Tuesday, May 25, 2021

FALLEN LEAVES. An Autumn Chronicle (Issue III)


The full PDF of Fallen Leaves. An Autumn Chronicle (Issue III) can be accessed here.

This third edition of Fallen Leaves offers commentary on a range of both contemporary and perennial issues that invite reflection on where we are and where we are going. 

A significant part of this edition is given over to a consideration of the different ways that the arts of healing can be exercised. These include a reflection on the remarkable diagnostic style and capabilities available to practitioners of Tibetan medicine, a revisitation of a number of critiques of biomedicine that were voiced during the time when the various modalities of natural medicine were gaining traction in the Western world both in terms of community support and institutional presence, and a phenomenological reflection on the experience of being admitted to the Emergency Department of a regional Victorian hospital.

Fallen Leaves III also carries reflective commentary on aspects of both the Copenhagen and Cancun climate conferences, a short review of the US style of political/economic/military engagement during the mid-term of Barack Obama's presidency, and musings on a number of other issues.

 

Below is a listing of the contents of Fallen Leaves III:

1.  The Poetics of Medicine
2.  On technology and Medicine in a Time of Troubles
3.  On the Eve of Cancun
4.  While the Hegemon Caves from Within
5.  Of Love and Medicine
6.  On the Cultivation of Discernment

The full text of Fallen Leaves III can be viewed and/or downloaded as a PDF from: https://archive.org/details/fallen-leaves-iii