Larry Dossey, M.D., is a former internist and chief of staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital and the former cochair of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. He is the executive editor of Explore- The Journal of Science and Healing and the author of nine other books on the role of consciousness and spirituality in healing, including the New York Times bestseller Healing Words- The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine. Dr. Dossey lives in Santa Fe with his wife, author Barbara Montgomery Dossey.
In this elegant, thoughtful, and profoundly useful book, Larry Dossey reminds us of the healing power of the life around us and offers us the gift of new eyes. The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things vindicates anyone who has looked beyond drugs and surgery in search of their own ability to heal. --Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom Larry Dossey's insights into the ordinary illuminate a path to happiness and help us see 'the universe in a grain of sand.' --Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual Delightful, human, funny, poignant, and surpassingly wise, Larry Dossey's essays are a national treasure. --Joan Borysenko, author of A Woman's Journey to God One of our most original thinkers on the nature of consciousness and its role in healing. --Michael Lerner, president of Commonweal Larry Dossey's words of wisdom have inspired and challenged me for years. --Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom In his quirky, brilliant, and passionate book, Larry Dossey offers us the quintessence of a lifetime's search and conveys his message with the lucid grace of a born writer and the authority of a sage. In a hundred years, he will be remembered as someone who, in a grand way, assisted a shift in how we perceive the magic and mystery of our world and our place within it. --Andrew Harvey, author of The Direct Path From the Hardcover edition.