Demeter, Buddha and Bears The Ancient Roots of Contemporary Spiritual Healing Michael Samuels, M.D Michael Samuels, M.D Institute of Holistic Studies Institute of Holistic Studies San Francisco State University San Francisco State University Art as a Healing Force, Bolinas California. Art as a Healing Force, Bolinas California.

Changing the Consciousness of a Whole Culture The Eleusian Mysteries was the most important consciousness transformative ritual in history The Eleusian Mysteries was the most important consciousness transformative ritual in history

The Artistic Emanation Body of Buddha The Buddha Bodies were the high point of body, mind, spirit technology for thousands of years The Buddha Bodies were the high point of body, mind, spirit technology for thousands of years

The Bear Dance The Bear Dance has healed the Chumash people for thousands of years The Bear Dance has healed the Chumash people for thousands of years

Towards a Contemporary Spiritual Technology These three rituals help us understand how we can use spirit with patients in contemporary medicine. These three rituals help us understand how we can use spirit with patients in contemporary medicine. I am currently working with all three forms to help develop a contemporary spiritual technology. I am currently working with all three forms to help develop a contemporary spiritual technology.

My journey Brown: Research and Yoga Brown: Research and Yoga NYU Medical School: Immunogenetics research NYU Medical School: Immunogenetics research Hopi Indian Reservation Hopi Indian Reservation Photography= art making Photography= art making Headlands clinic, holism Headlands clinic, holism Guided imagery practice Guided imagery practice Art As a Healing Force Art As a Healing Force Shamanism, Bear dance Shamanism, Bear dance Eleusian Mysteries Eleusian Mysteries

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How do you actually use spirit to heal? We talk about healing the whole patient, body, mind, spirit.. We talk about healing the whole patient, body, mind, spirit.. But what do YOU actually do ??????????? But what do YOU actually do ???????????

Why bother? Anatomy and Physiology 101 Body, mind, spirit are real and are our anatomy Body, mind, spirit are real and are our anatomy 99% of cultures in Ford file at Yale believe spirit heals; We are the only culture that does not 99% of cultures in Ford file at Yale believe spirit heals; We are the only culture that does not Carl Jung- “You can’t prove there is a God, but my patients who believe- do better than my patients who don’t” Carl Jung- “You can’t prove there is a God, but my patients who believe- do better than my patients who don’t” The research mandate- you have to The research mandate- you have to

Spirit makes us live longer Helm, H., Hays, J.C., Flint, E., Koenig, H.G., Blazer, DG (2000). Effects of private religious activity on mortality of elderly disabled and nondisabled adults. Journal of Gerontology (Medical Sciences) Helm, H., Hays, J.C., Flint, E., Koenig, H.G., Blazer, DG (2000). Effects of private religious activity on mortality of elderly disabled and nondisabled adults. Journal of Gerontology (Medical Sciences)

A random sample of 3,851 community-dwelling adults aged years residing in the Piedmont of North Carolina was surveyed A random sample of 3,851 community-dwelling adults aged years residing in the Piedmont of North Carolina was surveyed During a median 6.3-year follow-up period, 1177 subjects died During a median 6.3-year follow-up period, 1177 subjects died Persons with no disability and little or no private religious activity in 1986 were 63% more likely to die during the follow-up (HR [hazard ratio] 1.63, 95% CI Persons with no disability and little or no private religious activity in 1986 were 63% more likely to die during the follow-up (HR [hazard ratio] 1.63, 95% CI

Do you tell your patients to wear seat belts Of the subjects who attended religious services once a week or more in 1986 (frequent attenders), 22.9% died compared to 37.4% of those attending services less than once a week (infrequent attenders). The relative hazard (RH) of dying for frequent attenders was 46% less than for infrequent attenders (RH 0.54, 95% CI Of the subjects who attended religious services once a week or more in 1986 (frequent attenders), 22.9% died compared to 37.4% of those attending services less than once a week (infrequent attenders). The relative hazard (RH) of dying for frequent attenders was 46% less than for infrequent attenders (RH 0.54, 95% CI This effect on survival was equivalent to that of wearing vs. not wearing seat belts in auto accidents. This effect on survival was equivalent to that of wearing vs. not wearing seat belts in auto accidents.

