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Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing

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Carolyn Myss writes about the individual human energy system, but dosen't take energy thinking far enough--that's why many of her arguments break down. When thinking about any sort of system, one must consider the smaller energy systems which compose it, as well as the larger systems in which it is embedded. Each system "level" has its own sort of consciousness and imperatives to follow. The "level" at which our conscious egos work is only one piece of the complex puzzle of reality which composes and enfolds us.

Thus, from a systems perspective, disease can follow dysfunction on ANY level, from the cellular to the social or environmental(and maybe even the galactic). One example would be cancers caused by pesticides--here,the human collective's disrespect for the planetary environment would be wreaking consequences through the illness of individuals. There need not be a particular biographical factor in the genesis of such a cancer, for as a individuals we are all subject to consequences following our collective actions.

Similarly, disease can spring from breakdowns on the cellular level of our systems--thus, plants and animals fall prey to illness in the wild (as they also do from human-caused habitat destruction and pollution). Would Myss say that these non-human creatures were responsible for their illnesses because they did not do their soul or emotional work? Non-human biological systems succumb to disease--what does her model say about this?

To say that biography is the only (or principal) factor in illness is taking a one-dimensional view of disease and the systems it disrupts. Things are much more complicated than that.

Myss similarly oversimplifies in her comparison of the Christian sacraments, the Hindu chakra system, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. These ways of seeing the human spirit-path are similar only on a very superficial level--it would take years of study and personal practice of each of these traditions to understand each one, much less to undertake a "compare and contrast" exercise.

There are better books out there about the chakras--books which were written years before Myss began writing. However, for an even more in-depth understanding of energy healing I would recommend reading some of the new books out on systems thinking, especially as it pertains to biology. (Kaufman's book "At Home in the Universe," is one such book--there are many others listed on Amazon.) Also, any books which explore sub-systems within the human psyche (depth psychology) pertain to this field, as any ego-self wishing to heal will have to do business with the "others" which exist within and which have their own energies and axes to grind.

Although some people might find Myss' transcultural correlations hard to swallow, I don't think that's her point: the chakras and the Tree of Life aren't necessarily "literally" true, but they show convincingly that people from a wide variety of cultural and religious contexts have arrived at the same underlying truths about the body/mind connection. And her interpretations of the causes of various illnesses make great sense to me because I've seen plenty of this among my relatives and friends, e.g., someone who had a fatal heart attack shortly after suffering a personal and professional defeat -- thus literally "dying of a broken heart"!
Another thing that impressed me is that Myss succesfully avoids what Joan Borysenko calls "New Age guilt," i.e., "illness means that you're spiritually deficient." She points out that the causes of physical illness are complex and there isn't a simple one-to-one correspondence between the body and the spirit; furthermore, spiritual healing can and should take place even if the person doesn't recover from the physical illness.
I also heartily concur with her remarks on "woundology." I've seen far too many people who have made "recovery" the focus of their entire existence. To me, that's just exchanging one addiction for another, and if a person can't get beyond the whole issue they'll be stuck there forever. All in all, this is an enlightening and helpful book, and I heartily recommend it.

I have started working with the suggestions in this book with results in a very short time. It is simple to understand and extremely thought provoking. I highly recommend it to anybody wishing to understand more about themselves and the healing processes that are very important in our lives.

In seiner Art einzigartig. Dieses Buch kann durch kein anderes ersetzt werden.

Caroline Myss zu erleben, wenn sie mit Menschen arbeitet, ist sicherlich die beste Voraussetzung, um dieses Buch erfassen zu können.

Wenn Caroline Myss einen Patienten sieht, arbeitet sie präzise wie ein Scanner und betrachtet alle Organe und alle Energien, die in den Organen aktiv sind. Danach gibt sie gezielt und umfassend ihre Anweisungen. Das Heilen bleibt jedoch zu einem guten Teil dem Menschen selbst überlassen.

In ihrem Buch: Why People Dont heal and how they can.
(Hier die Audio-Collection:)
The Caroline Myss Audio Collection: Why People Don't Heal/Spiritual Power, Spiritual Practice/Spiritual Madness
schreibt sie mehr darüber.

