Dementia, a broad category of brain diseases including Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's, affects millions of people worldwide. Although its
impact is primarily focused on populations of Western countries,
orthodox medicine has not been able to discover the causes of
dementia, let alone develop successful treatments or a cure. Given
this situation, there are good reasons to investigate the
psycho-spiritual factors connected to the outbreak of the illness.
As the author states in her Preface: 'The conception of man that is
given priority today by the scientific world hardly takes into
account that in addition to the physical-material component, for
which certain degenerative or pathological processes can be
determined with the help of technical apparatus, there are other
components of his being to be taken into account which cannot be
investigated in that way. So long as the cause of an illness is not
sought in connection with those spiritual components of the human
being, a successful treatment of the patient cannot be assured.'
Developing successful methods of treatment requires a full
understanding of the human being.This can not be achieved through
observation with the outer senses only, but increasingly calls for
spiritual-scientific perception. Through this method, as founded by
Rudolf Steiner, great service can be rendered to humanity,
including precise research into the causes of ill-health. The
factors involved in the eruption of modern afflictions, such as
dementia, can be determined by careful consideration of humanity's
- as well as the individual's - destiny. In this succinct but rich
study, Judith von Halle describes her investigations into the
phenomenon of dementia, beginning with a general outline of the
anthroposophical conception of the human being and society, and
applying that knowledge to what today is increasingly referred to
as an epidemic. This book does not demand medical expertise, but
requires an effort to engage with the psycho-spiritual conditions
of dementia sufferers. It provides a wealth of insights and
guidance to approaching one of the greatest challenges of our time.
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