Alchemy of Illness

Name: Alchemy of Illness
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ISBN: 9780679420538

ISBN-10: 0679420533

ISBN-13: 9780679420538

Edition: N/A

Authors: Kat Duff

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Illness is a universal experience. There is no privilege that can make us immune to its touch. We are taught to assume health, illnesses being just temporary breakdowns in the well-oiled machinery of the body. But illness has its own geography, its own laws and commandments. At a time when the attention of the whole nation is focused on health care, Kat Duff inquires into the nature and function of illness itself. Duff, a counselor in private practice in Taos, New Mexico, wrote this book out of her experience with chronic fatigue syndrome, but what she has to say is applicable to every illness and every one of us. For those who are sick, this book offers solace and recognition. For those…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/2/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Invisible Underworld of Illness	p. 3
The Secrets Our Bodies Keep Safe	p. 19
Toxic Health: Cultural Assumptions and Illusions	p. 34
Dancing with Death: Vegetative Processes at Work	p. 59
The Alchemy of Illness	p. 77
The Underworld Journey	p. 92
Shame and the White Shadow of the Collective	p. 104
Mythology and the Dark Heart of Healing	p. 125
Notes	p. 147
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