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Hands Of Light
With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted healer with more than twenty years of professional experience observing 5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek happiness and health, and who wish to achieve their full potential. Our physical bodies exist within a larger 'b...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 1st 1990
by Bantam
(first published 1987)
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UPDATE: I came back to this book after a psychic woman told me my chakras were blocked. I read it for an hour last night. This book is dense-- definitely not a reference book. I went to look up specific chakras and how/ why they are blocked, and that information is spread throughout the entire book! every chapter is about chakras.It is designed for people who want to learn about energetic healing and the entire human spiritual experience.
Serious, old school woo-woo. Brennan is an energetic heal...more
Serious, old school woo-woo. Brennan is an energetic heal...more
A must read, basic 101 for everyone interested in energy. I really loved this section, Heyoan On Death:
We have already died in forgetting who we are. Those parts of us that we have forgotten are walled off from reality, and we have come into incarnation to retrieve them. So although we fear death, we have already died, and in the incarnation process of reintegrating with our greater being, we actually find more life. The only thing that dies is death.
During our life we wall off experiences tha...more
We have already died in forgetting who we are. Those parts of us that we have forgotten are walled off from reality, and we have come into incarnation to retrieve them. So although we fear death, we have already died, and in the incarnation process of reintegrating with our greater being, we actually find more life. The only thing that dies is death.
During our life we wall off experiences tha...more
I am not finishing this book because my body is clearly not responding to the text. In all other books I have read on energy work, whether about Qigong or prana or yoga, my hands, my scalp, my body responds. I can literally feel the energy within me stirring.
While reading this book I felt nothing which tells me that this book is not meant for me. Maybe it is simply a matter of bad timing and later I will return to it to find it inspiring. I doubt it. The author really emphasizes that the book i...more
While reading this book I felt nothing which tells me that this book is not meant for me. Maybe it is simply a matter of bad timing and later I will return to it to find it inspiring. I doubt it. The author really emphasizes that the book i...more
This book was fantastic! As a layperson, what has stayed with me the most is 1)the author's history of science and the naming of major periods or influencial people, and 2)an explanation of research done to prove that color has vibrational frequency(ies) and wave band(s). I love it that she combined psychology with the study of the Human Energy Field and higher sensory perception. Yes, there is so much more that could stay with me; but the simple wonderment and appreciation for expressing the bi...more
This is a great book. Barbara shares her in-depth knowledge and understanding in this field of healing. The book has helped me to further understand the human energy fields (aura) and provided an insight into healing practices along with exercises and techniques that I can practice to enhance my abilities. In addition to her books, Barbara has set up the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, with campus' in Miami, United States and Japan. She is seen as world renowned expert in her field. So if thi...more
Apr 07, 2013
Erin
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Holley Duffy
Recommended to Erin by:
Fred Person
This is an absolutely fascinating book written by an author with a rare perspective - she is a former NASA physicist turned psychic healer. The section of the book where she explains Newtonian physics and how those theories have (detrimentally) shaped how we think about our world on an everyday basis was so mind-blowing. I always thought of physics theories as "outside" everyday knowledge and practice, but that is clearly such a false view.
I had NO idea the human energy field and chakras were so...more
I had NO idea the human energy field and chakras were so...more
This book contains a wealth of information, which is wonderful especially if you have already gone through basic text books such as William Rand's Reiki. But it is was not easy for me to absorb so much new information in one sitting as some parts are too far removed from my current level of experience and understanding (centre portion of the book). So I feel there is no need to plough through every detail but that a browse-through would suffice for certain portions to gain a general idea.
What I...more
What I...more
Für alle, die sich wundern, was ich denn da "Schräges" lese: Ich mache gerade eine Art Glaubens-Neuorientierung durch. Allerdings ist mir die Autorin dieses Buches eindeutig zu esoterisch unterwegs - bei ihr passiert alles ganz plötzlich, Erklärung bekommt man fast nie eine. Leider bewirkt das bei mir "beim einen Ohr rein, beim anderen raus", dabei steckt in diesem Buch viel Wahrheit. Schon möglich, dass es daran liegt, dass das Buch schon etwas älter ist, aber bei mir kommts einfach nicht richt...more
Although, I have to say, it has given me a broader insight about the subject I do find this book a little egotistical and wirtten by a scientist who has written it for scientifically minded people. This book could easily be condensed down once the waffle has been taken out, buy hey that would make less money. I am only following this as it is one of many covered in my course work. What I would like to say that everyone's perception is different and think she should take that into account, having...more
An absolute fantastic book - would consider it an essential for anyone working in energy healing, or pursuing courses in energy healing, as well as anyone even interested in, regardless of what particular discipline or modality of energy work one may be coming from. It covers many different topics, and is quite an indepth book, yet very user friendly too. I like how the author covers different aspects that she became aware of as she developed as a healer, and the diagrams in the book also help t...more
This is a very interesting book, i wish to learn more about healing and have decided to study from many different cultural standpoints this is but one. I will take a lot away from this book and have already read quite a few of its pages.