Do you tell patients to stop smoking? This effect on survival was equivalent to that of not smoking cigarettes vs. smoking. Investigators concluded that older adults, particularly women, who attend religious services at least once a week appear to have a survival advantage over those attending services less frequently. For more information, contact Harold G. Koenig This effect on survival was equivalent to that of not smoking cigarettes vs. smoking. Investigators concluded that older adults, particularly women, who attend religious services at least once a week appear to have a survival advantage over those attending services less frequently. For more information, contact Harold G. Koenig

Now you have a mandate : If you tell people to stop smoking If you tell people to stop smoking If you tell people to wear seat belts If you tell people to wear seat belts You are now mandated by research – to help people to heal with spirit You are now mandated by research – to help people to heal with spirit And, exactly how will you do that with patients. Especially those who don’t go the church ? And, exactly how will you do that with patients. Especially those who don’t go the church ?

The 100% Effect As we move towards a futuristic medicine that will heal the whole patient- we will need to incorporate spiritual technologies such as art and healing and guided imagery that can directly address spirit with intent. If spirit is not addressed, healing is incomplete and not as effective and patients may not live as long. As we move towards a futuristic medicine that will heal the whole patient- we will need to incorporate spiritual technologies such as art and healing and guided imagery that can directly address spirit with intent. If spirit is not addressed, healing is incomplete and not as effective and patients may not live as long.

Lee Kaiser: Health Futurist Associate professor, Health Administration, University of Colorado. Associate professor, Health Administration, University of Colorado. We are at a breaking point in medicine. Convergence of Arts, spirituality, and Medicine We are at a breaking point in medicine. Convergence of Arts, spirituality, and Medicine Take into consideration the contribution of spirituality and art or miss ¾ of patient care Take into consideration the contribution of spirituality and art or miss ¾ of patient care

You have a body not are a body The placebo effect = plus 100 effect The placebo effect = plus 100 effect Most potent methodology= patients belief system Most potent methodology= patients belief system Spirits vs. attitude Spirits vs. attitude

What avenues of soul open to patient What we are doing is soul based- not body based- intuition as important as analysis What we are doing is soul based- not body based- intuition as important as analysis Every caregiver has two dimensions Every caregiver has two dimensions Vertical how plugged in, how access soul Vertical how plugged in, how access soul Need connect in vertical levels Need connect in vertical levels

We need a healing temple that merges science and spirit with no prejudice

Is illness a soul change opportunity? Cultural creatives want to be healed as well as cured Cultural creatives want to be healed as well as cured We have a new kind of patient who is a new kind of person We have a new kind of patient who is a new kind of person The future healthcare organization integrates science, spirituality, and business The future healthcare organization integrates science, spirituality, and business

Ceremonies make space powerful my job = patient becomes who he or she is my job = patient becomes who he or she is open avenues of soul open avenues of soul call on genetic strengths call on genetic strengths modify the environment modify the environment

Arts are the bridge between inner space and outer space simultaneous soul frequency of patient and healer simultaneous soul frequency of patient and healer stimulate patient to simultaneous soul frequencies stimulate patient to simultaneous soul frequencies incorporate preconscious, super consciousness symbols incorporate preconscious, super consciousness symbols Core spiritual values complement marketplace values currently driving our industry Core spiritual values complement marketplace values currently driving our industry

Spiritual DNA, mental DNA, emotional DNA call on ancestors call on ancestors use arts to stimulate ancestors jumps generations brings past produces healing use arts to stimulate ancestors jumps generations brings past produces healing Ceremony, song important to someone coded into spirit DNA unlock power holograph Ceremony, song important to someone coded into spirit DNA unlock power holograph healed from past healed from past drumming drumming ancestors coded in healing from the illness you have frees it and heals ancestors coded in healing from the illness you have frees it and heals

Inscription found at Eleusis "Beautiful indeed is the mystery given us by the blessed gods: death is for mortals no longer an evil, but a blessing." "Beautiful indeed is the mystery given us by the blessed gods: death is for mortals no longer an evil, but a blessing."

