Beyond pills and potions, there is a way to subdue this often-debilitating disease, says the author, a student and advocate of the Cayce readings. This book examines physical conditions that contribute to arthritis and what can be done to eliminate them, including mental and spiritual courses of action.

What opens the door to disease in our body? What  enables us to get well? Dr. William A. McGarey  answers these questions and shows us the way to  glowing good health. Guided by the teachings of Edgar  Cayce, Dr. McGarey has treated thousands in his  Arizona clinic. He treats the human body not as a  biochemical factory but as a whole entity in time  and space, affected by our consciousness and the  experienced of life, now and through many  incarnations. Utilizing holistic concepts that use our  minds creatively to bring health to our bodies, Dr.  McGarey shows us a process of healing that includes:  special diets and herbs, the preparation and use  of Cayce's famous castor oil packs. Effective  healing massages, an exercise program, treatments for  specific illnesses, including psoriasis, colitis,  asthma, heart disease, arthritis, and many more,  daily meditation and prayer, dreams in health and  healing, a Cayce pharmacopoeia.

Castor oil was recommended in the Edgar Cayce readings more than one thousand times. Dr. McGarey recounts case histories in which he succeeded in using castor oil packs as a healing agent for a variety of disorders.