Harald Walach is Professor of Research Methodology in Complementary Medicine at the Viadrina European University Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. His interest is wide ranging. His original research in homeopathy, other forms of complementary medicine such as acupuncture and spiritual healing, as well as placebo effects, were motivated by his interest in healing processes and mechanisms. Derived from this is his interest in the interface between mind and body and a culture of consciousness and its effects on health. Mindfulness research and research in spiritual healing, as well as intentional processes, are a natural consequence. He has embarked on a theoretical understanding of such generic healing processes in collaboration with physicists in more recent developments. He has contributed to the transpersonal psychology literature, has translated one of the least known but most influential medieval mystical writers, the Carthusian Hugh of Balma, into German, and is keenly interested in the link between spiritual practice or meditation and health and healing in a generic sense.Website: http://harald-walach.de/ (English/Deutsch)http://www.europa-uni.de/en/forschung/institut/institut_intrag/index.html (English)http://www.europa-uni.de/de/forschung/institut/institut_intrag/index.html (Deutsch)