Eleusis: the most important art and healing ritual of all times The Eleusinian Mysteries were the most sacred of all the ritual celebrations of ancient Greece. They were conducted in the Eleusis, fourteen miles west of Athens, for about two thousand years. The Mysteries were based on a legend about Demeter, the goddess of life, agriculture and fertility. Demeter's daughter Persephone was gathering flowers when she was kidnapped by Hades, the god of death and the underworld and taken to his underworld kingdom. Demeter searched for her daughter and goes to Eleusis. The Eleusinian Mysteries were the most sacred of all the ritual celebrations of ancient Greece. They were conducted in the Eleusis, fourteen miles west of Athens, for about two thousand years. The Mysteries were based on a legend about Demeter, the goddess of life, agriculture and fertility. Demeter's daughter Persephone was gathering flowers when she was kidnapped by Hades, the god of death and the underworld and taken to his underworld kingdom. Demeter searched for her daughter and goes to Eleusis.

Demeter causes a drought and Zeus asks Hades to release Persephone to bring back rain. But on the way up, she ate pomegranate seeds and had to remain in the underworld for three months of the year. The Eleusinian Mysteries were given to the people of Eleusis by Demeter to celebrate Persephone's return. Demeter causes a drought and Zeus asks Hades to release Persephone to bring back rain. But on the way up, she ate pomegranate seeds and had to remain in the underworld for three months of the year. The Eleusinian Mysteries were given to the people of Eleusis by Demeter to celebrate Persephone's return.

The celebration of the Mysteries at Eleusis took place over nine days in the month of September. For each day, there was a series of rituals that initiates followed. First there was the invitation, then the purification and sacrifice. Next the procession from Athens to Eleusis. Then, the initiates would rest, purify themselves, and fast. They would break their fast by drinking "kykeon," meal and water mixed with fresh pennyroyal mint leaves. The celebration of the Mysteries at Eleusis took place over nine days in the month of September. For each day, there was a series of rituals that initiates followed. First there was the invitation, then the purification and sacrifice. Next the procession from Athens to Eleusis. Then, the initiates would rest, purify themselves, and fast. They would break their fast by drinking "kykeon," meal and water mixed with fresh pennyroyal mint leaves.

What next happened remains a secret. There may have been a ritual reenactment of the story of Demeter and Persephone, including the abduction by Hades; Demeter's grief; her search and the famine and death that followed.. There was finally, a sudden blaze of fire and light, the joyous moment of Persephone's rebirth as she came back from the underworld and returned to her mother. The intensity of this ceremony with drumming, music and chants was said to be awe- inspiring and life changing What next happened remains a secret. There may have been a ritual reenactment of the story of Demeter and Persephone, including the abduction by Hades; Demeter's grief; her search and the famine and death that followed.. There was finally, a sudden blaze of fire and light, the joyous moment of Persephone's rebirth as she came back from the underworld and returned to her mother. The intensity of this ceremony with drumming, music and chants was said to be awe- inspiring and life changing

The Mysteries may have led the initiates through dark infernal regions with horrible images and frightening shapes to recreate a foreshadowing of what awaits the death for the uninitiated then, light represented a blissful afterlife in the company of the goddesses with a sense of great relief and spiritual rebirth The Mysteries may have led the initiates through dark infernal regions with horrible images and frightening shapes to recreate a foreshadowing of what awaits the death for the uninitiated then, light represented a blissful afterlife in the company of the goddesses with a sense of great relief and spiritual rebirth Yet with all that has been written, the truth about what happened in the Mysteries remains secret of the oath of secrecy and the capital offense of telling anyone what occurred. Yet with all that has been written, the truth about what happened in the Mysteries remains secret of the oath of secrecy and the capital offense of telling anyone what occurred.

