This book is touching my heart! It is pictured here on my coffee table, as has become a tradition with my book posts!
As some of you already know, I lead Nourishing Our Children and Nourishing Ourselves, and created the Nourished Book Club that is reading this book now! We are discussing Human Heart, Cosmic Heart on Facebook as a group. The author, Dr. Thomas Cowan, MD has offered to answer our questions once a week. I was intrigued by the title alone and knew I wanted to read the book! I heard Dr. Cowan speak about the book at the Wise Traditions annual conference last month in 2 sessions and subsequently proposed that we read it in our book club. Happily, our members agreed. Having known Tom for some 12 years now, I am really enjoying learning more about him. I really like his writing style, which feels very personal to me. I can hear him speaking as I read! I have not yet finished the book, and will come back to add on to this review, however I wanted to encourage folks to pick it up! So far, I am loving the integration of the physical heart and the emotional and spiritual heart, and based on what my fellow readers are sharing, I am not alone!
Here are some comments from fellow readers just as we started last week:
Jay writes, “I’m already half way through the book. It’s too interesting to put down.”
Sean writes, “Holy Smokes! What an awesome book this is. I Caught up to you all last night and even read chapter 2 twice over … then I cheated and quickly read Chapter 3 … First, it’s so nice to see him discuss Rudolph Steiner. My wife and I had a crash course in Steiner educational philosophy when we enrolled our 8 yo into a Waldorf school this year. I can tell you right now we will never go back to public school now. I enjoyed the botany description of tree xylem (I am an amateur botanist) and the agricultural cross reference (I am also an urban farmer) and am already somewhat familiar with the concept of vortex’s as applied to fertilization and nutrient deliver.”
Table of Contents
- Doubting Thomas
- Circulation
- The Misery Index
- The Geometry of the Heart
- Defining the Questions
- What Doesn’t Cause Heart Attacks
- What Does Cause Heart Attacks
- Stepping Forth
- Treating the Heart
- The Cosmic Heart
- A Heart of Gold
- What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Afterword
Appendix A: The Cowan Heart Diet
Appendix B: Preventing and Treating Angina, Unstable Angina, and Heart Attacks
Appendix C: Cholesterol and How to Read a Lipid Profile
I think this passage from page 9 will give you a sense of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart:
There are profound mysteries in even this simple description of circulation. Although they aren’t etymologically connected, the words arteries (ars, or Mars) and veins (Venus) suggest a cosmic or not-of-the-earth connection. And the heart—which people have, for millennia, associated with the sun—lies between these archetypal male and female principles. Each half of the circulation has an archetypal disease pattern: The arteries are the location where hypertension, a predominantly male disease, plays out. The veins are prone to varicose veins, a predominantly female disease.
Here is a sneak peak of one of the principles behind the Cowan Heart Diet:
We must acknowledge in a treatise on diet that eating is one of life’s inherent joys. Any diet that takes the joy of eating away from you is suspect at best and dangerous at worst. Eating must remain a joyful and social experience, not a clinical and
mechanical process, and everyone must ultimately find their own diet for themselves.
It is not too late to join us as we read and discuss in our book club. We only stated a week ago, and read slowly! The book is available as a hard copy, e-book and audio book, and audio CD.
Giveaway
We’ve been offered 5 hardcopy books to giveaway to our community members! Enter by answering one or both of the following questions in at least 5 sentences. Be sure to use the book title Human Heart, Cosmic Heart in your comment.
1. Why are you interested in reading this book?
2. What comes to your mind when you think of your own heart?
I’ll choose 5 recipients to send the book to within the United States on Friday, December 16 at midnight Pacific. One per household.
Giveaway Results
The following qualifying entries were randomly chosen and have been notified:
1. embodyvitality
2. Barbara
3. Ya Taty Kan
4. Rachel
5. Rachel Louise
We will follow up with the rest of you with an special offer from Dr. Cowan.
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81 Responses to Human Heart, Cosmic Heart
I am a health care provider. I have a family Hx of cardiovascular disease. Honestly I believe there’s a large psychosocial component.
My own heart? Hmmmm well I’m learning to become more heart centered In a bit of a recovery last few years. I make a conscious attempt to not get stuck in my head N do more feeling. Sounds sad have to steer myself to feel.
I’d love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. Our planet is so in need of healing right now, and there seem to be so many psychological upsets, political upheavals and natural disasters, that we could all use stairways back to the pure, innocent, forgiving and compassion Heart. There are few books on the Heart’s task and the attitude to have to engender security and comfort for our own hearts. I’d love to learn more. We are moving through the age of bumbling and insensitive and power-hungry dinosaurs. Hopefully, this book shows the way…
Id love Human Heart, Cosmic Heart! I want to win to continue learning! I think of life and earth and everything in between when I think of my own heart. ❤️
I didn’t purchase this book at the convention in November as I wasn’t sure I wanted to add another book onto my “to read” list at this time. However, now that you are doing this book in the bookclub and I keep seeing the comments I’m somewhat regretting I haven’t gotten it yet. :) I heard Dr. Cowan in Atlanta and last year in CA where he spoke about the heart and he shared some fascinating and somewhat new ideas about the heart. I look forward to reading this book and exploring these ideas further. When it comes to the term “heart” the first thing that comes to mind is all the Bible verses that speak about the heart of man…. the very essence of who that person is. When I think of my own heart it is usually in terms of desires and motives. :)
Human Heart, Cosmic Heart seems to be the next book on my to read list. I lead a family of five with Nourishing Traditions. My heart is full of love that has created my family and my hope is to teach of food to nourish them. The medical proof and research is these books has guided me in wavering times. This book would be a great gift to myself for the holiday.