I also bought this for my partner so we can learn together :)
I also bought this for my partner so we can learn together :)
A highly recommended manual from a leader in mind-body-medicine. Barbara Brennan is a former physicist for NASA and runs one of the premiere alternative medicine programs in the world. Fascinating reading, informative, science based and well-researched, and compiled from decades of experience and teaching.
WOW! Full on and amazing stuff.. This book sits in my references shelf.. I read it so fast the first time, it was so full of detailed explanations of energy fields and techniques, i was amazed.. I wanted to KNOW everything, right away.. now i just pick it up now and then and re-absorb.
I read ( or I should say I studied )this book years ago and I loved it.
This is one of those life changing books 4 me.
I just reacently reaquired it and I am enjoying reading it a second time
I am working the meditations into my Yoga routine and daily living.
This is one of those life changing books 4 me.
I just reacently reaquired it and I am enjoying reading it a second time
I am working the meditations into my Yoga routine and daily living.
Apr 22, 2008
Emily
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone into energy healing, anyone curious, esp. with q's
Recommended to Emily by:
I did, via my family, open to possibilities, open to how to, oth
I read both barbara ann books. I chose them both, at the book sellers. They reinforced the independent studies, encouraged in my upbringing years, that is, went right along with my findings, as encouraged to explore and activate/do,by my folks.I consider her work and works to be beautiful...there is a place or two, where I see that she might have taken a more explanatory direction -- still, she didn't...and, for someone practiced, her approach works (I am only considering that those not already...more
the bookmwill definetly help you to understand the difrent parralels to this world as i read it it would suck me in deeper to a diffrent under standing of the way we think and make choices all in all i thought it was a great book
Barbara went from working for NASA and understanding energy to making a powerful mark in healing. This is a wonderful book & a must have for anyone wanting to understand the anatomy of human energy and auric healing etc.
Good recourse on body energy explanations. WILDLY deep and frankly it got so hard to get through I used it as a resource and didn't read it cover to cover yet - I keep reading bits of it.
This book, though it seems to have a little of what I call "dogma" or the implication that a person must follow a specific belief system for the healing methods to work, has a lot of practical, clear, straightforward advice about how to work with the chakras and the human energy field.
One of the things that I have really enjoyed about the book so far has been the scientific background behind the energy system. I believe in the enrgy field of the human body because I can feel it, but it makes th...more
One of the things that I have really enjoyed about the book so far has been the scientific background behind the energy system. I believe in the enrgy field of the human body because I can feel it, but it makes th...more
I did not find this very accessible and the jury is still out on how I feel about this system although I have a friend who has experienced it, with not-bad results...
Mar 05, 2009
Trisha Keiman
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A must read for anyone involved in healing touch. Teaches and guides about energy fields,how it works and for healing the self and others.
Thoroughly enjoying this book; however, would want to be taught by a certified instructor, and not just anyone who has already read it.
I've read this book over ten years ago and am reading it again. It's very informative, interesting to read and I love it.
What wonderful living wisdom in this book! A true gift to humanity. Every Buddhist should read Chapter 20!
This book helped me figure out what I don't know about energy healing, which is a lot! I liked it :)
Excellent book on healing for the beginner, but the swedish translation is much better...(LOL)
Forced me to shake the core of my beliefs and opened a whole new world to me.
Finally a healer/clairvoyant with a solid background in physics!! Her voice and experience in psychology also lends authority to the transformation of existing paradigms in health and science. She is not espousing anything new but her knowledge in western science and her clairvoyant vision and healing abilities help to make yet another case in chipping away the old materialistic view of reality that is what most in our society hold true. If you interested in Auras, psychology, clairvoyance, the...more
A great learning guide to those who work in the healing arena
Jun 07, 2011
Laura
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took a while to finish but great information and insight
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