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The Jesus of Alternative Medicine

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:27:00 +0100

Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch

Like all counterfeits, toxic Alternative Therapies acknowledge the existence of Jesus Christ. However, the Christ of Alternative Medicine is not the Jesus of the Bible. Believes need to be wary of anything that smaks of Christianity yet has the odor of death about it.

Reiki acknowledges the existence of Jesus but deny the reality of His efficacy. Dr. Mikao Usui began life as a Buddist but had a conversion experience of some sort with Christ. He even rose to the rank of a Bible College Professor before apostatizing from the faith and returning to his Buddhist roots. His problem . . . he could not discover the healing power of the Jesus of the Gospels. Lusting after the power of Christ, he failed to pursue the person of Christ. In the end, he did find a source of healing power but it was only a mock version of the reality of the healing power of the Holy Spirit.

The Jesus of Therapeutic Touch is also a cheap imitation of the Jesus of the Bible. Therapeutic Touch synergizes the Jesus of the Bible with the teachings of Hinduism and the cult of Theosophy. The syncretism (mixing of religious ideas) of its Jesus with Eastern religion, puts Jesus on an equal footing with mere human religious leaders and their thought. Therapeutic Touch breaths the name of Jesus in the same breath as a Buddhist monk or a Hindu holy man dressed in a saffron robe.

Healing Touch is quite possibly most insidious of all toxic Alternative Therapies. It claims to be an extension of the "healing ministry of Jesus", is taught in seminaries, Christian Colleges aand churches. It deceives people into thinking that the gift of healing that itoffers is the same as that of Christs. All the while it teaches a conspectus of courses replete with New Age Teaching, Theosophical ruminations and Eastern religious practices.

As a Church, we must be wary of the tricks and deceit being used by Alternative Therapies. Don't be deceived. The best way not to be deceived is by knowing God's Word and studying it faithfully. Never let the Jesus of Alternative Therapies become the Jesus you serve.

Satan, Demons and Spiritism

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:27:53 +0100

Occult Names, Work and Forbidden Reality

Most people know that the Bible Talks primarily of God, His Nature, work and purpose. It glorifies His Son Jesus Christ and the story of Salvation History and the work and person of the Holy Spirit. However, do you realize that the Bible tells us a great deal about the persona and work of Satan, his demonic hoards and the way we are respond to them. Below are some of these aspects with Biblical reference for your information.

Satan

Adversary 1 Peter 5:8-9
8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

The Destroyer Rev 9:11
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

Liar and Father of it. John 8:44-45
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45

A Lying Spirit 1 Kings 22:20-22
"One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, 'I will entice him.' 22 " 'By what means?' the Lord asked." 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said." 'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the Lord. 'Go and do it.'

Leads the whole world astray Rev 12:9
9 The great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.

Prince and Power of the Air Eph 2:1-2
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:

Hiegharchy of demons Eph 6:12-13
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13

god of this World 2 Cor 4:3-5

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Demons

Don't Participate with Demons 1 Cor 10:20-22

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Deceiving Spirits 1 Tim 4:1-2

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Spirits Deny Christ - spirit of Anti-Christ (1 John 4:3).

Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world

Doctrine Of 1 Tim 4:1-3

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

Spiritism Forbidden

Forbidden Lev 19:26

"'Do not practice divination or sorcery.

Spiritism Forbidden Lev. 19:31

'Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord

Mediums Forbidden Lev 20:6

'I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people.

Occult Practices Forbidden Deut 18:9-13

9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord, your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

Consulting the Dead Isa 8:19-20

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20

False Visions Ezek 12:23-25

Say to them, 'The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled. 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations among the people of Israel. 25 But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious house, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.'"

Ezek 13:23

Therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

No Longer Bow Down to the Work of your Hands Mic 5:12-13

I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.
13 I will destroy your carved images
and your sacred stones from among you;
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.

Put to Death Lev 20:27

"'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"

Lev 20:27
"'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.'"

Animism Forbidden Hos 4:12

13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.

Burn Books of Acts 19:18-20

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. 20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

This information on the Kingdom of the Occult is not all-inclusive but merely gives a brief scriptural outline of what the Bible says concerning the realm of the devil. Christians need to beware of Stan's kingdom so "that they may withstand the wiles of the devil". Continue to read this blog for more incredible information. Our next blog will focus on the Kingdom of the Occult in the Media.