I’d really like to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart!!!
I have been on a journey of healthy living and eating for about 8 years now. I’m only 28 but growing up I was always reminded of my mother’s autoimmune disorder and on my father’s side their terrible heart problems. My grandfather had 2 heart attacks, my uncle just died from disease, and my father is on Statins now. I have done a lot of research into auto immune disorders and genetic predisposition and the role diet can play in that but I haven’t done a lot of research into the heart side of things….I want/need to. I want to turn things around for myself and the generations that come after me. (ahhh sorry it is already so long)
When I think of the heart I think of both life and confusion. Physically it’s a beautiful life source and fuels our body. Spiritually I think our (my) heart can get congested by the weight of the outside world. we can hold onto so much stress in our chest and heart zone.
Anyway, even if I don’t win I think I’ll be reading this book soon!
We’d love to have you join us in our book club!
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” ~ Proverbs 4:23
After having watched excerpts of Dr. Cowan’s beliefs and findings, I feel compelled to explore more of his book, “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart”, as my own personal and professional adventures in life lead me toward assisting in the healing of others, and at the same time, myself.
Entering my mid-years, working as a paramedic, my own heart yearns to improve our world’s paradigm toward health, focusing upon equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system (eg. meditation); nutritional disciplines (eg. low carb, healthy fat); and challenging contemporary emergent health care interventions (eg. lysis/PCI).
Innovation for the world flows from service to our own “eco-systems” first?
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~ Gandhi
I would like this book to learn healthy habits. When I think of my heart, I honestly don’t know what to think. I was told I have a minor heart issue but haven’t had problems in years. I try to eat healthy.
I’d love to read this book because my 8 year old was born with a heart defect (I will always blame it on my own prenatal nutrition!) so heart health is often on my mind. I’m also an RN and love to encourage my patients down the right healthy paths.
In regards to my own heart, I’ve never really thought much about it and that just proves how much I still need to learn!
I want to win Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, because I have always had a fantasy about the heart and how all our actions combine to make us whole. I am interested in Steiner philosophy and would love to continue my learning.
I am an ordinary Mom tring to provide my family with an extraordinary lifestyle. We just came back from PTA and heard outstanding reports about my child. I sincerely believe that the healthy lifestyle and the medical choices i have made contribute to her exceptionalism, along with G-d’s blessings. I know that she is equal to all those children, who, like her, live a nourishing lifestyle.
My husband and I often host out of town and in town friends and family for the weekend. We take pride in our library of books and know that we have been role models for our family and it has had a profound impact. Having Human Heart, Cosmic Heart will allow us to keep up our motivation and to continue to spread knowledge of health and spirituality to those who we meet.
When I think of my heart, I hope it is strong and healthy. I try to visualize it strengthening as I do deep breathing exercises. I often feel an ache in my heart when i think about the ignorance about health that is circulated through the world. I believe this book will strenghten the resolve in my heart.
I want to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart because I am fascinated by the heart. I’d also like to see if the author touches on the subject of the physical heart/emotional heart connection/correlation (as it pertains to one’s health).
What comes to mind when I think of my own heart, initially, is fear. Fear of heart failure that has plagued my family, fear that I have passed that legacy on to my children. But also hope, hope that I can change my health, and therefore, my children’s, and my destiny.
It is exciting to hear that Dr. Cowan has written another book! And to hear that it is about the heart is even more enticing. I first heard Dr. Cowan talk at one of the first WAPF conferences and have been a big fan of his ever since. I say that I love his mind because I so enjoy and am always challenged by his sharings of his experience and knowledge. In fact my most memorable memory of his talks was one about the heart as a pump. I can’t remember the logic of his talk anymore but do remember that his thought process and musings shook my thinking about the heart and our place in the natural world. For me it was a heart-opening experience. For those reasons alone I would love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart.
It is when my heart feels open that I can live more “lightly” and with boundless compassionate energy. For me I see my body as a vessel for holding the loving energy that is rooted in my heart, and for welcoming in any and all that need to drink at my well of love. To reach this state however I must shed many things, activities and concerns in my life but when I do, it feels as if life is actually fuller than before. So if this book can help me to connect better with my emotional and spiritual heart, then it would be priceless!
After hearing Dr. Cowan speak at the 2015 Weston A. Price Conference, I was intrigued by his description of the circulatory system. To think that there might be more going on than just the beating of the heart to force the blood through the tiny capillaries – now that is interesting! What else is going on with our hearts? Thus, I would love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. It is obvious to me that the conventional medical models of the human body are inadequate and incomplete. Time to think outside the box!
I am very excited to read about your experiences with Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I am a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist teacher and when we teach about the heart we also talk about the pericardium and I really love how it looks like in Dr. Cowan’s book he brings in the biodynamic agriculture understanding of fluids and how they spiral so amazingly and by doing so amplify their healing abilities. I love how it looks like he brings this aspect into how the heart works with the way it spirals into maturity in the developing embryo and I would love to read more about this so that I can bring it into our trainings. I am getting more and more in touch with the nuances of my own heart and feel this book would help me to understand it even more. Thanks so much to Dr. Cowan for this offer of an opportunity to get a copy of your book for free!
