Dora Kunz

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Dora Kunz née Theodora Sophia van Gelder (April 28, 1904 – August 25, 1999) was a Dutch-American writer, psychic, alternative healer,[1] occultist and leader in the Theosophical Society in America.[2] Kunz's works have been widely published in Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Biography

Dora van Gelder was born at a sugar cane plantation named Krebet near

C. W. Leadbeater, who taught her ways to increase her psychic skills.[2][6]

Mosman, Sydney where Dora Kunz stayed for a while.[7]

Through Leadbeater she met Fritz Kunz, who used to accompany Leadbeater on his travels. Fritz for a time was principal of

theosophical camp at Orcas Island in the state of Washington.[6]

According to Dora van Gelder there exist powerful beings called Devas which transmit and direct energy to the nature.[8] "Fairy and Griffon" by Gustave Moreau, 19th century.

For many years, Dora dealt with new methods in healing, particularly

pranic healing method.[1] The technique is taught in approximately eighty colleges and universities in the U.S., and in more than seventy countries.[1]

Kunz philanthropically directed her clairvoyance towards helping physicians in complicated medical cases,

endocrine glands.[14] Her followers believed she was able to predict some illness as many as eighteen months before symptoms manifest themselves.[6]

In 1975 Kunz became president of the

nature spirits.[2][8] According to her, in 1979 she saw fairies in Central Park in New York City, but due to the increasing pollution it was getting more difficult.[15] Kunz claims that devas are intimately connected with a vital energy, transmitting force to preserve and heal the Earth. She said as more people get involved with environmental causes, the better are the chances of communication between humans and devas.[8] In 1987 after completing twelve years as president of the Theosophical Society in America, she retired and devoted herself to lecturing and writing.[2][6]

Mosman Dora Kunz says she met a friendly nature spirit worried about evil entities who had invaded the local area, and she managed to expel them. "Mosman's Bay" by Arthur Streeton, 1914.[5]

Criticism

The healing method, the "Therapeutic Touch" conceived by Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz in the early 1970s using the "human energy field" was tested in 1996 by Emily Rosa.[citation needed] At age nine Rosa conceived and executed a scientific study[citation needed] of therapeutic touch which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998.[citation needed] It was a critique of all of the studies related to TT she could locate in nursing journals and elsewhere.[citation needed] This made Rosa the youngest person to have a research paper published in a peer reviewed medical journal.[citation needed] She concluded as her opinion:
"The more rigorous the research design, the more detailed the statistical analysis, the less evidence that there is any observed—or observable—phenomenon." [citation needed] She just could not see it.

Works

Books

  • Christmas of the Angels, 1962.
  • The Real World of Fairies, 1977.
  • Fields and their clinical implications; co-author Erik Peper, 1985.
  • Spiritual aspects of the healing arts, 1985.
  • Devic Counsciouness, 1989.
  • The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields; co-author Shafica Karagulla, 1989.
  • The Personal Aura, 1991.
  • Spiritual Healing, 1995.
  • Aura en persoonlijkheid: aura's zien en begrijpen (Aura and personality: see auras and understand); co-author George Hulskramer, 1998.

Interviews and lectures

  • Reminiscences of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater; with Fritz Kunz, 1967.
  • Healing and the Dynamic Structure of Man, 1974.
  • Masters and the Future of the Theosophical Society, 1978.
  • The Alchemical Power of Consciousness Healing; with Janet Macrae, 1979.
  • The Path and the Spiritual Life; with Renee Weber, 1980.
  • Application of Theosophy; with William J. Ross, 1981.
  • Use of Healing Energy in Therapeutic Touch, 1981.
  • Karma and Human Relations, 1981.
  • Masters of the Wisdom, 1982.
  • Inner Structure of Man & Its Effects On Life, 1983.
  • Interview with Father Bede Griffiths, 1983.
  • Depression From the Energetic Perspective; with Erik Peper, 1984.
  • Masters and the Future, 1984.
  • Man's Experience at Different Levels of Consciousness, 1985.
  • Theosophical Perspectives on Dealing with Pain; with Erik Peper, 1985.
  • The Objectives of the Theosophical Society; with Radha Burnier, 1986.
  • The Role of Karma in Life, 1986.
  • Letting Go: Perspectives on Death and Dying; with Erik Peper, 1987.
  • Chakras and the Human Energy Fields, 1989.
  • Deeper View of Healing and Its Many Aspects; with Dolores Krieger, 1989.
  • Conscious Use of the Healing Mind; with Dolores Krieger, 1990.
  • Healing and Changes in the Invisible Emotional Patterns, 1991.
  • Conversation with Dora Kunz, 1992.
  • Personal Aura and its Relation to Daily Life, 1992.
  • Karma: White Lotus Day Commemoration, 1994.
  • Spiritual Aspects of Healing and Therapeutic Touch, 1994.
  • Meditation as a Part of Life, 1996.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-57731-097-6
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  2. ^
    ISBN 0-8103-9489-8
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  3. ^ Pedro Oliveira, Dora van Gelder Kunz’s Testimony, CWL World Archived February 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 01/2011.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8356-0936-4
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-86840-726-7
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  6. ^ a b c d e Theosophical Publishing House, Dora van Gelder Kunz, Theosophical Society in America. 2010.
  7. ^ Gregory John Tillett, Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934: A Biographical Study, 1986. University of Sydney, Department of Religious Studies. Chapter 22, pp. 846-847.
  8. ^
    ISBN 0-89281-552-3
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  9. ISBN 0-8160-4997-1
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  10. ISBN 1-85627-322-9
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  11. ^ Robert T. Carroll, Therapeutic Touch - the Skeptic's Dictionary. Copyright 1994-2009.
  12. ^ Leonard C. Bruno, Therapeutic touch - Encyclopedia of Medicine. Article, 2001. Gale Research. Retrieved 01/2011.
  13. ISBN 1-931942-07-2
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  14. ISBN 1-59179-671-7
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  15. ISBN 1-57392-021-5
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