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Aside from chuckling at the name, I found this article about a healing movement called "a gentle wind" very interesting.
Some descriptive quotes about the "healing":
Please click on the link for details re: a clinical trial and more woo-wooness.
What really struck me was this quote:
Is there truth in this statement? Does skeptical scrutiny actually raise the cache of these frauds?
Some descriptive quotes about the "healing":
The Gentle Wind Project, whose motto is "Science and engineering for the human spirit,"
The non-profit has grown from pushing aromatherapy to raising more than $1.2 million in "donations" last year.
A key tenet of the group is that an invisible sphere 5 feet wide and 9 feet high surrounds each of us. It is made of "32 different levels of sub-atomic spiritual tennis netting," says Miller.
According the group, pain, fear and loss cause damage to areas of this netting. Holding a "healing instrument," which contains a particular combination of cell salts, undisclosed herbs and minerals and sometimes gold, returns one's sense of well-being by repairing the damaged bits.
Gentle Wind is registered as a non-profit, but some have wondered about the group's determined sales pitches. At the Toronto seminar, I'm buttonholed by one "instrument keeper."
And Miller is quick to correct anyone who wants to "buy" a healing device. That said, each device comes with a specific "donation request": $2,075 U.S. for a Healing Puck V, and $10,000 for a thorough overhaul from a New World System V 2.2.
Please click on the link for details re: a clinical trial and more woo-wooness.
What really struck me was this quote:
She then takes a direct shot at the group's critics. "When the quack-watchers bad-mouth you, you know you've made it in alternative medicine!" Miller says.
Is there truth in this statement? Does skeptical scrutiny actually raise the cache of these frauds?