I’m in your bookclub and am also a Chapter Leader for the Weston A Price Foundation. The reason why I am interested in the book, Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, is because of two reasons. 1. My husband’s father and three Uncles all died from heart attacks. My husband would have at age 46 except for the fact that I was willing to do research about heart health. That is how I discovered the Weston A Price Foundation. He had an angioplasty and is doing much better. He was willing to make changes and listen to me, which shows me how much he loves me. He’s an amazing man. He has worked incredibly hard for our family and would go to the ends of the earth to for them. He has a wonderful giving heart. I think the book sounds fascinating. 2. I want to teach my children, and others around me, how to have a giving heart. My mother and father taught me, and I want to pass it on through my example in what I do and in what I say. The world needs more giving hearts.
Sandrine, What comes to mind when I hear the title ‘Human Heart, Cosmic Heart’ is integration. I am a home birth midwife, so I deal on a daily basis with countering much of our medical/mechanical view of the body. This is especially deleterious to women who are growing and birthing. Women who are reaching deep to find their core source of love and power. I am also a WAPF Chapter Leader, and would love to have a copy for my lending library. Peace, Cindy Morrow
As someone fascinated by the many complex connections of life and wellness, I would LOVE to win a copy of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I love to learn and explore. I find this topic of the heart especially fascinating, as there are both the physical/objective/obvious implications as well as the less obvious subconscious/epigenetic/______ implications. When I think of my own heart, I first go to LOVE. And dwell for a moment in how much love is centered in my heart, and how I might better radiate that love into the universe. Being utterly honest, I have a few fears about the implications of my own heart not necessarily receiving (or having reciprocated) the love it desires…. 💗
One week ago today I was in ER with chest sensations I have never experienced. i am a 57year old post menopausal single mother of 4 ranging from 11-24. I have been conscientious about my health for 38 years, consuming Traditional foods prepared in my own kitchen the last 10. I have doctor appointments to determine what is going on, but in the meantime am reading through and listening to WAPF messages. TWo that have left me wanting more are Stephanie Seneff ‘s “Sulfur Deficiency”and Tom Cowan’s “What Causes Heart Attacks.” My life has been stress loaded and I see few answers. On top of it, I know the mainstream is extremely inclined to medicate…as if our body can push through the warning signals without further wreckage! I hope to be helped more by Dr Cowan’s understanding, his appreciation of the parasympathetic system, and our desperate need to nurture and protect this.
I have every reason to hope that “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart” will give me the knowledge to do just this. I have a history of heart disease in women in my family. I feel I am out of balance. Most say that I have to accept certain things…things I do not believe are the answer, but rather a enabler to the problem.
My heart is not only the muscle that nourishes the rest of my body, it is the seat of my passions and loves and care of all I hold dear. I need ALL of it, nourished and thriving. I need to know how to be kind to it, and frankly, have permission to do so. Thanks in advance, Dr Cowan, for this and more I’m sure!
I have been on a very challenging journey. As I had an infant who was showing signs of vaccine injury, I learned about WAPF and other ways to heal her. Yes, that did thankfully become a story of success. When she was 2.5, my mother passed and gave me some amazing insights after her death about life, the universe and who we are. I did not expect such information, but knowing about the mother-child bond, she had to help me with her death. She opened the door to Steiner philosophy and I have been revising my belief that life is merely a physical experience. Everything is interconnected and it’s my job to find out and have some relief in knowledge that this incarnation has a role in my soul’s evolution, and I can help my children learn this early. Steiner wrote some great things about the mother in The Study of Man. I think everyone’s hearts become stressed and hardened with disappointment as we age. I know my next step is to understand the heart a different way now. It’s uplifting to hear that more health leaders (for the lack of a better term) mention Rudolf Steiner. I have 2 small children and a baby. If there is more community to join and learn from and discuss, I’d be ecstatic to take part.
I am very interested in reading Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I feel connected to the stars and planets, and it’s intriguing to me to explore how we really ARE connected. I was recently reading some native American teachings about the belief that our ancestors are from the Pleiades and at some point decided to come to earth. Putting that knowledge on top if the fact that the very air we breathe contains matter from stars and planets…well, its no wonder that our hearts have a cosmic component. So much interesting stuff to explore!
Interesting. I would definitely appreciate a copy. It was Francis Rychnowski, rightful inventor of the first radio well before Heinrich Hertz, who held on to a controversial idea that the heart itself plays less of a roll with the actual circulation of the blood and that it’s more or less caused by differences in electrical current. Which may or may not be caused by the lub and dub respectively. When I think of my own heart, I think of it as my true connection to the world, my inherent center somewhat, and I definitely follow my heart as much as possible because as Don Juan said, “For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length–and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.”
-Glen Riley
I became interested in reading Human Heart, Cosmic Heart when a book club I am in led by Sandrine Love chose the book to discuss. I have read the book in its entirety but this is one to own in hardback form for reference and to share with others! The idea that our hearts and we as people are greater than the sum of our parts rings true in my soul. I’m always so baffled that science struggles with this idea. This book combines the science and magic of our physiology in a fascinating way!
Heart is such a complex organ with its own intuitive sense. I want to learn more about this Organ on how to keep it healthy and educate other family members around me to do the same. I’m a mother of two and the only way I can perpetuate healthy eating habits is by learning and instilling it in myself.
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway and I hope get to read this intriguing book.
I am excited about a book club to discuss books my friends aren’t interested in yet! Human Heart, Cosmic Heart would be a great start. I went to my first WAPF conference this year, though I had heard Dr. Cowan on tapes of previous conferences. A more indepth study of heart issues would be good for me. If I get one free, then I could pass it on to a friend.
I am really enthused about reading Dr. Cowan’s latest book, Human Heart, Cosmic Heart! I have another of his books, The Fourfold Path to Healing where he touches on this subject, and when I read this section found it immensely fascinating. I’m always keen to read information that challenges previous beliefs about health and other topics that have been held for a long time, and which I have wondered about whether those beliefs – or dogmas as I like to refer to them – have served our health, or hindered it.
As a culture/society, our medical system has forwarded beliefs about health that have been challenged and found to inaccurate. From what I’ve already been exposed to with regard to the conventional approach to heart health, which is to consume more grains and plants, and reduce saturated fat and animal foods … and knowing how those advisories have been proven inaccurate, I believe it’s critical to ask questions and really dig to find the answers. I know in my heart this book is not afraid to go there! :)
I would love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. As a nurse, in my 20 plus year career, I have cared for hundreds if not thousands of patients with heart disease. I find myself in a place of longing to learn alternative and complementary medicine to help people heal. I see that so often we neglect to address our patients’ spiritual and mental health and instead use powerful drugs and interventions to try to force an immediate change in a process that developed over a lifetime. There has to be a better way, and I’m interested in your insights.
I am a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. I believe Human Heart, Cosmic Heart could help me further my understanding of Cardiovascular Disease. The more knowledge I gain, the better the practitioner I can be. There is so much misinformation out there about heart disease and its causes. It is so great to see the medical field producing materials such as Human Heart, Cosmic Heart.
What comes to mind when I think of my own heart? Sadness and how it affects my own health and well being. We are energetic beings and we will provide our body with either negative or positive energy. My heart definitely feels it when my energy is off and I worry about my own heart health having thyroid problems.
Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this book.
This past year I accidently discovered that my blood pressure is elevated. I’ve done many natural things to try and lower it to no avail. I truly believe my blood pressure problem is due to a heartbreaking experience I had several years ago that has put me in a continual state of ongoing emotional trauma. I can’t wait to read “Human Heart Cosmic Heart” because I am hoping it will give me tools and resources to connect the emotional issues with being at what is considered Stage 1 hypertension and giving me some new tools to renew and strengthen my heart. ❤️
I would love to be able to read human heart, cosmic heart. I want to be able to keep learning about all of this amazing information. I want to be able to pass the knowledge to my little girl.
I have a keen interest in treating heart disease and being the best doctor I can be for my future patients! I have read Dr. Cowan’s other book, The Fourfold Path to Healing, and I continually reference it in my curriculum and in the clinic where I’m starting to work. His insight on the human body is incredible and I am so thankful for him sharing his expertise with the world. In fact, I shadowed him at his practice in SF this past summer and I was thrilled to meet him! He has become a mentor in me as I pave my way through medical school. I have watched his lectures on heart attacks that I found on YouTube and would be delighted to read his new book!
As for my own heart, I wrote this in my journal as I was reflecting upon my life last night. I wanted to share:
“There have been many days this year where I have come home in tears. Sometimes the world is too overwhelming and I feel like there is so much work to be done and so much evil that pervades around us. In those moments I found solace in sitting quietly in my room, noticing my breath and feeling my heart beat. My heart keeps me alive; it has and will work every day I am living on this Earth. But it does more than that. My heart allows me to express my love for others. It reminds me that we are all connected and that I must never forget this beautiful web of life we are all a part of. Our hearts make us human in that we can feel and express the most important feeling: love for ourselves, each other, and our planet.”
I want to read the book Human Heart, Cosmic Heart because I’ve been facing some very strange heart issues. I’ve worn a monitor for 48 hours which showed my heart stops during sleep. Then I wore one for two weeks and it was already worse than before. Now it goes for 8 beats at a time without beating! It also will beat hard and fast like it wants to come out of my chest! This is not anxiety and I can’t pin point anything causing this. I am hopeful to find a solution and maybe this book is it. My heart is full of both grief and love. Can it continue to contain both?
When I first joined WAPF, I heard about the concept of the heart is not a pump, I believe from Sally Morrel, and I was intrigued. Then, I listened to Dr. Cowan’s interview on Ben Greenfield’s podcast- talking about vegetables and then Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. Since then, it’s been sitting in my Amazon cart.
I lost my mom in June due to v fib. That’s what they say anyway. I say she died of a broken heart, given the events leading up to her death. I believe there’s so much more than what we learn in a textbook- and o can’t wait to hear this exciting perspective.
I am interested in reading “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart” because of the thought that the heart is bigger than us; it is cosmic-like in structure, function and influence. This expanded view will give us a new perspective on the physiology, disease and treatment of the heart. Feeding the heart takes on a perspective contrary to conventional allopathic recommendations. The reminder that eating should be a joyful (heartfelt) experience is inviting. My own heart reminds me that I am human, finite and a reflection of life. Life affects the heart and a proper diet has hearty effects.
I am interested in reading “Human Heart , Cosmic Heart ” because heart disease is prevalent in my mother ‘s family with 5 of her siblings and her father dying in their 50’s of a heart attack. My mom is now 75 and has a pacemaker, and I recently moved her in with me to care for her and get her eating healthier. I would love to know more about how to keep her and my family living healthier and longer lives!
When I think of my own heart, there is a little bit of fear of the damage I may have done to it before the age of 30 when I didn’t know much about nutrition. Hopefully I am making up for it now, but I still worry because I have a murmur and I occasionally get severe pains that I haven’t seen a doctor for. (Don’t like to go to doctors or take their drugs they push.)
Thank you for making a stand for better nutrition and knowledge for all who will listen! 😊
I would love to receive a copy of this book because a year ago, at the age of 45, I experienced a devastating round of SVT (supra ventricular tachycardia), in which I ended up in the ER and them almost having to shock my heart back to normal rhythm. The doctors proceeded to give me beta blockers, which only made things worse and made my heart rate and anxiety and depression soar. They even tried to talk me into cardiac ablation surgery! I began to research and decided to slowly get off the medication, start magnesium supplements, meditation, yoga, etc. After 2 months of hell, I was back to my normal self, but continue to research and learn everything I can about heart health and the nervous system. This seems like a very good next step, and I am already a big fan of both Weston Price and Dr. Cowan. Thank you so much for providing the possibility of getting a free copy. That is amazing :)
Coming upon this book today is synchronistic timing in my life for several reasons, and one is simply that I’ve been thinking recently about the condition of my heart. I’ve been having a wake-up call to the health of my own physical heart, and realizing that it is my emotional and mental stress response patterns that are impacting the physical state. Traveling down into my heart from my mind has always felt hard for me, but the awareness to make this journey is there. I’ve heard it said that the heart is really the brains of our body and I hope to start living more fully from that place. I don’t entirely know what this book is about, but the title, “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart”, and excerpts posted do appeal to me that this book is one for me to read! Thank you.
Recently the Hawthorn tree has been coming to my attention. My son makes tea with hawthorn berries and rose hips at his preschool. As a child I played games centered around a hawthorn. From what I have gathered the hawthorn tree is a gift to the heart. The buds and leaves and berries cure heart disease and aches, gently, with no unwanted side effects. Safe to use alongside any medication.
Human Heart, Cosmic Heart sounds like the perfect companion to my burgeoning knowledge. A vital force of nature awakening.
My heart is in rhythm with the sea, although I live far from the rocky shore where I grew up. My heart lives on in my two young children. A strong pulse beats swiftly in their chests. The world pulse.
I would like to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, because I have always respected your perspective on health and nourishing our bodies. I want to learn more about how not only does the human body affect the health of my heart but also my emotions and all that surrounds me and influences me can affect it as well. Thank you. P.S. your book club sounds very interesting. Is there more information about it?
I encourage you to join us on Facebook and see our welcome post pinned at the top! https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishedbookclub/
I am interested in reading Human Heart, Cosmic Heart because I am interested in learning about how we function, in more ways than just cells and chemical reactions. This has been a passion and desire of mine as long as I can remember. I have enjoyed Thomas Cowan’s book The Fourfold Path to Healing, so I have been curious to know what else he has written. I am also a member of the Nourished Book Club, and the little bits I have seen of the discussion on this book have me incredibly fascinated and wanting to learn more! My son has signs of heart issues, at least energetically, so this particular book holds great interest for me in my role as mother, too.
I am so drawn even to the title; Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I’ve been very concerned with my own heart lately. Both of my parents died of heart attacks. I’m approaching that age. So I’ve been a little more focused on my heart than I have in the past. I want to know more about my heart both physically and cosmically. When I think of my heart I think of something tender, broken and in need of attention.
I want to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart by Dr. Thomas Cowan because I know we are Spiritual beings before we are physical bodies. Dr. Cowan must have his hand on this pulse to have sensed and followed such a different course of thinking to write this break-through book. I want to follow his journey of reasoning and learn more from his perspective. I think this is the direction of real healing for the future. Some of us know the serious limitations of allopathic medicine and are ready for more profound and unlimited ways for people to be well. As a caregiver, I want Dr. Cowan’s concepts and evidence to become well-known and put into practice!
I would love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I am fascinated by Steiner’s claim that the heart is not a pump. I believe we pay too much attention to other causes of premature death and tend to ignore the world’s biggest killer, heart failure. My own heart? I think I need to better understand what stresses my heart takes and what I can do to reduce my likelihood of premature death. The holistic and psychosocial approach to heart care can supplement traditional approaches. This book builds on the teaching of the Weston A Price foundation.
Dr. Cowan introduced me to Rudolf Steiner’s explanation that the heart is not a pump and “the model of the heart as a pump has a pernicious effect on the whole social organism, and that we will not overcome our social problems until this false idea of the heart is corrected.” https://www.lists.rdg.ac.uk/archives/anthropos-science/1996-05/msg00099.html
This was 14 years ago, and since that meeting in his office in Peterborough, NH, my life profoundly changed.
I am thrilled Dr. Cowan has gathered his thoughts into Human Heart, Cosmic Heart to share with the world. It is his gift to each of us for our personal health and for the health of societies…for the emergence of a higher conscientious which will lead to truly Being Human in all our thoughts and actions.
I look forward to reading it, and more importantly, to sharing this life changing truth with others.
This beautiful book’s story will offer one a way to awaken the connection humans have with the spiritual world, and help us manifest the Peaceful Kingdom.
When I think of my own heart’s rhythm, I feel the pulse of the Earth, the oceans, and connection to all other beings.
From Steiner:
In the human heart
there lives a part of Man
which contains matter
more spiritual than any other organ;
also a part of Man
of which the spiritual life
is made more manifest in matter
than any other organ.
Hence in the microcosm that is Man
Sun is the heart
and in this heart is Man united
most of all with the deepest fount–
of his true Being.
As a holistic health care provider and former coronary care nurse, I want to read ‘Human Heart, Cosmic Heart’ because I know that modern medicine understands very little about our hearts. Dr. Cowan’s lectures on “The Heart Is Not A Pump” have been mind expanding. I expect this book will take these ideas further and deeper and I want to know what he has to say. My own heart resonates with these perspectives. And I want to share this book with my clients!
1. Why are you interested in reading this book? Simply put, I want to read “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart” because I WANT TO LEARN. As has been stated before, current/modern medicine and a majority of its practitioners have very little knowledge of true nutrition, particularly when it comes to prevention and strengthening the amazing machinery called the human body.
2. What comes to your mind when you think of your own heart? I immediately think of my family history of heart and cardiovascular disease, and selfishly, want to learn everything I can about prevention through nutrition as opposed to bandaids of symptoms via drugs and other chemicals; not only for myself, but anyone else who will listen.
1. Why are you interested in reading this book? I suffered a heart attack almost a year ago and visited Dr. Cowan a few days later. During my visit, he mentioned he was working on a book, “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart”. He shared some of his theories about what causes a cardiac arrest and I listened to a recording of a lecture he gave on this topic. I am extremely eager to read his theories in further detail. I envision it would help me on my journey to healing completely and prevent such an incident from recurring.
I’m interested in reading Human Heart, Cosmic Heart because the book seems to bring in other factors than just the typical western medicine approach. I am interested in books that bring all factors in a plan of protection, healing, & health for any part or the entire body. Which includes for me physical, emotional, psychological, nutritional, subconscious…I feel we need to look at all factors when we are wanting to provide good health or heal something. When I think of the heart I think of a multifaceted organ. I think of love, healing the heart, protecting the heart, a broken heart; it is a central part of our being and far out stretches just what the organ does. It is our center. And we can use it’s fullness of love or choose another path with it.
I would love to win a copy of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. This would be quite timely as I am about to go into the heart module for schooling shortly after the new year. I am very interested in the human heart for so many different reasons. I have MANY close personal friends battling heart conditions and recently lost my father to an event related to an enlarged heart. When I think of my own heart it is usually in the context of how can I better take care of myself to life a long vibrant life with my family. Thanks Sandrine for doing this giveaway and recommending this book. Can’t wait to to check it out whether I win or not.
I would love to read “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart”. In my own reading, I have learned that there is so much to be learned about the heart. I know that there are many factors that are not understood and are not considered by Western medicine. I think often of my own heart ever since my open heart surgery last year. I had the surgery because of aortic stenosis.
I am very interested in reading human heart, cosmic heart! I am 18 and working through some digestive issues and am slowly transitioning to the WAP diet. The research around this topic is very interesting. In college I would like to study the importance of food in culture and agriculture. I also love to learn about alternative medicine. I am part of the nourished book club on Facebook and would like to catch up and read along with the group. The scientific research that this book offers provides a unique perspective of alternative medicine.
As far as my own heart goes I have had issues with chest pain in the past. My grandfather had a quintuple bypass surgery and grandmother from the same side has taken heart medication. I would love to read this book to learn how to protect my own heart and share it through my little free library (aka free community book exchange) my dad and I built to spread the knowledge to the community.
When I think of my own heart, it is comforting to remember that it doesn’t stop. It consistently beats for, God willing, nearly a century. Even when I am resting and sleeping, it is still going, keeping me alive and sending nourishment throughout my body. My heart has always got my back. Therefore, I would like to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart in order to gain more appreciation and learn how to support it as it supports me.
I would be very excited to own and read human heart, cosmic heart! I have a friend that was just diagnosed with heart failure during her second pregancy. I am not super close with this person but it broke my heart a little to hear her story and struggle through this experience while not even close to being over. It makes me think more than ever about using the phrase “it breaks my heart” because there are so many with Hearts that are literally breaking. It saddens me to hear some of the advice that she is receiving to help heal her heart, in terms of diet. I know it will uplift me to hear the words written by Dr. Thomas Cowen. I will read this book no matter what as I just heard about it now, but appreciate the consideration and thankful that 5 people will have this extremely powerful knowledge without cost!!
1. I am interested in reading this book because I would like to learn more about heart health in a more holistic, complete way. Our physical bodies are not isolated off away from our minds and souls, rather, every facet of our being is interconnected to and interplays with everything else. It will be interesting and hopefully enlightening to see these things linked together in regards to heart health, and hopefully will provide information and insight I can apply to my own life and of my family for all our health and well-being.
2. When I think of my own heart, I think of a mystery — my physical heart provides the life’s blood for my whole body, and my spiritual heart is a mystery of beauty, fragility, and love. It is a well of love and aching, sometimes I wonder why I love so much when it only seems to bring overwhelming pain, yet I know it is in love that we find our truest self, our truest and deepest identity. My love is not perfect, being only human, but I am continuing to learn and grow with each passing year, and I hope that my heart continues to grow in capacity to love and in its receptivity to grace and divine love, so that I may share it with others.
Comment repost because I forgot to include the book title the first time.
1. I am interested in reading “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart” because I would like to learn more about heart health in a more holistic, complete way. Our physical bodies are not isolated off away from our minds and souls, rather, every facet of our being is interconnected to and interplays with everything else. It will be interesting and hopefully enlightening to see these things linked together in regards to heart health, and hopefully will provide information and insight I can apply to my own life and of my family for all our health and well-being.
