A Guide to the Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center
Collection, 1989-2015 Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center Collection
Coll. 27
A Collection in
Repository The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia
Beach, Virginia
Collection Number Coll. 27
Title Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center
Collection, 1989-2015
Physical Characteristics
5.2 Linear Feet
13 boxes.
Creator Mein, Eric ;
Thompson, Deborah ; Richards, Douglas ; McMillin, David ; Nelson,
Carl ; Eschelman,
Marie
Language Materials in this collection are in
English .
Conditions Governing Use
The collection is open for research use. Files containing medical information may only be
viewed with permission of the archivist.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item,] [date (if known)]; Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation
Research Center Collection, Coll. 27, box_, folder_, The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia
Beach, Virginia.
The Meridian Institute operated as a Virginia Beach non-profit organization dedicated to
researching holistic and integrative approaches to wellness and healing. With a focus on
researching the body-mind-spirit connection, the institute researched various modalities and
systems including the holistic philosophy of Edgar Cayce, traditional osteopathy,
chiropractic, herbal medicine, mind-body healing, and spiritual transformation.
The institute was founded in 1994, operated for 10 years, and included Eric Mein, MD,
Douglas Richards, PhD, Carl Nelson, DC, and David McMillin. Headed by Dr. Mein, a Virginia
Beach physician, Mein had also served as scholar-in-residence at Atlantic University, and
wrote Keys to Health: The Challenge and Promise of Holism, based on the Edgar Cayce medical
readings. The Director of Research was Dr. Richards, who had been on the faculty of Atlantic
University and had also served as the university's director of research. Dr. Nelson, a
Virginia Beach chiropractor, served as the institute's clinical researcher, and McMillin
served as independent researcher and Cayce scholar.
During its time in operation, the Meridian Institute undertook a number of leading-edge
research projects that examined the body-mind-spirit connection, including the
following:
• Radial Appliance Project • Psoriasis Project • Migraine Project • Epilepsy Project •
Multiple Sclerosis Project • Parkinson's Disease Project • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Project
• Asthma Project • Arthritis Project • Hypertension Project • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Project • Manual Therapy Project
This collection includes research data, research participant files, reports, and office
files generated by the Meridian Institute and the Health and Rejuvenation Research Center
during operations between 1994 and 2004.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by material type.
See Meridian Institute digital library hosted by the A.R.E. Library:
https://www.meridianinstitute.com/
Eschelman,
Marie
McMillin, David
Mein, Eric
Nelson,
Carl
Richards, Douglas
Thompson, Deborah
1999-2002
Includes individual patient
files.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission from archivist to view series must be obtained.
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
1989-2015
Box 7
Folder 7:1
aphonia background questionnaire
2004
Folder 7:2
approach to life inventory
undated
Folder 7:3
by-laws [American Holistic Nurses' Association]
1997
Folder 7:4
certificate [American Holistic Nurses' Association] Deborah
Thompson
1998
Folder 7:5
conference materials [5th Annual Cayce Health Professionals
Symposium]
2000
Folder 7:6
conference materials [6th Annual Cayce Health Professionals
Symposium]
2001
Folder 7:7
conference materials [Then and Now: The Medical Readings]
2001
Folder 7:8-7:9
consultation records
1998-2003
Box 8
Folder 8:1
correspondence [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center]
1997-2001
Folder 8:2
financial records [Barden fund]
1998
Folder 8:3
financial records [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center]
1998-2002
Folder 8:4
financial records [Residential Programs]
1998-1999
Folder 8:5
health and wellness committee
1992-1994
Folder 8:6
information packet [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center]
2001
Folder 8:7
job applications
2000
Folder 8:8
lease agreement
1999
Folder 8:9
letters to research participants
1998
Folder 8:10
manual [global segmentelectrography]
1990
Folder 8:11
manual [Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis]
1996
Box 9
Folder 9:1
nameplate [Deborah Thompson, R.N.]
undated
Folder 9:2
newsletter [Meridian Institute News]
1997-2000
Folder 9:3
newsletters [outside research organizations]
1998-2004
Folder 9:4
obesity questionnaire
2004
Folder 9:5
osteoarthritis questionnaire
2004
Folder 9:6
overviews [Cayce Health Database]
1998
Folder 9:7
personal file [Deborah Thompson, R.N.]
1997-1998
Folder 9:8
planning documents [Health Center]
1989-2000
Box 10
Folder 10:1
planning documents [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center]
1992-1998
Folder 10:2
proposals [A.R.E. Congress sharing group]
1993
Folder 10:3
proposal [Leydig Gland Project]
undated
Folder 10:4
publications [A.R.E.]
