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Survey: Toward the Scientific Validationof the Human Energy Field (HEF)

Nov 5 2010Last update March 2013

Rodger Herbstraherbst@igc.org

Abstract According to Bever! Rubi"# $resident o% the &nstitute o% 'rontier (cience# no singe too )i*easure a o% the aspects o% the Hu*an +nerg! 'ied ,H+'-# but various *ethods )i eachrevea an aspect o% it.1 

enera!# scienti%ic vaidation o% a pheno*enon in the )estern *ind re/uires not on! acceptabe

*easure*ent o% the pheno*ena# but aso a %itting o% the pheno*ena into a coherent theoretica%ra*e)or"# or *ode. ith respect to heath# additiona credibiit! )oud be gained b! therapeutic*odaities# or *edicine# consistent )ith the *ode# )hich consistent! tends to restore heath.

his stud! surve!s a %e) o% the *aor H+' *odes# *easure*ent evidence# and a %e) o% the*an! co**ercia H+' i*aging products on the *ar"et as o% 2010.2 (evera )esterntechnoogica *odes# bac"ed b! scienti%ic research# have converged )ith the hineseacupuncture and *eridian *ode# and have resuted in the deveop*ent o% co**ercia i*agingproducts. his strengthens the credibiit! o% the idea o% an eectro*agnetic based H+'. (uchconvergence is not !et apparent %or the 4*utidi*ensiona A!urvedic aura and cha"ra *odes.

HEF odels! easurement! and edicine

"hinese model of Acu#uncture and eridians Acupuncture points ,acupoints- and *eridians# as a ph!sica! based s!ste*# are a hineseconcept )hich has a ot o% e6peri*enta support# and *a! %air! be said to co*prise a coherent*ode. 'urther# hinese *edicine# depending on the *anipuation o% o% 47i or 4hi energ!#practiced %or thousands o% !ears# has been sho)n to be e%%ective in treat*ent o% pain and certainother heath probe*s. he hinese s!ste* o% energ! *edicine appears to be the best integratedo% the s!ste*s surve!ed.

MR& studies o% acupuncture are nu*erous. A 2008 stud! %ro* &nnsbruc" Medica 9niversit!characteri:es the status o% these studies.3 his stud! notes that athough the *echanis*s b!)hich acupuncture )or"s is not %u! "no)n# centra e%%ects a%ter acupuncture can becharacteri:ed in discrete brain areas as )e as at the spina eve using 'unctiona RM& ,%RM&-. ; 

'e) investigations have tried to characteri:ed the anato*ica basis o% acupuncture points.

'igures 1 and 2 sho) the <ang /iao *ai *eridian on the atera ,outer- side o% the egs# and <in/iao *ai *eridian sho)n as the *edia side ,inner side- o% the egs.

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'igure 1. <ang /iao *ai *eridian %ro* http=>>))).thaitsu.co*>courses  

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'igure 2. <in /iao *ai *eridian %ro* http=>>))).thaitsu.co*>courses

he &nnsbruc" stud! reports that there is a correspondence bet)een the distant acupuncturepoints on the <ang and <in *eridians and ph!sioogica structures sho)n in atera and *ediaMR& %oot i*ages respective!. he *eridians appear to route the group acupuncture points tospeci%ic ph!sioogica areas. &t )as not cear %ro* the report ho) the MR& estabished thiscorrespondence.

he &nnsbruc" stud! points out that in 2002# Langevin et a 5 tested the h!pothesis that thenet)or" o% acupuncture points and *eridians can be vie)ed as a representation o% the net)or"%or*ed b! interstitia connective tissue. his h!pothesis )as supported b! utrasound i*agessho)ing connective tissue ceavage panes at acupuncture points in nor*a hu*an subects. hestud! resuts sho)ed a high correation bet)een the sites o% acupuncture points and the ocation

o% inter*uscuar or intra*uscuar connective tissue panes. hese resuts )ere %ro* post*orte*tissue sections.

Most recent! ,2010-# a hinese artice %ound that# based on MR&# the structure o% %asciaconnective tissue in the upper i*b o% hu*ans )as si*iar to the *eridian structure as recorded inhinese *edicine. he stud! specuates that %ascia connective tissue *ight be the anato*icbasis %or the *eridians o% the entire bod!. ? A *ode has been deveoped %or the *eridian s!ste*as the pri*ar! reguator. 8

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+ectroacupuncture# the appication o% a pusating eectrica current to acupuncture needes as a*eans o% sti*uating the acupoints# )as deveoped in hina as an e6tension o% hand*anipuation o% acupuncture needes around 13;# and is o%ten used toda!.  'urther# oda!Csco*pe*entar! and aternative *edicine co**unit! suggests that the ancient hinese used*agnets ,odestones- on acupuncture points.

he eectro*agnetic sti*uation o% acupoints *a! be signi%icant in heping to %urther con%ir* thecredibiit! o% a uni%ied H+' *ode# discussed beo).

Dther %or*s o% diagnosis and treat*ent based on acupuncture points and *eridians haveevoved# incuding 4R!odora"u# acupressure and the current! popuar +*otiona 'reedo*echni/ue. 10 

&n 151# Er.<oshio Na"atani ME# $hE# deveoped an eectronic *ethod o% e6a*ining# or diagnosing# the *eridian s!ste* o% the bod! b! *easuring s"in conductance at the !uan ,source-point o% the )rist and an"e. Er. Na"atani caed this *ethod R!odora"u= R!o ,good-# do ,eectroconductive-# ra"u ,*eridian-.

 According to R!odora"u advocates# the resuts o% this *ethod co*pare %avorab! )ith the resutso% earned Asian *asters o% acupuncture using puse diagnosis# )hie being obtained *uch *ore/uic"!. +ectronic *easure*ent evauation o% the patientFs !uan points does not deter*ine the

sa*e indications seen as )hen the speci%ic 2 puse characteristics are ana!:ed via properpuse diagnosis. &t does# ho)ever# deter*ine i% an individua *eridian is e6cess or de%icient inco*parison to the entire *eridian s!ste* average o% the 12 pri*ar! *eridians. R!odora"u *adepossibe the discover! o% 4(pit *eridiansG that is# a situation in )hich there is a spit in nu*ericaenerg! vaue bet)een e%t and right side *eridians o% the bod!. he *ethod o% R!odora"u )asre%ined and rena*ed 4+ectro Meridian &*aging or 4+M& in 12. 11 he +ectroder*ascreening devises discussed beo)# )hich do not direct! re%erence the ter*s 4acupuncture or4*eridian# appear to be a direct descendent o%  R!odora"u.

$i%i#edia s%e#ticismi"ipedia at ti*es *a! provide a good surve! o% conte*porar! concepts. A i"ipedia entr! onQi # acupuncture points# and *eridians# 12 ho)ever# is in error. he artice states= 4No research hasestabished an! consistent anato*ica structure or %unction %or either acupuncture points or 

*eridians. &n de%ense o% this state*ent# the entr! re%erences an artice# Electrical properties of acupuncture points and meridians: A systematic review, published in 2008 # b! Andre) . Ahn eta# pubished in Bioelectromagnetics. 13

Ho)ever# the artice abstract indicates the stud! does not contest the e6istence o% acupuncturepoints or *eridians as anato*ica structuresG rather it investigates reports that these structuresare characteri:ed b! o)er eectrica i*pedance co*pared to adacent contros. 'urther# theresuts o% the investigation suggest this to precise! be the case= 4I8 out o% *eridian studiessho)ed positive association bet)een acupuncture *eridians and o)er eectrica i*pedance andhigher capacitance. 1; &n %act# severa acupuncture advocates use the sa*e re%erence to supportthe vaidit! o% acupuncture and *eridians. 15  'ina!# in 2010# the ead author o% theBioelectromagnetics artice# Andre) . Ahn# )ith a di%%erent set o% coeagues# pubished theartice Electrical mpedance of Acupuncture !eridians: the "elevance of #ubcutaneous

$ollagenous Bands

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# )hich concudes that coagenous bands# identi%ied b! increasedutrasound echogenicit!# are associated )ith signi%icant! o)er eectrica i*pedance. heacupuncture *eridian s!ste* *a! aso be di%%erentiated %ro* surrounding tissue b! a subtedi%%erence in optica properties# as discussed beo).

$hole body &i7i in *eridians ,hing 7i- *a! not be the on! %or* o% 7i. According to Richard R. $ave"# Ren 7i,)hoe bod! 7i- is a di%%erent %or*. $ave" has reported the deveop*ent o% a 4(H+N therap!based on the *anipuation o% )hoe bod! 7i. &n this therap!# the right hand 4gives# and the e%thand 4receives# and the pace*ent o% the hands on the bod! can either %aciitate or i*pede this

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%o). &nteresting!# the bod! poarit! suggested in this process appears to be consistent )ith thebod! poarit! deveoped b! L.+. +e*an in his +e*an Rea6ation circuit# toda! "no)n as theJbiocircuitC# 18 and the e%%ects o% reversing the poarit! o% the 7 %o) is aso si*iar. hen Ren 7i ise*itted %ro* the hands# it is "no)n as ei hiG )hen 7i is used in heaing# it is "no)n as 'a 7i.1

Electromagnetic models('ote: This section has been e#anded in a se#arate #a#er vohefelectromagneticmodels*doc and vohefelectromagnetic models*htm)

Karious )estern researchers in the past have suggested in a genera )a! that a %ied o%eectro*agnetic ,+M- radiation so*eho) guides the gro)th o% the ceuar organis*. Harod (.Burr o% <ae studied and *easured eectrica %iedsG )hich he caed 4L %ieds# or 4i%e %eds aroundiving things. +*er Lund# o% the 9niversit! o% e6as# sho)ed that he coud contro regeneration o%h!dra heads b! passing a )ea" eectric current thru the bod!. Drthopedist Robert D. Bec"eratte*pted to sti*uate or speed up regeneration in hu*ans and ani*as b! appication o%eectricit!. He aso de*onstrated a current o% inur! in )hich saa*anders )ith a*putated i*bs

deveop a charge at the site o% the stu*p# )hose votage ci*bs unti the ne) i*b appears.

hese and other discoveries have ed to *edica technoogica heaing devises# using arti%icia!generated pused +M %ieds# and the appications continue to gro).1  his is a big hint that +Menerg! is ver! i*portant in *aintaining and heaing iving tissue.

A short history of +io#hotonics&n the 120s# Ae6ander ur)itch# $ro%essor o% Histoog! at Mosco) 9niversit!# 20 as"ed )h!organs had a de%inite shape. He argued that che*ica reactions are isotropic ,the sa*e in adirections- )hich *eans that che*istr! canCt deter*ine shape. &n his signature e6peri*ent# t)oonion roots )ere arranged at right anges to one another )ith the hori:onta root ,&nductor-pointed to)ards the vertica ste* ,Eetector-# )ith a space bet)een the t)o %or either nor*a)indo) gass or /uart: gass pate. ur)itsch recorded the rate o% ce division ,*itosis- on thedetector. ith )indo) gass# no ce division occurred# )hereas )ith /uart: gass# ce divisionincreased signi%icant!. ur)itch )as a)are that nor*a )indo) gass boc"s 9K ra!s and /uart:gass pate is transparent %or 9K ight o% about 2?0 n*. He concuded that 2?0 n* 9K e*issions%ro* the &nductor )ere sti*uating increased ce division in the Eetector# and that thisJ*itogenetic radiationC *ight reguate ce gro)th and di%%erentiation. Mitogenetic radiation is no)considered utra)ea" photon e*ission %ro* vegetation.