Catch Me If You Can

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:59:30 +0100

Satan’s Counterfeits

Counterfeiting is a fascinating subject. Throughout history men and women have attempted to counterfeit everything from $100.00 bills to credit cards and identity theft. One of the most famous American counterfeiters was Frank Abangale Jr. Frank Abagnale Jr. worked under 8 identities during the 1960s, including his first as Pan American Airlines Pilot Frank Williams, in over 5 years, passing over $2.5 million in counterfeit checks in over 26 countries and all 50 states. He was arrested in France at an Air France ticket counter when an agent recognized his face from a wanted poster. In the movie based on his life, 'Catch Me if You Can', Abagnale made a cameo appearance as a French policeman. Although this movies glamorized the life of Abangale as a world-class counterfeiter, the message was still there that a counterfeit does not have the same value as the real thing.

Satan is the master counterfeiter. He is a liar and has been a liar since the beginning (John 8:44). One thing that Satan imitates are the gifts on God. We can think back to the time of Moses when he withstood Jannes and Jambrees, the magicians in Pharaoh’s court (2 Timothy 3:8) by changing their rods into snakes. Satan imitated the power of God.

“The Occult Invasion of Health Care” , plainly shows how Satan is attempting to counterfeit one of God’s greatest gifts to the church, the laying on of hands. All three therapies mentioned in my book are called “Touch Therapies” and attempt to imitate, mimic, and serve as impostors to the reality of the gift of laying on of hands through the person of the Holy Spirit. Here’s what the Bible says about Satan’s counterfeits: “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders.” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10.

Let us not fall for a cheap trick, let us not be seduced by a lie. 1 Peter 5:8 tells us to “Be sober, be vigilant for your enemy walks to and fro like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.” Today, Satan is attempting to counterfeit the miraculous power of God is dozens of ways and we see it every day in our media . . . books, movies and television. Christian, don’t be duped, don’t believe a lie. God’s gift is reality that will powerfully change your life.

Buddhism

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:59:57 +0100

The Absence of God

There are many central doctrines representing the core of Buddhist teaching. Some of these are the belief in reincarnation, the necessity of continual growth in karma ( good works ) in order to nullify the inherent evil present within each person. There is the ceaseless need to meditate in order to find Enlightenment and become one with the Buddha and finally, the promise to reach Nirvana (nothingness) and the annihilation of the soul.

There is no God in Buddhism, He is absent. There is no hope in Buddhism for there is no future to look forward to. There is only the unending cycle of death and rebirth and the self-effort of karma that wearies the soul. Buddhism speaks of Enlightenment, speaks of an inner sense of peace, offers ritual, exercises, and philosophy which proposes its ultimate goal of personal extinction.

Only Christianity offers a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Only Christianity offers a future to look forward to. Only Christianity offers grace void of self-effort giving rest to the weary soul. Only Christianity offers true insight, the reality of inner peace, and a theology whose goal is eternity with Christ.

Buddhism is an empty, hopeless religion based on a philosophy that panders to an ethical morality void of its reality. The readings of the Dharma (right teaching), the Sutras ( divine reading ) and personal meditation are focused on the self and forgets there is a world to save.

This is why the West with its commitment to the Christian faith provided the outward focus of serving and helping others resulting in social improvement in the name of Christ. The East on the other hand, lacked the motivation to help its fellow man and the altruism necessary for the common good because it could not see beyond its own navel. Its focus on the inward quest is the result of a belief in the absence of God and fails to motivate its adherents to show mercy, or have compassion on others.

Healing - Is Their Another Way?

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:19:46 +0100

Scriptural Methods for Healing

Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch all offer alternative ways to experience healing. What does the Bible say are God's method's for healing?

It has been noticed, in relation to other spiritual experiences, that God is a God of variety. His methods are not stereotyped by any means. This is true also in relation to the manner in which Divine Healing is administered. The following are six different ways in which people receive healing from the Lord.

A. Pray for Yourself.
James 5:13 says: “Is any among you afflicted, let him pray.” Apparently, it is scriptural to pray for yourself when afflicted.

B. Ask Someone Else to Pray for you.
James 5:16 instructs: “… pray one for another that ye may be healed.” Any sincere Christian who believes can pray for another. No ministerial credentials nor special gifts of the Spirit are necessary.

