Human Heart, Cosmic Heart

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At 20, Thomas Cowan, a Duke graduate disillusioned with industrial capitalism, joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s, serving two years in Swaziland. There, he discovered the works of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price, which would captivate him for years. Drawn to healing and critical of U.S. medical practices, Cowan returned, attended medical school, and established his practice in New Hampshire and later San Francisco. Throughout his journey—raising three children, facing divorce, and managing a heart condition—he remained fascinated by Steiner's assertion that the heart is not a pump. Committed to a healing-oriented approach to medicine, Cowan sought to validate Steiner's claim and explore the heart's true function. In this personal and compelling narrative, he argues that Steiner was right: the heart is not merely a pump, and our traditional understanding of heart disease, rooted in blood vessel issues, is flawed. This misconception, along with its reliance on medications and surgeries, contributes to heart disease being the leading cause of death globally. Cowan presents a transformative perspective on the heart, urging a reevaluation of what it means to be human and how we can nurture ourselves and others.