II.   Life

The Healers’ Oath is a formal public oath that graduates of therapeutic schools are required to make in replacement to the Physicians’ Oath, also known as the Hippocratic Oath.

The Healers’ Oath was created in recognition of the fact that healing professionals formerly known as medical practitioners were forced to perform an oath to membership of private guilds that abrogated and contradicted their Hippocratic Oath thereby creating conflict.

The Healers’ Oath is the following pronounced before fellow graduates, teachers and guests:

To all whom have ears let them hear, to all who have eyes let them see:

We humbly pray to the Divine Creator of all things, all Heaven, our ancestors and spirit guardians shall accept and bear witness to the most solemn sacred oath we now present:

I hereby swear

First, I shall cherish and respect as custodian the knowledge of healing and science of remedy which you have imparted to me, so if I be the last, then such knowledge shall not be lost; and

Second, if my life and career does bless with me with new insight and wisdom to enhance or even improve such knowledge, I shall do so humbly, clearly and for the betterment of all without compromise; and

Third, I shall work to serve to benefit the lives of all whom I am blessed to assist, without fear or favor, so I may help improve not just their health, but the quality of their lives; and

Fourth, when I apply my knowledge to healing or cure, it shall be upon the facts of the patient, not supposition nor haste. Nor shall I allow my judgment to be corrupted by those seeking to peddle influence for some reward or bribe; and

Fifth, I shall always seek to honor the trust that my community and society have placed in me, by demonstrating a life of service without prejudice to whether a patient is rich or poor, nor the color of their skin or personal beliefs; and

Sixth, I acknowledge I am a servant whose powers are a gift of the Divine. Forgive me then when I forget my place, or fall from calling, that I have the strength and good sense to reaffirm this sacred oath and redouble my efforts for the benefit of all.

As it is spoken, so let it be.