Touch Therapies

Healing Touch

Healing Touch was developed by Janet Mentger in 1985 out of Colorado Community College in Denver. In many ways it is very similar to Therapeutic Touch except that Mentger developed a whole educational curriculum and licensing process that R.N.'s must comply with in order to be recognized as Healing Touch prcttioners. The program is five years in length and requires 1,000 hours of supervised practiced before sitting for boards.

Healing Touch is based on the scientific idea that the earth has an electromagnetic field which surrounds all matter. This field measures 8 mgz and is exactly the same electrical field generated by Healing Touch practitioners as they administer their therapy. Low frequescies are detected in the human bio-field and energy is restored through the touch therapy.

However,Healing Touch theory is not only dependent on scientific interaction with the human bio-field, it is also dependent on Eastern religion and the cult of Theosophy. It seems like none of the touch therapies can rely strictly on a scientific explanation but must also rely on a form of spirituality as well. Healing Touch depends on the teachings of the Theosophical Society, Hinduism and occult ideas. Courses offered require reading assignments from all the founders of Theosophy, Hindu ideas of the chakra system, meridian lines, and marma points. It also makes extensive use of occult ideas such as auras, etheric bodies, Higher Sense Perception and Hara Lines.

The deceifulness of Healing Touch is that it attempts to masquerade itself in Christian terminology to appeal to mainstream America. It recently opened a Judeo-Christian educational Center at its Denver facility, to promote Healing Touch in synogogues and Churches. It purports to be an extension of the healing ministry of Jesus and interests Christians in this manner.

Healing Touch is a dangeous touch therapy because it attempts to blend itself with Christianity. However, the two stand diametrically opposed to one another. "What fellowship can Christ have with Belial?" This is a key question. Never forget that Jesus is our healer. Any system that attempts to substitute other healing methods for the power of the healing touch of Christ offers a model devoid of the presence of the Holy Spirit and should be avoided.