Brian Inglis

1SETTING THE SCENEWhat is trance?When Charles Tart was doing the research for his States of Consciousness in the 1960s, he hunted for a definition of trance; but 'for every definite characteristic mentioned by one authority,' he found, 'another would be the opposite.' As a Professor of Psychology...

IntroductionWhen, twenty years ago, the late Geoflfrey Murray undertook to survey unorthodox medical practices in Britain for the Spectator they were so little known that they had not acquired a collective name. With the Edinburgh Festival in mind he and I settled for 'Fringe Medicine', a term...

EinführungDie moderne Schulmedizin steckt in einer tiefen Vertrauenskrise. In der Ärzteschaft regt sich viel Selbstkritisches, das allerdings selten in die medizinische Fachpresse und noch seltener in die breite Öffentlichkeit dringt.Auch unter den Patienten wächst die Unzufriedenheit. Bei...