&n the 1;0s# L. oi ,&ta!-# .&. 7uic"enden ,Austraia-# Hu*io &naba ,apan- and Aberto Boveris,9(A- began e6peri*enting )ith a ne)! devised photo*utipier ,ight detector- )hich accurate!counted singe photon e*issions. he! dropped the ter* J*itogenetic radiationC# pre%erring Jdar"u*inescence# Jo) eve u*inescenceC# Jutra)ea" biou*inescenceC# or Jutra)ea"che*iu*inescenceC. hese researchers proposed that photons e*itted %ro* iving tissue )erethe resut o% o6idation and %ree radica reactions. he *ainstrea* scienti%ic co**unit! has unti

recent! dis*issed biophoton e*issions as uni*portant# 21 but that appears to be changing# evenin the 9nited (tates.

(ince en:!*es and antio6idants nor*a! *op up reactive o6!gen and %ree radicas be%ore the!can da*age ces# heath! ces tend to reease ver! %e) photons# *a"ing the* hard to detect#even in a pitchbac" ab.

&n the 10s# *anu%acturers such as Ha*a*atsu# a apanese co*pan! speciai:ing inphoto*utipiers# deveoped ne) high! sensitive instru*ents designed to record )ea" ight

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signas. een to e6poit this opportunit!# and to seed a ne) biooptics industr!# the apanesegovern*ent %unded a %ive!ear# *utibiion!en research progra* into biophotons in 1?. 22 Eo:ens o% researchers across apan %ound these e*issions co*ing out o% ever!thing %ro* pantseeds to %ruit %ies. &t )as discovered that inured or stressed or diseased ces reease %ar *orephotons than their heath! counterparts.

Researchers are tr!ing to deveop )a!s to convert patterns o% photon e*issions into i*ages o%the bod! that rese*be Ora!s or A scans. Ho)ever# ces are sensitive to *an! %actors thatater the rate at )hich photons are e*itted. his causes probe*s )ith reproducibiit! o% resuts#even %or reative! si*pe s!ste*s. 23 Apparent! direct diagnosis o% disease %ro* biophotons )ire*ain di%%icut )ithout so*e technica or *edica brea"through. 2;

(ti# the di%%icuties o% reproducibiit! does not rue out the possibiit! that in%or*ation trans%er ista"ing pace as a resut o% photon e*ission.

The +io#hotonic model&n the 180s# er*an researcher 'rit:Abert $opp discovered a *uch )ider spectru* o% photone*issions ,200 to 00 n*- than had previous! been recorded and coined the ter* JBiophotonC. 25

&n the 10s# he %ound that t)o ces separated b! an opa/ue barrier reease biophotons inuncoordinated patterns. Re*ove the barrier and the ces soon begin reeasing photons ins!nchron!. he ces# $opp concuded# )ere co**unicating b! ight. 2?

$opp %ound that carcinogenic substances absorb 9K ight ,at 30 nano*eters-# and ree*it it )itha changed %re/uenc!. He %ound that photo repair )or"s *ost e%%icient! at 30 n*# the sa*e)aveength the carcinogens )oud react to and scra*be. He concuded that carcinogens *ustinhibit photorepair# and i% so# there *ust be so*e ight in the bod! responsibe %or photorepair. Aprestigious ourna on cancer agreed to pubish these resuts. He )as invited to spea" to the)ordFs eading cancer researchers. $oppFs science )as unassaiabe# e6cept %or one detai= itassu*ed that a )ea" ight o% 30 n* )as being produced in the bod!# )hich *ost scientistsre%used to beieve.

$opp aso discovered the photons in the iving s!ste*s he had e6a*ined )ere *ore coherentthan an!thing he had ever seen. &n /uantu* ph!sics# coherence *eans that subato*ic particesare in"ed b! bands o% co**on eectro*agnetic %ieds# so the! can Fco**unicateF. As the! getinto phase# the! begin acting i"e one giant )ave. 

'ro* e6peri*ent# he sho)ed that one o% the *ost essentia sources o% biophoton e*ission )asENAG that the *ore ENA un)ound# the higher the intensit! o% ight# and aso that ENA )ascapabe o% sending out a arge range o% %re/uencies. He aso %ound that *oecues in the ces)oud respond to certain %re/uencies and that a range o% vibrations %ro* the photons )oud causea variet! o% %re/uencies in other *oecues o% the bod!.

&n biophoton e*issions# $opp beieved he had an ans)er to the /uestion o% *orphogenesis. Hesho)ed in his e6peri*ents that these )ea" ight e*issions )ere su%%icient to orchestrate theentire bod!. 28 (o*e e6peri*enta resuts support this cai*.2 'urther# so*e bioogicapheno*ena# )hich canFt be understood b! *oecuar or conventiona bioog!# are betteraddressed b! biophotonic theor!. 2

Resuts o% other researchers have supported this biophotonic theor!# and in %act an nternationalnstitute of Biophysics )as %ounded# )ith about %ort! scienti%ic groups )ord)ide %ocusing onbiophotonic studies. 30 Athough 9( participation in this e%%ort is reative! s*a# in the ear!10s# uenter AbrechtBueher# a bioph!sicist at North)estern 9niversit! Medica (choo in

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hicago# discovered that ces can detect and respond to ight %ro* one another. AbrechtBueher beieves ceFs centrioes %unction as ight detectors. He aso beieves the reason %or this detectionand response is that ces are ta"ing to one another. 31

(o*e theorists suggest that the notion o% a co**on ceuar anguage puts biophotons at thecenter o% not on! bioogica co**unication# but aso o% consciousness. (cott Hagan# a

theoretica ph!sicist at the British ou*bia &nstitute o% echnoog! in Burnab!# anada# points outthat )e cannot thin" uness ces in the brain %unction si*utaneous!# as parts o% a )hoe. &n/uantu* ph!sics# coherent states can act as a )hoe. oud the coherent biophotonic e*issions%ro* iving tissue aso act as a )hoeP Hagan and (tuart Ha*ero%%# associate director o% theenter %or onsciousness (tudies at the 9niversit! o% Ari:ona# suggest that /uantu* coherencein the protein subunits o% *icrotubues *a! give rise to consciousness . And# sa!s Ha*ero%%#biophotons coud so*eho) contro this process. 32

The +iological "oherence model his *ode *aintains that a parts o% the iving *atri6 create vibrations that propagate )ithin anorganis* and radiate into the environ*ent at di%%erent %re/uencies# incuding visibe ight. +ach*oecue# ce# tissue# and organ has a resonant %re/uenc! that coordinates its activities. Living*atter is high! sensitive to the in%or*ation conve!ed b! these signas# )hich *a! integrate

processes such as gro)th# de%ense# inur! repair# and the %unction o% the organis* as a )hoe.33

 

'ro* 183# Herbert 'rQhich )as pro%essor o% (oid (tate $h!sics at the 9niversit! o% (a%ord. He)as a*ong the %irst researchers to suggest that )aves or vibration ao) proteins to cooperate)ith one another and carr! out instructions %ro* ENA. 3;

'rohich proposed that *etaboic energ! is not being ost as heat but stored in the %or* o%coherent eectro*echanica vibrations caed coherent e6citations. hese vibrations# no) "no)nas 'rohich Dsciations occur at the *icro)ave and visibe ight %re/uenc! range o% theeectro*agnetic spectru*. 35

He sho)ed that once energ! reaches a certain eve# *oecues begin to vibrate in unison# untithe! reach a high eve o% coherence# )hen the! *a! ta"e on certain properties o% /uantu**echanics.3? 

or" on biophotonic %re/uencies dovetaies )ith the bioogica coherence *ode. 'rench scientistac/ues Benveniste earned ho) vibrations o% $oppCs biophotons coud cause ne) *oecues tovibrate and create their o)n signature %re/uenc!# even in the absence o% ph!sica *oecues. Hisstudies )ere )ide! regarded as *a"ing a vaid case %or ho*eopath!. 38  &% )ater )ere abe toi*print and store in%or*ation %ro* *oecues# this )oud have an i*pact on our understanding o%*oecues and ho) the! ta" to one another in the bod!. he conventiona theor! o% ho)*oecues co**unicate in the bod! re/uires direct contact# a process )hich is too so) and toodependent on chance. According to BenvenisteFs theor!# )hich has been supported b!e6peri*ent# *oecues re! on eectro*agnetic signaing at o) %re/uencies ,bet)een 20h: and20 "h:-. +ach *oecue has its o)n signature %re/uenc!# and can resonate )ith other *oecues.

a*es Dsch*an# author o% Energy !edicine: 'he #cientific Basis, (8  suggests that therapies

based on ho*eopath!# herbs# aro*atherap!# sound# heat# ight# and cr!stas are e%%ectivebecause the! provide the %re/uencies needed %or heaing. $eter Linde*ann aso %ound that the,+e*an- rea6ation circuit# re%erenced above# *ust be abe to carr! detaied vibrationain%or*ation. 3

Euring the 10s# Benveniste de*onstrated that one coud trans%er speci%ic usabe *oecuarsignas si*p! using an a*pi%ier and +M cois# and that these signas coud be recorded andpa!ed bac" using a $. ;0 Reputabe research supporting BenvenisteFs resuts so)! began tosur%ace in other areas. &n 12# the 'ederation o% A*erican (ocieties %or +6peri*enta Bioog!

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,'A(+B- hed a s!*posiu*# organi:ed b! the internationa (ociet! %or Bioeectricit!# e6a*iningthe interactions o% eectro*agnetic %ieds )ith bioogica s!ste*s.

Nu*erous other scientists have repicated BenvenisteCs high diution e6peri*ents# and severahave endorsed and success%u! repeated e6peri*ents using digiti:ed in%or*ation %or *oecuarco**unication. he *ost unassaiabe tests o% ho*eopath! )ere per%or*ed in asgo) b! Er.

