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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2021-12-17 Description is in English Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center Collection, 1989-2015 A Collection in The Edgar Cayce Foundation Coll. 27

The Edgar Cayce Foundation 2021 Jessica Newell The Edgar Cayce Foundation Descriptive Summary The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia Meridian Institute / Health and Rejuvenation Research Center Collection, 1989-2015 Coll. 27 5.2 Linear Feet 13 boxes. Materials in this collection are in English. Mein, Eric; Thompson, Deborah; Richards, Douglas;McMillin, David; Nelson, Carl; Eschelman, Marie Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by material type.

 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

 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.

 Related Materials

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

 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.

 Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research use. Files containing medical information may only be viewed with permission of the archivist.

 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 office files 1989-2015 Box 7 aphonia background questionnaire Folder 7:1 2004 approach to life inventory Folder 7:2 undated by-laws [American Holistic Nurses' Association] Folder 7:3 1997 certificate [American Holistic Nurses' Association] Deborah Thompson Folder 7:4 1998 conference materials [5th Annual Cayce Health Professionals Symposium] Folder 7:5 2000 conference materials [6th Annual Cayce Health Professionals Symposium] Folder 7:6 2001 conference materials [Then and Now: The Medical Readings] Folder 7:7 2001 consultation records Folder 7:8-7:9 1998-2003 Box 8 correspondence [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center] Folder 8:1 1997-2001 financial records [Barden fund] Folder 8:2 1998 financial records [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center] Folder 8:3 1998-2002 financial records [Residential Programs] Folder 8:4 1998-1999 health and wellness committee Folder 8:5 1992-1994 information packet [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center] Folder 8:6 2001 job applications Folder 8:7 2000 lease agreement Folder 8:8 1999 letters to research participants Folder 8:9 1998 manual [global segmentelectrography] Folder 8:10 1990 manual [Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis] Folder 8:11 1996 Box 9 nameplate [Deborah Thompson, R.N.] Folder 9:1 undated newsletter [Meridian Institute News] Folder 9:2 1997-2000 newsletters [outside research organizations] Folder 9:3 1998-2004 obesity questionnaire Folder 9:4 2004 osteoarthritis questionnaire Folder 9:5 2004 overviews [Cayce Health Database] Folder 9:6 1998 personal file [Deborah Thompson, R.N.] Folder 9:7 1997-1998 planning documents [Health Center] Folder 9:8 1989-2000 Box 10 planning documents [Health and Rejuvenation Research Center] Folder 10:1 1992-1998 proposals [A.R.E. Congress sharing group] Folder 10:2 1993 proposal [Leydig Gland Project] Folder 10:3 undated publications [A.R.E.] Folder 10:4 1997-2004 real estate records Folder 10:5 1999 recipes Folder 10:6 undated recommendations for health readings research Folder 10:7 1992 report [Edgar Cayce Institute for Intuitive Studies] Folder 10:8 undated reports [Meridian Institute] Folder 10:9 2000-2002 Box 11 reports [outside research organizations] Folder 11:1 1995-2000 report [Universal Concepts consulting] Folder 11:2 1993 research materials [labyrinths] Folder 11:3 1992-1999 research participant data [Cayce Comprehensive Symptom Inventory] Folder 11:4-11:5 2000 research project: chronic fatigue Folder 11:6 2000 Box 12 Residential Research Program: Arthritis / Hypertension Folder 12:1 1998-1999 Residential Research Program: Psoriasis Folder 12:2 1999 Residential Research Program: Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease Folder 12:3 1999 scrapbook [Meridian Institute and Open House] Eric Mein Folder 12:4 1999 slideshow [ALS] Folder 12:5 undated survey lecture materials [Deborah Thompson] Folder 12:6 1999 trade catalogs Folder 12:7 1998-2004 workbook and manual [Cayce Comprehensive System Inventory] Folder 12:8 2000 manuscript [Waking Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David McMillin Folder 12:9 undated book [The Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Holistic Approach] David McMillin Item 12:10 1997 book [Visualizing the Ra Ta Epic: Images of Ancient Egypt and Other Mysterious Places] David McMillin Item 12:11 2004 Box 13 book [A Holistic Approach: The Treatment of Depression] David McMillin Item 13:1 1997 book [Case Studies in Depression] David McMillin Item 13:2 1997 book [Case Studies in Schizophrenia] David McMillin Item 13:3 1997 book [Living Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David McMillin Item 13:4 1992 book [Principles and Techniques of Nerve Regeneration: Alzheimer's Disease and The Dementias] Item 13:5 1995 CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar Cayce, Disk 1] David McMillin Item 13:6 2005 CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar Cayce, Disk 2] David McMillin Item 13:7 2005 CD [Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology in the Health Readings of Edgar Cayce, Disk 3] David McMillin Item 13:8 2005 CD [books: Case Studies in Depression; A Holistic Approach to the Treatment of Depression] David McMillin Item 13:9 2005 CD [books: Case Studies in Schizophrenia; The Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Holistic Approach] David McMillin Item 13:10 2005 CD [books: Alzheimer's Disease and the Dementias] David McMillin Item 13:11 2005 CD [David McMillin collected works] Item 13:12 undated CD [Early American Dietetics and Nutrition] David McMillin Item 13:13 2005 CD [Early American Energy Medicine] David McMillin Item 13:14 2005 CD [Early American Herbal Medicine] David McMillin Item 13:15 2007 CD [Early American Hydrotherapy] David McMillin Item 13:16 2005 CD [Edgar Cayce's Cosmology] David McMillin Item 13:17 2007 CD [Edgar Cayce on the Life and Times of Jesus] David McMillin Item 13:18 2008 CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Ancient Greece] David McMillin Item 13:19 2010 CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Ancient Rome] David McMillin Item 13:20 2010 CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of Britain] David McMillin Item 13:21 2015 CD [Edgar Cayce's Reincarnational History of France] David McMillin Item 13:22 2015 CD [Electric Vibrator Therapy: Home and Professional Applications] David McMillin Item 13:23 2005 CD [House of Clay: The Body-Soul Connection] David McMillin Item 13:24 2007 CD [Living Nightmares: Case Studies in Anxiety] David McMillin Item 13:25 2007 CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 1: Schizophrenia] David McMillin Item 13:26 2004 CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 2: Depression] David McMillin Item 13:27 2004 CD [Mental Health Lecture Series Disk 3: Anxiety; Mystical Experiences] David McMillin Item 13:28 2004 CD [Research Report Using the Edgar Cayce Medical Model] David McMillin Item 13:29 2005 CD [Rivers of Light: A Personal Interpretation of the Revelation Based on the Readings of Edgar Cayce] David McMillin Item 13:30 2007 CD [Searching For God 1] David McMillin Item 13:31 2011 CD [Searching for God 2] David McMillin Item 13:32 2011 CD [Searching for God 3] David McMillin Item 13:33 2011 CD [Selections from the Abdominal and Pelvic Brain] Byron D. Robinson; David McMillin Item 13:34 2005 CD [The Radial Appliance and Wet Cell Battery] David McMillin; Douglas G. Richards Item 13:35 2005 CD [Visualizing the Ra Ta Epic] David McMillin Item 13:36 2005