3 Bodies of Buddha The first is the Truth Body, which is the experience of wisdom. The first is the Truth Body, which is the experience of wisdom. The second is the Beatific Body, which is the experience of bliss. The second is the Beatific Body, which is the experience of bliss. The third is the Emanation Body, which is the way bliss and wisdom are communicated to others The third is the Emanation Body, which is the way bliss and wisdom are communicated to others

The Emanation body is divided into three bodies The first is the Supreme Emanation Body of the Buddha’s to help others. The first is the Supreme Emanation Body of the Buddha’s to help others. The second is the Incarnational Emanation body of teachers to help others. The second is the Incarnational Emanation body of teachers to help others. The third is the Artistic Emanation Body made up of anything that represents enlightenment. The third is the Artistic Emanation Body made up of anything that represents enlightenment.

The Artistic Emanation Body Is made up of all the sacred art and the artists who create it. Is made up of all the sacred art and the artists who create it. Literature, visual arts, sculpture that represent the sacred life of the Buddha are all crucial in helping people attain liberation Literature, visual arts, sculpture that represent the sacred life of the Buddha are all crucial in helping people attain liberation

Art is crucial to the whole structure of Buddhism It is nothing less than the way a person can see, hear, listen, understand, and know how a new reality of enlightenment is possible for them in their life. It is nothing less than the way a person can see, hear, listen, understand, and know how a new reality of enlightenment is possible for them in their life. Art is the way wisdom and bliss are communicated to others. Art is the way wisdom and bliss are communicated to others.

Your life is healing art Your Artistic Emanation Body is the most powerful art form, the most powerful artistic emanation. Your Artistic Emanation Body is the most powerful art form, the most powerful artistic emanation. For your life to be healing art, you must live with the intent to heal in every breath For your life to be healing art, you must live with the intent to heal in every breath

The second most important art is literature. Songs, epics, poems, tales, and legends, are believed to be a direct path to your imagination, a way to let you picture enlightenment directly. The second most important art is literature. Songs, epics, poems, tales, and legends, are believed to be a direct path to your imagination, a way to let you picture enlightenment directly. Next in importance is music. Tibetans believe that harmony and vibration affect your heart directly. Chants are believed to open the heart, to heal and inspire. Next in importance is music. Tibetans believe that harmony and vibration affect your heart directly. Chants are believed to open the heart, to heal and inspire. Architecture is also important. It can create sacred geography, sacred space. It designs mandalas which convey delight, security, and exaltation. Deities are seen at precise places within the architecture, the sacred building serving as their home. Of course, the most elaborate structures that can ever be built are those we create in our minds with guided imagery. They are incredible intricate and exact representations of heavenly abodes. Architecture is also important. It can create sacred geography, sacred space. It designs mandalas which convey delight, security, and exaltation. Deities are seen at precise places within the architecture, the sacred building serving as their home. Of course, the most elaborate structures that can ever be built are those we create in our minds with guided imagery. They are incredible intricate and exact representations of heavenly abodes.

Sculpture is a way to embody yourself as a god. Sculpture is a way to embody yourself as a god. As you picture the icon, you energize the mental image until you are merged with it and become it. As you picture the icon, you energize the mental image until you are merged with it and become it. The Tibetan Buddhist first pictures the deity in his or her mind and then in the icon The Tibetan Buddhist first pictures the deity in his or her mind and then in the icon

Buddhists visualize themselves being made anew, being born, as it were, as the deity. Buddhists visualize themselves being made anew, being born, as it were, as the deity. It takes the utmost discipline and practice to manifest as an enlightened being It takes the utmost discipline and practice to manifest as an enlightened being

In Tibetan Buddhism, art is a direct flowing out from the enlightened spaces of Buddha. In Tibetan Buddhism, art is a direct flowing out from the enlightened spaces of Buddha. It gives a person a way to be embodied as an enlightened one, and that is how healing occurs. It gives a person a way to be embodied as an enlightened one, and that is how healing occurs. As you are enlightened, you are healed. As you are enlightened, you are healed.

