Any doubt surrounding the efficacy of spiritual or “energetic” healing is a comparatively new phenomenon. For millennia, acceptance and belief were the norm, with a depth of understanding surrounding the body’s ability to heal itself. Then “medicine” as we know it today became formalized along with the building of medical schools. Proponents of the new sciences treated claims made for the power of prayer and healing with disdain, however, after several hundred years the tide is turning again — and with Britain and Europe leading the way, the scientific community is listening.