| WHAT IS ENERGY HEALING?The laying on of hands, | | | | images observed after the experiment not only |
| also known as energy healing, energy therapy, | | | | indicated that the test subject's energy changed, but |
| bioenergy therapy, biofield therapy and energy work, | | | | also that an effective therapy was |
| promotes healing by enhancing the energy flow and | | | | administered.NOTE: If you want more information |
| correcting disturbances in the human aura that | | | | about this experiment you can find it at the CHI |
| surrounds the body. This improvement of the flow of | | | | Institute: DOES THE SCIENCE KNOW ABOUT THE |
| aura's energy supports the self-healing capacity of | | | | HUMAN BODY'S ENERGY FIELDS?These energy fields |
| the body.The laying on of hands is an old healing | | | | are quite measurable and there is strong evidence |
| modality that is making its way back into our lives in | | | | that known biophysical mechanisms can account for |
| a revival of ancient understandings. All around the | | | | the observed phenomena.All of us know that the |
| world people is learning how to sense energy, move | | | | human body has some electric fields that can be |
| their energy and they are rediscovering energy | | | | measured with techniques as EMG, EEG and EKG, ant |
| healing therapies.The application of energy fields for | | | | that electrical signals are produced and received by |
| healing, implies the generation of a magnetic field | | | | the body.In 1963 at Syracuce University it was also |
| strong enough to produce changes in the body | | | | reported the first measurement of the magnetic field |
| without harming it, and that field should be refined | | | | of the human heart, and in 1971 a superconducting |
| enough to treat specific illness, because treating the | | | | magnetometer named SQUID was used to measure |
| aura with a large frequency spectrum is not | | | | the magnetic field of the Brain.In 1991 Seto and |
| enough.Vibrational healing or the laying on of hands | | | | colleagues measured the magnetic field between the |
| can restore people to a state of health and harmony | | | | hands of healers and was established to be less than |
| in four planes:physicallymentallyemotionallyand | | | | 1% or the hearts magnetic field. And if the heart |
| spirituallyIS THERE ANY OTHER KIND OF | | | | magnetic field can regulate biological functions it is |
| HEALING?No there is not!Everything that exists is | | | | certainly feasible that the magnetic field coming out |
| energy, so every healing involves energy although | | | | from the hands of the healers might also influence |
| most healing methods are only focused on the | | | | biological functions.In 1989 Del Guiudice et al verified |
| physical level.Energy healing works over the energetic | | | | the existence of the Josephson junction, a |
| level of our being, and from there it influences the | | | | superconducting semiconductor present in the living |
| physical, emotional, mental and the spiritual | | | | tissueIn 1993 McCraty discovered that the DNA acts |
| level.Energy healing is then a holistic healing method, | | | | as a superconducting magnetic field detector, able |
| because it addresses the energy of which the body | | | | through the Hall effect to detect and produce |
| mind and emotions are composed, complementing | | | | magnetic signals, and to act as a signal amplifier.Thus |
| and supporting the other healing methods.the | | | | the modern science has discovered many |
| vibrational healers treat people by using pure energy | | | | mechanisms by which it is possible for healers to |
| that affects the energetic system acting as a type | | | | produce magnetic and electric healing energy to |
| of wave-guide to redirect or realign the affected | | | | influence the patients. (those who see more |
| subtle energies.ENERGY HEALING AND ENERGY | | | | information about this matter can read "The Scientific |
| MEDICINEEnergy healing works through the laying on | | | | Basis of Energy Medicine" by James L. Oschman, |
| of hands, and is only part of a wider field called | | | | 1998).WHAT DOES THE HEALEE FEELAfter an |
| Energy Medicine that uses crystals, herbs, sound or | | | | energy healing session, the healee can experience |
| mind control.All of them work over vibratory patterns | | | | significant and substantial shifts in mind, body and |
| which influence the energetic patters at work in the | | | | spirit.He can either experience a reduction or |
| physiologySome healers like to employ crystals or | | | | elimination of the symptoms, or a sense of love, |
| other tools to produce energy healing, but energy | | | | acceptance and deep letting go.WOULD YOU LIKE |
| healing if more often produced by the interaction of | | | | TO BECOME A HEALER YOURSELF?If you would like |
| the healer with the healee in the energetic level. | | | | to learn how to help others and become a healer, the |
| (Excellent references on energy medicine are Richard | | | | CD Como Sanar a Otros can teach you how to do |
| Gerber's Vibrational Medicine and James Oschman's | | | | it.REFERENCESBrennan Barbara, Hands of Light |
| Energy Medicine.)THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELDSThe | | | | Gerber Richard, Vibrational Medicine |
| physical body that we see in a mirror is not the only | | | | Bruyere Rosalyn, Wheels of Light |
| one that we have, we also have an energy field | | | | Benor Daniel, Spiritual Healing -- research on spiritual |
| thaT surrounds us named The Aura. The physical | | | | energy healing |
| body is our most dense expression of energy, and | | | | Cohen D 1972 Magnetoencephalography: detection |