Eavid Rei!. Eespite the scienti%ic design o% his tests# athough 'he )ancet  agreed to pubish theresuts# the ourna si*p! re%used to accept the*. ;1

Semiconductor modelDsch*an subscribes to the $ie:oeectric > cr!sta > (e*iconductor Mode. He re%utes the Jbag*odeC ,o% bioogica processes-# in )hich *oecuar reactants in the en:!*atic path)a!s *ove#*eet# and react rando*!. He *aintains the ce is %ied )ith %ia*ents# tubues# %ibers# andtrabecuae# coective! caed the c!topas*ic*atri6 or c!tos"eetona net)or" e6tending even to the geno*e. I Man! o% the en:!*es oncethought to be %oating in the JsoupC are actua! attached to structures )ithin the ce nuceus. hisprovides an asse*b! ine arrange*ent aong )hich reaction se/uences and %re/uencies canproceed rapid!. 'urther*ore# it serves as an integrated pie:oeectric soid state s!ste*# thereb!coordinating activities such as repair and de%ense as )e as *ove*ent o% nutrients# hor*ones#and to6ins. hrough the Ha e%%ect# ;2 it has been earned that the perineura s!ste* is sensitiveto *agnetic %ieds and that eectronic se*iconduction is occurring. his discover! con%ir*ed

 Abert (aint!org!iFs suggestion o% se*iconduction in the iving *atri6 and gave a basis %or theuse o% *agnets and bio*agnetic %ieds in heaing. ;3 

&n Er. ohn i**er*anFs 10s studies o% therapeutic touch# the (79&E# ;; an e6tre*e!sensitive *agneto*eter# *easured arge bio*agnetic %ieds e*anating %ro* the hands o%therapists )hen the! rea6ed into their *editative or heaing states. he %ieds pused at s)ept%re/uencies %ro* 0.3 H: to 30 H:# and pri*ari! bet)een 8 H:. ,8 H: is in the range o% the%unda*enta (chu*ann Resonance-I&n the e6peri*ent# no bio*agnetic puses )ere observed%ro* nonpractitioners. his %ied is aso noticed co*ing %ro* practitioners o% 7i ong# <oga# en#and the *artia arts. 'urther*ore# the bio*agnetic puses are in the sa*e %re/uenc! ranges thatare used in pused eectro*agnetic %ied ,$+M'- therap! to u*pstart the heaing o% bone

%ractures# a *edica procedure that aso appies *agnetic %ieds to induce current %o) in nearb!tissues. ;5 

(aint!org!i )as not the on! one thin"ing about bioogica tissue as a soid sate se*iconductor.&n the 180s# 'ree*an . ope produced pivota )or" in"ing ph!sics and bioog!# anddeveoped a soidstate theor! o% bioogica processes. He deduced that the activit! in the ce isnot ust eectroche*ica# and oo"ed at the ce %unction as i% the organees )ere threedi*ensiona se*iconductors. ;? 

"onvergence of +iological "oherence! Semiconductor! +io#hoton and "hinese odelshe Bioogica oherence# (e*iconduction# and Biophotonics *odes# deveoped b! a nu*bero% di%%erent )estern scientists;8# appear to be converging )ith the ph!sica basis o% the hinese*ode. his convergence is indicated in a nu*ber o% pubications. 'or e6a*pe# the &nternationa

&nstitute o% Bioph!sics ,&&B- paper Anatomic $haracteri*ation of Acupuncture #ystem and +ltrawea- .hoton Emission/ 8  

he paper notes# a*ong other things# that bioogica i/uid cr!stas carr! static eectrica chargesand are in%uenced b! pH# sat concentration# and the dieectric constant. he ce is understood tobe *echanica! and eectrica! connected in a Jsoid stateC or Jtensegrit! s!ste*C# and canthere%ore be re%erred to as i/uid cr!sta. +vidence has been provided supporting the h!pothesisthat a *aor constituents o% iving organis*s *a! be i/uid cr!sta.

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he coagenous i/uid c!stain *esophases in connective tissue co*bined )ith the associatedstructured )ater constitutes a se*iconducting high! responsive net)or" that e6tends throughoutthe organis*. his net)or" is direct! in"ed to the intraceuar *atrices o% individua ces#%or*ing an e6citabe eectric continuu* %or rapid interco**unication throughout the organis*.Both the )estern E eectrod!na*ic %ied and the hinese acupuncture s!ste* have a co**onanato*ica basis. Both support rapid se*iconduction o% protons. Li/uid cr!sta %aciitates coherente6citations. $roton u*p conduction is a %or* o% se*iconduction in condensed *atter# and is*uch %aster than conduction o% eectric signas b! nerves. his coagenous Jground substanceC*a! %or* a *uch better interco**unication s!ste* than the nerves. ; 

$opp et aCs bioph!sica *ode %or inter and e6tra ceuar co**unication postuates that thephoton is trapped and e*itted b! a ceuar ph!sica resonance devise# presu*ab! ENA#resuting in a high degree o% coherence. ENA *a! be an e6cipe6 in )hich photons are stored.Noncoding ENA *a! act as a photon store and coherent radiator# because o% its enor*ouspo!*er si:e and abiit! to %or* e6cipe6es. he resuting ong range +M )aves and %ieds can beseen as a basis o% se% organi:ation.

he aeged Bonghan corpusce and duct s!ste* is gaining *ore credibiit! )ith independentresearch %indings# providing an anato*ica basis %or the acupoint and *eridian s!ste*. Bonghanducts appear to supp! the channes in the connective tissue )ith ENA granues inside#

connecting acupoints in the s"in to interna organs. As the narro) channes %or* a net)or" o%tubes )ith ight sources# the! can beco*e an optica ,%iber optic- channe )hich can produce acoherent photon state. 50 his is a scienti%ic interpretation o% acupuncture therap!. 51 hisinterpretation is supported b! the %act that biophoton e*issions have been recorded %ro*acupuncture points during eectro acupuncture. 52 Additiona studies sho) a di%%erence in opticaproperties and a di%%erence in ight propagation and re%ectance bet)een acupuncture points and*eridians co*pared to surrounding s"in. 53

&nteresting!# M& recent! pubished a ne)s artice )hich discusses the h!pothesis that*icrotubues can act as )ave guides# channeing ight %ro* one part o% a ce to another. 5;

he 1ournal of !icroscopy # in an artice tited onlinear biophotonic crystal effects revealed withmultimodal nonlinear microscopy,33  b! a hinese tea* reports: 4 High! optica! active noninear

biophotonic cr!staine and se*icr!staine structures in iving ces )ere studied b! a nove*uti*oda noninear *icroscop!. Nu*erous bioogica structures# incuding stac"ed *e*branesand aigned protein structures are high! organi:ed on a nanoscae and have been %ound toe6hibit strong optica activities through secondhar*onic generation ,(H- interactions# behavingsi*iar! to *an*ade noninear photonic cr!stas. $hotonic cr!stas are periodic opticananostructures that are designed to a%%ect the *otion o% photons in a si*iar )a! that periodicit!o% a se*iconductor cr!sta a%%ects the *otion o% eectrons. Karious %or*s o% photonic cr!stas havebeen studied scienti%ica! %or the ast 100 !ears. 5?

he boo" Bioelectrodynamics and Biocommunication, a coection o% technica artices  edited b!Maean HD# 'rit:Abert $opp and 9rich arn"e# dra)s the sa*e concusion# noting that in the10s a techni/ue )as deveoped to i*age ive organis*s b! inter%erence coors b! detection o%4d!na*ica! ordered# coherent i/uidcr!staine *esophases o% the *acro*oecues *a"ing up

iving tissues. I.hese *easure*ents de*onstrate that organis*s are active dieectric# opticas!ste*sI.. 58

his boo" aso noted= 4he ter* Jbioco**unicationC is signi%icant in severa respects. 'irst# itdenotes the process o% signa generation# trans*ission and transduction covering the entireeectro*agnetic spectru* and in both the JphononC and JphotonC *odes# that are invoved in thecoordination o% bioogica %unctionsI Bioeectrod!na*ica processes are the *eans )hereb!both co**unication and the e%%ects o% co**unication are achieved. &t beco*es arbitrar! to

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separate the signaing process and ca it Jin%or*ationC# %or the signaing# the reception and thetransduction %or* an indivisibe unit )hich gives content to the socaed in%or*ation. 5

&nteresting!# the Maean HD> $opp boo" )as pubished in 1;. An entr! in 'he 1ournal of the5orean .hysical #ociety  states= 4Another possibe appication ,o% biophoton e*ission counts- is toevauate the %unction o% acupuncture *eridians because there are suggestive reports on thecorreation bet)een biophoton e*ission rates and the condition o% the *eridians. 5 he &&B paper)as pubished so*eti*e a%ter 2008# ?0 )hie the atest *ainstrea* MR& studies are on! no)specuating that %ascia connective tissue *ight be the anato*ic basis %or the acupuncture*eridian s!ste*# as noted above.

D% course there is sti a ot o% debate on )hat e6act! biophotons are doing. en Mudre)# abioph!sicist at the 9niversit! o% agar! in Aberta# anada beieves# as do *an! others# thathat biophotons co**unicate is the %act that certain o6idative reactions are going on. ?1

Dbvious! there is a signi%icant dea! bet)een the ti*e "e! research is done and the ti*e b!)hich it has been disse*inated into the genera scienti%ic co**unit!. Much additiona researchundoubted! )i be done be%ore this *ode is even genera! ac"no)edged.

Regardess o% s"epticis*# biophotons# bioeectrod!na*ics and bioco**unication have beco*ean estabished area o% scienti%ic in/uir!. ?2

e can concude that the bioogica coherence# se*iconductor# biophotonic# and hinese *odesare convergent to)ard a singe credibe *ode.

ultidimensional odelhe Mutidi*ensiona *ode hods that a hu*an being consists o% *utipe a!ers# di*ensions# orpanes o% e6istence that coe6ist si*utaneous!. here see*s to be genera agree*ent that theph!sicaetheric is the o)est or densest eve# and the e*otiona# *enta# and spirituasuccessive! higher or *ore re%ined eves. Because the cha"ra s!ste* is ac"no)edged to benonph!sica# &t is not surprising that the *utidi*ensiona *ode has not been scienti%ica!substantiated.

Kersions o% the *utidi*ensiona *ode have been discussed over the !ears at annuacon%erences o% the &nternationa (ociet! %or the (tud! o% (ubte +nergies and +nerg! Medicine,&(((++M- ?3 .

he basis o% the *utidi*ensiona *ode appears to derive %ro* the Kedas# )hich are the odest)ritten tradition in &ndia# dating to 2#000 ?00 B.. ?; &n the resuting <ogic science# the cha"ras#)hich represent energ! centers o% the di%%erent di*ensiona eves# have been pri*ari! the obecto% *editation. Ho)ever# it has been pointed out that through *odern ph!sioog! )e can see thatthe seven cha"ras o% traditiona <ogic practice correspond e6act! to the seven *ain nervegangia# or gands# )hich e*anate %ro* the spina cou*n. ?5

Mar*as on the other hand# de%ined as prana ,subte energ!- points# have been a pri*ar! topic o%

<ogic and A!urvedic *edicine. he *ar*as are said to connect to the nadis ,subte nerves- andcha"ras o% the subte bod! and *ind# and bridge the ph!sica and subte bodies in <ogic science.he! correspond to acupuncture points in hinese *edicine# and are the subect o% A!urvedicacupuncture# )hich has aso been caed *ar*apuncture. &&  Litte scienti%ic evidence %or theanato*ica e6istence o% the *ar*as can be %ound on the internet.

