Pneumotherapy

Pneumatherapy is based on the word 'pneumatology'--"pneuma" is the Greek for spirit or self, thus "pneumatology" is the study of, finding the meaning of, the spirit. Pneumatherapy refers to the self treating the self; or healing of the spirit, which is then empowered to deal with problems which may also be felt in the mind—the psyche, and/or the body—the soma. The Greek "therapeuo" means to treat a condition or disease; it does not mean to cure or heal it. Full healing comes from the spirit, the pneuma.

A pneumasomatic disease is a physical condition which arises in the spirit—the pain and suffering which we, consciously or unconsciously, bring on ourselves. The term psychosomatic disease was first used by a few doctors in the 1930s. They came to accept that there are mind/body diseases, related to the human spirit but are triggered by stress which people take on when stressed by others and/or circumstances.

In brief, pneumatherapy is a spiritual form of self-hypnosis. The Scottish surgeon, James Braid, who coined the term "hypnotism" in 1841 to replace mesmerism and yogism, did not like the term. Later, without success, he tried to introduce "monoideism" --the ability to keep one's mind on one idea—a good description of the trance phenomenon.

Even many modern "hypnotists", in order to get away from the false perception many people have regarding hypnosis will call what they do, "mentalism" and themselves, "mentalists".

It is probable that most conditions are a complex combination involving pneuma, psyche and soma factors.

Pneumatherapy, then, is a unique kind of hypnosis--or rather, self-hypnosis--without the hocus pocus. It is not unlike neurolinguistic programming. Check out the following sites for more information on pneumatherapy is all about:

http://search.domainnotfound.ca/bellcanada/ws/results/dns/Hypnosis/1/4011/RightNav/Relevance/iq=true/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true http://www.lindsayking.ca http://www.flfcanada.com In his avoidance of the master/subject approach to hypnosis, the late great psychiatrist Dr. Milton H. Erickson was more of a pneumatherapist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_H._Erickson So was the gynecologist, W.S. Kroger who wrote the book, Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

Pneumatherapy is not about your regular stage-variety of hypnosis—the kind in which "subjects" appear to be manipulated by "masters". It is, rather, the kind in which there is a one-on-one communication between the teacher and student.

Check out the work of Dr. Milton Erickson, the father of hypnosis in North America. http://www.erickson-foundation.org/ Dr. W. Griffith Jones, aka, Dr. Ken Walker—who used to be a columnist for the Globe and Mail, Canada--http://www.canadafreepress.com/2002/edesk92302.htm often wrote about and gave lectures on DISEASES WE GIVE OURSELVES. They can also be called "pneumapsychosomatic" diseases.

The bottom line is: Get the pneuma in tune with, connected to, the infinite ground of all being—G.0.D.--the principle that generates all good, organizes all opportunities and delivers that which is delightful, and the mind and the body will follow, gladly.

PNEUMATHERAPY AND THE ECONOMY By the way, advocates of using pneumatherapy argue that the utilization of this approach, if put into regular practice, would play a dramatic and positive role in lowering the cost of public health care.