The Philosophy of Fasting

<p>Fasting is not a panacea. Only Nature grants panaceas. And she makes hers fresh for each case. Nor does she employ human dispensaries.</p><p>But Fasting <em>rightly conducted and completed</em> is nearest a panacea for all mortal ills of any drugless remedy I know whether physiological metaphysical or inspirational. Fasting resting airing bathing breathing exercising and hoping--these seven simple measures if sanely proportioned and administered will cure any case of acute disease. And almost any case of chronic.</p><p>It is not however with the therapeutic side we are chiefly concerned in this book. The healing phase is unquestionably the most vital. But its importance has caused it to be discussed already in a variety of convincing ways by specialist pioneers preceding me in the field. <em>The Philosophy of Fasting</em> considers rather the mental psychic and spiritual components which are themselves based on the physiological.</p>