&n the esoteric tradition# as represented b! hares Leadbeater# Annie Besant# and theheosophists# the *ost %unda*enta partices )ere described as positive and negative stringedvortices o% energ!# caed 4AnuG the 4uti*ate ato*. he )ord is (ans"rit %or ato* or *oecue#and a tite o% Brah*a.

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4AnuG the 4uti*ate ato*. ?8

he %irst eve o% Anu# )hich corresponds to ph!sica reait! and the ph!sica bod!# itse% consistso% additiona Sse% si*iar i.e. %ractaT iterations# )hich are buiding boc"s o% the successive! *ore

re%ined panes o% e6istence.?

 he aternative ph!sics co**unit! has deveoped a *athe*aticaconcept stri"ing! si*iar to the Anu concept. B.. (idharth# o% the entre %or AppicabeMathe*atics U o*puter (ciences in &ndia# )rites= 4he ph!sica picture is no) cear= A particecan be pictured as a %uid vorte6 )hich is steadi! circuating aong a ring ,or in three di*ensions#a spherica she- )ith radius e/ua to the o*pton )aveength and )ith veocit! e/ua to that o%ight. ?  he topic is /uantu* bac" hoes# the na*e is the o*pton Radius Korte6# described asanother recent eectron *ode b! Richard authier. 80 Aternative ph!sicist 'ran" E. ,on!- (*ith#r. has used precise! the Leadbeater heosophist %igure o% Anu to portra! the o*pton RadiusKorte6. 81

'racta a!ers o% Anu 82

 An interesting version o% the *utidi*ensiona *ode has been advanced b! iia* ier#pro%essor e*eritus at (tan%ord 9niversit! and %or*er chair o% the Materias (cience depart*ent.ier notes that in the theoretica ph!sics iterature on the Big Bang theor!# one %inds that ournor*a state is caed the 9,1- eectro*agnetic gauge s!**etr! state# and there is a highergauge s!**etr! state# (9,2-# )hich has a higher ther*od!na*ic %ree energ! per unit vou*ethan 9,1-# and in )hich eectric and *agnetic *onopoes natura! coe6ist. he (9,2- state isassociated )ith a ti*e period coser to the Big Bang.

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ier thought that i% hu*ans had an organ or bod! s!ste* present %ro* birth that )as at a highergauge s!**etr!# it )oud eniven the bod!G it )oud direct che*ica# eectrica# and optica %o)s#cause the heart to pu*p and neura s!napses to operate. He %ound that bringing the south poe o% a E *agnet near an acupoint associated )ith a particuar *usce group strengthened that*usce group# and that bringing the north poe o% that *agnet near the sa*e acupoint )ea"enedthat *usce group. He argues that because the E *agnet is e%%ecting the acupoints# it *ust beaccessing *agnetic *onopoes# and Scon%ating the t)o s!ste*sT concudes the acupuncture*eridian and cha"ra s!ste* ,and b! association the %ascia or interstitia connective tissue- bothoperate at a higher gauge s!**etr! than 9,1- ,nor*a reait!-G perhaps (9,2-. his suggests thathu*an bioeectro*agnetis* is di%%erent than nor*a Ma6)eian eectro*agnetis*. 83 

ierCs *utidi*ensiona *ode )as used b! Richard erber# a practicing ph!sician trained ininterna *edicine and devoted to researching vibrationa heaing. erber beca*e a de%initiveauthorit! on energ! *edicine )ith the pubication o% his se*ina contribution 6ibrational !edicine/7

Research suggesting scienti%ic veri%ication o% the ha"ras co*es %ro* Er. Hiroshi Moto!a*a inthe 150s 85 # and Er. Kaerie Hunt in the 180s. Both used instru*ents that *easured ph!sicaeectrica %ieds )hich are said to be secondar! %ieds caused b! the non*ateria cha"ras.

Er. Moto!a*a detected eectrostatic %ieds at the traditiona cha"ra ocations. His resuts are saidto have been repeated b! &t:ha" Bentov# author o% #tal-ing the ild .endulum. 8? 

 A standard +ectroM!ora* ,+M- can on! *easure up to 1 "H:G the higher %re/uencies areassu*ed to be noise and %itered out. Er. Hunt %ound that a specia! )ired +ectroM!oraph*achine detected ver! high %re/uenc! signasG *uch higher than nor*a! %ound in *uscuaractivit!# apparent! at the traditiona cha"ra ocations. Hunt %ound that these signas appear toe6hibit chaos# and interprets the* as having a ver! high in%or*ation content. 88 Er. Hunt asocorreated the +M readings )ith the coor descriptions o% the cha"ras given b! energ! heaerRosa!n Bru!ere 8 

he Hunt studies recorded Jha"ra +M %re/uencies o% up to 1? "H:# but aso *easured ++%re/uencies up to 200 "H: in *editators# as high as their e/uip*ent )oud go. 8

&n 200# the &ndian 1ournal of .hysiology and .harmacology  0 pubished a short paper b! R+Mendanha# a ph!sioogist# regarding the issue o% high %re/uenc! +M signas in hu*ans. Here%erences the )or" o% Moto!a*a and Hunt# and notes that the standard procedure o% %itering outhigher %re/uencies because the! are assu*ed to be noise *a! be % itering out coherentin%or*ation o% the hu*an bio%ied.

Mendanha is said to have deveoped a o) cost )a! to stud! such signas# b! co*biningstandard +M i*b eectrodes )ith a aptop co*puter# sound card# and )indo)s appicationso%t)are. 9sing this s!ste* he is said to have recorded %re/uencies o% up to ? "H:# enabing'' ana!sis up to ; "H:. A*bient votage )as aso recorded.

ith the eectrode attached to the subects e%t )rist# Mendanha %ound hundreds o% )e %or*ed

*inor potentia pea"s# a the )a! up to ;2 "H:. He %ound that the reative pea" at ;0 "H: )aspro%ound! e%%ected b! the s)itching on o% a co*pact %orescent bub. He aso %ound that%oo)ing *editation# a distinct pea" occurs at about ;0 "H:.. ,'igure E beo)-. &nteresting!# he%ound that the a*bient data aso sho)ed this distinct pea" at ;0 "H:. He concudes high%re/uenc! oscio*etr! opens a ne) %ied o% research.

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'ro*= R+ Mendanha= http=>>))).ipp.co*>vo52V;>3;02.pd% 

he origina researchers apparent! paced sensors on! at aeged cha"ra ocations. & coud % indno re%erences to researchers )ho paced these t!pes o% sensors at inter*ediate ocations aongthe spine. An H+' *a! be in%erred# but it has not !et been veri%ied b! instru*entation that thereare discrete energ! centers aong the spine.

he credibiit! o% the (79&E# eectrostatic %ied detection# and +M resuts suggesting a H+'coud be e6panded considerab! i% *ore tests b! *ore peope )ere done and reported# on paar)ith the research done )ith MR& and acupuncture. Er. Hunt apparent! )i soon *ar"et herversion o% an H+' *onitor# 1 but be%ore !ou bu! one# chec" out MendanhaCs do it !ourse%approach. & tried and %aied to dupicate his resuts.

"ommercial HEF imaging #roductshree t!pes o% H+' i*aging products are described= irian i"e i*aging# Resonant 'ied &*aging,R'&-# and $o!contrast &nter%erence $hotograph! ,$&$- i*aging. Note that these are i*agingtoos# and cai* no therapeutic bene%it. &n addition to providing genera H+'biophoton>acupuncture in%or*ation# a o% these are said to incude provisions %or deter*ining auraand>or cha"ra in%or*ation. (ince aura and cha"ra in%or*ation# as represented b! the

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*utidi*ensiona *ode# is apparent! not current! part o% the consoidated )esternhinese*ode discussed above# it is not cear ho) this aeged additiona in%or*ation is obtained.

he boo" 9olistic ursing a 9andboo- for .ractice# b! Barbara Montgo*er! Eosse!# L!nneegan notes= 4urtis# eh# Mier# and Rich *easured cha"ra %unctioning and %ound that peope)ith *ore ps!choogica s!*pto*s had *ore poor! %unctioning cha"ras. 2 Ho)ever# urtis#eh# Mier# and Rich did not use eectrostatic %ieds or eectro*!ograph! over the aegedcha"ras# but rather an &nneractive Aura Kideo (!ste* 5.1# 3 )hich is discussed beo). he AuraKideo (!ste* obtains its data %ro* eectroder*a activit! o% the hands. ; +ectroder*a activit! isassociated )ith the ph!sica *eridian energ! %o) o% hinese *edicine# not )ith the A!ervedicnonph!sica cha"ras.

,irlian -i%e .maging

The ,irlian Effecthe ter* 4eectrograph! )as coined to describe i*ages *ade o% eectrica discharges %ro*obects. hese )ere e6pored b! :ech ph!sicist Navrati in 1# Russian bioogist Nard"evitch

 od"o and Brasiian priest Lande de Moura in the beginning o% the t)entieth centur!. &n 13#Russian eectrician (e*!on irian rediscovered the pheno*ena. he irian +%%ect toda! re%ers

to the resuting i*age o% a gas discharge# %uorescence# or go) that appears around the edgeo% a subect# ,or obect-# a%ter it is paced in a highintensit! eectrica %ied that is captured onso*e t!pe o% photo*ateria. 5

+ar! e6peri*ents advanced as evidence o% energ! %ieds generated b! iving entities invovedta"ing irian contact photographs o% a pic"ed ea% at set periods# its gradua )ithering being saidto correspond )ith a decine in the strength o% the aura. Ho)ever# *ight it si*p! be that the ea%ooses *oisture and beco*es ess eectrica! conductive# causing a gradua )ea"ening o% theeectric %ied at the drier edges o% the ea%P &n so*e e6peri*ents# i% a section o% a ea% )as torna)a! a%ter the %irst photograph# a %aint i*age o% the *issing section )oud re*ain )hen a secondphotograph )as ta"en. he Archives o% A*erican Art ourna o% the (*ithsonian &nstitutionpubished a eading artice )ith reproductions o% i*ages o% this pheno*enon. a*es Randi hassuggested that this e%%ect )as due to conta*ination o% the gass pates# )hich )ere reused %orboth the be%ore and a%ter photographs. ? 

More sophisticated studies ho)ever# see* to re%ute such si*pistic e6panation. Dne o% the *oste6tensive o% A*erican studies )as done b! he*a Moss and . ohnson# )ho reported ta"ingover 10#000 J*odi%iedC irian photographs# *an! o% hu*an %inger tips. A%ter care%u e6peri*ents#the! concuded the %ingertip aura# or corona# )as not due to s"in resistance or to the state o% theperiphera vascuar s!ste*. he! %ound that this %ied )as e%%ected b! ingesting acoho#per%or*ing !ogic breathing e6ercises# undergoing h!pnosis# and e6periencing e*otiona states.&n a stud! o% %our heaers# the heaersC %ingertip coronas )ere *uch arger and brighter be%ore thesession than during or a%ter the session# )hie the patientsC %ingertip coronas increased as theheaing sessions progressed. Era*atic di%%erences in the corona )ere %ound be%ore and a%teracupuncture treat*ent. 8

&n 18# using doube bind studies# A*erican researcher L.. oni"ie)ic: correct! identi%ied

c!stic %ibrosis patients# and %ound that )o*enCs reproductive c!ces )ere correated to thebrightness o% their %ingertip coronas. 

