Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis (The Seminars Workshops and Lectures of Milton H. Erickson : Volume 3)

From the front flap of this 304 page book: "'Mind-Body Communications in Hypnosis' contains much of the source material wherein Erickson first expressed his original views on psychosomatic medicine and healing. We are now learning how the languages of mind (through imagery, emotion, and sensation) are communicating with the languages of the body (hormones, messenger molecules, information substances). This new research is providing a scientific basis for the ancient dreams and practices of alchemists, shamans, and spiritual healers of all times and cultures. It validates the view that psyche, mind, and brain are pervasively integrated in modulating body processes in health and illness. The 'miracle cures', spontaneous remissions of lethal diseases, and placebo effects that seemed inexplicable to the scientific mind only a few years ago can now be understood as manifestations of mind-body information systems that extend far beyond the limitations formerly placed on the central nervous system."