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    Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance
    Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance
    Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance
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    Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance

    By Douglas M. Baker

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    ALCOHOLISM – The Hidden Significance

    The esoteric keys to understanding the addiction and cures. Finally, a world-renowned esoteric teacher and medical doctor has put it all together in a factual, hard-hitting, but loving and encouraging guide towards healing those of us, or a loved one near us, influenced by excessive alcohol consumption!

    This book is a masterly work, absolutely second to none!

    Alcoholism has become a major problem lacing civilization today. The stress of modern living, more money in the pocket, increased leisure time, and the availability of alcohol have all been blamed for this increase. But what of the deeper underlying causes of Alcoholism, the karmic origins of the disorder and the esoteric implications of this unquenchable thirst for "Spirit"? The author, with his medical training and long association with the esoteric, is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. He begins by discussing the effects of alcoholism especially on those subtle etheric and astral structures that form part of the human aura. The type of previous life circumstances and the karma that could lead to a life of dependence on alcohol is also considered. Finally, Dr. Baker presents us with various treatments designed to heal the inner man and enable him to begin the long road to wholeness and integration.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker eBooks Publishing
    Release dateApr 17, 2022
    ISBN9781625690005
    Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance
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    Douglas M. Baker

    Dr. Douglas M. Baker. English born and raised in South Africa has done extensive scientific research into those hinterlands of the mind which one might call psi-semantics. He graduated in the Arts & Humanities in South Africa and qualified in medicine at Sheffield University (UK) in 1964. Having taught in the East End schools of London for 10 years, he began his tour of the Western world giving lectures and seminars in Esoteric Healing, Esoteric Anatomy, Esoteric Astrology, Esoteric Psychology, Esoteric Science and Metaphysics. He, more than any other, set in motion the trends towards alternative methods of medicine which have transformed that field in Britain today. As medical advisor to the De la Warr laboratories in Oxford, he undertook research into Biomagnetism and quantum physics their effects on the human aura and dark matter, producing the book by the same name in conjunction with George de la Warr. Through the years he has given more than 15,000 lectures and attracted people from all over the world to his Esoteric Science Festivals and International Summer Schools staged in America, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. His transformative experiences during the Second World War, when twice severely wounded, set the pattern for his life long investigations into the Powers Latent in Man. His extensive esoteric writings are said to be the largest collection in the world produced by a living author. He has written over 100 books, many of which have been translated into the 9 European languages at https://www.douglasbaker.com, and his list of downloadable MP3 audio lectures available at www.douglasbaker.org, include 500 live lectures given around the world and on a vast range of subjects. He has led the field in esoteric astrology, producing with a team, his magnum opus, a Dictionary of Astrology for the 21st Century in three volumes. This is in addition to the already existing 11 volume set of books on the same subject.

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      Alcoholism - The Hidden Significance - Douglas M. Baker

      Table of Contents

      ALCOHOLISM - THE HIDDEN SIGNIFICANCE

      CHAPTER 1 - ORIGINS

      An Atlantean Disorder

      CHAPTER 2 - THE ALCHEMY OF ALCOHOL

      Blood concentration of Alcohol

      Health Hazards of Alcohol

      Alcohol and its Effects

      CHAPTER 3 - THE ESOTERIC EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM

      CHAPTER 4 - SPIRIT'S INVOLVEMENT WITH MATTER

      The Seven Stages of Involvement with Matter

      CHAPTER 5 - ASTRAL VAMPIRISM

      THE HIDDEN SIDE OF ALCOHOLISM

      Discarnate Entities

      CHAPTER 6 - HALLUCINATION AND POSSESSION

      Delirium Tremens

      Sexually-orientated Entities

      CHAPTER 7 - THE KARMA OF ALCOHOLISM

      The Need For Attention

      Karmic Results

      Therapeutic Effects of Responsibilty

      The Factor of Love

      CHAPTER 8 - PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT

      A.A.'s Group Psychotherapy

      CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRISM

      APPENDICES

      APPENDIX 1 - KARMA

      APPENDIX 2 - CONSUMPTION

      Acute Alcoholic Intoxication

      Treatment

      Alcoholic Coma

      Treatment

      Acute Alcoholic Hallucinosis

      Chronic Alcoholic Hallucinosis

      Alcoholic Paranoid States

      Chronic Alcoholism

      Aetiology

      Symptoms and Signs

      Course and Prognosis

      Treatment

      APPENDIX 3 - DELIRIUM TREMENS

      APPENDIX 4 - ONE MORE LITTLE DRINK

      Two types of drinkers...