 An i*portant %irst step to /uanti%!ing eectrographics )as *ade b! $ooc" in 18? at the 9( Nav!$ost raduate (choo in ai%ornia# )hen he introduced an i*ageana!tic techni/ue. A *utidiscipinar! tea*# headed b! iia* +idson at Ere6e 9niversit! in $hiidephia# concuded it )aspossibe to i*age eectrica para*eters o% a speci*en in rea ti*e# *a"ing it a possibe %ied*apping too %or energ! %ieds. his )or" )as su**ari:ed in the ourna #cience ,$ehe" et a18?-. A bibiograph! pubished b! L. igh in 1;# isted severa hundred pubications on this

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pheno*enon.  An organi:ation to hep standardi:e this science# the &nternationa 9nion o% Medicaand Appied Bio+ectrograph!# )as %or*ed in 18.  

Eespite the evidence# the Jirian controvers!C rages on. (o*e o% the argu*ents can be seen in4he ("epticCs Eictionar!# and responses %ro* readers. 0

/0V .magingEespite so*e ongoing s"epticis* o% the irian e%%ect# a nu*ber o% i*portant spin o%% deviceshave been deveoped# )hich have gained var!ing degrees o% acceptance )ithin the *edica andscienti%ic co**unit!.

he one that see*s *ost respected across a broad spectru* o% practitioners and researchersthroughout the )ord is caed the EK# aseous Eischarge Kisuai:ation# or IMore precise!Bioogica +*ission and Dptica Radiation (ti*uated b! +ectro*agnetic 'ied A*pi%ied b! asEischarge )ith Kisuai:ation hrough o*puter Eata $rocessing. 4 1

hat is the basic principe behind the EKP 2 According to hinese *edica theor!# acupuncture)or"s b! correcting energ! i*baances )ithin the bod! b! )a! o% acupuncture points and*eridians. &t has been stated that the 10 %ingers act as eectrica ter*ination points %or the 12*ain *eridians o% the bod!# 3 and that orot"ovCs EK is sensitive enough to accurate! and

reproducib! *easure energ! changes aong *eridian path)a!s via %ingertips.

 A surve! o% raditiona hinese Medicine *eridian i*ages %ro* internet )ebsites ; sho)s thatsi6 pairs o% *eridians are 4(hou# corresponding to hand# and si6 pairs are 4:u# corresponding to%oot. he various sites sho) a consistenc! in the %inger*eridian association %or the 4(hou*eridians=

he Hand Lung Meridians ,shou tai !in- ter*inate in the thu*bs # the Hand Large &ntestineMeridians ,shou !ang *ing- ter*inate in the inde6 %ingers-# the Hand Heart Meridians ,shou shao!in- ter*inate in the itte %inger# the Hand (*a &ntestines Meridians ,shou tai !ang- ter*inate inthe itte %inger# the Hand $ericardiu* Meridians ,shou ue !in- ter*inate in the *idde %ingers# andthe Hand ripe +nergi:er ,shou shao !ang- Meridians ter*inate in the %ourth %inger. (o t)eve*eridians do ter*inate in a the %ingers o% the hands# but the sto*ach# speen# badder# "idne!#

ga badder# and "idne! *eridians appear to ter*inate in the %eet rather than the hands. heconcept o% convergence o% in%or*ation %ro* a parts o% the bod! to speci%ic parts o% the bod!eno!s a ong tradition.5 

Research sho)s that acupuncture points and *eridians have a o)er eectrica resistance thansurrounding areas# ? as previous! noted. his *eans that current sent through the bod! )i ta"ethe path o% *eridians and the acupoints i*bedded in the*. &n%or*ation trans%er is possibe.

he EK devise# deveoped b! Russian $ro%essor onstantin  orot"ov# has been patented and)as certi%ied as a *edica instru*ent in 2000 b! the Russian Ministr! o% Heath. L!nn Mcaggartreports that as o% 2008# so*e 3000 doctors# practitioners# and researchers )ord)ide have co*eto use this technoog!. 8 he )ord )ide &nstitute o% +ectrica and +ectronic +ngineers ,&+++-has done studies o% this devise# and it has earned a pace in the ibrar! hodings o% the 9(

Nationa &nstitute o% Heath ,N&H- .

he devise is based on the irian e%%ect= An aura is %or*ed around the point o% contact o% the%ingers )ith a high votage o) a*perage eectrica circuit. Ho)ever# the EK uses gasseectrodes and a specia ca*era in pace o% photographic e*usions. &t e*po!s %iber optics# adigiti:ed K *atri6# and co*pe6 i*age processing. he recordings are said to be high!reproducibe in a )ide range o% environ*enta conditions. EK has advantages over irianphotograph! in that it provides a %iter %or e6traneous interacting variabes# such as the presenceo% hu*idit! and te*perature changes. Er. Bever! Rubi" beieves the EK is a good researchtoo# and uses it reguar! in her )or".  

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Rubi" notes that the EK ca*era uses a 102; H: 10 vots eectric %ied# pused on and o%%ever! 10 *icroseconds. he eectric %ied causes a ight ,photon- e*itting pas*a to strea*out)ard %ro* the e6posed# sa!# %ingertip. he ight is recorded b! a chargecouped detector,E-# a state o% the art ight detector. he E signa is sent to a co*puter# and so%t)areana!sis is done to characteri:e the e*itted ight# incuding brightness# tota area# %ractait! anddensit!. 100 

orot"ovCs )ebsite 101 notes o% the EK= 4Measuring a spontaneous e*ission o% eectrons in theair is near! i*possibe I.the registration o% JbiophotonsC spontaneous photoe*ission W is ane6tre*e! co*pe6 procedure re/uiring specia conditionsI. he data obtained )hen *easuringe6tre*e! )ea" JbiophotonsC is invauabe I as the! underine the roe o% the eectrophotonprocesses in the %unctioning o% the bod!. hese Iresuts are one o% the scienti%ic bases %or the

 usti%ication o% the ph!sica processes o% eectrophotonic capture ,+$- bioeectrograph!. &n theEK>+$ *ethod# )e e6cite# or sti*uate eectron and photon e*issions# and then intensi%! theresuting go).

&n%or*ation %ro* each o% the 5 %ingertips o% both hands are su**ed to get a %ina set o% 5 i*ages.he resuting *easured energ! states o% various organs and s!ste*s are co*pared to theenergetic eves o% a reative! heath! person. +6cess energ! is sho)n in the outer ,pin"- :one

)hie o) energ! appears in the inner !eo) ring. Nor*a or baanced energ! is represented inthe *idde green ring. 102 hese radia positions are si*iar in a speci%ic person %ro* da! to da!#suggesting reative stabiit! o% this *ethod# and can be proected onto a hu*anoid shape tocreate an 4aura.

D% the A!urvedic# or *utidi*ensiona *ode# orot"ov observes the cose rese*bance o% thenadis and *eridians and concudes the! *a! be considered essentia! the sa*e. 103 (o*eho)he has correated the cha"ras )ith %ingers and incorporated this into his 4KE cha"ra so%t)are#)hich he cai*s has been tested and strong correations %ound bet)een the progra*Cs data andthe *easure*ents o% ps!chic individuas )ho are abe to see cha"ras. 10; 

+6a*pe i*age= irian go) around a hu*an %ingertip recorded using EK ca*era.Kie) %ro* beo) a se*itransparent gass eectrode that provides eectrica %ied e6citation.

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 A nu*ber o% additiona interesting studies have been conducted using the EK.105

Electrodermal 0evises and .maging+ectroder*a# or s"in resistance *easuring devises in genera# incuding $o!graph avanic("in Response ,(R- and +ectroEer*a (creening Eevice ,+E(E- instra*entation# as )e as

 Aura Kideo (tation# $rogen inAura# and Auraa*# discussed beo)# are si*iar to EK in thatthe! subect the %ingers to a o) a*perage eectrica current. 10?  Because a nu*ber o% *eridians

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ter*inate in the %ingers# and are reative! conductive# these toos *a! %air! cai* to accessacupuncture points. &nteresting!# L!nn Mcaggart notes that orot"ov veri%ied eve Bac"sterCsresearch.108 Bac"ster# a po!graph e6pert# did e6tensive research in the 1?0s )ith the (Rportion o% a po!graph suggesting that pants can read !our *ind. he resut )as a nation)idebest seer# 'he #ecret life of .lants. 10 

Electrodermal Screening 0evice (E0S0)Meridian energ! %o) *a! carr! use%u in%or*ation. his is the basis o% the eectroder*ascreening test ,+E(-. he device used in the +E( is the eectroder*a screening device# or+E(E. he eectoder*a devise process is not about *easuring the H+'# but about *easuringthe resistances o% acupuncture *eridians to an e6terna! appied current %or diagnosticpurposes. he core is an oh* *eter designed to deiver a ver! s*a a*ount o% direct eectricacurrent at a ver! o) votage.10 $ro%essiona +E(Es# are used in a co*picated diagnosticprocess invoving resistance *easure*ents o% up to ;0 *eridians. he purpose o% the testing isusua! Jre*ed! testingC# )hereb! an initia test is per%or*ed to see i% the resuting nu*bers areJbadC ,indicating that a re*ed! is needed-. &% so# a potentia re*ed! is inserted into the circuit andthe test is repeated unti the nu*bers are JgoodC. 110 &t )as %ound that re*ed! testing )oud )or" even)ith the na*e o% the re*ed! aone inserted into the circuit. 'or *an! practitioners# re*ed! testing toda! hasreached a degree o% abstraction that is not co*patibe )ith either a pure! *ateriaistic vie) or even an

understanding o% energ! science.

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 his process has been the subect o% signi%icant s"epticis*.

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Aura 1hotogra#hy A spin o%% %ro* +E(E is the 4Aura photograph! cass o% aura construction and proectionproducts= he aura produced b! these ca*eras is an arti%icia construction# based on ana!sis o%eectroder*a in%or*ation# proected onto a photographic i*age o% the person. he data iscoected b! pacing oneCs hands>%ingers on specia sensor pads.

Aura Video Station:his s!ste* is stated to use 4eectroder*a para*eters 113

1rogen $inaura(i*iar to Aura Kideo (tation# it aso uses eectroder*a *easure*ents# but uses a standard $

co*puter )ith specia so%t)are# and re/uires a specia video ca*era.

1rogen Aura"am 2333=4A $oaroid ca*era that is capabe o% ta"ing a singe picture o% a subectFs aura instant!.