| we also have many other bodies sometimes called | | | | of the brain's electrical activity with a superconducting |
| The subtle bodiesThere are many different | | | | magnetometer. Science 175: 664-666. |
| descriptions of our aura, but most of them describe | | | | Del Guidice ES, Doglia S, Milani M, Smith JM, Vitiello G |
| it as having different layers.There are also other | | | | 1989 Magnetic flux quantisation and Josephson |
| important energy centers named The chakras where | | | | behaviour in living systems, Physica Scripta 40: |
| important exchanges of energy take place and that | | | | 786-791. |
| are also influenced by the energy healing.WHAT | | | | Dumitrescu I, Kenyon JN Electrographic imaging in |
| SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT THE ENERGY HEALINGOn | | | | medicine and biology, Nevil Spearman Limited, Suffolk |
| the western civilization knowledge is acquired through | | | | England, 1983. |
| the "trial and error method" or the "scientific method" | | | | Konikiewicz L, Griff L Bioelectrography a new |
| but this is not the only way of gaining knowledge or | | | | method for detecting cancer and monitoring body |
| maybe I should say that the "scientific method" only | | | | physiology, Leonard Associates Press, Harrisburg, |
| gains knowledge about through the information that | | | | 1984. |
| our senses provide us, but there are other ways of | | | | Lee R Bioelectric vitality- exploring the science of |
| gaining knowledge that eastern civilization believe to | | | | human energy, China Healthways Institute, 1997. |
| be equally valid."Scientific method" can only prove | | | | Liu G, Wan P, Peng X, Zhong X The influence of the |
| what we can perceive through one or more of our | | | | emitted Qi on the auditory brainstem evoked |
| five senses ("seeing is believing" we say), but there | | | | responses (ABER) and auditory middle latency |
| are those who are able to perceive through higher | | | | evoked responses (MLR) in cats, Proceedings of the |
| sense perceptionBut it has also being found that the | | | | First World Conference for Academic Exchange of |
| observer affects the object of observation through | | | | Medical Qigong, Beijing College of Traditional Chinese |
| the act of observing, so there must be something | | | | Medicine, 1988. |
| that happens in some other kind of energy field that | | | | McCraty R, Atkinson M, Tiller WA 1993. New |
| our scientific do not accept as real by now.And | | | | electrophysiological correlates associated with |
| modern science is making every day discoveries | | | | intentional heart focus, Subtle energies 4: 251-268. |
| about new healing methods that are consistent with | | | | McTaggart Lynne; The Quest for the Secret Force |
| the idea of influencing the human energy field with | | | | of the Universe |
| other energies (sound, heat, etc.)Undoubtedly very | | | | Niu Xin, Liu G, Yu Z Measurement and Analysis of |
| few scientists will accept the idea of energy healing, | | | | the Infrasonic Waves from the Emitted Qi, |
| but there are beginning to be some researches that | | | | Proceedings of the First World Conference for |
| indicate that healing does have an effect. Herewith I | | | | Academic Exchange of Medical Qigong, Beijing College |
| will mention only one, but you can read about the | | | | of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1988. |
| others below in the References.A SCIENTIFIC | | | | Oschman JL 1993 A biophsysical basis for |
| EXPERIMENTThe following experiment proved that | | | | acupuncture. Proceedings of the First Symposium of |
| therapists practicing non-contact healing methods are | | | | the Committee for Acupuncture Research, CAR, |
| able to induce significant changes in the energy field | | | | Boston. |
| of blindfolded test subjects.An individual was isolated | | | | Oschman JL, Oschman NH 1994b Somatic recall, |
| behind a divider and a conductivity (or Kirlian) image | | | | parts I-II Soft tissue memory/Soft tissue holography, |
| was taken of his finger.The practitioner drew a card | | | | Massage therapy Journal, American Massage Therapy |
| on which the word "brighter" was written (he was | | | | Association, Lake Worth, FL 34: 36-45, 66-67, 101-116. |
| the only one in the room to see the card), then he | | | | Oschman James, Energy Medicine |
| proceeded to move his hands around the test | | | | Pinta KJ, Coffee DS 1991 Cellular harmonic |
| subject without touching him, in attempt to make the | | | | information transfer through a tissue |
| conductivity image of the test subject brighterThen | | | | tensegrity-matrix system. Medical Hypotheses |
| another image was taken after 3 minutes of | | | | 34:88-95. |
| attempting to increase conductivity.The for the next | | | | Seto A, Kusaka C, Nakacato S et al 1992 Detection |
| three minutes the practitioner moved his hands | | | | of extraordinarily large bio-magnetic field strength |
| around the test subject in an attempt to make the | | | | from human hand. Acupuncture and |
| conductivity image of the text subject less bright, | | | | Electro-Therapeutics Research International Journal |
| and another photo was taken.The photos clearly | | | | 17:75-94.Written by Dr. Roberto A. BonomiYou will |
| indicated that the practitioner successfully increased | | | | find all that you need to know about, self help, stress |
| the energy when he attempted to do it, and then | | | | control, weight control, stop smoking, mind control, |
| decreased the brightness of the test subject | | | | relax, motivation and meditation with subliminal |
| conductivity without touching him when he was | | | | messages at Dr. |
| instructed to do so.The brighter and smoother | | | | |