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October 26, 2009

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Richard G. Petty, MD, author of Healing, Meaning and Purpose: The Magical Power of the Emerging Laws of Life

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The Subtle Body

"The book itself is beautifully produced and easy to navigate. I am delighted that Sounds True is producing ever more high quality books like this.

This is the only book on the subtle systems that you need. It is well worth the price, and is not only a reference and textbook, but also a wonderful book to browse through.

Very highly recommended."

The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy – Beautiful, engaging and exhaustive by nosferatu on Oct.24, 2009, under Uncategorized

For many years I was an arch-skeptic when it came to the subtle systems of the body, but then a great deal of personal experience lead me to do a U-turn, and for more than twenty years I have been teaching others how to feel, sense and work with these systems, with often remarkable results. Though critics still love to call this “Woo,” the tide is turning against them, and this book is a huge help.

Any book about the “energetic” or “subtle” systems of the body will always attract a mixture of breathless enthusiasm and mean-spirited criticism. And sadly there are still some who believe that any mention of these systems is somehow New Age or occult, although there are almost one hundred cultures around the world that have recognized and discussed them, including the Fathers of the Christian Church. This book provides a wealth of well-researched evidence for skeptics and enthusiasts alike.

Although you can have a look inside the book at the top of this page, and also on the Sounds True website, I think that it is helpful for a potential reader to see a breakdown of the six sections and forty chapters to get a good idea of the contents of the book.

Part I: Energy and Energy Healing

1. Energy Is Universal

2. Being an Energy Healer

Part II: Human Anatomy

3. The Cells

4. DNA

5. The Skeletal System

6. The Muscular System

7. The Nervous System

8. The Skin

9. The Circulatory System

10. The Respiratory System

11. The Endocrine System

12. The Digestive System

13. The Excretory System

14. The Reproductive System

15. Metabolism

16. The Immune System

17. The Senses

Part III: Energy Fields

18. A Primer on Energy Fields

19. Two Unified Field Theories

20. The Natural Fields

21. The Radiant Shine of Molecules: Lost and Found Research

22. L-Fields and T-Fields: The Partners Composing Reality?

23. Field Pollution: Geopathic Stress

24. The Power of Magnetism

25. Hands-On and Distant Healing: Proving Subtle Fields and a Nonlocal Reality

26. Sacred Geometry: Fields of Life

27. Human Energy Fields

Part IV: Channels of Energy: Channels of Light

28. The History of Meridian-Based Therapy

29. An Overview of the Meridian System

30. Theories of the Existence, Purpose, and Functioning of the Meridians

31. The History of Meridian Science

32. The Major Meridians

33. The Basic Acupuncture Points

34. Five-Phase and Related Diagnostic Theories

35. The Seven Emotions and the Corresponding Organs

Part V: Energy Bodies: Chakras and Other “Light Switches”

36. Energy Bodies

37. Kundalini, the Unifying Force

38. Scientific Principles Meet Chakra Theory

39. Chakra Systems from Around the World

40. The Jewish Mystical Energy System: The Ancient Kabbalah

Part VI: Energy Practices

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

As you will see this book is extremely comprehensive! If you are new to the field it gently leads you by the hand. There is also a wealth of information for the more experienced practitioner or researcher. Despite many years as both a researcher and practitioner of a number of methods that use the subtle systems of the body, I found a lot of new material in this book.

Cyndi Dale writes well and I thought that her views and opinions were very fair and balanced. My only small quibble is the use of the word “Energy.” I prefer the term subtle “systems” composed of the inseparable twins: First the subtle energies and second, the subtle fields that carry them. Without energy, the fields could not actualize, and without the fields, there would be nothing to carry the energy.

The book itself is beautifully produced and easy to navigate. I am delighted that Sounds True is producing ever more high quality books like this.

This is the only book on the subtle systems that you need. It is well worth the price, and is not only a reference and textbook, but also a wonderful book to browse through.

Very highly recommended.