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Weil, Andrew American medical researcher and
physician. A graduate of Harvard Medical School,
Weil teaches at the University of Arizona College of
Medicine and is the author of Chocolate to Morphine,
(Houghton Mifflin, 1983); The Natural Mind: A New
Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness,
(Houghton Mifflin, 1972), Health and Healing,
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983), The
Marriage of the Sun and Moon: A Quest for Unity in
Consciousness (Houghton Mifflin 1980); and Eating
Well for Optimum Health (New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 2000).

Weiss, Brian L. American psychiatrist, proponent
of mind-body medicine, and author of several books
including Many Minds, Many Masters; Only Love Is Real;
Through Time Into Healing (New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1992); Mirrors of Time: Using Regression for

Physical, Emotional, andSpiritual Healing and Messages

from the Masters(New York: Warner Books, 2000).

See also PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY.

Western herbalism See HERBALISM.

White Light Reiki A school of Reiki founded by

Dr. Mikao Usui, of Kyoto, Japan, in the latter half

of the 19th century. Usui added to traditional Reiki

methods what he believed to be the healing energy

of various Reiki symbols taught during the Second

Degree and in Master’s training. The various sym-

bols, similar to ancient hieroglyphs or characters,

are meant to activate energy and are made with the

hand over the Reiki recipient as the practitioner

determines for that individual’s needs.

See also BIOENERGETICS; REIKI; VIBRATIONAL

MEDICINE.

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