Coyote Healing: Miracles in Native Medicine

Description

Native American healers expect miracles and prepare in all ways possible for them to occur. Modern medicine has only a dim awareness of this possibility of healing. Miraculous patients are discarded from studies as anomalous cases that will taint the otherwise orderly results. Yet this small group of "miracle" patients has everything to teach us about healing and survival. COYOTE HEALING distils the basic principles of miracle cures to help people start their own healing journey. Looking at hundreds of cases of individuals who experienced miracle cures, Dr. Mehl-Madrona found the same preconditions present that Native American healers taught are necessary in order for miracles to occur. The author reveals what he learned from both his own practice and the hundreds of interviews he conducted with survivors about the common features of their path back to wellness. Survivors found purpose and meaning in their life-threatening illness; peaceful acceptance was key to their healing. COYOTE HEALING, also, tells of another kind of miracle-finding faith, hope and serenity even when a cure seems impossible and what is impossible, so we can never know the limits of healing.

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., is a board-certified family physician, psychiatrist, and geriatrician. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He worked for over twenty-five years in emergency medicine in both rural and academic settings and is currently the Coordinator of Integrative Psychiatry and Systems Medicine for the University of Arizona's Program in Integrative Medicine. He is the author of the bestselling Coyote Medicine.

"Using the basic principles of Native American healers, Mehl-Madrona informs his readers of the common threads uniting medical miracles." * Molly Brown, Natural Beauty & Health, Feb 2004, Issue 91 * "Dr. Mehl-Madrona offers sound and important advice not just for the ill but for everyone." * Doyle Lgan, Jr., Southwest Book Views, Winter 2004, Vol. 3 No. 1 * "Coyote Healing reads like a novel, both in literary style and the engaging narratives of amazing healing journeys." * L. Balukian, Progressive Health, Winter 2004 * "We all delight in reading about medical miracles. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, a highly trained practitioner of integrative medicine and Native American healing, gives us inspiring stories along with insightful analyses of them so that we can apply their lessons to our own lives." * ANDREW WEIL, M.D., author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health * "Lewis Mehl-Madrona has deconstructed the mechanisms of miracle cures and true healing in a way that is sensible, coherent, and shockingly enlightening. Your view of life and wellness will be forever transformed!" * Thom Hartmann, author of Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight * "If ever there was a time to be open to miracles, the time is now. Coyote Healing provides a blueprint for celebrating the miracle of healing in all aspects of life." * GARY SWARTZ, PH.D., author of Living Energy Universe * ". . . shares the essence of healing as a way for others to discover their own Medicine Wheel. In the old Cherokee stories it would be said that Mehl-Madrona has found the enchanted lake where animals and humans go to heal themselves and to reaffirm life." * J. T. GARRETT, author of Medicine of the Cherokee and Cherokee Herbal * "An enlightening book, it will hold you spellbound with its hands-on approach to healing, and wellness. Those interested in Native American healing will find this a highly enjoyable reading and learning experience." * Lee Prosser, Ghostvillage.com, Jan. 18, 2006 *