C. Call for the Elders of the Church. James 5:14-16 has often been called the New Testament Healing Covenant.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for an other, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

This should be the regular procedure for those in fellowship with a local church. These verses clearly teach that God is no respecter of persons, but that all may be healed. The promise stipulates “Is any sick among you?” There is no discrimination whatever. It is God's Will to heal any and all who will call. “The prayer of faith” would be that prayer offered by the elders. There is a responsibility resting upon them. The sick exercises his faith when he calls for the elders. The elders pray the prayer of faith. Some have gone so far as to say that the elders were supposed to “massage” the sick person with oil, and this was the cause of his recovery. There certainly is no oil known to medical science which can guarantee healing, regardless of what the affliction is.

The text does not say that the oil healed the sick; it was “the prayer of faith,” “and the Lord will raise him.” We believe the oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, Who quickens our mortal body (Rom 8:11). Some associate the oil, as the means of healing, with Hezekiah's poultice of figs (2 Kings 20:7). It is amazing how people can have more faith in a little oil, or in a bunch of figs, than they do in the Power of God!

D. By Laying On of Hands.
“These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name … they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17,18). It should be carefully noted here, that no mention is made of anointing with oil, or of praying for the sick. All that is said is that those who believe shall lay their hands on the sick in the name of Jesus. This is the method which Jesus used on a number of occasions. In the following scriptures Jesus is said to have touched the sick, or laid His hand or hands upon them: Matt 8:15; Mark 6:5; 8:23,25; Luke 4:40; 5:13; 13:13. Today, when the believing one lays his hands on the sick in the name of Jesus, it is as though the hands of Jesus were laid thereon.

E. Special Miracles Through Handkerchiefs and Aprons.
“And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them” (Acts 19:11,12). These were “special miracles” in that there were no scriptural instructions concerning them. Paul must have simply been guided by the Holy Spirit in this matter. Many churches have followed a similar pattern and have given out small pieces of cloth, over which prayer has been made, and sometimes they have been anointed with oil. Some most remarkable miracles have been reported from the use of this method. It is understood that the “prayer cloth” has no virtue in itself, but provides an act of faith by which one's attention is directed to the Lord Who is the Great Physician.

F. Spiritual Gifts of Healing.
“For to one is given by the Spirit … to another the gifts of healing …” (1 Cor 12:9). “God hath set some in the church … then gifts of healings …” (1 Cor 12:28). Inasmuch as this subject is covered thoroughly under the Gifts of the Spirit, it will not be elaborated on here. Two things are of special interest. First, this is the only gift of the Spirit which is in the plural. Suggested reasons for this are given in the study of the gifts. Second, in the list of healings wrought through the Apostles as recorded in the book of Acts, previously listed in this chapter, it is of interest that in no case did the apostles pray for the sick to be healed. In several cases, there was prayer about the sick person; but, the healing seemed to be administered by the power which had been given them for this ministry. They probably had the “gifts of healing.”

Growth of the Occult

Fri, 28 May 2010 11:10:30 +0100

Health Care the Growing Edge of the Occult

You may ask “How did you happen to write a book on “The Occult Invasion of Health Care?

a.    My Experience. I worked as a pastor for 20 years and 9 years as a health care chaplain. My supervisor practiced Wicca/Reiki Master and subtly pressured the entire nursing staff to take training in Reiki. * Except for me because she knew that I was a born again Christian and Reiki would have no effect on me. In fact I would serve as a barrier to her success in training the rest of the staff.

b.    Because I taught Parish Nursing classes. All of these nurses were Christians who wanted to work in the framework of the church. My subject matter was “Touch Therapies” Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch. (Which I will talk about more later.)

Most of these nurses were aware of touch therapies and many had received training from their jobs at the hospital or hospice in them. However, no one had made them aware of the spirituality connected with touch therapies and when I was finished with the class; they were in a quandary as to how they could respond in their jobs where they were expected to practice Reiki Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch.

c.    I wrote this book because touch therapies are growing at a rapid pace in our hospital(25%) and hospice environments and by and large people are unaware of their diabolical nature.

The occult is comng to our health care system. No longer is it relegated to books, movies and television genres. The occult is stepping out of the celluoid shadows into the daylight of our society. Christians have a responsibility to do as I have done and make others aware of the growing edge of the occult, not only in health care but in every area of society in which it makes its advance.

Spiritual Autopsy

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:51:14 +0100

The Death of Chaplaincy in Health Care

You may have ask yourself, don't hospitals and hospices hire Chaplains. Aren't they providing pastoral care?

    The role of Chaplain has been emasculated, become impotent.

