Abstract

In the view of Rudolf Steiner, in severe cases of encephalitis, the pathological process leads to untying of the subtle bodies, as mentioned, “pushing the astral body through”. Each time the subject forth the efforts and succeeds, there is an awareness afterwards of an emptiness behind the place where the astral body has been pushing through. This emptiness comes from the escape of the Self Organization.The emptiness represents the susceptibility of the Self-Organization, reflecting in the metabolic, rhythmic, and sensorial systems, which can be mapped using auxiliary tools, as such as the brain FDG-PET/CT images, which can display the immunometabolism alterations in these conditions. In this context, this course/panel brings a review of the role of the brain FDG-PET/CT images to describe the metabolic manifestations related to Autoimmune Encephalitis and Paraneoplastic Syndromes, as well as to evaluate the effects of the anthroposophic therapies on these patients. Furthermore, the present panel/workshop aims to bring to the Integrative Medicine Community an overview of the new medical imaging diagnostic techniques as relevant tools in the initial stage and follow-up of anthroposophic and other integrative therapies.