Jennifer Lamonica - The Art and Science of Face Reading Face Morphology in the Western Spiritual Tradition

This book is dedicated to the continuation of the work.

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The depth of the moment is eternity.

MADAME COLETTE ABOULKER-MUSCAT

The Art & Science of Face Reading

Jennifer Lamonica reveals the special messages of facial morphology that allow clinicians to better understand the stated and hidden needs of the patient before them. She brings to life the teachings of Dr. Gerald Epstein. I took his facial morphology class and am able to use what I learned to more easily ascertain a patients inner dynamics and the way these dynamics may intersect with their health. As an adolescent and young adult medicine specialist, I know this special text brings the gift of understanding to the next generation of healers.

DORIS PASTORE, M.D., PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AT THE ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, NEW YORK CITY

In the field of holistic practice, harmony among the body-mind-spirit is the key to health and wellness. Identification of individual constitution, temperament, and other characteristics is important for the establishment of a therapeutic strategy. The Art and Science of Face Reading is invaluable to practitioners. It is illustrated, practical, and informative.

YEMENG CHEN, PH.D., L.AC., PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

Finally, a comprehensive book on face morphology! Nearly anyone can start reading faces quickly, accurately, and compassionately with the profound system of face reading based on this ancient and sacred art. Jennifer Lamonica shares powerful secrets gathered over her decades as an extraordinary chiropractor, acupuncturist, healer, and face morphologist. This book belongs in every home, school, and doctors office.

ELIZABETH ANN MANHART BARRETT, PH.D., R.N., FAAN

Reading this was like being back in Dr. Epsteins living room, studying with the master. Lamonicas unique brilliance lies in her ability to make face reading easy to understand, as she shares this ancient system with warmth and clarity. This book is a must-have addition to the bookshelf for anyone seeking to better understand themselves and others.

RANDY ELLEN KASPER, PH.D., LCSW, AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL IMAGERY

If you want to learn from the unbroken, unadulterated transmission of the millennia-old Western tradition of face reading, this is your book. Lamonica delivered a superbly crafted and illustrated manual that is well organized and easy to follow.

PETER S. REZNIK, PH.D., AUTHOR OF FACE READING SECRETS FOR SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS

This comprehensive and illustrated guide to the ancient and sacred art of face reading is masterfully laid out in a way that is clear, understandable, and so useful! This book is a tour de force and a must-read!

PATRICIA PITTA, PH.D., ABPP

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the many players involved in the production of this work. First and foremost, Dr. Gerald Epstein, who introduced me to this sacred art and science via his dedication to teaching students this spiritual way of learning. He has influenced my life in so many ways and for this I am deeply grateful. He offered me a safe journey, on a path of light, to truth and self-awareness. This book represents the accumulation of information received at the foot of this master spanning more than three decades. I must also acknowledge, of course, his teacher Madame Colette Aboulker-Muscat for introducing him to this sacred system.

I would like to acknowledge my mother, Rose, and my father, Anthony, for giving me the opportunity to be here in this wonderful life. I want to also thank them for the wisdom and knowing that was passed along to me, not only genetically, but also in their honoring of God in a way that feels so right for me and so easy for me to feel and practice in my life.

I would like to acknowledge Dr. Rebbie Straubing for her marvelous contributions to this book. First, by saying, Just write. You can worry about editing later. Just get it on the paper. I would also like to acknowledge her for her most wonderful illustrations and her tremendous contribution to editing. I thank her for always having my back and for her unswerving support and confidence in me in all the endeavors I have undertaken during our precious thirty-eight-year-long friendship.

A very special thank you goes to Lindy Cacioppo for her tireless hours of transcription and documentation and for being a trustworthy receptacle for all the components of this book as I gathered notes, thoughts, and insights that spanned decades. Her excellent technological savvy along with her contribution to editing were instrumental in bringing this book into tangible form.

I would also like to acknowledge my son, Daniel, for his excellent muscle control that enabled him to demonstrate the muscles of the mouth, and for simply giving me the opportunity to be the mother of such a wonderful sonand how great is that? I would like to acknowledge Rachel Epstein for all her encouragement and help. And a warm thank you to all my patients.

Most of all I would like to acknowledge God for allowing this sacred art and science to be revealed to us.

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The true being

Is there

Among us;

Divided into creatures

In every other face

I recognize Him,

And I see me!

COLETTE ABOULKER-MUSCAT, A POEM SHE GAVE TO DR. GERALD EPSTEIN

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Foreword

T he year was 1985. I sat somewhat nervously, notebook on lap, surrounded by a group of my friends and colleagues, all waiting for our minds to be blown and our lives to be changed. The book-lined study of Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Epsteins New York City apartment was our launching pad, and we were all about to buckle up for a wild ride of information that would change the way we saw ourselves and each other, and the way we would come to help our patients.

As our group of chiropractors met, week after week, we all took in the information in our own way, as will all of you sitting in the classroom of this book. Well, thats not unusual. But what was new to us, and is probably new to you too, is that we were realizing that the ways we were different in how we were comprehending our lessons had less to do with things like our note-taking ability or study habits, and more to do with the shape of our nose or the depth of our philtrum (the vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip). What strange land had we stumbled upon? It was the ancient, sacred art of face morphology, and once you make the leap into this perspective, there is no turning back. Once you take the informal oath to look compassionately at all faces with a commitment to honor the sacred and unique expression that each face is, the world suddenly becomes populated with billions of reflections of the Infinite, all revealing their deep and complex nature right there on their face.

Well, that seminar series eventually ended and off we all went to use this material in our chiropractic practices. And as could easily have been predicted, one of us took this material and started using it with a confidence and level of mastery that could only bear the name Jennifer Lamonica. Jennifer is a phlegmatic Lymphatic, a morphological type that is a highly organized repository of information. In fact, when it comes to information that can help her help her patients, I would dare say she is insatiable. Over the years I have watched her study just about every chiropractic technique that crosses her path, and if she can use something she learned in a weekend seminar to help even one of her patients, well, few things make her happier than greeting that patient on Monday with a new way to take their healing even further.