkers on the restoration of man and creation, Rochester, VT: Bear & Co. 2005.

INTUITION

Benor, Daniel J. Intuitive diagnosis, Subtle Energies 1992, 3(2), 41-64.

Benor, Daniel J. Intuition (Editorial), International J Healing and Caring - On line 2002, 2(2), 1-17.

Benor, Daniel J. Intuitive Assessments: An Overview 2001 www.WholisticHealingResearch.com/Articles/IntuitAssessOverv.html

Carpenter, W.B. On the Influence of suggestion in modifying and directing muscular movement, independently of volition, Royal Institution of Great Britain, (Proceedings), 12 March 1852, pp.147-153.

Shakti Gawain.  Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life,  Novato, CA: New World Library, 2000. 

Gladwell, Malcolm.  Blink:  The power of thinking without thinking. NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. 

Leskowitz, Eric. Medical intuition, In: Shannon, Scott (ed). Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health, San Diego, CA: Academic/Harcourt 2001, 269-286.

Myss, Caroline. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing, New York: Harmony 1996.

Orloff, Judith. Second Sight: The Personal Story of a Psychiatrist Clairvoyant, New York: Warner 1996.

Page, Christine (2004). Beyond the Obvious; Bringing Intuition into our Awakening Consciousness. London: C.W. Daniel Company, Ltd.

Schulz, Mona Lisa. Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing, New York: Harmony 1998.

Schwartz, Gary. The Afterlife Experiments, New York: Pocket Books, 2002.

Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds, New York: Anchor/Random House 2005.

Wilson, Lori. De-mystifying- Medical Intuition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Lori Wilson Educational Corp. 2005.

Intuition - Children

Peterson, James W. The Secret Life of Kids, Wheaton, IL: Quest/ Theosophical 1987.

Tanous, Alex and Donnelly, Katherine Fair. Is Your Child Psychic? A Guide for Creative Parents and Teachers, New York: Macmillan 1979.

Young, Samuel H. Psychic Children, New York: Kangaroo/ Pocket Books 1977.

Parapsychology Research

Dossey, Larry.The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives. New York: Dutton, 2009.

Feather, Sally Rhine/ Schmicker, Michael. The Gift: ESP - The Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People, New York: St. Martin's Press 2005. (Collection of anecdotes of ESP experiences)

Honorton C. The ganzfeld psi experiment: A critical appraisal, Journal of Parapsychology  1985, 49, 3-49.

Honorton C, Ferrari, DC. Future telling: A meta-analysis of forced-choice precognition experiments, 1935-1987, Journal of Parapsychology 1989, 53, 281-308.

Lawrence, Tony. Bringing home the sheep: a meta-analysis of sheep/goat experiments. Proceedings of 36^th Annual Parapsychology Convention 1993, Fairhaven, MA: Parapsychological Association.

Milton, J. A meta-analysis of waking state of consciousness, free-response ESP studies. In Zingrone, NL/ Schlitz, MJ, eds. Research in Parapsychology 1993, 31-34, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press 1994.

Radin, Dean. The Conscious Universe, New York: HarperCollins 1997.

Radin, Dean. Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality, New York: Paraview Pocket Books/ Simon & Schuster 2006.

Radin DI/ Ferrari DC. Effects of consciousness on the fall of dice: A meta-analysis, Journal of Scientific Exploration 1991, 5, 61-84.

Radin D/ Nelson, R. Meta-analysis of mind-matter interaction experiments: 1959 to 2000 www.boundaryinstitute.org/articles/rngma.pdf  (Accessed 2/26/06)

Sheldrake, Rupert. Dogs that Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: and Other Unexplained Powers of Animals, New York: Three Rivers 1999.

CAM safety issues relative to conventional medical care

Achterberg J, Cooke K, Richards T, Standish L, Kozak L, and Lake J.  Evidence for Correlations between Distant Intentionality and Brain Function in Recipients:  A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis." Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.  2005; 11(6):965-971. (also considers types of evidence in healing research and their benefits vs limitations)

Conventional medicine, per statistics in the US, is the 3rd leading cause of death - only less lethal than cancer and heart disease. The following is the most comprehensive discussion on medical collateral damage. It is not the most precise in citing references.

Lazarou J, Pomeranz BH, Corey PN. Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. JAMA . 1998 Apr 15;279(15):1200-5.

