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Kenneth H Wilson¹

¹VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

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This study explores integrating traditional healing practices with modern medicine. It suggests contemplative practices can enrich medical care by connecting patients and practitioners to a broader context of life and death.

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Area of Science:

Integrative Medicine
Medical Anthropology
Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

Modern medicine primarily relies on intellectual, science-based understanding.
Traditional healing practices, rich in experience, exist globally and predate modern science.
Shamanistic healing, often perceived as mystical, offers a different approach to illness.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the integration of traditional healing methods into contemporary medical practice.
To examine how contemplative practices can enhance the medical experience for both patients and practitioners.
To bridge the gap between scientific medicine and experiential healing traditions.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of traditional healing practices, including shamanism.
Exploration of contemplative traditions like Zen Buddhism and secular mindfulness.
Examination of how these practices engage with illness and death in a broader context.

Main Results:

Traditional healing can be understood as engaging with patients beyond the self and conceptual filters.
Contemplative practices offer a path to live within a larger context, enriching the experience of healing.
Zen Buddhism serves as a model for maintaining scientific respect while embracing holistic healing.

Conclusions:

Integrating experiential and contemplative approaches can transform medical practice into a richer human experience.
A respectful relationship between science and traditional healing is achievable.
Healing can be viewed as a fundamental aspect of life and death, a 'life thing, a death thing'.