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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