Technologies of Healing and Transformation: Ancient through Modern

The etymology of the word "technology" from the Greek is a systematic approach to an art or craft. Since ancient times, healers have used systematic processes and tools to aid in human development and health and healing. Healers and wisdom keepers understand that they function more as gardeners than magicians. Their task is to create the ideal conditions for the natural process of healing and transformation to occur, rather than using control or force. In ancient times, the standing stones, the cathedral, drumming, mala beads, the rosary - all served as technologies to support people's healing - serving as scaffolding to support the process of healing and transformation. Today, conventional medicine has made enormous strides in providing some of the conditions for healing, while neglecting and even dismissing others. This talk will focus on how we can create a toolbox of modern technologies of healing, blending ancient wisdom and modern science, that provide the conditions under which healing is more likely to occur. Dr. Vieten will share frontier science on how mental states can affect our own healing and the healing of others, especially as augmented by spiritual practices and virtual reality environments.