Eeveoped b! u! oggins. 4Ho) Eoes he Auraa* ?000 or"P he Auraca* ?000 consistso% one or t)o hand sensors )hich are connected through cabes )ith the ca*era. $oaroid instant%i* is put into the ca*era and is adusted and aigned to the custo*er. Dnce the custo*er putstheir e%t and right hand onto hand sensors# the Auraa* ?000 begins to gather standardi:edbio%eedbac" para*eter data through the hand sensors. he *easured points o% resonance areconnected )ith certain organs and the eectro*agnetic %ied o% the personG this in%or*ation aboutthe energetic and auric /uaities o% a hu*an being are then deivered to the ca*era. hrough apatented operation# these para*eters are proected as a radiant# coor%u aura %ied around thebod! onto the $oaroid %i*# aong )ith the i*age o% the person. 11; According to a s"eptica

in/uirer in%itrator# this s!ste* aso *easures s"in resistance# and i% so is aso eectroder*a.115

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he $rogen Auraa* )ebsite provides endorse*ents and a ist o% $hEs and MEs )or"ing )ith$rogen aura i*aging. 11? A %e) o% the do:ens o% additiona in"s re%erencing Auraa* is given inthe endnotes. 118

4esonant Field .maging (4F.)4'or *an! !ears# &+M ,&nnovation echnoogies and +nerg! Medicine- evauated )a!s toph!sica! *easure the eectro*agnetic characteristics o% the hu*an energ! %ied. e %et it)oud be *ore accurate to *easure energ! %ieds direct!# rather than re! on photographicbasedtechni/ues or eectronica! processed signas# %or a *ore accurate representation o% the energ!that surrounds us a. e aso %et that *ost o% the e6isting e/uip*ent is too cost! %or theaverage practitioner. A%ter severa !ears o% research# )e beieve )e have %ound in R'& a*ethod that is econo*ica# si*pe and obective# invoving direct *easure*ent o% energ! %ieds toidenti%! the predo*inant eectro*agnetic %re/uenc! in a speci%ic area and converting that%re/uenc! into a coor )ithin the visibe ight spectru* using custo* so%t)areI

5R'&# in and o% itse%# is not *ere! a device or product. &t is a *ethod# or process# )hichre/uires cop!righted *aterias# and invoves use o% trade secret co*putations. &n other )ords#R'& is rea! inteectua propert!# integrated into a co*puter s!ste* )hich per%or*s a technicaprocess to generate coor i*ages and interpretations. he scienti%ic principes o% this process#and the toos to use this i*aging s!ste*# cannot be earned an!)here e6cept b! purchasing aicense to use R'& as a (cienti%ic &nvestigator o% &+M. 11

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&+M endorse*ents and testi*onias are sho)n in the endnotes. 11 A %e) o% the do:ens o% in"sre%erencing R'& appear in the endnotes.120  he so%t)are is avaiabe %ro* a nu*ber o% )eb sites

1olycontrast .nterference 1hotogra#hy (1.1) imaging 4Harr! Dd%ied invented $o!contrast &nter%erence $hotograph! ,1.1) in the ate 10s using*icrochip technoog!. Dd%ied deveoped a scanner that coud provide a rea ti*e# *oving i*ageo% the energ! %ied. He beieved that the %uture o% diagnosis a! in %inding an e%%ective scanner thatcan see i*baances in the energ! %ied rather than disease in the ph!sica bod!. Dd%ied thoughtthat the hu*an energ! %ied *ight possib! inter%ere )ith photons energ! pac"ets o% ight or

even )hat *ight be caed 4subte energ! photons in so*e )a!. He decided that a*bient,surrounding- ight )oud be inter%ered )ith b! the %ied both )hen the incident ra! traveedto)ards the obect and )hen the re%ected ra! bounced o%% the obectI

4According to Dd%ied# Je beieve that )e are sho)ing up an energ! interaction )ith ight# )hichis giving us an insight into the energ! counterpart# the etheric te*pate on )hich our ph!sica*oecues are strung.C

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&+M# in partnership )ith the entre %or Bio%ied (ciences ,B() in &ndia# endorses 1.1 becauseit is a per%ect co*pe*ent to the Resonant 'ied &*aging s!ste*. hie R'& is e6ceent atobective! and accurate! identi%!ing the predo*inant %re/uenc! and coor present at a particuarocation# $&$ is the best s!ste* avaiabe at reveaing patterns o% energ! in and around the bod!.Man! practitioners use $&$ in conunction )ith R'&. ,Athough neither $&$ nor R'& arediagnostic instru*ents-. 121

&nteresting!# the concept o% ight inter%erence i*aging o% iving organis*s has support in theinternationa scienti%ic co**unit!. As noted above in the section on +M *odes# *utipe scienti%icsources re%erence techni/ues that has been deveoped to i*age ive organis*s b! detection o%Jd!na*ica! ordered# coherent i/uidcr!staine *esophases o% the *acro*oecues *a"ing upiving tissues.C

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o% the do:ens o% additiona in"s re%erencing $&$ are isted in the end notes. 123

("epticis* to)ards Dd%ied and $&$# as a)a!s )ith these t!pes o% technoogies# tends *oreto)ard character assassination than substantive issues.12; 

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"2 &*aging o% biophoton e*ission %ro* eectrosti*uated s"in acupuncture point g;= +%%ect o% ight enhancers200http=>>nopr.niscair.res.in>bitstrea*>123;5?8>;;?>1>&+BY20;?,5-Y203;03;;.pd%   

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H. La:oura# M. ohen# +. La:oura# &. osic. =o acupuncture points have different absorption properties to

la*er light than surrounding s-in> 2nd &nternationa on%erence on Bioeectro*agnetis*# Mebourne Au# 1

. hoi# .(. (oh# (.M. Lee# . <oon. (tud! o% propagation o% ight aong an acupuncture *eridian. ournao% the Dptica (ociet! o% orea 8,;-= 2;;8# 2003

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depends on visuai:ing d!na*ica! coherent i/uid cr!staine *esophases in the tissues. &t invoves vie)ingthe organis* bet)een crossed poars )ith an as!**etrica! paced co*pensator! %u )avepateabout8.5_ %ro* either poari:er )hen briiant coours are generated in a iving tissues and organis*s# )hereas#itte or no coour is generated )hen the )avepate is at its usua position o% ;5_ bet)een the crossed poars.

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 Another innovation in the authorsF techni/ue is that the! can di%%erentia! iu*inate various interna organsand tissues b! adusting the eve o% the condenser. http=>>ieee6pore.ieee.org>6p>%reeabsVa.spParnu*berZ3?888 1;

"8 Bioelectrodynamics and Biocommunication edited b! Maean HD# 'rit:Abert $opp and 9rich arn"eord (cienti%ic $ubishing 1;. ,]3;-

"9 Biophoton +*ission %ro* the Hands ourna o% the orean $h!sica (ociet! Ko ;1 no. 2# August 2002# p28528http=>>))).energetic*edicine.net>research>biphotone*ission%ro*thehands.pd%   

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70 http=>>))).irprout.it>Eocu*enti>superu*inaVheicaV*ode.pd%   

71  http://www.)aldostamuseum.org/hamsmith/worm!holes.html

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7 http=>>)))./uantre".org>echnicaY20Literature>Tiller   VKisionVinVActionVArticeVa.pd%  p. 157!

 Energy !edicine and the !ultidimensional !odel b! Eebra reene4 Meridians and s*aer capiaries caed nadis have been vaidated b! a nu*ber o% *odern scienti%ic*ethods# incuding *agnetic resonance i*aging,MR&-. ha"ras have been e6peri*enta! veri%ied )itheectrostatic *easure*ents as )e as eectro*!ograph! ,+M-.http=>>))).noetic.org>noetic>issuethreeoctober>energ!*edicineandthe*utidi*ensiona*ode>  

7" https=>>))).cihs.edu>cihs>ErVMoto!a*aVbio.ht*

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77 More on the chaos o% hu*an ph!sioog! at=http=>>))).hu**ingbirdone.co.u">hu*anbeing>arter!1.ht*  

+M signas do have strange attractors=Muti%racta characteri:ation o% eectro*!ogra* signashttp=>>ieee6pore.ieee.org>6p>%reeabsVa.spParnu*berZ00;  

78 http=>>))).so*atics.de>Hunt(tud!.ht*  $g 2;28= (cience o% the ha"ras

&n her boo" nfinite mind # Kaerie Hunt reports using an eectro*!ogra* to record signas %ro* a subectCsupper and o)er ar*# bac"# and head. As the subect began to dance# the signas %ro* the upper and o)erar* and bac" stopped# but the signa %ro* the head beca*e intense. Er. Hunt concuded she had recordedeectro*agnetic radiation %ro* the subectCs cro)n cha"ra. ;0. Er Hunt ater had a NA(A engineer# )ho haddeveoped high! sensitive tee*etr! s!ste*s# buid a s!ste* to record ver! )ea" signas. (ur%ace sensorspic"ed up the bod!Cs eectrica signas b! an 'M radio %re/uenc! carrier via a *iniature batter! operatedradio trans*itter and a*pi%ier attached to the subect b! a bet. he trans*itted signa )as then pic"ed up b!a radio receiver and recorded. his s!ste* ao)ed Er. Hunt 4to record reguar high %re/uenc! osciationsco*ing %ro* the cha"ras that had never been previous! recorded or reported in the scienti%ic iterature. I

conventiona recordings are ta"en b! inserting neede sensors or probes into a nerve or *usce# )hich givesa reading on! %or a ver! oca area. Er Hunt attached the eectrodes to the sur%ace o% the s"in )here there)as a arger signa. (he a*pi%ied and %itered the baseine data to re*ove the brain and *usce signas#incuding the heart. (he discovered a void o% eectrica activit! bet)een about 250 and 500 c!ces persecond ,hert:-# and then discovered continuous activit! %ro* 500 to 20#000 cps ,the highest capacit! o% theinstru*ent at the ti*e. ;1. An energ! heaer treated a patient. he +M signas at the cha"ra ocations upthe patients spine and out o% the top o% his head during heaing agreed )ith the %o) o% energ! reported b! a*edica intuitive. hat intuitive )as the /uite )e "no)n Rosa!n Bru!ere. ;2

Er. Hiroshi Moto!a*a o% apan had no )a! to *easure the aeged energ! o% the cha"ras# he hoped to*easure secondar! energ!# such as eectrostatic %ieds. He %ound that the eve o% energ! %ound at cha"raocations o% advanced *editators )as signi%icant! greater than that %ound at the corresponding ocation o%contro subects. ,hose )ith no *editative or ps!chic e6perience- He aso *onitored the energ! advanced

*editators cai*ed to be abe to proect through their cha"ras. He docu*ented signi%icant eectrica %ieddisturbances e*anating %ro* the activated cha"ras. hese resuts )ere repeated b! &t:ha" Bentov# author o%#tal-ing the ild .endulum. ;3

ordon p. 2? on.

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79 Hunt# &n%inite Mind# data e6hibit80  A method for computeri*ed recording and analysis of high freDuency biopotentials.Mendanha R+ndian 1ournal of .hysiology and .harmacology  200 52,;-= 3;02http=>>))).ipp.co*>vo52V;>3;02.pd%  

aso posted at N&H=))).ncbi.n*.nih.gov>pub*ed>155858  

1 Er. Hunt has deveoped the Bioenerg! 'ieds Monitor# a high %re/uenc! o) a*pitude s!ste* )ith sensitive o)

noise optic ead cabes. esting and protoco deveop*ent are schedued %or 'a 200 )ith co**ercia production

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 urtis# R..# eh#E.# Mier# M. U Rich# (.. ,200?- +6a*ining the vaidit! o% a co*puteri:ed cha"ra*easuring instru*ent. A piot stud!. (ubte +nergies U +nerg! Medicine# 15# 20223.

