Bi-cameral brains in depth

[David Morris]

Bove wasn't "defending science." He was denigrating ancient esoteric
energy-body schools, of which he has no understanding, either scholarly or
experiencialy.  He called them superstitions, and implied that only foolish
people would believe in them.

Those that will to disbelieve are welcome to do so. Those that have
personally experienced the subtle levels of reality beyond the food (meat)
body know better.

David Morris

On Saturday, February 6, 2016, Michel <bulb at vheissu.net> wrote:

> If it weren't for quoting "as above, so below" in paper below (as in
> Aganst the Day)  I wouldn't have sent this but this is an interesting paper
> from the (American) Centre for Scientific Inquiry.
>
> http://www.csicop.org/uploads/files/Acupuncture_Paper.pdf
>
> To save you reading 30-odd pages: if acapuncture works, good for you, but
> there's no scientific evidence other than maybe a kind of placebo.
>
> Quote:
> "The belief in a ‘cosmological correspondence between the houses of the
> Chinese zodiac and the chinglo channels’ seems to be based on the doctrine
> of ‘as above, so below ’, which stipulated that everything in the heavens
> has its counterpart on earth and also in man. The doctrine is explicitly
> stated in the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine as ‘Heaven is covered with
> constellations, Earth with waterways, and man with channels.’ (Kavoussi,
> Ben, Focus on
> Alternative and Complementary Therapies Web site)".
>
> Quote:
> Even in China, acupuncture’s status has traditionally been marked by
> ambiguity. Though it is often presented as utterly central to Chinese
> culture, for much of Chinese history acupuncture was discouraged by the
> ruling class. Within China, acupuncture has generally been dismissed as a
> folk medicine, largely practiced by and for the rural poor. Perhaps because
> of its practice as folk medicine, the teaching of acupuncture in Chinese
> medical schools was actually
> discouraged—and in1822 the teaching of acupuncture at China’s leading
> medical school was banned outright by the imperial authorities.
>
> While good ol'malignd can be pretty rough, I'd give him credit for
> defending science. Also, he once posted that Kurt Vonnegut wrote several
> masterpieces (if my old memory serves me well).
>
> Michel.
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