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This life: She's Electric




Zoe Alexander has a hidden power. She's no doctor yet can heal the sick using electromagnetic energy. It sounds like a quack alternative medicine, but scientific approval is propelling it into the mainstream, finds Jean West



ZOE Alexander doesn't look like your average healer. She's female for a start so out go the crude stereotypes of weirdy beardies and voodoo-worshipping shamen. Alexander has the air of a completely focused businesswoman, which is precisely what she was before energy medicine transformed her life.
Among those who say they've benefited from the 30-year-old's therapeutic powers is a woman whose cancer is now in remission and a woman who's been cured of a disabling chronic fatigue syndrome. Others have come forward insisting that cases of psoriasis, depression, broken bones, chronic pain, respiratory disease and arthritis have all vanished or eased considerably since Alexander intervened.

She is not exactly what you would term a faith healer, although implicit belief in her powers to restore health are vital to her work. Nor does she subscribe to any particular religion. She is a practitioner of electro- magnetic medicine, an area she firmly believes will one day be accepted into the mainstream.

The technique has been dismissed as quackery in medical circles for years, but new studies might just bestow it with more respectability.

In terms of physics, it is based on the acknowledged fact that matter -- including that which composes human beings -- is not solid. We are made of energy: molecules and atoms which vibrate at a number of frequencies. In doing so we produce our own magnetic fields in the same way as the earth, which can be manipulated to effect healing.

Healers believe that thought is a manifestation of this energy and can be used in a positive or negative way. Research has already shown that a single thought can effect a whole cascade of hormonal changes within the body which can either induce a state of profound well-being or misery and illness.


Dr James Oschman, a resp-ected American cell biologist and physiologist, worked for 15 years to produce a scientific paradigm to explain the healing phenomenon. He discovered that the pulse of each heart beat is capable of pumping an electrical charge through the blood stream to different parts of the body -- so certain individuals could emit fields with similar frequencies and intensities from their hands to heal.

In his book -- Energy Medicine, The Scientific Basis -- he concluded 'that an understanding of 'spontaneous' healing may not be as far away as we might think'.

Dr Paul Stevens, of the Koestler Parapsychology department at the University of Edinburgh, agrees that electromagnetic energy can be harnessed for healing.

'We used to think that electromagnetic fields could not effect human functioning, except at high strengths. Now we find that even a weak field can change mood and behaviour. It is quite a widespread practice to use a small electric current to speed up bone fractures that are not healing and we know that cells in the body communicate with each other using electro- magnetic signals.'

However, he cautions: 'Until we understand the mechanisms of how it all works it is unlikely to become mainstream.'

Alexander, who practices a form of energy healing called Bi Aura, says: 'It has been scientifically proven that illness and emotional disharmony exist at lower frequencies in the body. All a Bi Aura therapist seeks to do is to raise the energetic frequency to improve or cure the patient.' Originally a pharmaceuticals representative, her background helped her identify the limitations of modern medicine. 'It is fantastic for acute illness, but not very good for chronic conditions. I knew there had to be more to establishing good health.'

She found this out for herself after suffering from glandular fever as a teenager and then careering into clinical depression for three years. A lengthy course of anti-depressants while studying an arts degree at Edinburgh University did nothing to alleviate her suffering and ultimately she flushed them down the toilet and tapped the well of her own healing resources. 'I made myself completely better by changing the way I thought. I later understood the energetic component of this process.

'I had always been aware of this energy within me. My Mum has healing hands -- when she was around a sick person they would burn, even if she did not know they were unwell.'

Alexander decided to train in the field and was excited by what she learned about herself. One doctor, who has a device for measuring electromagnetic frequency, said her reading was off the scale.

June Hillhouse, of Edinburgh, is convinced that an aggressive form of cancer that swept from her bowel to her lungs and adrenal glands was halted by Alexander. While she initially underwent chemotherapy for the condition, it continued to spread until she met the healer.

'I am now in remission,' says the 62-year-old. 'The tumour in one of my adrenal glands is dead, a second is millimetres instead of centimetres and the one in the right lung is now minuscule.

'When I started seeing Zoe there were instant changes. During sessions I could feel the electricity running through me making my hair stand up. There were these snapping or crackling sounds. I would also see these amazing colours. I know it works.'

Catherine Simpson, a linguist, also from Edinburgh, was wiped out with chronic fatigue and food intolerances for years before she met Alexander. The 33-year-old visited numerous doctors and alternative therapists for help, but nothing brought relief. At the same time her weight was spiralling out of control and she was becoming depressed.

'When I started to see Zoe I stopped being so pessimistic, my spirits began to feel high,' she said. 'I addressed issues that were dragging me down like missing my father after his death and coping with the well of mourning and pain.'

The chronic fatigue evaporated over a number of months and although the sessions had not initially focused on losing weight, the pounds started to fall off.

'I only do 50% of the work,' says Alexander. 'The other 50% has to be done by the healee. It involves self-belief and the idea that you can transcend what is wrong with you.'

Finding evidence to authenticate energy healing has now moved on from the emotive affirmations of human beings which might be linked to a placebo effect.

Dr Serena Roney-Dougal, a parapsychologist based in Somerset, carried out double-blind studies over two years into the ability of healers to protect and increase a yield of lettuce seeds. Healer Marke Pawson visualised colours as energy pouring through his hands into the seeds. Amazingly, the seeds enhanced by healing showed reduced fungal damage and a 10% increase in total yield.

Whether the medical profession will make the most of these good vibrations remains to be seen.


For more information call Zoe Alexander on 0131-557 9858

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first palpate my muscles of mastication to ensure the ache is not
derived from a pinched nerve, referring to the mandible or masseter.
If I did not find relief from such work, I would then seek the services
of a DMD.

If the DMD found he/she needed to perform oral surgery, and my
mouth was forced open for an extended period of time, I would later
seek the services of a massage therapist/Reiki practitioner to ease
the discomfort of having to keep my mouth open for so long.

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When I have a vision problems, I

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Get some rest. Unless the vision problems are sudden
and acute, it could be a sign of stress. Additonally, the
muscles that control the movement of the eyes (4) can
become hypertonic (exacerbated by physical, emotional or
nutritional stress) causing the shape of the eye to be
distorted, affecting vision. Through the working of said musculature,
eyesight can be restored to homeostasis.

Once again, if I didn't have much knowledge or skills in treating
the human condition, I would seek a trained medical professional.

Mainstream and alternative medicine should never be looked at
individually as a sole means to an end. ALL medical practices
designed to bring homeostasis to the human conditon should be
applied as necessary, in accordance with the reality the PATIENT
is experiencing. It is VERY important to be aware of the fact that
each individual accepts his/her reality limitations and applies those
limitations to daily life.

Peace to Everyone,

Peaceful Nomad


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