Jean A. Oswald

A good overview of the life and work of a great man. A licensed doctor of naturopathy, Shelton taught Natural Hygiene, a philosophy of health very much opposed to that of the medical establishment. He warned against medicines, vaccines, and medical procedures. This made him an outlaw to the medical business and a quack to many people, but he was not deterred. Despite relentless persecution, he pursued truth, not money, with remarkable integrity. His approach to health was based upon what he called the laws of life. He taught clients how to take responsibility for their own health.

"The living organism is active," said Shelton. "Every particle of living matter in the body is endowed with an instinct of self-preservation, sustained by an inherent force called vital force or life force." When you take drugs, said Shelton, "The body acts upon the drugs; the drugs cannot act upon the body." This is the reverse of medical orthodoxy, which says that the medicine does the healing. No, said Shelton, the body does the healing. Give a laxative to a dead person and it will not induce a bowel movement. The body is the thing. "Vital force is the cause of the action and the dead person has none."

Jean A. Oswald was uniquely qualified to write this book. She was personally acquainted with Shelton in his later years and had access to his personal correspondence and unpublished writings. She even co-authored a book with him. This is biography, but also discusses in detail Shelton's work, his publications, and his philosophy of health. On page 48 are Shelton's "Ten Laws of Life." They will introduce you to a radically new way to look at healing, one solidly based on science. Its implications are exciting.… (altro)