1997-2004
Folder 10:5
real estate records
1999
Folder 10:6
recipes
undated
Folder 10:7
recommendations for health readings research
1992
Folder 10:8
report [Edgar Cayce Institute for Intuitive Studies]
undated
Folder 10:9
reports [Meridian Institute]
2000-2002
Box 11
Folder 11:1
reports [outside research organizations]
1995-2000
Folder 11:2
report [Universal Concepts consulting]
1993
Folder 11:3
research materials [labyrinths]
1992-1999
Folder 11:4-11:5
research participant data [Cayce Comprehensive Symptom
Inventory]
2000
Folder 11:6
research project: chronic fatigue
2000
Box 12
Folder 12:1
Residential Research Program: Arthritis / Hypertension
1998-1999
Folder 12:2
Residential Research Program: Psoriasis
1999
Folder 12:3
Residential Research Program: Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Crohn's Disease
1999
Folder 12:4
scrapbook [Meridian Institute and Open House] Eric Mein
1999
Folder 12:5
slideshow [ALS]
undated
Folder 12:6
survey lecture materials [Deborah Thompson]
1999
Folder 12:7
trade catalogs
1998-2004
Folder 12:8
workbook and manual [Cayce Comprehensive System Inventory]
2000
Folder 12:9
manuscript [Waking Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David
McMillin
undated
Item 12:10
book [The Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Holistic Approach] David
McMillin
1997
Item 12:11
book [Visualizing the Ra Ta Epic: Images of Ancient Egypt and Other
Mysterious Places] David McMillin
2004
Box 13
Item 13:1
book [A Holistic Approach: The Treatment of Depression] David
McMillin
1997
Item 13:2
book [Case Studies in Depression] David McMillin
1997
Item 13:3
book [Case Studies in Schizophrenia] David McMillin
1997
Item 13:4
book [Living Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David
McMillin
1992
Item 13:5
book [Principles and Techniques of Nerve Regeneration: Alzheimer's Disease
and The Dementias]
1995
Item 13:6
CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar
Cayce, Disk 1] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:7
CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar
Cayce, Disk 2] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:8
CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar
Cayce, Disk 3] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:9
CD [books: Case Studies in Depression; A Holistic Approach to the Treatment
of Depression] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:10
CD [books: Case Studies in Schizophrenia; The Treatment of Schizophrenia: A
Holistic Approach] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:11
CD [books: Alzheimer's Disease and the Dementias] David
McMillin
2005
Item 13:12
CD [David McMillin collected works]
undated
Item 13:13
CD [Early American Dietetics and Nutrition] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:14
CD [Early American Energy Medicine] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:15
CD [Early American Herbal Medicine] David McMillin
2007
Item 13:16
CD [Early American Hydrotherapy] David McMillin
2005
Item 13:17
CD [Edgar Cayce's Cosmology] David McMillin
2007
Item 13:18
CD [Edgar Cayce on the Life and Times of Jesus] David McMillin
2008
Item 13:19
CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Ancient Greece] David
McMillin
2010
Item 13:20
CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Ancient Rome] David
McMillin
2010
Item 13:21
CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Britain] David
McMillin
2015
Item 13:22
CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of France] David
McMillin
2015
Item 13:23
CD [Electric Vibrator Therapy: Home and Professional Applications] David
McMillin
2005
Item 13:24
CD [House of Clay: The Body-Soul Connection] David McMillin
2007
Item 13:25
CD [Living Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David McMillin
2007
Item 13:26
CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 1: Schizophrenia] David
McMillin
2004
Item 13:27
CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 2: Depression] David
McMillin
2004
Item 13:28
CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 3: Anxiety; Mystical Experiences]
David McMillin
2004
Item 13:29
CD [Research Report Using the Edgar Cayce Medical Model] David
McMillin
2005
Item 13:30
CD [Rivers of Light: A Personal Interpretation of the Revelation Based on
the Readings of Edgar Cayce] David McMillin
2007
Item 13:31
CD [Searching For God 1] David McMillin
2011
Item 13:32
CD [Searching for God 2] David McMillin
2011
Item 13:33
CD [Searching for God 3] David McMillin
2011
Item 13:34
CD [Selections from the Abdominal and Pelvic Brain] Byron D. Robinson;
David McMillin
2005
Item 13:35
CD [The Radial Appliance and Wet Cell Battery] David McMillin; Douglas G.
Richards
2005
Item 13:36
CD [Visualizing the Ra Ta Epic] David McMillin
2005
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