Thursday, October 9, 2025

Cancer Books: Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing



Caroline Myss discusses cancer in Anatomy of the Spirit, but not as a medical manual. She speaks about it primarily in spiritual and energetic terms, rather than biological ones.

Here’s how she frames it:

1. Cancer as an Energy Imbalance

Myss views cancer as a manifestation of deeply held emotional or energetic blockages — often linked to:

  • Long-term resentment, grief, or guilt

  • Loss of personal power or identity

  • Suppressed anger or forgiveness issues

She explains that when we hold these energies over time, they can “congeal” into physical illness. The body mirrors the spirit’s struggles.

2. Emotional and Chakra Correlations

While she doesn’t claim that every cancer is caused by a specific chakra imbalance, she suggests certain emotional patterns may weaken related energy centers:

  • Breast or lung cancers → often tied to heart chakra (love, grief, forgiveness)

  • Digestive cancers → linked to solar plexus chakra (self-esteem, power, control)

  • Reproductive cancers → linked to sacral chakra (intimacy, creativity, guilt)

She emphasizes that these connections are symbolic tools for self-awareness, not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.

3. The Spiritual Lesson

Myss suggests that people facing serious illness like cancer are often being invited to undergo a profound spiritual awakening — to examine how they have used their power, where they’ve given it away, and how they can reclaim their spirit’s vitality.

Healing, in her view, involves:

4. Myss’s Stance on Medicine

She is not anti-medical treatment.


She insists that physical treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, etc.) should go hand in hand with spiritual and emotional healing. Her approach is complementary, not alternative.




COPYRIGHT 2007-2025 Patti Friday b.1959.

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