Lynne McTaggart
Lynne McTaggart (born 1951) is an American journalist, author, publisher, lecturer, and spokesperson.[1] According to her author profile, she is a spokesperson "on consciousness, the new physics, and the practices of conventional and alternative medicine".[2] McTaggart is co-executive director of Conatus and is the author of six books, including The Intention Experiment and The Field.[2]
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[edit] Career
In her autobiography, McTaggart reports that she had an illness and identified "a toxic yeast" as the cause. Then, in conjunction with a homeopathic doctor, she developed a special diet that she says cured it.[3] As a result, her husband, Bryan Hubbard, suggested that McTaggart write a newsletter on the risks of some medical practices and he devised the title: "What Doctors Don't Tell You". In 1996, McTaggart published a book using the same name.[3] She also published a "What Doctors Don't Tell You" handbook on the potential dangers of child vaccinations in 1992 and a cancer handbook, which was updated in 2000. She and her husband run a company, Conatus, which publishes newsletters and magazines related to health and spirituality including, What Doctors Don't Tell You, PROOF!, and Living the Field.[3][4][5]
McTaggart says about the relationship of the medical industry and the public: "the roles are the reverse of what many people think: we debate with fact against an establishment which argues with emotion."[3]
In her book, The Field, McTaggart discusses scientific discoveries that she says support the theory that the universe is unified by an interactive field.[6] The book has been translated into fourteen languages.[4]
In her book, The Intention Experiment, she discusses research in the field of human consciousness which she says supports the theory that "the universe is connected by a vast quantum energy field" and can be influenced by thought.[4][7] This book has been translated into eighteen languages.
The Colorado Daily reports that McTaggart has organized several "mind-over-matter experiments" including an effort to improve the quality of the water in Lake Biwa, Japan. These "experiments" involve having people focus their thoughts to create a physical change.[8] The Daily writes that McTaggart says she has scientific evidence that the method works.
McTaggart has a personal development program called "Living The Field", which is based on an interpretation of the zero point field as applied to quantum mechanics.[citation needed]
McTaggart appears in the extended version of the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?,[9] as well as the movie, The Living Matrix - The Science of Healing.
[edit] Criticism
What Doctors Don't Tell You has been cited for factual errors in their attacks on medicine, such as confusing the antiviral drug Tamiflu for a vaccine and attributing deaths to a nonexistent avian influenza vaccine.[10]
The Field has been characterized by Mark Henderson of The Times as pseudoscience, focusing on her personal understanding of quantum physics as a misconception.[11]
[edit] Personal
McTaggart is married to publisher Bryan Hubbard and lives in London with her two daughters.[2][12]
[edit] Books
- Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times (1983) ISBN 0-385-27415-7
- What Doctors Don't Tell You: The Truth About The Dangers Of Modern Medicine (1999) ISBN 0-380-80761-0
- The Cancer Handbook: What's Really Working (2000) ISBN 1-890612-18-9
- The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (2003) ISBN 0-06-093117-5
- The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (2007) ISBN 0007194587
- The Bond: Connecting through the Space Between Us (2011)ISBN-10: 1439157944; ISBN-13: 978-1439157947
[edit] References
- ^ Huffington Post Article
- ^ a b c Author biography at Harper Collins
- ^ a b c d Author biography at Vital Health Publishing, retrieved 10/21/10
- ^ a b c Author biography at Simon and Schuster
- ^ Experts from her business website biography at Paranormal Radio Talk
- ^ Spirituality Book Shop, Book Review
- ^ Spirituality and Practice, Book Review
- ^ [1] Colorado Daily, "Boulder man hopes to stop Gulf of Mexico", Carl Fuermann, May 4, 2010
- ^ [2] NY Times, movie review, October 23, 2010
- ^ Ben Goldacre (February 18, 2006). "How to be beautifully, blissfully wrong about Tamiflu: just call it a bird flu vaccine". The Guardian (London): p. 7. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/feb/18/infectiousdiseases.birdflu. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- ^ Mark Henderson (October 30, 2004). "Junk medicine: Anti-vaccine activists". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article500204.ece. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ [3] Intent.com, Lynne McTaggart profile
