Promoting Healing in Denmark by Allan Sweeney My Reiki work in Germany had been intensive and successful. Now it was time to lecture at the Danish 'Mind, Body, Spirit Exhibition'. My objectives seemed clear: to promote healing as a possible effective treatment, both for individuals and within the Danish health service. The organisers had allocated me four lecture spots - an excellent opportunity to talk about various healing subjects. Time allowance varied from two hours to 3/4 of an hour. Two lectures would be on 'Scientific Proof for Healing'; one lecture on the 'Doctor/Healer Network'; and one about healing combined with a well-known Danish healing method, the'Sevenstar'. (If anyone is interested, I have written a separate article about the Sevenstar.) At the pre-exhibition TV press conference, I was the first of the four speakers, and it seemed to go well. However, we should all learn at least one lesson every day. Would-be-TV-interviewees should remember to get across many points, not just answer the interviewers questions... Immediately after, I gave a radio interview. The interviewer could not speak English, and gestured me to speak until finished. No time limit was given. So I talked for 15 minutes, stating how healing is being effectively used in British doctors' surgeries and hospitals. Would-be-radio-interviewees should remember to be well-prepared... Word that I was at the exhibition spread. Soon a queue waited to discuss how to promote healing better in Denmark, or to know more about the scientific proof of healing, or to receive healing for themselves. My only regret from the Danish trip was that I could not speak to everyone - the Danes are amongst the warmest, most well-balanced and hospitable people I've met. I soon learned that healing in Denmark is often very difficult. For example, if a doctor wants a healer in his surgery, he must resign from the Danish NHS and go private. This attitude extends to the church. I had two long chats with a priest, Hanna Bohm, the grand-daughter of the atom bomb inventor. She wants to give healing, and discuss healing with other clergy. But she can't. She is afraid of being sacked if the bishop finds out. I introduced her to a similar Danish priest; and invited her to England for discussions with churches who give healing services. Other problems prevent healing in Denmark being as medically accepted as in Britain. For example, many healers attempt medical diagnosis; and others campaign against medicinal drugs. And doctors are wary of healers who often have little training on medical matters. I addressed this area in speeches and radio interviews. If healers and doctors are to work together, then accepting each others Codes of Practise and methods is of prime importance. Denmark still uses 'alternative' to describe healing. Few healers realise the negative connotations. (Although two said it is Danish Law to use 'alternative'.) As I explained, if I was a doctor, and healers, untrained in medicine or anatomy, say they are alternative to me, I would put the barriers up! Even the interviewer of my second radio talk accepted that 'alternative' may cause friction: 'complementary' would be a more bridge-building word. Another problem was that there seemed to be no effective organisation like the CHO (The British Confederation of 16 different Healing Organisations). I promoted this concept, pointing out the advantages of umbrella communication with inter-governmental and medical bodies. Although a Danish Doctor/Healer Network seems an impossible pipe-dream to most Danish people, some asked how they could begin one. To these I gave the history of how healing was gradually accepted by British doctors and hospitals - with the thought that perhaps they could follow this blueprint. (If anyone reading this is interested in starting a Danish Doctor-Healer Network, please contact me.) The only 'real' problem I saw in Denmark was that doctors are paid per treatment given. So if, after healing, patients visit the doctor less often, the doctor will lose income! My response to this was: "Why are doctors in business? To earn as much money as possible? Or to help as many patients as possible?" As well as the 'Mind, Body, Spirit' lectures, I gave evening seminars at two Schools of Relexology, one in Copenhagen, the other in the south of Denmark. Reflexology has progressed more than healing: first hospital trials are now publicly under way in Copenhagen. The relexology students were eager to learn how to heal: some wanted to supplement their therapy. We live in the Scientific Age, so I taught one of my unique healing methods which has most component parts scientifically or logically proven. The method is therefore relatively easy to accept. Many students felt typical healing sensations - heat, cold, electrical tingling, etc. Some felt their conditions ease. Before leaving Denmark I had a phone call from Radio Lotus (the Danish equivalent of Radio London.) I recorded three separate talks by phone, to be broadcast on different days:
A fourth talk was then recorded. Someone had handed the interviewer my leaflet on BEMPESH - mainly my own unique techniques to improve Body, Emotions, Mind, Psychic. Etheric, Spirit, and Healing. I have developed these methods over the past seventeen years; most are very simple, yet highly effective. The interviewer kindly chose one from each category, giving me the opportunity to explain how easy yet powerful the methods can be. Finally, a reputable Danish magazine has asked me to write a series of articles about the Doctor-Healer Network, scientific evidence for healing, Reiki, other healing methods, etc. It is an excellent chance to promote professional healing in Denmark, as the magazine aims to satisfy a readership for both the medical and healing professions. If you would like to contribute a paper, article etc to this worthy cause, please contact Allan Sweeney. If the EEC tries to over-rule national parliaments on healing matters, we need friends in Europe... | |
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