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Penny Hiernu, Executive Director, 356 Goldco Circle, Golden, CO 80401 (303) 278-222S
Dear Colleague:
It
is a pleasure to tell you of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy
Medicine (ISSSEEM), an interdisciplinary society for the study of informational and energetic
interactions—and invite you to become a member. The Society is concerned with the study of
informational systems and energies that interact with the human psyche and physiology, either
enhancing or perturbing healthy homeostasis. A quarterly newsletter
is
published, and a journal
titled Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Journal ofEnergetic and Informational
Interactions is published 3 times a year.
The Society was informally organized in September, 1989 by clinical psychologist Carol Schneider,
biomedical engineer T.M. Srinivasan, anthropologist Stephan Schwartz, and myself, a
psychophysiologic researcher. The journal of the Society was independently planned several months
ago by Stephan Schwartz (editor) and others.
Ms. C. Penny Hiernu, Golden, Colorado, a
professional in the field of society development, management, and activities,
is Executive Director.
This general information piece describes our goals and objectives in detail. With these plans in
mind, the Society
is, indeed, privileged to ask you to join in this enterprise.
Thus far over 1,900
individuals have elected to join us in this exciting venture. We hope you will give us a favorable
response and that you will choose to do so prompdy.
It is correct to say,
I believe, that our voices
may not be individually heard in the tumult of world affairs as we move into the next century, but
together we will command attention!
Sincerely,
Elmer E. Green, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus, Voluntary Controls Program
The Menninger Clinic
ISSSEEM Board of Directors
Elmer E. Green, Ph.D., President
T. M. Srinivasan, Ph.D., President Elect
Stephan Schwartz, Vice President
Carol Schneider, Ph.D., Treasurer
C. Penny Hiernu, Secretary & Executive Director
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ISSSEEM General Information
We are going through an interesting period in human
history in which science and some of the transper-
sonal aspects of the human psyche seem to have a
measure of common ground.
The subtle energies
that course through our bodies and psyches seem to
be capable of being elicited by visualization method-
ology giving rise not only to unique states of con-
sciousness, but also to measurable psychophysiol-
ogic behavior, including autogenic, neuroimmune
and neuroendocrine phenomena. But these are only
parts of the picture.
Other phenomena of physics,
biochemistry, and psychology also seem to be associ-
ated with subtle energies and energy medicine.
1 .
Energy medicine includes all energetic and
informational interactions resulting from self-regu-
lation or brought about through other energy cou-
plings
to mind and body.
In addition to various
therapeutic energies which we may use, there are
also energy pulses from the environment which in-
fluence humans and animals in a variety of ways. For
instance, low
level changes
in magnetic,
electric,
electromagnetic, acoustic, and gravitational
fields
often have profound effects on both biology and
psychology.
In addition to energies originating in the environ-
ment,
it has been documented that humans are ca-
pable of generating and controlling subtle not-yet-
measurable energies
that seem
to influence both
physiologic and physical mechanisms.
2.
Compared with "energy medicine,"
the
concept of subtle energy is more difficult to discuss
in a scientific paradigm. The traditional subtle ener-
gies referred to as chi (or ki), prana, etheric energy,
fohat, orgone, odic force, mana, homeopathic reso-
nance, etc., are said to move in the so-called etheric
body (subtle body), and seem to be difficult to meas-
ure at present. A number of therapeutic methods
prevalent today, however, appear to be concerned
with
facilitating the flow of these subtle energies
through the dense physical body.
In addition,
it is traditionally accepted that expan-
sions of consciousness often are related to changes in
subtle energies that cannot be quantified.
These
latter "energies," which are said to be associated with
interactions and with transcendence, may not, in fact,
actually be involved with known physical fields.
Understanding and facilitating the use of subtle en-
ergies, both for therapeutic purposes and
for the
study of human potential, will perhaps open up to
consciousness new (albeit traditional) depths of the
human mind.
If this should indeed be the case, one
task of the Society will be to find and bring together
those who are capable of synthesizing the two major
interests of humankind. Natural Science and the
transpersonal aspects of the human psyche. In modem
jargon, this might include, though not be limited to,
full integration of left cortex and right cortex with
deeper brain centers.
To state it succinctly:
The Society, will attempt to study and consider all
concepts related to subtle energies and energy medi-
cine. With such objectives, and with the availability
of computer networking and its potential for biblio-
graphic distribution, itnow seems useful, for a number
of reasons, to contact those who are interested in this
field of research and clinical practice. Over a period
of time, we can profit much: (1) by finding out who
we are, (2) by constructing a research and clinical
data base from bibliographic sources around
the
world, (3) by publishing a carefully referred journal.
Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine: An Interdiscipli-
nary Journal of Informational and Energetic Interactions.
and (4) by encouraging the exchange of information
through conferences, seminars, and workshops.
If you find this proposal of interest, a membership
application is attached.
