We all know we can make ourselves unwell by thinking it, through psychosomatic illness, yet many will scoff at the thought of willing ourselves better. However, the effect of healing ourselves with our minds alone is very well documented in the Placebo Effect.

To develop spiritually is to develop the will, to shed destructive patterns, and to cleanse and stimulate our energy systems. The universal symbol of medicine itself appears to signify a connection between spirituality and medicine, with the serpent (kundalini), rising up the staff (spinal column), forming a double helix (DNA).