Conversations with History - Allan J. Hamilton, M.D.

A Surgeon'’s Journey Beyond Science Allan J. Hamilton, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery, Arizona Health Sciences Center

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton for a discussion of his new book: The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural and the Healing Power of Hope. Focusing on his intellectual and spiritual odyssey, Dr. Hamilton offers insights into the craft of surgery and discusses how his patients have broadened his understanding of the human condition, the resilience of the human spirit, the healing process, and the world beyond science.

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[dyoung5917]

Such a well spoken (and well written) guy! I'm reading his book "Zen Mind Zen Horse" which is fantastic and am moved by what he says. As a physician, he's clearly one of the rare ones -- especially as a surgeon -- to have such a great presence and energy.

[emotionalinvalid]

very encouraging to an agnostic like myself. now i wish psychiatrists would take heed and stop torture drugging(ritalin, neuroleptics--i.e. "chemical iron maidens--) nor rx ing addictive drugs(paxil, xanax, ativan, et al) to people who have greater than normal sense and cognitive experiences, or experience greater than normal suffering, and allow those patients to express(distinct from destructive actions) themselves in greater than normal ways, for these are the true cures of "mental illness".

[ironbuttermilk]

I also bought and read this book in one night. Couldn't put it down. Quite a writer.

[paulflute]

wondeful.... should be required reading..

a few points though...

do not assume that the mind is located in the brain..

mind is an undefinale non-local phenomanon

just on a physical level there are as many nerve ending in the gut as the brain...

also yes consciousness can be seperate form body but not from life........ consciousness is life... body is just a lens

[93hamm]

Sooner or later,the scientific establishment is going to get the message. There is 'something' in a human being that will not and cannot die. Now lets see what gerald woerlee and keith augustine can cobble together as an explanation for this.