Modest membership con-
tributions will: (1) support a central office in Golden,
Colorado, establish a computerized membership
listing and provide central
office networking;
(2)
bring you the Newsletter of Subtle Energies and Energy
Medicine four times a year, a forum for the exchange
of important information and ideas in the field; and,
(3) bring announcements about the Journal (see
in-
formation). included on back panel).
Subscriptions
to the Journal are now available.
Please address inquiries to the Society's Central Of-
fice at (303) 278-2228 or write:
C. Penny Hiernu, Executive Director
ISSSEEM
356 Goldco Circle
Golden, CO 80401
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Subtle Energies is designed to meet the needs of those experimentalists and clinicians who pursue their
interest in consciousness, and the dynamics and limits of human potential, by employing rigorous and
ethical scientific methodologies, and clinical procedures.
It is explicitly inter-disciplinary to allow those
with a deep understanding ofone discipline to compare its insights with those attained by others working
along different paths.
The Journal
fills a gap; the lack of a single high standards publication providing an interdisciplinary
forum for exploration in these areas. As matters presently stand, anyone interested in energy medicine
or subtle energy experimentation, must survey at least half-a-dozen journals, in several disciplines, as well
as several interdisciplinary journals, to gain a truly meaningful insight into the field.
Each issue contains articles focused on both experimental research and clinical practice,
nopefully,
another dimension of synthesis will occur when the clinical and experimental communities, who often
have little contact with one another, share reports of significant developments, and the excnange about
them which follows.
There will be a letters section (for less formal exchange), and sections of book
reviews, reports and correspondence.
Attention
is being paid to the journal's design and appearance.
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Subtle Energies • Volume I No. 1
The Effect of Non-contact Therapeutic Touch on the Healing Rate of Full Thickness Dermal Wounds
• Daniel P. Wirth, M.S., J.D.
The effect ofNoncontacr Therapeutic Touch (NCTT) on the rate ofsurgical wound healing was examined in adoublc-blind study. I-ull-mickncs derma
wounds were incised on the lateral deltoid region using a skin punch biopsy instrument, on healthy subjects randomly assigned to treatment or contro
groups. S ub jeers were bl inded both to group assign ment and to the true nature ofthe active treatment mocW icy in order to'control
[placcoc, and exprauon
effects
I ncisions were dressed with gas-permeable dressings, and wound surface areas were measured on Days 0, 8, and
1 6 using a direct tracing methc
alSgit^tlon system.
Active anfcontrol treatments were comprised of daily sessions of five minutes of exposure to a hidden Therapeutic Touch
practitioner or to sham exposure.
Results showed chat treated subjects experienced a significant acceleration in the rate of'wound healingas compared to non-creatcd subjects at day 8 (Mann-
Whicncv U;z- 5.675; ;V- 44;
<.001 ^tailed), and at day \6(X = 16.847,^- 1;/><.001).
Statistical comparuons are dominated by the complete healing
of 1 3 of 23 treated subjects vs. 0 of 21 control subjects by day
1 6. Placebo effects and the possible influences of suggestion and expectation ot healing were
eliminated bv isolating the subjects from the Therapeutic Touch practitioner, by blinding them to the nature of the therapy during the s.udy ancn>>[ e
use of an independent experimenterwho was blinded to the nature ofthe therapy. The findings of this study demonstrate, at least, the potential for ra CTT
in the healing of full-thickness human dermal wounds.
Human Volitional Effects on a Model Bacterial System
• Elizabeth A. Rauschcr, Ph.D.
This paper presents experimental designs and results of three major studies in which a well-known healer’s intention to produce a hcaiing effect was
correlated with increased growth and motility inawcll-charactcrized bacterial system. Uscofa model bactcnal system made:,t possible to dcsigna prototype
experiment correlating intention with growth and motility effects in a remote shielded sterile system. Optimally growing baacnal ailturas wore prepared,
and different amounts and types of chemical antibacterial agents were added to cultures in separate test tubes. Multiple samples or suen
made and separated into two poups, one to be treated by the healer and the other to serve as untreated controls. Statistical comparisons w* re mack-be
(1) healer-treated samples, (2) controls, and (3) extensive baseline data. Antibiotic dose response studies were also conducted using different types
amounts of inhibitors.
Highly significant and reproducible effects of healer-treated samples over controls were found. As anticipated, ciffcrcnrial d
response effects were found in which the healer’s effects were more pronounced for lower concentrations ot agents.
Infrared. Spectra Alteration In Water Proximate to the Palms of Therapeutic Practitioners
• Stephan A. Schwartz, Randall J. Dc Mattel, Edward G. Brame, Jr., Ph.D. & S. James P. Spotdswoodc, M.Sc.
