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REVIEWS < LIFE FROM LIGHT: Is it possible to tains a 2004 lecture from Michael Werner view based on sturdy findings from live without food? with his answers to questions from the floor, immunology, toxicology and epidemiology. by Michael Werner & Thomas Stéckli an account of the 21-day process by Dr Frazer's book is divided into two parts: Clairview Books, East Sussex, UK, 2007 Jasmuheen associate Charmaine Harley, understanding the orthodox medical model, (first pub. as Leben durch Lichtnahrung by — TePorts from others who have followed the and looking from an unorthodox perspec- AT Verlag, Baden & Munich, 2005 process, and Werner's commentary on him- tive. From studying the orthodox model ISBN 978-1 -905570-13-3 (225pp tpb) self as a scientific case study (all his vital with all its simplicity and logic, Frazer con- Available: www.clairviewbooks.com signs are normal if not better than an aver- cludes that the immune system is far more “ . . age man in his mid/late 50s). There's addi- complex than acknowledged, so there's enor- Cc you imagine that we can receive nourishment from light alone? Well, consider that biophysicists confirm that elec- tromagnetic radiation accounts for three- tional commentary from Stéckli on the need —_ mous scope for error when we operate from for scientific exploration of the phenomenon __ the perspective of incomplete knowledge of being able to live without food, and fasci- _ and inaccurate perceptions. Besides, human quarters of the energy supplied to and given nating historical examples of people who physiology has its own innate wisdom. off in humans and that acquiring energy have literally lived on light. His extensive research backing him up, quantitatively via food plays only a small This unusual life choice is not for every- Frazer is satisfied that immunisation is not art. Consider, too, that philosopher Rudolf °"® but it's a fascinating one that opens up a —_an appropriate method for preventing child- Eeiner said in a 1910 Tecuure het "matter is -2&W Paradigm in human existence. hood disease. He challenges immunisation condensed light", the concept being that : theory and the germ theory of disease and "light" has an "etheric" power; indeed, it's CHOOSING NOT TO IMMUNISE establishes a valid theory of health that con- ’ ’ OUR CHILDREN tradicts the notion that immunity can be the prana of the Hindu sages. Inspired by Steiner, the feats of yogis and by Dale Frazer, DO, BSc : the 1998 book Living on Light by Australian —_ Inkview Publishing, NSW, Australia, 2007 gained via immunisation. Parents, and anyone contemplating having healer Jasmuheen, Michael Werner (a ISBN 978-0-9775895-0-0 (290pp tpb' children, owe it to this next generation to German-born, Swiss-based chemist and Available: httpdawara inkview sole ) investigate the down side of immunisation. health institute managing director) stopped ears of research led Dale and Sharon eating solid foods at the beginning of 2001. Frazer, both ostoeopaths with health- He embarked on Jasmuheen's 21-day plan, related science degrees, to decide not to based on three seven-day cycles, to explore have their children vaccinated when they the possibility of living without eating. The eventually did have them. They analysed plan allows the drinking of fluids only after —_ the prevailing medical opinion that the bene- the first week, and Werner, then 51 and bat- fits of vaccination far outstrip the risks, and tling an illness, came through the process weighed this against the fact that no medical feeling better than he'd ever felt. He contin- _ treatment is 100 per cent effective or safe. ues on this path, which does allow consump- With their joint experience in tow, Dale tion of water, juices and even tea and coffee. Frazer has written this book to help parents However, the entire exercise is a spiritual make the decision that's right for their chil- "conversion" of sorts, a departure from dren. He acknowledges that immunisation materialism, leaving one with a greater— is a topic "powerfully charged" with fear, and ongoing—attunement to nature. whether you support the "for" or "against" * Life From Light, co-written with spiritual side of the debate. He's keen not to go down enquirer and journalist Thomas Stéckli, con- __ the path of fear but to present a balanced tains a 2004 lecture from Michael Werner with his answers to questions from the floor, an account of the 21-day process by Jasmuheen associate Charmaine Harley, reports from others who have followed the process, and Werner's commentary on him- self as a scientific case study (all his vital signs are normal if not better than an aver- age man in his mid/late 50s). There's addi- tional commentary from Stéckli on the need for scientific exploration of the phenomenon of being able to live without food, and fasci- nating historical examples of people who have literally lived on light. This unusual life choice is not for every- one, but it's a fascinating one that opens up a new paradigm in human existence. 70 = NEXUS view based on sturdy findings from immunology, toxicology and epidemiology. Dr Frazer's book is divided into two parts: understanding the orthodox medical model, and looking from an unorthodox perspec- tive. From studying the orthodox model with all its simplicity and logic, Frazer con- cludes that the immune system is far more complex than acknowledged, so there's enor- mous scope for error when we operate from the perspective of incomplete knowledge and inaccurate perceptions. Besides, human physiology has its own innate wisdom. His extensive research backing him up, Frazer is satisfied that immunisation is not an appropriate method for preventing child- hood disease. He challenges immunisation theory and the germ theory of disease and establishes a valid theory of health that con- tradicts the notion that immunity can be gained via immunisation. Parents, and anyone contemplating having children, owe it to this next generation to investigate the down side of immunisation. APRIL — MAY 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com