W.G. Sutherland in the Tradition of the Philosopher Scientist AAO

29 Pages·2013·13.99 MB·English

by  Sherrie Warner

W.G. Sutherland in the Tradition of
the Philosopher Scientist
AAO Convocation, Orlando, Florida 2013

Susan Turner, M.A.(Hons), D.O., M.S.C.C.
Emmanuel Swedenborg Wolfgang Von Goethe
1688 - 1772 1749-1832t
Andrew Taylor Still
1828 - 1917
Walter Russell
William Garner
1871 - 1963
Sutherland
1873 - 1953

Rollin Becker
191 0-1996
WGS April 26 1948,Seminar in Des
Moines, Iowa
“Osteopathy is a science.
The cranial concept is
osteopathy. It is therefore a
science. It is not an integral
part of osteopathy. It is
osteopathy. It is not a
‘therapy’. For this is a
science that deals `with the
natural forces of the body.
You have seen evidence of
this this week in the
application of diagnosis and
in the application of
techniques. Was this a
therapy? No! It is scientific
knowledge and it is what Dr
Still endeavoured to leave
with us.”
Goethe saw
science as an inner
path to
spiritual
development
as well as a
discipline
for gaining
knowledge, and
Wolfgang Von
not just
information.
Goethe 1749-1832
“Reason primarily involves analysis
of discrete elements sequentially
linked. Intuition involves a
simultaneous perception of the
whole.”

“Intuition... should be properly
understood as knowledge without
recourse to inference.”

“Goethe’s procedures are practical
exercises for educating the mind to
function intuitively.” (not purely
intellectually)

Robert Ornstein
“By knowing, I mean not information
gained by the
physical senses but a
knowledge
that comes from
getting as far as way as possible
from any physical sense.”

William Garner Sutherland
Contributions of Thought, p.210

Goethe’s Scientific Method
1. Thinking:
Exact Sensory Perception
2. Feeling:
Exact Sensory Imagination
3. Seeing in Beholding,
Opening to a Sense of Wonder
4. Knowing:
Being One with the Object
Steps to Take:
1.Accept the Living Mechanism
in you and the patient. Life is
always trying to express
Health.

2.Surrender comes after
acceptance. Accept the fact
that what the mechanism is
telling you is true.

3.Develop palpatory skills. The
body is smarter than you are,
so learn to learn from it.
“Step one is the hardest, but it is essential step in the

understanding and use of living health

mechanisms….”
Rollin E. Becker “Life in Motion, p.11”
A.T. Still, D.O.
Arthur Becker, D.O.
(father of Alan & Rollin)