-    Pastoral care has become "spiritual care".
-    Differentiates religion from spirituality. Religion = practices and rituals. Spirituality = emotional well-being, connection to nature, family and whatever else brings peace and freedom from anxiety.
-    I call it "the cult of spiritual care" because it is based on a belief system with its own clergy. It is very controlling and manipulates others.
-    Cannot share their personal faith in Christ
-    Must support all faiths or lack of faith and reassure people.
-    Cannot use their theological training.
-    Have become "spiritual social workers".
-    Have to embrace alternative care!

My testimony. **One man cursed me when I walked in the door and yelled for sometime. His wife was embarrassed. I ended up talking with him about a mutual interest – fishing – he died two days later and I never had the chance to tell him about Christ.

Christian, chaplaincy is no longer about pastoral care, its about calming and comforting agitated , depressed or anxious patients. This is a sad state because the spiritual power of the ministry has been ripped away from the powerful role of the chaplain and they have been stripped of their former efficacy. I know this because of my work as a chaplain for over nine years. We must pray that the chaplains who do know Christ will once again find the place to reclaim the ministry of Jesus Christ in our health care system.

Chakras

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:40:15 +0100

Center of the Soul

Within the context of all Touch Therapies: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch is the common belief in imaginary structures within the body called Chakras, Meridian Line and Marma Points. What are these structures exactly and why are they called imaginary?

Practioner’s of Touch Therapies borrow this terminology heavily from Eastern Religion and philosophy. It is primarily rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and its influence from Taoism as well as Buddhism and Hinduism. The theory goes something like this:

•    Chakras: Within the body are seven energy vortexes or ports that receive energy from the Universal life force. These ports begin with the crown of the head, the neck, the solar plexus, the genitalia and so forth down the body. The idea of a Universal Life Force is primarily a Buddhist idea based on the Pantheistic idea that ‘god is all and all is god’ This force is radiated from all living things and empowered by the life force of all living elements together. As the flood of Buddhism conquered the East, the idea of the chakra system became of common feature of Hinduism and folk religion as well.

•    Meridian Lines: Meridian lines evolved largely from Traditional Chinese Medicine and practices such as Chinese massage, acupuncture and acupressure. The idea is that there are 12 primary and 2 secondary energy lines that connect with the chakra system and act as conduits to move the Universal Life Force energy from the chakras throughout the human body to each of the major organ systems in order to effect their healing power. Of course there is absolutely no medical evidence that chakras or meridian lines even exist.

•    Marma Points: Meridian lines are the 450 where the power of the Universal Life Force is directly absorbed from the Meridian Lines into specific points needing the efficacy of healing power. This is a major concept behind the ideas expressed in acupuncture, Chinese Massage and even many Chiropractic techniques.

There is absolutely no medical information to support the theory of the Chakra System and continues at best to be a religious belief based on Pantheism and its concept of the Universal Life Force.

The only life force that we as Christians are to be connected to is the life force as found in the saving work of Christ on the Cross. His resurrection is the life force which promises us complete healing and guarantees our resurrection as well. Christian understand their relationship to their Creator . . . He is God and beside Him there is no other. We also understand that the Universal Life Force is under the supervision of Satan, after all, he is the “Prince and Power of the Air”.

Millions involved in Hinduism, Buddhism and Traditional Chinese medicine have been blinded by the “god of this world”. They desperately need Christ and we have a responsibility to help them find Him.

Spread of the Occult

Sun, 16 May 2010 11:45:44 +0100

Media Spearheads Occult Influx

A plethora of Occult themes is being spearheaded by the multi-media. For instance: our movie theaters have led the charge of the occult invasion for years. Who can forget the lines of people who stood outside theaters to watch the 70’s movie the Exorcist? Yes, there have been fright flicks before has for years among these being hoax films such as various films about Count Dracula, the Wolf Man, the mummy and other cult movies. However, these were poorly done and did not carry the same weight of demonic presence as those films that followed from the 70’s to the present. Some of these satanically devised films that followed were:

•    Children of the Corn
•    Rosemary’s Baby
•    Halloween
•    Amityville Horror
•    Pet Cemetery
•    Nightmare On Elm Street
•    The Shinning
•    Salem’s Lot
•    Texas Chainsaw Massacre
•    Last House on the Left
•    Ghost
•    Twilight
•    Eclipse
•    New Moon
•    Paranormal Activity

Just to name a few:

Television started off with some rather cute shows like:

•    Bewitched
•    I Dream of Jeannie
•    The Munsters
•    The Adams Family

But then moved on to:

•    Dark Shadows
•    The Mentalist
•    Medium
•    Ghost Whisperer
•    Paranormal
•    Most Haunted
•    The Haunting
•    Supernatural
•    Charmed

To Name a Few.

