Excerpt from The History of Massage Furthermore, says old Hippocrates in his aphor isms: Anatripsis can bind and loosen; can make flesh and cause parts to waste. Hard rubbing binds; soft rubbing loosens; much rubbing causes parts to waste moderate rubbing makes them grow. These words seem like revelation to any one who has had much experience in massage, and the literal fulfilment of them may be observed when the necessary previ ous conditions exist. Hard and soft, much and mod crate are, of course, to be taken in a relative sense; for, what might be hard to one person might seem gentle to another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

ダグラス・グラハムの筆致は単なる技術解説を超え、身体という小宇宙を巡る哲学的な思索へと読者を誘います。ヒポクラテスの警句を引く「圧の極意」は、強弱のバランスが生命の調和を左右するという真理を突いています。手技が肉体を造り、あるいは削ぎ落とすという記述は、触れることの重みと神聖さを再認識させる文学的な凄みに満ちています。 実写化された映像作品では、文字で語り尽くせぬ手の躍動が視覚化され、理論に温かな体温を吹き込んでいます。対して書籍版の醍醐味は、古の知恵が重なる歴史の奥行きを思索的な文体で追体験できる点にあります。映像の直感的な理解と、テキストによる深い知の探究が共鳴し、癒やしの本質を多角的に照らし出す稀有なシナジーをぜひ堪能してください。