Dr. Nicholas Demetry, M. D., is a holistic psychiatrist, healer and teacher. We call him The Soul Doctor. He has studied and taught the importance of spirituality for mental health and personal wellbeing for over 30 years. After receiving his Medical Degree from the Emory University School of Medicine, he studied transcultural psychiatry and mental health at the University of Hawaii. His keen interest in international travel, transcultural healing practices and spiritual wisdom traditions motivated him to work in the mental health system in Papua, New Guinea, where he observed traditional shamanic healers and the Western, scientific medical system side by side.
Committed to discovering the deeper causative factors in mental health and disease, Dr. Demetry undertook a variety of spiritual practices and a journey that led him to Dr. Stylianos Atteshlis (better known as Daskalos), a Cypriot mystic, psychologist and healer who showed him that an understanding of spirituality can further the healing process. Dr. Demetry has his private practice in Atlanta and is the director of the Etherikos Center. He offers programs and classes throughout the world.
Early on in his life experience, Dr. Demetry received the awareness that to not only survive but truly thrive in this complex modern world requires a healthy connection to the experience of transcendence. The capacity to see and experience oneself in the context of the whole of life through an elevated state of awareness. Throughout history transcendence has been achieved in a variety of ways. Some examples include ecstatic dance, inspirational music and art, deep meditative states and prayer, lucid dreaming, psycho-active botanical substances, healing rituals, and the inspiration and transcendence experienced through encounters of love compassion, kindness through selfless service given to others. Read more…
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