Spirit Healing

by Bob Woodward

Through the work of renowned healers such as Harry Edwards, "spiritual healing" is increasingly recognized as recourse a wide variety of physical ailments. Individual healers often attract interest in the media, and a number of centers for sustained research and practice have been established in the UK, Germany, Romania, Denmark, and the US. Bob Woodward has studied and practiced spiritual healing and has extensive experience in the therapeutic and medical approach pioneered by Rudolf Steiner. In this clear, revealing account, Woodward examines various forms of healing, the role of healers, and the indications that Steiner provided for a deeper understanding of the spiritual world and our relationship with it through this form of healing. This is a provocative and accessible guide to a much misunderstood approach to healing.

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2004

About the author

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Dr. Bob Woodward was born in 1947 in Gloucester, UK. Having studied at state and Steiner schools, he became a coworker at the Sheiling School in Thornbury, a center of the Camphill Community, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. He remained in the Camphill Movement, living with and teaching children with special educational needs, for some forty years before retiring in 2012. He took a special interest in understanding autism in children and young people. At the age of 46, Bob received an MEd degree from Bristol University, followed by an MPhil at the age of 50, and a PhD from the University of the West of England at the age of 64. As well as being a qualified educator, he is a spiritual healer and the author of several books. He has been married for forty-two years and has five grown children and many grandchildren.