Washington National Cathedral

Lying on a gurney after emergency surgery, as white-coats rushed past barking medical jargon, one of the founding fathers of mind-body medicine felt his nurse’s lingering touch on his arm. In that silent and simple moment, Larry Dossey felt a powerful healing.

Now, this renowned medical expert and wise elder shares how such simple and accessible experiences as touch, music and prayer can be healing. Dossey has spent decades examining the delicate dance between spirit and medicine. Relying on anecdotes, personal history and sound scientific data, his research on an emerging image of consciousness addresses how we can meet our inner needs alongside those of our physical bodies.

Those who had ever felt spiritually malnourished as they sought a medical cure, or had a spiritual experience dismissed by their doctors, or simply were open to the healing promise of life around us, were invigorated by Larry Dossey’s reassuring vision of health.

Dossey’ words encouraged the audience to recover a sense of sacred wonder at the mysteries of human reality and learn how consciousness and spirituality occupy a special place in the origins of health and illness.

This program was co-sponsored by the Cathedral College and the Washington Society for Jungian Psychology. More information about the WSJP can be found at www.jung.org.