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"This book is destined to become a classic."
--Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Drawing on fascinating case histories from his own practice as well as medical techniques he has observed in his travels around the world, Dr. Weil shows how the mechanisms of self-diagnosis and self-regeneration have worked to resolve life-threatening diseases, severe trauma, and chronic pain. But spontaneous healing is also the...

The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in pursuit of self-knowledge and status through kinship ties. This long and varied history of Americans search for identity illuminates the story of America itself, according to Francois Weil, as fixations with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way in the twentieth century to an embrace of diverse ethnicity and...

GROSSE GEFÜHLE UND ALTE GEHEIMNISSE: DER AUFTAKT DER BRIGHTSAND BAY-REIHE!

"Entlang der Küste blickte sie bis nach Brightsand Bay, sah ihr Haus, das auf einer saftigen Wiese über dem Anleger ruhte, an dem die Fähre verloren auf Fahrgäste wartete. Der Anblick war so friedlich. Er war Mimis Alles. Ihre Heimat, ihr Alltag, ihr Glück."

Emily "Mimi" Green lebt gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Finn im idyllischen Cornwall. Seit dem frühen Tod ihrer Eltern halten die beiden nicht nur das...

This volume, first published in English in 1987 makes available an important part of Weil's early writings. Although primarily known as a religious thinker, she devoted enormous energy in her formative years to her work as a political activist and as a philosopher/teacher. This book reveals these other sides of Weil and demonstrates the lines of continuity underlying her whole thought.

Written between 1929 and 1941 the book covers a crucial and transitional period in Weil's life. Taken together they represent invaluable primary source material on the evolution of Weil's life...