Alternative Medicine: The Science of Hands-On-Healing OfCourse
Price: USD 39
  • Duration: Upto 3 Hours
  • Timings: Part Time, Flexible

    Course details

    • Through the use of 21 lectures, hours of on-demand video and 4 supplementing articles.
    • Understand the limitations of the Newtonian Science Paradigm
    • Decide whether a particular healing modality would be something you'd like to learn
    • Learn about scientific experiments that have been carried out by healers
    • This course is ideal for anyone with a curiosity in 'hands-on' healing who is looking to gain exposure to the science behind these techniques.
    Course Overview
    This course will teach you all about the power of hands-on healing through a brief history of how healing came to be recognised as a genuine therapy for certain physical and mental conditions. With detailed description and analysis of scientific experiments that have been carried out by healers, you will receive a broad knowledge of this area and be in a position to decide whether a particular healing modality would be something you'd like to learn.

    Your course instructor Barry Mapp is a sought-after speaker, trainer and personal development coach with a special interest in the brain, accelerated learning and people development. Barry has worked in schools, colleges, and universities in the UK, and also in the corporate and SME sector, dealing with students, teachers, apprentices, managers and leaders. Barry has a background in clinical science where he ran an NHS Clinical Biochemistry Department in a District General Hospital and was also a Quality Consultant to other local hospitals.

    Course Syllabus

    An Introduction to the Course

    Science does take Healing seriously
    Healing from a Sceptical Scientist's perspective
    Scientists, Healers and Churchgoers - all need to challenge their own thinking
    Newtonian Science Hypothesis (for Healer Effects)

    Healer and Healing Definitions
    The meaning of Healer and Healing for the purpose of this course
    Definition of 'Healing'
    Definition of a 'Healer'
    Two types of healing: Depletive Healing and Non-Depletive Healing

    Science and Scientism
    Science and Scientism - A view from Thomas Burnett
    Science and Scientism - my perspective on this
    More on Mesmer

    More on the Science
    A new Science approach to Science
    Handout - Important Early Contributors to the Science of Healing
    What Grad did with seeds and why other scientists should repeat this work
    Indirect measurement methods that demonstrate Healers have effects on patients
    SQUID - directly measuring pulsating low-frequency electromagnetic vibrations
    Quiz
    Why won't scientists repeat these experiments? Let's have your opinion on this

    Conclusion and Bonus Lecture

    Handout - Course summing up - and what next?
      Updated on 14 October, 2018

    Eligibility / Requirements

    There are no prerequisites for this course

    Job titles this course is suitable for

    alternative medicine practicioner , Medical practicioners

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