Exceptional Experience and Health

<p> 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.</p><p> 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.</p>