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This article has been adapted from a talk delivered by Dr. Candace Pert at “Survival and Consciousness”, a symposium sponsored by the Institute for Noetic Sciences, in Washington DC, October 26-27, 1985. It was published in Advances Vol. 8, No. 8 Summer, 1988, p8-16 . Click to download PDF. What connects emotion to physiology? How […]

The following article is adapted from an article written by Dr. Pert on Oct 2, 2004 Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther Music, one might say, is the sound […]

Acupuncture is a therapy based on the idea that disease is caused by blockages in the body, and that stimulation of these areas through the use of needles facilitates healing. These ideas go back thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine. The therapy continues to be very popular and is most used for pain relief. […]

The following paper was published in The Journal of Immunology : Vol. 135. No. 2. August 1985. (Click here to view in PDF format.) Neuropeptides and their Receptors: A Pyschosomatic Network Candace B. Pert*, Michael R. Ruff*, Richard J. Weber* and Miles Herkenham* From the *Section on Brain Biochemistry, Clinical Neuroscience Branch. National Institute of […]

The following article is adapted from a talk given by Dr. Pert in 2003. Is it possible that we are all biologically programmed for happiness? I believe so. In fact, my research over the last 30 years has led me to this conclusion: we’re actually “hardwired” for bliss – both physical and divine. By hardwired, […]

Candace had a long history of speaking against the overuse of psychiatric medications and she studied alternative, non-drug “interventions”, like body work, meditations, affirmations, and later prayer, spirit, and states of bliss. Candace believed techniques such as these can be used to induce states of bliss and relaxation, mediated by the molecules of emotion. Bliss […]