2. When I think of my own heart, I think of a mystery — my physical heart provides the life’s blood for my whole body, and my spiritual heart is a mystery of beauty, fragility, and love. It is a well of love and aching, sometimes I wonder why I love so much when it only seems to bring overwhelming pain, yet I know it is in love that we find our truest self, our truest and deepest identity. My love is not perfect, being only human, but I am continuing to learn and grow with each passing year, and I hope that my heart continues to grow in capacity to love and in its receptivity to grace and divine love, so that I may share it with others.
I am an artist and a medical geek. Trained in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine which form the fundamental basis of my understanding of human function but always broadening my understanding. It is not enough to know the physical basis of life you also need to know the cognitive, emotional and spiritual “anatomy and physiologic” of the heart.
So Human Heart, Cosmic Heart intrigues me to expand my visionary understanding of the heart from this author’s perspective. If you lay open to paper – you must have something important to share with the world.
So excited to read the Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, another great book by Thomas Cowan, an extraordinary individual. I am eager to learn about the approach that analyzes our heart as an integral and inseparable part of the whole body and nature around us. Heart is in the center of all our emotions and it’s beat is acknowledged as the begging and ending of our physical life. My father’s life ended at the age of 58 by a massive heart attack, so I do welcome any opportunity that helps in my quest of understanding the reasons behind this unexpected and premature loss. I own a book but would welcome another copy (shipped to my US mailbox) that would become a gift to a good friend and therefore would make her heart grow and glow!
The most valuable thing one can own is an open heart! Coming into this lifetime with a wide open, undefined heart (Human Design System & The Rave-Ra Uru Hu) on the birth day of the Queen of Hearts (Nov 21), I am honored to be gifted with an actual human heart, cosmic heart & to read Dr Cowan’s Human Heart, Cosmic Heart would also be an honor. My heart is one with all hearts that are. I love. Love.
Maybe it’s serendipity that I stumbled upon this post on Facebook. I’ve been thinking about the heart a lot lately, and so the book is timely and I would welcome a copy. My mother is seriously ill with advanced heart disease. It’s something that has plagued many relatives on her side of the family, and because it has, it’s got me thinking quite a bit about the various dietary, psycho-social, and spiritual aspects of heart problems. As I am getting older, and have myself had some serious health challenges unexpectedly over the last year, i suspect it may have profound wisdom for me as well.
What comes to mind when I think of my own heart? I’m not going to lie. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I’m not going to spiritually bypass, ascend and ignore it. In reality, I feel like my heart is closed in many ways, much more so that I am comfortable admitting. The last five years have been very hard for me spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. As a community acupuncturist I have to hold space and care for many dozens of people a day under extremely tight deadlines. People who are dealing with serious pain, as well as emotional and spiritual stress and trauma. It’s become exhausting and I have turned to stimulants like caffeine and sugar to help me get through my busy, unrelenting days. I also feel profoundly cut off from nature (living in an urban environment) and community, ironically. There is much isolation. I feel like something significant has to change in the next few years or else. I think as a sensitive person, I’ve closed down, but I don’t want to live like that. So, perhaps this book will be an inspiration for walking a new path and finding hope again…
Human heart, cosmic heart……sounds like a great title….we are to guard our hearts as the Bible teaches. We read everything that comes our way from Wise Traditions….this will be no exception. Spiritually speaking our hearts are treasures, lets sift out the bad to keep the treasures inside! Any input on how to make the best of our life is what we desire😍👍 my own heart is in need of some reparations…..ready to see what offerings you have😘
I would love to have a copy of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. This validates what I teach.
Why am I interested in Human Heart, Cosmic Heart?
For starters I’m a huge book lover and include only the most mind-boggling, intellectually challenging stories in my library. This book sounds like an interesting read, one That can picked up over and over again, each time with a deeper understanding. Suprisingly enough, I became interested in natural methods after a family member died from a heart attack, taking on my own meaning of health.
I hope to not only own a copy of the Human Heart, Cosmic Heart, but to share it with a friend or like-minded people.
The title alone–Human Heart, Cosmic Heart–intrigues me! When I think of my heart, I think of an organ that I am largely not thinking about most of the time. I unfortunately don’t exercise regularly. I have a lot of stress. Energetically speaking, I know I have a heart wall, but I don’t work on it. I feel my diet is okay, but it wouldn’t hurt to read what Dr Cowen recommends! Also, heart issues run in my husband’s family, so he may appreciate reading this book as well.
In 2015 I was diagnosed with PTSD and one of the ways it manifested in me was through my heart. I began having heart palpitations which led me to see a cardiologist. The fear I felt, fear of my own body, led me to a new journey to find good health for myself and my body. This book looks like a good stepping stone for me on this path!
I am thinking I need to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart because I was just told my blood pressure is too high and spikes. I didn’t feel well but I would not have suspected any kind of hypertension as I’ve been meditating every day for just over 42 years. I got very very involved politically this year…I think I have not handled the results of the elections and thoughts of what is to come very well. Reading a down-to-earth, broader perspective could get me in a better place. I need to get in a better place.