In Anatomy of the Spirit legt sie ein Werk vor, in dem die Eigenschaften der Chakra-Energien präzise mit den Aufgaben der Organe in Verbindung gesetzt werden. Caroline Myss eröffnet damit eine Sicht auf die Wirkungsweise des Menschen, die in solch ganzheitlicher Form kaum an anderer Stelle zu finden ist.

Anatomy of the Spirit ist wahrscheinlich das wichtigste Buch, um zwischen dem Verhalten eines Menschen und seiner Gesundheit eine gerade Linie ziehen zu können.

I credit Carolyn Myss (and this book and her tapes, "Energy Anatomy") with giving me a solid and thorough understanding of the Chakra system. As a medical clairvoyant, she demonstrates how energy medicine, far from being a new age fad, is truly on the cutting edge of healing. By the way, there's a great, extensive interview with Dr. Myss in Nina L. Diamond's "Voices of Truth: Conversations with Scientists, Thinkers, and Healers."

Have you ever walked into a house and gotten a funny feeling that something was wrong? Some kind of "bad energy" left over from an argument or perhaps someone had died? Ever get a "wierd vibe" from someone? Caroline Myss's continuing exploration into the human energy fields is a wonderful validation of what many have already experienced but were never able to clearly conceptualize. It's a relief when someone can do that for us (Hey, I'm not crazy!). Once over this stalling point, we can move forward and explore these areas of human experience more constructively.

Caroline's main thrust in this book is the energy flow through the body and how it relates to physical health, and a detailed description of the quality of the energy at each chakra level. She uses the Jewish Tree Of Life and the Christian sacraments as symbolic representations of the qualities at these vibrational levels. Caroline describes in general how the energy flow at the various chakra levels can be disrupted and the subsequent consequences to health in that part of the body.

Anyone who is interested in the healing arts, especially the fields of energy medicine, will find this book invaluable.

This book was amazing.It has helped me become more interconnected with mind, body and spirit. The book gives great importance to our memories and how much positive or negitive energy we give them.Understanding chahra's gives relevance to how and why disease evolves.The importance that was placed on keeping in touch with the state of mind and listening to your intution is a priceless tool in creating a balanced life.Anatomy of the Spirit, is a book which is beneficial in giving you a kick start on all of the above.

This book is a wonderful sumnation of the spiritual teachings of both the caballistic and chakra spiritual systems by a person who has seen and experienced them first hand. As I had presented in Tucson Arizona, these principles are totally consistent with what we know about brain physiology and quantum physics. Though my book covers the less spiritual more mundane aspects of optimizing brain function, it emphasises that there is proof that regular spiritual practice within a system like that put forth by Carolyn Myss (one that emphasises insight and forgiveness of self and others) will produce measurable changes in your brain state and your life...I have seen it first hand!!...all the best to Carolyn Myss for having written a true and tough new age classic in a field filled with lots of "soft and mushy" trash...Kenneth Giuffre MD, author, "The Care and Feeding of Your Brain"

There is much to commend this book. But as with many wise, insightful books of our time (Chopra, Majid Ali) it betrays an ignorance of the truely devastating nature of abuse -physical, psychological and sexual - on our deepest energies. It is quite impossible for the truely traumatised to apply Caroline Myss's principles, precisely because the trauma is so great that many stages of healing need to be passed through before this sort of "letting go" philosophy is applicable. Ms Myss writes superbly for the confused, the gloomy, the angry. But not for the most wretched, in pain among us. If your emotional baggage is modest, this book is good for you. If not, I would look elsewhere, although there is sorely little comfort to be found for us amongst the New Age/Enlightenment/Eastern movement. Whilst they make speak truths, they are indeed only partial truths.

I couldn't even get half-way through this stange blend of spirituality, mysticism, anatomy, and theology. I was most offended by the idea (supported only through stories) that people give themselves disease. I do not doubt the existence of the body-mind-spirit interactions, but she seems to neglect the fact that physical disease can just as easily cause emotional and spiritual distress.