Healing was not always curing This did not always involve curing, since everyone dies, including Buddha and the Dalai Lama. This did not always involve curing, since everyone dies, including Buddha and the Dalai Lama. Death in Buddhism is a doorway to enlightenment and the gateway to the next reincarnation so it is not in itself frightening or a thing to be avoided. Death in Buddhism is a doorway to enlightenment and the gateway to the next reincarnation so it is not in itself frightening or a thing to be avoided.

The Bear Dance Probably 10, years old in Europe Probably 10, years old in Europe Thousands of years old in America Thousands of years old in America Held by several tribes 3 times a year Held by several tribes 3 times a year For healing the people For healing the people

The explanation Illness goes from the person Illness goes from the person To the bear To the bear To the eagle To the eagle To the fire To the fire To Great Spirit To Great Spirit The Dancer is bear spirit for the dance The Dancer is bear spirit for the dance

Who is the Bear Dancer? a healer who is uses spiritual and visionary tools. a healer who is uses spiritual and visionary tools. Mircea Eliade, defined shamanism as the technique of ecstasy. Mircea Eliade, defined shamanism as the technique of ecstasy. Eliade defines shamanism as going into a trance to heal Eliade defines shamanism as going into a trance to heal

Characteristics of sacred space Sacred space is visionary space Sacred space is visionary space non-ordinary reality non-ordinary reality space that is full of meaning space that is full of meaning pregnant with power pregnant with power

To be a shaman is a choice of commitment and life sacrifice Mindfulness Mindfulness Being fully present Being fully present Intention Intention Focus Focus

Art and creativity as shamanism The first healer and the first artist were one person, the shaman. The first healer and the first artist were one person, the shaman. The first art was transformative, the cave painter made art to bring animals to them in the hunt The first art was transformative, the cave painter made art to bring animals to them in the hunt The artist uses writing, art, music, dance to change reality The artist uses writing, art, music, dance to change reality

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D. Only the creator, the spirits, and the patient take credit for healing, the shaman is only with them. Native Americans won’t say they are shaman or they do the healing, we need to be humble or the spirits leave us. The patient does 70% of the work to get well, the creator does 20%, I do 10% which is barely worth mentioning. Most of what the patient does to get well, is make the firm decision to be well Only the creator, the spirits, and the patient take credit for healing, the shaman is only with them. Native Americans won’t say they are shaman or they do the healing, we need to be humble or the spirits leave us. The patient does 70% of the work to get well, the creator does 20%, I do 10% which is barely worth mentioning. Most of what the patient does to get well, is make the firm decision to be well

Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madonna “The underlying ideas of complementary and shamanic medicine are identical. Native American healing uses herbs, manipulation, and massage, but the most important part is spiritual healing. The shaman uses spiritual energies to facilitate the healing of the body. True healers express and live out heartfelt compassion. They prepare properly for ceremony. Relationships are key to healing, healing grows out of change of relationship to patients own self, relationship with healer and with spirits. “The underlying ideas of complementary and shamanic medicine are identical. Native American healing uses herbs, manipulation, and massage, but the most important part is spiritual healing. The shaman uses spiritual energies to facilitate the healing of the body. True healers express and live out heartfelt compassion. They prepare properly for ceremony. Relationships are key to healing, healing grows out of change of relationship to patients own self, relationship with healer and with spirits.

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Demeter, Buddha and Bears The Ancient Roots of Contemporary Spiritual Healing Michael Samuels, M.D Michael Samuels, M.D Eleusian Mystery Pilgrimage Eleusian Mystery Pilgrimage Guided imagery For patients with life threatening illness Guided imagery For patients with life threatening illness Bear Dancer Bear Dancer