Finally available in English, "Spirit and Matter" is one of the most remarkable books we have seen in a very long time. Written by the eminent and brilliant Brazilian Physician Dr. Jose Lacerda de Azevedo, it presents a radical new paradigm for the integration of modern Western medicine with mental and spiritual practices.

Dr. Jose Lacerda de Azevedo entered Medical School in 1945. After a six-year degree program, he completed an additional four years of training in surgery and gynecology. In 1965 he began working at the Spiritist Hospital of Porto Alegre, a 700 bed charity institution famous throughout Brazil. For twenty years he was the head of the Psychic Research Division. This book is the result of much of the research conducted during that time.

This book is remarkable in its thorough presentation and articulation of a new and unique system of medical science that fully integrates the rich and unprecedented insights of the Spiritist Healing Paradigm of Brazil. For those who have longed for a synthesis of medical science and the paranormal, this book will both answer and raise many questions.

This new synthesis of Medical Science and Spiritism is called Apometrics. Remember this word, Apometrics, as it may well underpin an entirely new approach to understanding, diagnosing, and treating health problems that Western Medicine simply doesn't understand. Its many well-documented case studies will give practitioners of both 'hard-core' medicine and spiritual methods cause to reconsider the nature of spiritual evolution, existance beyond death, reincarnation and the so-called mind-body dichotomy.

What People are Saying About "Spirit and Matter"

"After returning from one of my scientific expeditions in the Antarctic, I experienced problems which traditional medicine could not explain nor treat. After looking for alternatives, I became a research subject of Dr. Lacerda's team. As a result of that experience I promised to make others aware of the new horizons of psycho-spiritual medicine." - Jane Mocellin Ph.D., Psychology, Visiting Scholar - Oxford University

"The proof was presented when a number of my "incurable" patients were permanently cured. This book is a landmark, an indispensable and original work that should be on every research shelf" - Professor Ubirajara Carvalho, M.D., Ph.D.

"A must for all professionals and researchers who deal with the human soul and its forces" - Professor Carlos I.N. Barradas, Ph.D., Federal University