Why do people flock to these films and television shows? Some say that its because people like to be scared. However, I say that its more than that. People are curious about the occult. Each of us has a longing for spiritual things. Unfortunately, those without Christ flock to spiritualistic entertainment because it fills void in their lives. Descartes, the French mathematician said “that in every man is a God shaped void that can only be filled by God Himself.” How true. But I believe that if people do not turn to God to fill this void, they often turn to the occult to find its fullness.

The Bible is explicit in its condemnation of involvement with the occult or playing around its fringes, Deuteronomy 18:10-12 states “There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God will drive them out from before you.

Television and movies may seem harmless but they are not. The multi-media exposes all of us to the occult and creates a desensitization within our psyche as to its dangers. They mollify us and put us to sleep. May Christians everywhere wake from its trance-like induced state and make other choices in the field of entertainment. May unbelievers realize the futileness of turning to false spirituality to fill their God-shaped void.

Satan's Foot Hold

Wed, 12 May 2010 12:05:29 +0100

Beliefs of Therapeutic Touch

Synopsis

Therapeutic Touch developed in 1972, by two nurse/PhD: Delores Krieger and Dora Kunz. TT is an “energy medicine” much like Reiki. TT practices healing techniques by channeling the universal “Vital Life Force” through the body’s Chakras (or invisible energy ports) using various hand positions. The hands channel this energy to rebalance and heal the body. Nurses certified in Therapeutic Touch are expected to read a wide range of books on occult philosophy and engage in training that includes channeling “angels” or “spirit guides”. TherapeuticTouch is being welcomed in churches in the guise of Christian healing practiced by Jesus and 1st Century Christianity.

Dora Kunz, The Spiritual Dimension of TherapeuticTouch, 2004, based on early 20th Century writings of Charles Leadbeater (1847-1934) a clairvoyant, former curate in the Church of England who converted to Buddhism. Defines Energy as prana or chi which is believed to flow through chakras or energy points located in the hands which flow through along meridian lines representing various vital organs. Directs workshops targeted at Professional Nurses.

Theory

Utilizes and merges a scientific model with a spiritual model.

The scientific model makes use of Quantum Physics, Field Theory, and Psychology to create an intellectual rationale for Therapeutic Touch.
At the same time, it also draws on a wide variety of eastern religions and occult practices (like; Spiritism, clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, spirit guides, angels, Animism, Buddhism, Hinduism) to actually put TT into practice. TT practitioners are not partial to any form of spirituality but use a hodge-podge of anything which makes Therapeutic Touch more effective.

Therapeutic Touch is “experience based” or what those who practice TT feel and claimed to have happened. Although arguing that it is rooted in science, its offers little or no scientific proof to support its claims.

Practices include talking with rocks, trees, and animals. Belief in sacred sites which magnify spiritual energy.

Utilize a healthcare model, conducting pseudo-medical studies to offer evidence of its effectiveness. TT is practiced primarily in hospice, care centers and clinics as well in hospitals. Over 70,000 nurses have been trained in Therapeutic Touch.

Since a guiding premise of TT is the expression of “Compassion”, it is primarily practiced by nurses as caregivers. TT lacks scientific evidence that physicians require.

Practices

Level I – Teaches

1.) Centering meditatively; (inward focus not outward

toward God)

2.) assessing the patient’s energy field; (listening for

spiritual information about)

3.) decongesting negative energy which is the cause of

illness;

4.) taps into the “Vital Life Energy” to refill the body’s

depleted energy and rebalances this energy through the

hand’s chakras to bring healing. (Becomes a channel)

Level II– Teaches:

1.) Clearing negative energy patterns of the individuals

Aura (energy field which surrounds the body);

2.) Developing a Higher Sense of Perception (HSP) such as

clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, spirit guides

and guardian angels.

3.) Channeling or Healing involving spirit guides and

performing “etheric operations (of the aura) through

the hands of the practitioner.

Levels III– Teaches:

1.) How to become a Certified Therapeutic Touch Practitioner;

2.) Conduct and document Therapeutic Touch sessions;

3.) Learn at least 10 additional alternative healing

techniques; Reiki is usually the most popular.