Moore, Thomas J. et al. Serious adverse drug events reported to the food and drug administration, 1998-2005, Archives of Internal Medicine 2007, 167, 1752-1759.

Null G, Dean C, Feldman M, Rasio D. Death by medicine. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 2005. Vol 20, No 1, p 21-34. http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/2005/pdf/2005-v20n01-p021.pdf
Also at http://www.doctoryourself.com/deathmed.html

Similar statistics from New Zealand:
Relative risks of hospital care, pharmaceutical drugs, traffic accidents, foods and dietary supplements New Zealand  www.laleva.cc/petizione/ronlaw/relative_risks_bubbles3.pdf  
This article was prepared by Ron Law, former executive director of the New Zealand National Nutritional Foods Association and member of a New Zealand government working group advising on strategies for reducing medical error http://www.laleva.cc/petizione/english/ronlaw_eng.html
The figure from NZ is most telling. The risks of deaths by CAM are so small they cannot be represented on the same chart with those from conventional medicine.

CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE/ SURGERY AS HEALING

Hamilton, Allan J. The Scalpel and the Soul - Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing. New York, NY: Penguin Group 2008 (Outstanding sharings of a deeply caring surgeon)

Oz, Mehmet with Arias, Ron and Oz, Lisa. Healing from the Heart: A Leading Surgeon combines Eastern and Western Traditions to Create the Medicine of the Future, New York: Plume/ Penguin 1998. (Surgeon shares compassionate care + CAM approaches)

Siegel, Bernard. Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients, New York: Harper & Row 1986. (Wonderful reading, from the heart of a surgeon with a wealth of clinical experience and a sense of humor.)

Yancey, Philip and Brand, Paul. The Gift of Pain: Why we hurt and what we can do about it, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/HarperCollins 1993, 1997. (Surgeon working in India & US with people who have leprosy points out the blessings of pain.)

DEATH

Bereavement Apparitions

Vargas, Luis A., et al. Exploring the multidimensional aspects of grief reactions, American Journal of Psychiatry 1989, 146(11), 1484-9.

Amatuzio, Janis. Forever Ours: A Forensic Pathologist's Perspective on Immortality and Living - A Collection of Real-Life Stories, Minneapolis, MN: Midwest Forensic Pathology, P.A., 3960 Coon Rapid Blvd., LL21, Coon Rapids, MN 55433 www.foreverours.com

On Healing Into Death

Issue no. 4 of The Doctor-Healer Network Newsletter.

Anderson, Megory. Sacred Dying: Creating rituals for embracing the end of life, New York: Marlowe & Co. 2003.

Benor Sewell, Ruth. Benor, Daniel J, Healing unto death, In: Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research: Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001, 132-138.

Bluebond-Langner, Myra. The Private Worlds of Dying Children. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978.

Olson, Melodie. Healing the Dying, (Nurse As Healer Series, Lynn Keegan Ed.), Albany, NY: Delmar/ Thomson 1997.

Bereavement

Cogrove, Melba et al. How To Survive the Loss of a Love, 1976, New York: Bantam.

Jackson, M. E. Mueller. The use of Therapeutic Touch in the nursing care of the terminally ill person, Chapter 7 (pp. 72-79), In: Borelli M. D/ Heidt P (eds). Therapeutic Touch: A Book of Readings, NY: Springer 1981.

Greene, Lorri A/ Landis, Jacquelyn. Saying Goodbye to the Pet You Love: A Complete Resource to Help You Heal, New Harbinger Press 2002.

James, J. W/ Cherry, F. The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step by Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss, New York: Perennial/Harper and Row 1988.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. Death: the Final Stage of Growth, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1975.

Levine, S. Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues with the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed, London & New York: Anchor/Doubleday 1984. (Excellent on bereavement counseling.)

Rando, Therese A. How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, New York: Bantam Books 1991.

Sanders, Catherine M. Surviving Grief and Learning To Live Again, New York: John Wiley & Sons 1992.

Seibert, Dinah, et al. Are You Sad too? Helping Children Deal with Loss and Death, Santa Cruz, CA: ETR Associates 1993.

Walsh, Froma and McGoldrick, Monica (Eds). Living Beyond Loss: Death in the family. New York: W. W. Norton 1995.

Daniel J. Benor, Wholistic Psychotherapist (Canada)
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