By Jeff Smith, RN Issue: Summer 2003, What Gives You Hope and Courage? - Issue #32 Healing from an illness almost always requires of us some inward change. Faced with a condition we cannot with best efforts change, we may be asked to reflect on and discern meaning in our situation, to change our path and direction of life in ... Read More ►
By Bertram von Zabern, M.D. Issue: Fall 2003, Sleeping and Waking - Issue #33 Almost one-third of our lifetime is clouded in a state of unconsciousness or dream. Sleep powerfully commands us to its domain when, after an extended day, it stops us from continuing earthly work. While scientific research has provided many details of the chemical and electrical activity ... Read More ►
By Michaela Gloeckler, M.D. Issue: Fall 2003, Sleeping and Waking - Issue #33 The underlying principle of salutogenesis which is based on heterostasis* and the activation of the body's own resistance, brings about an all encompassing renewal in all branches of modern medicine. Healthy nutrition with foods grown in a vital and healthy manner is one very important element that ... Read More ►
By Heidi Harding, L.Ac. and Tim Aitken, L.Ac. Issue: Winter 2003, Form and Structure - Issue #34 In Classical Chinese Medicine, the Kidneys give us our foundation for life. The Kidneys represent that which pushes the organism to the actualization of its potential. They are the “pilot light” that ignites the body’s primary activities. The Kidneys store and activate our ... Read More ►
By Clinton L. Greenstone, M.D. Issue: Winter 2003, Form and Structure - Issue #34 The bones are dense, highly active tissues comprised of special protein fibers called collagen that become mineralized primarily with calcium and phosphorus. Their surfaces are constantly being built up and broken down through the process of bone remodeling. Osteoclasts are bone cells that eat away old ... Read More ►
LILIPOH Interviews David C. Korten Issue: Spring 2004, Digestion - Issue #35 David Korten is the author of When Corporations Rule the World, a book that eight years after its 1996 publication reads like a biblical prophecy unfolding before our eyes. He is currently writing another book, tentatively entitled, Renewing the American Experiment. LILIPOH: How did you come to write ... Read More ►
By Robert Sardello, Ph.D. and Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, Ph.D. Issue: Spring 2004, Digestion - Issue #35 Digestion refers to a process of taking in something from the world, where it undergoes complete transformation, and in this transformed activity, life is maintained. A similar process takes place with whatever we take in from the world. Digestion is not limited to food. We ... Read More ►
By Steven Johnson, D.O. Issue: Spring 2004, Digestion - Issue #35 Steven Johnson, D.O. is the medical director for Foxhollow Clinic. Located near Louisville, Kentucky, the clinic is a new inpatient initiative integrating anthroposophical, allopathic, and holistic modalities to treat patients with acute and chronic illnesses. The clinic is also developing a retreat and conference center. Learn more at 502-241-4304. ... Read More ►
by A. Pautz, M.D. Issue: Summer 2004, Biography Emerges as a Tool For Therapy - Issue #36 Life leaves traces ingrained in our biographies. Seen within an entire life, biographic events can appear as informative messages - messages we may read, understand, and act on. In taking a patient’s history, an anthroposophically-trained medical doctor listens to and evaluates such events. The ... Read More ►
LILIPOH interviews Rabbi Michael Lerner Issue: Fall 2004: SEXUALITY: A CONTEMPORARY LOOK - Issue #37 Michael Lerner is the rabbi for Beyt Tikkun synagogue in San Francisco. He is best known as editor of Tikkun Magazine: A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture and Society. Among his many books: Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin (with Cornell West); The ... Read More ►