Eamining the Validity of a "om#uteried "ha%ra easuring .nstrument= A $iot (tud!. Russ urtis#$h.E.G Eoug eh# M.(. U Michee Mier# M.(

onte6t= he cha"ra s!ste*# a co*pe6 net)or" o% energ! vorte6es that receive and process energ! )ithinthe bod!# has been espoused %or centuries in Asian and other cutures to pa! a %unda*enta roe in the

heath o% individuas. Man! inesses are thought to originate as boc"ed energ! )ithin the cha"ra s!ste*#and are o%ten thought to be caused b! unresoved ps!choogica trau*a. Recent!# instru*ents have beencreated to *easure cha"ra %unctioning# but no studies to date have atte*pted to deter*ine their vaidit! inaccordance )ith cha"ra theor!. Dbective= o deter*ine discri*inant vaidit! o% the &nneractive Aura Kideo(!ste* 5.1 ,&AK s!ste*- b! e6a*ining the reationship bet)een se% reported ps!choogica s!*pto*s andcha"ra eves. Method= (i6t!%our universit! students# ;2 A*ericans and 22 a*aicans# vounteered toco*pete the (!*pto* hec"ist 0R ,(L0R- and the &AK s!ste* *easuring cha"ra eve %unctioning.Resuts= he e6pected overa negative reationship bet)een cha"ra eves and ps!choogica s!*pto*s )ascon%ir*ed. $earson product *o*ent correation ana!sis reveaed signi%icant negative correations bet)eencha"ra eves and ps!choogica s!*pto*s. More signi%icant correations )ere %ound a*ong %e*aes than*aes# and A*erican %e*aes had *ore signi%icant and robust correations than did a*aican %e*aes.&*pications %or %uture cha"ra research are discussed.

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8! 7uoting %ro* the )ebsite= 4he Aura Kideo (tation uses the JhandC biosensor to *easure the bio%eedbac"data the +ectroEer*a Activit! and +ectrica onductivit! o% the s"in o% the hand and its te*perature inrea ti*e. his Idata is anai:ed#processed# and cooreatedIhttp=>>))).aura.net>%ashVe>inde6.sht*PgcidZur;r:7'(Nsg)od)2*N:7  

8" !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience Edited

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87 !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience Edited

b! Er. onstantin orot"ov 200; Bac"bone $ubishing o*pan! p. 12

88  Bioelectrograpy: A new method for detecting cancer and monitoring body physiology . L. . oni"ie)ic:and L. . ri%% LeonardCs Associates $ress# 1;.

89 !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience Edited

b! Er. onstantin orot"ov 200; Bac"bone $ubishing o*pan! p. 1213.

90  ("epticis*= http=>>))).s"epdic.co*>"irian.ht*  response to s"epticis*=http=>>))).s"epdic.co*>co**ents>"irianco*.ht* 

91 http=>>))).the%reeibrar!.co*>ourne!XintoXchaosY3AX/uanti%!ingXtheXhu*anXenerg!X%ieda01?12;53 

92 Brie% descriptions are provided in !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience Bac"bone $ubishing#200;.

9 !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience p. 23

9! http=>>))).thaitsu.co*>courses  

4courses= source= Hungarian site= http=>>))).chen.hu>*ain.phpPre/Ze*eetiVa"upun"tura  Hand Lung Meridians ,shou tai !in-,thu*b- #Hand Large &ntestine Meridians ,shou !ang *ing- ,inde6 %inger- #'oot (to*ach Meridians ,:u !ang *ing-'oot (peen Meridians ,:u tai !in-

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'oot abadder Meridians ,:u shao !ang-'oot Liver Meridians ,:u ue !in-

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ebsites )ith i*ages o% acupuncture %inger ocations agreeing )ith chen.hu.=

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 Agree on inde6 %inger in shou !ang *ingpaooevangeista.itcanhcuatruongsinh.vnshiatsustien.naternativeheaing.org/uan6ue.cn

 Agree on itte %inger in shou shao !inacupunctureandph!totherap!.co*paooevangeista.it

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paooevangeista.itegagoucas.co*

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9" +ar acupuncture# or auricuar acupuncture# is based on the correspondence o% various parts o% the hu*an anato*! )ith ocations onthe ear# and has been reported to be e%%ective.Er. $au Nogier beca*e convinced o% the e%%icac! o% auripuncture# and produced a arge bod! o% research supporting it. 

http=>>stresshep.tripod.co*>id1?.ht* Re%e6oog! hods that the bod! is represented in the hands and %eet through a s!ste* o% re%e6es *apped out on speci%ic areas# andthat *assage o% these hand and %eet areas can produce i*prove*ents in the reated bod! part.http=>>))).acupunctureproducts.co*>%ootVre%e6oog!Vchart.ht*G http=>>))).o%esite.co*>heath>re%e6>about>inde6.ht*&n hand re%e6oog! ho)ever# the %ingers on! represent a portion o% the hu*an anato*!.

9# htt#:;;my*clevelandclinic*org;services;acu#uncture;hicacu#uncture*as#

97 (o*eone paraphrased the reevant te6t %ro* McaggartCs boo" 'he ntention E<periment  and put it on theinternet= Basing on 10-fingers BEO-grams and the diagnostic table, the model of field distribution aroundhuman body is built in the GDV Programs. nde!endent clinic obser"ations in different countries re"ealeddiagnostic "alidity of the GDV-techni#ue and, in !articular, the model of field distribution - Aura$.htt!%&&liminalthresholds.blogs!ot.com&'00(&0)&intention-e*!eriment-scientific.html 

98 o*puterBased Medica (!ste*s# 2005. $roceedings. 1th &+++ (!*posiu* 232; une 2005,&nstitute o% +ectrica and +ectronics +ngineers-Ho) does gas discharge visuai:ation techni/ue assess a bod!P +*erging *odes o% energ! and contro inbioph!sics and ph!sioog!

 AB(RA= he paper presents e*erging *odes o% ph!sioogica contro and energ! econo*ies inbioph!sics and bioche*istr!# to e6pore possibe *echanis*s b! )hich gas discharge visuai:ationtechni/ue can assess ph!sioogica states in conventiona and co*pe*entar! *edica ana!sis# and topropose research /uestions %ocused on such possibe *echanis*s. A centra concept in these e*erging*odes is the storage o% coherent energ! as both coordination and contro in resonant in%or*ation channesand as i**ediate! avaiabe energ! %or )or" in organs and tissues.http=>>ieee6pore.ieee.org>Opore>ogin.spPurZhttpY3AY2'Y2'ieee6pore.ieee.org

Y2'ie5Y2'03Y2'31;85Y2'01;?8831.pd%Y3'arnu*berY3E1;?8831UauthEecisionZ203

 Appication o% eectrophoton capture ,+$- ana!sis based on gas discharge visuai:ation ,EK- techni/uein *edicine= a s!ste*atic revie).

ourna o% Aternative and o*pe*entar! Medicine 2010 anG1?,1-=1325.

 Abstract= Dbectives= he obective o% this stud! )as to evauate the scae and scope o% i*pe*entingeectrophoton capture ,+$- ana!sis based on gas discharge visuai:ation ,EK- techni/ue in diverse*edica appications and ps!choph!sioog!G to identi%! the range o% appications in *edicineG and to sho) in)hich areas the procedure can be use%u to heath pro%essionas.oncusions= ,1- he so%t)are and e/uip*ent +$>EKco*pe6 is a convenient and eas!touse device# easi! ao)se6a*ining patients )ith various pathoogies and# there%ore# o%%ers a )ide range o% appications. ,2- he EK *ethod hassho)n itse% to be ver! %ast ,i.e.# it is an e6press*ethod %or stud!ing states o% the hu*an organis*-. ,3- Dur revie) hasreveaed that EK *ethod can be i*pe*ented as an e6press *ethod %or assess*ent o% treat*ent proceduree%%ectiveness# evauating e*otiona and ph!sica conditions o% peope# and in *an! other %ieds

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99 http=>>))).the%reeibrar!.co*>ourne!XintoXchaosY3AX/uanti%!ingXtheXhu*anXenerg!X%ieda01?12;53

100  (cienti%ic ana!sis o% the Hu*an Aura B Rubic# $HE 'ro* the boo" Measuring +nerg! 'ieds= (tate o%

the (cience +dited b! orot"ov.p. 15.

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102 !easuring Energy ;ields: #tate of the #cience p. 1;

10 onstantin orot"ov 9uman Energy ;ield: #tudy ith =6 Bioelectrography  Bac"bone $ubishing o.2002 p. ;5.

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Medicines 9nder Binded# ontroed onditions&ris R. Be# Eanie A. Le)is# Audre! . Broo"s# (abrina +. Le)is# ar! +. (ch)art:oncusions= EK technoog! *a! provide an eectro*agnetic probe into the properties o% ho*eopathicre*edies as distinguished %ro* sovent contros. Ho)ever# the present %indings aso highight the need %oradditiona research to evauate %actors that *a! a%%ect reproducibiit! o% resuts. http=>>))).iebertonine.co*>doi>abs>10.10>1085553033212222  

Report on the 'irst &nternationa ongress on (!ste*ic Medicine# as EischargeKisuai:ation ,EK- and +ectrooncotherap! ,+- $ubished b! D6%ord 9niversit! $ress.

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anuar! at the a*anaco&ntercontinenta Hote# )as attended  b! cose to 1000 *edica doctors ,MEs- and students.&t )as the argest evidencebased co*pe*entar! and aternative *edicine  ,+AM-*eeting ever hed in this countr!T

Ihere )ere aso i*portant ectures on the ne) /uantu*  ph!sicsbased EK *ethod deveoped b! the Eronstantin orot"ov. he e6perience at the (!ste*ic inics )ith EK de*onstrated its capacit! to *easure/uantu* changes parae to the bod!Fs  cinica changes in those pathoogies )here the patient had  a beo)nor*a eve o% energ!# a%ter being treated )ith (M.  he stud! presented b! Er Lib!a o*es# (urgeon#(!ste*ic speciaist ME# and coauthored b! +ng. ose Dade )as entited= JEK  +nerg! Measure*ents in+voution o% $atientsC. Er o*es de*onstrated the utiit! o% this technoog! in detecting o)  energ! eves inpatients )ith di%%erent pathoogies and ho) the s!ste*ic treat*ent )ent hand in hand )ith an i*prove*ent  in

s!*pto*s and increase o% energ! eves. Er onstantin orot"ov 

and Er Len isnes"i de*onstrated EKand the *edica appication o% the hu*an energ! %iedIhttp=>>eca*.o6%ordournas.org>cgi>content>%u>2>2>255 

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o*panies using EK testing to vaidate their producthttp=>>gasdischargevisuai:ation.co*> ,iRene) braceets-

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10# S%in conductance# aso "no)n as galvanic s%in res#onse ,(R-# electrodermal res#onse ,+ER-##sychogalvanic refle ,$R-# s%in conductance res#onse ,(R- or s%in conductance level ,(L-# is a*ethod o% *easuring the eectrica conductance o% the s"in# )hich varies )ith its *oisture eve. his is o%

interest because the s)eat gands are controed b! the s!*pathetic and paras!*pathetic nervous s!ste*s#htt#:;;en*wi%i#edia*org;wi%i;S%inconductance

electrodermal is used as a more inclusive term for various tyes of s%in condutancehtt#:;;www*bio#ac*com;gsr<eda<galvanic<s%in<res#onse<am#lifier<electrodermal<activity  

+ectroder*a response ,+ER- has repaced gavanic s"in response as the coective ter*.htt#:;;www*answers*com;to#ic;galvanic<s%in<res#onse  

107 'he ntention E<periment  L!nn Mcaggart 'ree $ress ,division o% (i*on U(chuster- 2008 p. ;?

