by Wanda Buckner ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2014
A detailed explanation of an alternative therapy and its potential benefits.
A comprehensive introduction to energy therapy for people and their pets.
Debut author Buckner, an energy healer with 10 years of experience, makes a persuasive case in this book for that type of alternative therapy, in which practitioners try to change the “energetic flow” in and around the body. It allows people and animals to “self-heal,” she says, by “clearing, balancing, and replenishing [the] system” in an “instant, incremental, or transformational” manner. She repeats that energy workers don’t cure clients of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual issues—they merely facilitate healing, she says: “Healing is between the client and the universe, not the client and the practitioner. The doctor sets the broken bone, but the body knits it together.” The author cites some specific energy-therapy successes, such as an 18-month-old child who slept better after his “energy field” was “cleared”; a man who was able to sing again after an energy-clearing session and an inhalation of therapeutic oil; and a Persian cat that regained its appetite following treatments. Buckner instructs readers on how to choose a practitioner and a particular energy-healing modality, offers tips for those who want to become energy healers themselves, and generally discusses end-of-life issues. Overall, the author offers a wide-ranging introduction to energy healing, which may be particularly useful for readers unfamiliar with alternative medicine. Beyond anecdotal evidence, though, she doesn’t cite substantial science to support the therapy’s efficacy: “Research on energy modality effectiveness is difficult,” she says “because many variables in humans cannot be controlled.” Readers may also find it unclear as to whether some conditions resolve simply because of the passage of time or due to other treatments. Buckner adamantly defends her trade, although she notes that, as with more mainstream treatments, “healing is not guaranteed.” What the book does makes clear, though, is that energy therapy should be used in tandem with other options and not be considered a panacea on its own: “Do whatever is needed to repair your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health—see a physician, a counselor, a naturopath, an energy healer.”
A detailed explanation of an alternative therapy and its potential benefits.Pub Date: April 1, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-940984-10-0
Page Count: 190
Publisher: Aviva Publishing
Review Posted Online: July 11, 2017
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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