{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Healing and Transformation","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation","author_name":"David Starlyte","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/author\/darenson","title":"Why Holism is Vital - Healing and Transformation","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xjQV3HZtRZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/2015\/03\/why-holism-is-vital.html\">Why Holism is Vital<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/2015\/03\/why-holism-is-vital.html\/embed#?secret=xjQV3HZtRZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why Holism is Vital&#8221; &#8212; Healing and Transformation\" data-secret=\"xjQV3HZtRZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"What is\u00a0holism and why is it so important? \u2018Holism\u2019 is a philosophy as described by Aristotle \u2013 \u201cThe whole is more than the sum of its parts.\u201d The term was first used by the Jan Smuts in his 1926 book, Holism and Evolution. Smuts defined \u2018holism\u2019 as \u201cThe tendency in nature to form wholes that&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/files\/2015\/03\/holistic1-300x300.jpg"}