Deepening Perspectives on Chinese Medicine

Description

by Lonny Jarrett
ISBN: 9780966991628
Published: 2021 (Spirit Path Press)
Number of pages: 995

At first glance, Lonny Jarrett’s new book is an enormous volume of almost 1000 pages. Yet, after reading it, the contents actually seemed brief and immensely profound. It starts with Lonny’s personal journey and his experiences in meditation, setting a distinct atmosphere and energy that permeates the rest of the pages of his work. He then moves on to elucidate the interaction of the five elements, from the perspective of external observation, from within, and from other medical traditions, philosophies and the study of psychology. He moves on to perform a complete dissection and elucidation of each element as a constitutional type, including identity, sexuality, choices, life cycle, and the various forces that act on each constitutional type; he then resynthesises these parts into a clinical setting.

Reviews

‘Deepening Perspectives on Chinese Medicine presents a narrative that is not founded on the lineage teachings of any branch of East Asian medicine, recreating myths and the etymology of ancient terms and meanings. This discussion may lead the reader to conclude that, indeed, where medicine and bookplate front free endpaper spirituality are merged, a liberated consciousness has everything to do with ancient Chinese medicine.’

– Carlos Chan Cordeiro, PhD, The Journal of the American Society of Acupuncturists

‘This work is Lonny Jarrett’s magnum opus, the fruit of a 40-year career in Chinese medicine. But Lonny has taken the teachings of Chinese medicine and expanded its view into the present world and its future potential, specifically in the realm of consciousness development. I know of no other person in our field who has unified the thought of Sri Aurobindo, Ken Wilbur, Zhuang Zi, and great physicians such as Sun Si-Miao so seamlessly. Perhaps at last, the Huang Di/Yellow Emperor can be said to have engaged Western thought in full. This work deserves our full attention and commitment, so that we may add our insights for the coming era as well and bring Chinese medicine to full fruition as a world medicine par excellence.’

– From Foreword by Z’ev Rosenberg