      The Journey of Rehabilitation

      APPENDIX 5 - THE HIDDEN PATHOLOGY OF ALCOHOLISM

      Cancer of the Throat and Mouth

      Stroke

      Cause Unknown

      Heart Disease

      APPENDIX 6 - SOME SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCES OF ALCOHOLISM

      ALCOHOLISM - THE HIDDEN SIGNIFICANCE

      By

      DR. DOUGLAS M. BAKER

      B.A. M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P.

      First Printed Edition 1977

      This Printed Edition 1991

      © Dr. Douglas M. Baker

      Printed Edition ISBN 9780906006061

      'Little Elephant'

      High Road, Essendon,

      Herts, AL9 6HR, England.

      This is the only authorised eBook of the printed edition.

      ISBN 9781625690005

      © Copyright Dr. Douglas M. Baker 2011

      Published by Baker eBooks Publishing

      Many audio lectures and some of the images and charts used here can be downloaded in higher definition for free from our website https://www.douglasbaker.org.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.

      Introduction

      Finally, a world renowned esoteric teacher and medical doctor has put it all together in a factual, hard-hitting, but loving and encouraging guide towards healing those of us, or a loved one near us, influenced by excessive alcohol consumption!

      This book is a masterly work, second to none!

      Alcoholism has become a major problem lacing civilization today. The stress of modern living, more money in the pocket, increased leisure time, and the availability of alcohol have all been blamed for this increase. But what of the deeper underlying causes of Alcoholism, the karmic origins of the disorder and the esoteric implications of this unquenchable thirst for Spirit? The author, with his medical training and long association with the esoteric, is uniquely qualified to answer these questions. He begins by discussing the effects of alcoholism especially on those subtle etheric and astral structures that form part of the human aura. The type of previous life circumstances and the karma that could lead to a life of dependence on alcohol is also considered. Finally Dr. Baker presents us with various treatments designed to heal the inner man and enable him to begin the long road to wholeness and integration.

      "I never saw a man

      so drunk with God,"

      Author's Note

      The stress imposed upon us by our modern way of life—its competitiveness reinforced by both church and school, its standard of living, its codes of conduct, its ethics, its laws—all contribute to a situation in which we are subjected to sustained, unremittent stress. After the Second World War, most of us fondly believed it would be merely a matter of time before the stress which was mounted by that mighty operation would be alleviated, but it wasn't. Then, we blamed the Iron Curtain, and the population increase, and the unequal distribution of wealth, etc., etc. as causes of our stress. Now we have to face up to the bitter fact that stress is here to stay. It is part of our way of life. More than this, it is a challenge presented to the fifth sub-race.

      Now, this stress, common to all in the west, is reaching such proportions that many are hard put to cope with it. Indeed, few, only a very few, know how to approach the problem, and of these, less even know what are the causes of the increasing stress. Not only is the factor of stress here to stay, but it is one that is essential for the spiritual unfoldment of the race. The problems of evolving spiritual techniques for dealing with this entirely unique situation have been dealt with in my other works, especially in The Psychology of Discipleship and In the Steps of the Master.

      But what about the individual who has failed in his ability to cope with these mountains of stress, and has resorted to the Nirvana of the bottle to find relief—however temporary—from his daily frustrations and dissatisfaction with his life circumstances?

      It is quite possible that many alcoholics have sound personalities, but have taken to drink in the first place in order to relieve the effects of severe external stresses. In that event, efforts at modifying such stresses may lead to therapeutic success. Far more often, however, it will be found that the patient's personality has itself played a substantial part in the development of the addiction, and that the stresses could have been weathered without resort to alcohol if the habitual reactions to difficulty had been of a more satisfactory kind. In other cases, the stresses may have lain almost entirely within the patient's own personality, in the form of disabilities or conflicts, which, for one reason or another, he may not have had a high enough morale to deal with.

      The uselessness of attempting to dissolve difficulties with alcohol may profitably be discussed with intelligent and cooperative patients, and plans made for the adoption of

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