Harry Van Gelder DO ND was a lifetime member of the
Theosophical Society. He was born in Indonesia in 1905 of Dutch
parents, and went to Australia as a young man where he studied
science and engineering at the University of Sydney. During his
youth he and his sister, Dora Van Gelder Kunz were students of
C.W. Leadbeater, famous occultist, sage, and seer, as well as
many other early leaders of the Theosophical Society,
He became interested in healing when he was 23 when he learned
the Indonesian science of herbs and homeopathy and began
practicing during the 1930s. Harry received degrees in England in
Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, and Naturopathy. He studied
Naturopathic Ayurvedic medicine in India. His contributions in the
healing arts span more than 50 years until his death in 1995. in
1985 he founded the Temple of Noetic Science in Portland,
Oregon.
He came into my life (Eliza) in 1990 at just the right time to help me
out of a period of great personal distress and struggle. I consider
him my most important spiritual mentor who helped me heal what
ailed me at that time, and gave me and countless others
worldwide, the tools to seek and attain Unity, Beauty, and Peace.
His influence on my life was and is so profound that I feel I could
never adequately thank him for sharing his knowledge, healing,
and friendship.
He is the author of two books:
Inner Peace Through The Process of Knowing: Essays in
Metapsychology, 1985, and The Process of Healing, 1989. Van Gelder .
Merry Land West, Australia: H. Robert Martin Outsound Publishing.
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