I would love to recieve a copy of Human Heart/Cosmic Heart because I struggled with a congenital heart issue since childhood . Like Dr. Cowan, it always baffled me as to why I had trouble competing in sports and keeping up with the other kids on the track field. Later in life I was beset with terrifying symptoms during pregnancy/childbirth, and continued to experience regular debilitation until I discovered the NT diet. I would love to learn more about how the heart works, especially in relationship to emotions. I’m wondering if my heart issues had something to do with the fact that I was the product of my parent’s extramarital affair, and the heartbreak that ensued for all involved. ❤️
I would love to read Human Heart, Cosmic Heart to learn how best to care for my heart on its many levels. I have Lyme disease and feel that it has weakened my heart, as I have palpitations now. I know I must heal on a spiritual level in order to heal the physical. I think this book might speak to the healing I know needs to take place. I also work with low income kids and I believe that a huge part of my work with them is to help them find their way to know and heal their hearts. A timely subject.
I would love to have a copy of Human Heart,Cosmic Heart to share with my friend who has a heart condition.
I would love to win Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. As a holistic practitioner, I understand nutritionally what can harm the heart. For some reason, the title of this book draws me to a more emotional side. I often do EFT and ERT with my patients. Many times there is a emotional trauma to the heart. These traumas can often be cleared with ERT and identifying the root cause. Prayer is often a remedy to release pain and trauma from the heart. I’d love to know what this book has to say.
Would LOVE to get my hands on Human Heart, Cosmic Heart! A dear friend, brother to me, had a big stroke several months ago and I was in the hospital with 100 percent support. I learned so so much on this topic from experience. Without having any time (or sanity) to research or think about what to do, I used my intuition and the teachings of Weston A Price and Nutritional Therapy Association. We give so much thanks to the hospital staff who did such an amazing job! Of course I was very nervous about all the medication he was given but I had faith that I knew how to help him detox. I loaded him up with coconut oil, bone broth, aromatherapy, nutrient dense juices/meals, turmeric filled applesauce, and more, all while we were in the hospital. Even though people thought I was crazy and gave me a hard time for it. He couldn’t walk, talk, feed himself or move for two weeks, and he is now fully recovered 🙌. The staff is shocked on how he is able to be fully independent and drive and everything! They released him from the hospital basically in a wheel chair (no longer needed). I am very grateful for the power and knowledge of real food and Natural Healing! Would love to keep learning more and check out this book! ..and give Human Heart, Cosmic Heart to him as a gift. (He reads all my Weston Price/Nutrition books I own).
I’m interested in reading this book because of my own heart! I’m 25, have had cancer twice (ALL leukemia, with treatment via chemo, radiation and most recently a stem cell transplant), a rare autoimmune disease from the transplant called Graft Vs Host Disease, and heart faliure caused by the cardiotoxicity of my first rounds of chemo, six years ago. My heart will continually get stronger and then weaker again as time passes, but it’s never steady. And most recently, a concern again. I practice the nourishing traditions diet, and eat grass fed bovine heart regularly. I would love to learn more from someone who understands the heart, and also is like minded about traditional nutrition and foods! Thank you for informing me about this book, I can’t wait to read it!
Human Heart Cosmic Heart, I mustmust read you because what comes to mind when I think of my own heart is this: the things that touch it, the things that break it, the things that heal it, the things I feed it, and mostly… who and what it beats for… 📈❤
Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. I had never heard of this book until today. I am interested in reading it and sharing it with my mom. She has a condition where her heart rhythm fluctuates. When I think of my own heart I think more so of the stress I feel from day to day and how it most likely is effecting my heart. Life is too short for stress.
I am a current student of Edison Institute of Nutrition and trying to read up as much as I can on everything. There is such a huge misconception of what is “heart healthy” vs not. My grandmother was placed in the hospital earlier this year for a clogged artery. I have been trying to help her out with diet change and I feel this information would really help her in terms of heart health along with myself.
When I think of my own heart- I know I need to learn more about how to norish it now so I might keep it strong and healthy.
I am interested in winning a copy of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart! I constantly reference Dr Cowan’s other book, The Fourfold Path to Healing when I have questions regarding health. He has a way of opening my mind to explanations beyond what is taught in mainstream medicine. He has personally helped me overcome health issues on numerous occasions. I’m very excited to read his take in this book, as it is in my Amazon wishlist, but would love to win a copy!
I became interested in this book after Sandrine suggested it. I’m intrigued! I don’t have any physical heart health problems but my spiritual heart certainly needs help from time to time! This seems like such an interesting concept, whether or not I win the book I intend to check it out. Thanks for the opportunity and suggestion, Sandrine!
I would love to win this book.
New to computer started my science disclosure on a skeptics forum (that’s how smart I am) sample;
Lung related disease has and will escalate so it may help to know more on how our lungs work.
LUNGS – THE ‘HOW’ AND ‘WHY’ WE BREATHE
At birth it takes a reaction to create shock, that is, temperature, a slap on the ***, or in the case of an animal, plopping to the ground. At the moment of shock the body demands oxygen. Within the alveoli an atomic reaction takes place creating heat that changes water in the lungs to gas (oxygen). This gas is absorbed by the blood leaving a void creating a vacuum that sucks air through air passages to the lung. En route restriction causes a reaction – ‘cold’ (as explained ), that changes the H2O of this breath of air into water. This water is atomically heated supplying the gas, oxygen, to the blood. Air in the lung that did not turn into water is forced out of the lung by unused, expanding oxygen molecules. Just as quickly these chaotic molecules regroup creating a void and the process repeats itself.
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145048
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/12/18/heart-disease-treatment-options.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20161218Z1&et_cid=DM128815&et_rid=1802089357 A New Way of Looking at Heart Disease and Novel Treatment Options