"A solid work of scholarship, a thoughtful and significant book."


NAPRA Review
"A solid work of scholarship, a thoughtful and significant book."


Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D., coauthor of Rituals of Healing
"Brilliant, poetic, scholarly...The imperative is urgent and clear: we must assume a high level of responsibility for our negative and hurtful thoughts, wishes, and prayers for one another."


Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
"With penetrating insight and meticulous research, Dr. Dossey revels the power of prayer to harm as well as to help. This book will forever change how you think and what you pray for."


Book Description
Dr. Larry Dossey, the nation’s foremost authority on prayer in medicine, warns that just as prayer can be used to positively affect health and healing, it can also be used for negative and destructive means. Through remarkable true stories, case histories, and scientific analysis, Dossey explores the nature of ‘toxic’ prayer and teaches us how we can protect ourselves from its threatening influence.


About the Author
Larry Dossey, M.D., is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Healing Words, and Prayer Is Good Medicine. An authority on spiritual healing, he lectures throughout the country and has been a frequent guest on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, and The Learning Channel. He is responsible for introducing innovations in spiritual care to acclaimed institutions across the country. He currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Building on the scientific link Dossey has established between prayer and healing, Be Careful What You Pray For offers a fascinating look into human consciousness, intent, emotions, and psychology. With remarkable true stories, case histories, and solid scientific evidence, it takes the logical next step in documenting the full range of prayer's power, proving and cautioning that just as people can use prayer to positively affect health and healing, it is also absolutely possible to use prayer for negative and destructive means. With a perfect blend of scientific scrutiny and storyteller's art, Dossey examines the ways negative prayer consciously and subconsciously enters into our thoughts; illustrates different types of harmful prayers, curses, and hexes; and offers practical suggestions for learning to combat and protect ourselves from them.

FROM THE CRITICS

Napra Review

A solid work of scholarship, a thoughtful and significant book.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"With penetrating insight and meticulous research, Dr. Dossey revels the power of prayer to harm as well as to help. This book will forever change how you think and what you pray for."  — HarperCollins