108 he (ecret Li%e o% $ants $eter o*p"ins and hristopher Bird Avon boo"s# 182

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110  Basic E<planation of the Electrodermal #creening 'est and the $oncepts of BioEnergetic !edicine

 A*erican Association o% Acupuncture and Bio+nergetic *edicine

B! sti*uating an acupuncture point on the s"in through pressure# suction# heat# or neede insertion# thecircuation o% chi is said to be a%%ected# )hich in turn a%%ects reated interna organs.

he *eridian energ! %o) is aso said to carr! )ith it in%or*ation about interna organs that can be used indiagnosis. his is the basis o% the eectroder*a screening test ,+E(-. he device used in the +E( is theeectroder*a screening device# or +E(E# )hich )or"s b! *easuring eectrica resistance and poari:ation atacupuncture points and *eridians.

he predecessors to the +E( and +E(E )ere invented in the 150Fs b! the er*an doctor Reinhod Ko.Er. Ko origina! deveoped a s!ste* o% acupuncture point eectrotherapeutics# but he soon discovered that)hen an interna organFs %unction or structure changes# the per%or*ance o% the reated *eridian andacupuncture points aso changed# and that this change coud be *easured using a device. Ko used adevice caed the Eer*atron# but a si*iar devices can be used %or diagnosis and *edicine testing. he coreo% the +E(E is an oh* *eter designed to deiver appro6i*ate! 1012 *icroa*peres o% direct eectricacurrent at 11.25 vots# a ver! s*a and per%ect! sa%e a*ount o% energ!.

here are t)o cabes co*ing out o% the +E(E# one positive and one negative. he positive ead is attachedto a st!us )ith an eectrode tip. he doctor hods the st!us b! the insuated hande and presses the tipagainst one o% the patientFs acupuncture points. he patient hods a hand eectrode in their %ree hand. Euringthe *easure*ent the patient and the +E(E %or* a cosed circuit# ao)ing energ! and in%or*ation to %o)

%ro* the +E(E to the probe# through the patient to the hand eectrode# and bac" to the +E(E. he +E(Ereading is a *easure*ent o% ho) *uch energ! *a"es it through the circuit.

 A reading ta"en )ith the +E(E is usua! described using t)o vaues# the initia reading ,genera! thehighest vaue- and the indicator drop ,&E-. An initia reading o% appro6i*ate! 50 %oo)ed b! itte or noindicator drop is considered good. &nitia readings beo) ;5 or above ?0 and substantia &Es are aconsidered bad signs.

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&n the ear! 150Fs# Reinhod Ko# a er*an *edica doctor# )as one o% the %irst to connect the use o%eectricit! in conunction )ith acupuncture points. Ko deveoped an eectronic testing device %or %indingacupuncture points eectrica!. He )as ver! success%u in %inding acupuncture points and de*onstrating thatthese points had a di%%erent resistance to a tin! eectrica current passed through the* than did the adacenttissues. Ko began a i%eong stud! identi%!ing the correations bet)een disease states and changes ineectrica resistance o% the various acupuncture points. He ater discovered that he coud change theenergetic readings )hen *edicine )as in contact aong the sa*e eectrica circuit. his ater ead to

e6tensive research on e6act! ho) to baance the vibration o% a person that had a disturbance )ith aparticuar %re/uenc!.

u*p %or)ard about 30 !ears and !ou )i %ind that eectroder*a testing instru*ents have been used )ide!in +urope and in the ast %e) !ears in apan# hina# Russia# anada and the 9nited (tates. Eoubebindstudies sho)ing vaidit! have been conducted at 9LA# 9(# (tan%ord and in at ast %our other countries.Dne o% the *ost notabe %indings %ro* the research has been the abiit! o% eectroder*a testing to deter*ineappropriate dosing o% a regi*en. &t )oud be rare to %ind a )estern doctor that can deter*ine root cause andat the sa*e ti*e is abe to custo*i:e a regi*en speci%ic %or their patient. 9n%ortunate!# in the 9nited (tates

the 'EA and the A*erican Medica Association have not recogni:ed eectroder*a screening despite thepositive resuts o% cinica studies. &n so*e )a!s# the )estern *ode o% heath care is sti in the dar"ages.9se o% energ! scanning devices such as +Fs# ++Fs and MR&Fs are )ide! supported )hie +E( )ith itsabiit! to go to root cause and dose is not. Ho)ever# & re*ain opti*istic that one da! it )i be accepted asH+ %or* o% *edicine practiced pri*ari! because *ore and *ore peope are turning to aternative heathand de*anding a )hoistic approach to heath care.http=>>))).at*aninternationa.co*>artices>artice>80;55?>128258.ht*  

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 Quac- FElectrodiagnosticF =evices B! (tephen Barrett# M.E: 'he diagnostic procedure is most

commonly referred to as Electroacupuncture according to 6oll GEA6H or electrodermal screeningGE=#H, but some practitioners call it bioelectric functions diagnosis GB;=H, bio resonance therapyGB"'H, bioenergy regulatory techniDue GBE"H, biocybernetic medicine GB!H, computeri*edelectrodermal screening G$E=#H, electrodermal testng GE='H, limbic stress assessment G)#AH,meridian energy analysis G!EAH, or point testing/ EA6 devices are mar-eted by several companies,most of which also sponsor seminars/

&nterro device. Dne probe is hed in the patientFs hand. As the other probe is touched to the patientFs otherhand or %oot# a bar rises on the right side o% the co*puter screen# acco*panied b! a noise. he readingsupposed! deter*ines the status o% various organs o% the bod!. &n 1?# )hie investigating theho*eopathic *ar"etpace %or $onsumer "eports *aga:ine# & under)ent testing )ith this device he Nevadainic in Las Kegas# Nevada. hen the doctor e%t the e6a*ining roo*# & pa!ed )ith the device and & %oundthat the *ove*ent o% the bar and the oudness o% the noise )ere deter*ined on! b! ho) hard the probe)as pressed to *! s"in.

&n a doubebind stud!# British researchers co*pared its resuts )ith a Kegatest device to those o%conventiona s"inpric" testing in 30 vounteers# ha% o% )ho* had previous! reacted positive! %or aerg! tocat dander or house dust *ite. +ach participant )as tested )ith ? ite*s b! each o% 3 operators in 3 separatesessions# a tota o% 5; tests per participant. he researchers concuded that Kegatesting does not correate)ith s"in pric" testing and so shoud not be used to diagnose these aergies. he authors esti*ated that*ore than 500 +E( devices )ere being used in the 9nited ingdo* to assess sensitivit! to potentiaaergens.

he 'EA cassi%ies devices that use resistance *easure*ents to diagnose and treat various diseases asass &&& devices# )hich re/uire 'EA approva prior to *ar"eting. &n 1?# an 'EA o%%icia in%or*ed *e thatthe 'EA enter %or Eevices and Radioogica Heath had deter*ined that the Eer*atron and Accupath 1000)ere diagnostic devices that posed a signi%icant ris". No such device can be ega! *ar"eted in the 9nited(tates %or diagnostic or treat*ent purposes.

+AK devices are not bio%eedbac" devices. Bio%eedbac" is a rea6ation techni/ue that uses an eectronicdevice that continuous! signas puse rate# *usce tension# or other bod! %unction b! tone or visua signa. &nbio%eedbac"# the signa originates and is in%uenced b! the patient. &n +AK# the signa is in%uenced b! ho)

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hard the operator presses the probe against the patientFs s"in. ,$ressure *a"es the eectric current %o)*ore easi! bet)een the device to the patientFs s"in.-

Man! other bioenergetic devices have been cai*ed use%u %or diagnosing and>or treating heath probe*s.& a* uncertain )hether or not the! shoud be considered +AK devices or cassi%ied in so*e other )a!. heco**on deno*inator is that the! re! on detection and>or *anipuation o% a bod! energ! s!ste*.http=>>)))./uac")atch.co*>017uac"er!Reatedopics>eectro.ht*  

11 7uoting %ro* the )ebsite= 4he Aura Kideo (tation uses the JhandC biosensor to *easure the bio%eedbac"data the +ectroEer*a Activit! and +ectrica onductivit! o% the s"in o% the hand and its te*perature inrea ti*e. his Idata is anai:ed#processed# and cooreatedIhttp=>>))).aura.net>%ashVe>inde6.sht*PgcidZur;r:7'(Nsg)od)2*N:7  

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Er. Linda Light $h.E.# environ*enta scientist# bioogist# has provided vauabe research. and has traveed to*an! hoistic events )ith the Aura a*era ?000 giving de*onstrations# e6paining to the genera pubic thescienti%ic an bioogica principes as to ho) the Aura a*era ?000 %unctions as a bio%eedbac">photographicinstru*ent.

Er. Eaniee Laurent ME.# o% 'rance and Begiu* is an Aura a*era ?000 o)ner and is a )e "no)nps!chiatrist and %ounder o% a pro%essiona schoo dedicated to the stud! and research o% auras and auraphotograph!.

Er. aro Monta*ari $h.E.# bioogist and ps!choogist# and Aura a*era ?000 o)ner %ro* &ta!# opened the%irst *etaph!sica boo"store in his countr! )ith the Aura a*era ?000 as a *ain %eature. He is aso

researching e6peri*enta hoistic therap! on schi:ophrenic patients using the Aura a*era ?000 %orphotographic docu*entation.

Er. )en otterdae $h.E. o% Ha)aii is an Aura a*era ?000 o)ner and uses her ca*era to docu*ent her)id dophin s)i*s )ith Fbe%oreF and Fa%terF aura photos o% the s)i**ers. (he aso eads po)er spots o% the)ord trave tours and photographs sights such as (tone Henge )ith the Aura a*era ?000.http=>>))).auraphoto.co*>%unde*entas>user.sht*

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in this revoution to %or* an internationa net)or" o% 4F.= users. 4F.= is current! being used in ?2countries around the )ord.http=>>))).ite*bioenerg!.co*>r%i>inde6.ht*  

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