Holistic Healthcare versus Traditional Western Medicine

February 3, 2022 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: religious beliefs

The Western medicine community recently asked the question: Will Alternative Healthcare, a.k.a. Holistic, Metaphysical, Energy or Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Western Medicine (WM) merge? This question implies there is reason to wonder and/or we need to consider the benefits a merger might create. The consideration of merging Holistic, Metaphysical, Energy or Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Western Medicine is analogues to comparing apples to oranges. The only comparison between apples and oranges is that they are both fruit–but the Read More

The Concept of the Witch

February 2, 2022 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: religious beliefs

The concept of the Witch in Western culture has gone through a rather interesting evolution, morphing from ‘wise one’ to ‘bride of Satan,’ and then to a watered down neo-pagan cult figure. The neo-pagan view can safely be ignored, I think, since it is not a real belief but more of a stance–in pre-Christian times ‘witches,’ though not known by that name, occupied an important place in their communities, as healers, counselors, midwives, and interpreters of nature; like doctors and Read More