{"id":7028,"date":"2013-12-09T23:22:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T04:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2021-12-09T04:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:40:52","slug":"the-healing-power-of-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=7028","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Power of the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Emile Cou\u00e9<\/strong>, who originated the affirmation, \u201cEvery day, in every way, I am getting better and better\u201d, may not be so well known today, his influence is nevertheless very great indeed. Anyone on facebook cannot help but notice the constant flow of \u201cpositive affirmations\u201d in his feed, which is undoubtedly part of Cou\u00e9’s legacy. While I agree it is fine to think positively when appropriate, it often rises to the level of superstition. I knew a woman who refused to dance the tango with me because she felt the music was too sad.<\/p>\n

It may even become delusional when the hard facts of life confront us. Prince Siddhartha\u2019s life was totally altered when he came to terms with illness, ageing, and death; positive thinking alone cannot prevent them. In the teaching of the dominant religion closer to home, the loss of the Primordial State brought death, toil, and pain to the human race. The solution to death has to come from the outside, not from nice thoughts.<\/p>\n

Evola, however, was quite interested in Cou\u00e9 and devoted a longish essay about his teachings<\/a>. Evola related Cou\u00e9ism to the \u201cacting without effort\u201d of Taoism, using language not unlike Valentin Tomberg<\/strong>\u2019s description of the Juggler or Bateleur<\/a>. But before offering up the translation of that effort, I would like to provide a little background for comparison and contrast to Evola\u2019s views. On the one hand, we will use some concepts from German philosophy to make a plausible case and also Fr. Alois Wiesinger<\/strong>\u2019s comments from his book Occult Phenomena<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Soul Principles of Healing<\/h2>\n

Fr. Wiesinger devotes several pages to Cou\u00e9ism. First of all, he notes the well documented possibility of the healing disease through interior powers. This is not implausible when we recall that the body is the form of the soul, so that changes in the soul life can and will affect the body. As a trivial example, we can note how erotic thoughts effectuate bodily changes. Fr. Wiesinger notes that<\/p>\n

\nthere are in the subconscious those purely spiritual powers of the soul which are remains of preternatural gifts. Sometimes these can achieve wonderful results.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There two principles that account for Cou\u00e9\u2019s success:<\/p>\n