title: A Most Unusual Life: Dora van Gelder Kunz: Clairvoyant, Theosophist, Healer
author: Kirsten van Gelder
description: "Dora van Gelder Kunz was a driving force in the worlds of alternative healing and Theosophy until her death in 1999. Dora had a privileged childhood, growing up on a plantation in Java, catered to by servants, yet isolated from other children. She ended her life in much simpler circumstances, having turned her attention to the practice of energetic healing and spirituality. She learned to meditate at the age of five and soon after began developing her clairvoyant abilities. She was a student of C. W. Leadbeater, and an associate of Krishnamurti and Geoffrey Hodson, to name just a few. At the forefront of what would eventually become the New Thought and New Age movements, her finely tuned mind and rational approach to the metaphysical world still sets the bar within the field. Best known for co-creating Therapeutic Touch with Delores Krieger, her influence in the early days of alternative healing far exceeds her notoriety. In addition to being an in-depth portrait of a woman who favored practicality and logical analysis over mysticism and phenomenon, this book is also a unique behind-the-scenes look into the early days of The Theosophical Society. Written by two people who knew her very well, it is a labor of love which demonstrates the same determination and attention to detail that was the hallmark of Dora van Gelder Kunz's work. It will speak to a broad range of your customers on many levels. Let them know that Kunz was especially fond of nurses and worked closely with them during her healings." --<b>Anna Jedrziewski</b>, <i>Retailing Insight</i> magazine
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  DANE AND MANDY, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated
  by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane
  mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead,
  awakes in the present as the nineteen-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and
  disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward
  until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space
  to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out
  a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop.
  
  
  Hoping to discover an exciting new talent, Dane ventures into the coffee shop
  and is transfixed by the magic he sees, illusions that even he, a seasoned
  professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is emotionally
  devastated by this teenager who has never met him, doesn’t know him, is
  certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect