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© REVIEWS former editor of Alternative Medicine maga- _ cats, cows, horses, parrots and monkeys that B oO oO K Ss zine. Here he explores the link between demonstrate abilities we would classify as 7 human health and ecology...consciousness... "paranormal" or "psychic". However hard Reviewed by Ruth Parnell and how each form of medicine deals with rs quantify, Dr Sheldrake's findings show PHYSICIAN: Medicine and the or ignores this fundamental relationship. that many animals that have a bond with Unsuspected Battle for Health Drawing at times on the anthroposophy of their "owners" do know in advance when Freedom Rudolf Steiner, he probes the spiritual layers __ they are coming home, even if these returns by Richard Leviton of illness and posits that supervaccines may _are irregular or in different vehicles; and that Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 2000 be the ultimate soul-destroyers that Steiner some animals anticipate these returns at the ISBN: 4-57174-168-2 (579 t ) foresaw. What Leviton is saying is that our © moment when their humans expressed to Price: A$41.00: NZ$52 P's B 99: mindsets need to undergo a major paradigm __ themselves the intent to go home. ny? 39s oy shift—one that the orthodoxy is not yet Sheldrake presents evidence for animal NLGFrva; US$16.95 ready to confront...but sooner or later must. empathy, such as in comforting, healing and Available: Australia—Gemcraft, tel (03) responding to distant deaths and accidents; 9888 0111; NZ—NEXUS Office, tel (09) DOGS THAT KNOW WHEN THEIR telepathic calls and commands; directional 405 1963; UK—Airlift Book Co., tel 020 OWNERS ARE COMING HOME...And __ Sensing capability that defies explanation; 8804 0400; Europe—NEXUS office, tel and ability to pre-sense anything from fits in +31 321 380558; USA—Hampton Roads, yee of Animals epileptic owners to earthquakes. He sug- tel (804) 296 2772, www.hrpub.com . ests that these phenomena might be explic- Sm classical Greek times there has been Publisher: Arrow, UK, 2000 (first pub- ole in terms of morphic fields the bond a struggle between two approaches to lished by Hutchinson, UK, 1999) between human and animal being like an practising medicine—the allopathic and the ISBN: 0-09-925587-1 (300pp pb) elastic band when the two are separated. A empiric, or alternative—and the struggle is Price: A$21.90; NZ$27.95; £7.99 fascinating theory which has as many impli- reaching a climax today, particularly in the Available: Aust/NZ/UK— Random House cations for understanding ourselves as well. US, says Richard Leviton in Physician. illions of people can attest to their pets - - In this powerful thesis, he restakes the ter- having powers of perception which go ener lah ritory where modern medicine must tread in beyond the known senses. British biologist 1 HE the 21st century. He restates the profound Dr Rupert Sheldrake, famous for his mor- FOUN metaphysical principles that are at the basis phic resonance theory of causative forma- ANDTHE LP of human freedom, and contrasts them with _ tion, devoted five years to investigating this POM ERS facts about the politics and policies of the phenomenon which has been so neglected modern medical system. by the scientific orthodoxy partly because of His key argument is that orthodox medi- a taboo against taking pets seriously. cine generally operates in a way that is con- For too long, Dr Sheldrake points out, the trary to spiritual unfoldment and, as it stands —_ wealth of experience among people who now, is "a prime obstacle to healthy human deal with domestic and domesticated ani- soul life". He sees the main political issue mals has been dismissed as anecdotal—so as being the suppression of true freedom of _he set about documenting this evidence, choice in the medical marketplace, where sometimes using video cameras to facilitate both allopathic and alternative practices can _data collection objectively. operate—and be chosen—on an equal basis. Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Leviton, an author and journalist, is a Coming Home is not just about dogs, but former editor of Alternative Medicine maga- zine. Here he explores the link between human health and ecology...consciousness... and how each form of medicine deals with or ignores this fundamental relationship. Drawing at times on the anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner, he probes the spiritual layers of illness and posits that supervaccines may be the ultimate soul-destroyers that Steiner foresaw. What Leviton is saying is that our mindsets need to undergo a major paradigm shift—one that the orthodoxy is not yet ready to confront...but sooner or later must. cats, cows, horses, parrots and monkeys that demonstrate abilities we would classify as "paranormal" or "psychic". However hard to quantify, Dr Sheldrake's findings show that many animals that have a bond with their "owners" do know in advance when they are coming home, even if these returns are irregular or in different vehicles; and that some animals anticipate these returns at the moment when their humans expressed to themselves the intent to go home. Sheldrake presents evidence for animal empathy, such as in comforting, healing and responding to distant deaths and accidents; telepathic calls and commands; directional sensing capability that defies explanation; and ability to pre-sense anything from fits in epileptic owners to earthquakes. He sug- gests that these phenomena might be explic- able in terms of morphic fields, the bond between human and animal being like an elastic band when the two are separated. A fascinating theory which has as many impli- cations for understanding ourselves as well. NEXUS - 71 OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2000