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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 Guide to the Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center Collection, 1989-2015

A Collection in
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
Collection Number Coll. 27


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Processed by: Jessica Newell

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 .

Administrative Information

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.

Biographical / Historical

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

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by material type.

Related Material

See Meridian Institute digital library hosted by the A.R.E. Library: https://www.meridianinstitute.com/

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Eschelman, Marie
  • McMillin, David
  • Mein, Eric
  • Nelson, Carl
  • Richards, Douglas
  • Thompson, Deborah
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Container List

general health inventories A-Z
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
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office files
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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