Thrown standard tecr.nioucs of infrared spectrophotometry, sterile water samples in randomly selected scaled vials evidence alteration or mt rated (IR)
sncctra after being proximate co the palms of the hands of both Practicing and Non-practicing Therapy Practitioners, each ot wnom emp.oyed a persona,
variation of the idvin-on-of-Hands/Therapcutic Touch processes. This pilot study presents 14 cases, involving 14
ractit, oners and 1-. recipients,
he
first hvpotncsis, that a variation in the spectra ofall (84) Treated spectra compared with all (57) control spectra would be observed m the Kto.J micromcteT.
ningej was confirmed (s = 0.02). Ten percent (15) of the spectra were done using a germanium Internal Reflection dement wRE,.
per-
-
the spectra (126) were done with a zinc sclenide IRE, and the difference in refractive index between the two IREs skews me data
! he zinc selen.ae IRE
spectra lone yield p - .055. The authors believe the most representative evidence for the effect appeared m the sample group ot Treated ss. Calibration
Controls using thb zinc sclenide IRE (p = 0.0004). The second hypothesis, that there existed a direct relationship between intensity of effect and time of
exposure was not confirmed. Th is scudy replicates earlier findings under conditions ofbhndness, randomicity, and several levels or controls, environmental
feccors arc considered as explanations or the observed IR spectrum alteration, including temperature, barometric pressure, and variations dependent on
sampling order. They do not appear to explain the effect.
Psychophysiologic Self-Regulation and Human Potential • Elmer Green, Ph.D.
Seven converginglinesofthoughtarc synthesized insupport oftheperennial theoryofspirit-mind-body unityand control, namely 1) ethology, 2) Aewiinn
perception, 4) psychoneuroanaJmy, 5) autogenic training, 6) yogicsubtle-cnergy theory and /) Jungian-
1^^“nd
training and visualization therapy are seen as simple and natural ways of becoming conscious of, and modulating, normally unconscious nody/mmd
S.J.P. Spoctiswoode
processes.
Geomagnetic Activity and Anomalous Cognition: A Preliminary Report ofNew Evidence •
Analyses of anecdotal reports of putative telepathic experiences have shown that these tend to be reported on days of relatively low geomagnetic activity.
Studies of laboratory psi raperiments have yielded weak confirmation of this effect. The existence ofa negative correlation between scores in free respons
anomalouscognitio'nexpcrimcntsandgeomagncticfluctuationswasconfirrnedinfourdatascts(combined/>-3x Iff
) which showed sign infant anoma
cognition. The negative correlation was absent from twootherdatasets showing no evidence ofanomalous cognition. Additionally, analysis of an unusually
large database ofanomalous cognition trials (it = 336), cove ring a range ofapproximately +
1 30 hours between perception an^ targct observation, suggaits
chat the negative correlation between scores and geomagnetic fluctuations occurs only for trials in which this interval
is less dran ± 2 hours, and
is abs
for precognitivc or rctrocognitive perception outside this time range. These results may facilitate the elucidation of the physical mechanism ofanomalous
cognition.
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Physiological and Therapeutic Aspects of Shamanistic Healing • Michael WInkelman, Ph.D.
This paper addresses the psychophysiological and therapeutic bases of some universal aspects of shamanistic healing practices.
Shamanistic healing
is
universal because of the interrelated physiological, experiential and therapeutic bases in the use ofaltered states of consciousness (ASC)
Case studies ot
cross-cultural therapeutic use ofASC illustrate cultural effectiveness. The scientific bases oftherapeutic effectiveness are addressed through an examination
of the psychophysiology ofASC.
Clinical and physiological evidence for the therapeutic effectiveness ofASC in general and hallucinogens in particular
is reviewed.
Possession and the temporal lobe syndrome are briefly examined in the context of the psychophysiology ofASC.
Dyadic Repair. A Clinical Approach to Autistic Recovery and Prodigy Retrieval* Rima Laibow, M.D.
Clinical evidence with the group of autistic and autistic-like children treated through Dyadic Repair in this country and in Europe suggests strongly that
many, perhaps most, autistic persons arc prodigies. Itappearsthatautistsarepersonsgiftedwithprodigiouslyhighintelleaualandempatneticendowmems
who, early in their developmental lives, learn to use an overwhelming, pervasive withdrawal and rejection of the environment
Because of a combination
of intrinsic and extrinsic factors (coincidence), these children remain in a position of extreme withdrawal and retreat with deficits which potentiate (and
arc potentiated by) pervasive and sadistic rage in the face of foiled attachment. Appearing unreachable and out of contact with the environment they are.
in fact, intensely connected to it. Regardless ofthc pervasive and discouragingappearanceofthe neurological, metabolic and physical carnage which may
be present, the apparently unbeatable state of the autist must not be taken as conclusive proof of the unassailable nature of these disabilities.
Rather, they
may be potentially remediable deficits.
Geomagnetic Activity and Violent Behavior • Adam J. Becker, M.A., M.P.A.
This paper reports on a statistical study of hypothesized relationships between three indices ofgeomagnetic field activity and the incidence of violent cri me
on a nationwide basis, focusing on monthly variation over the entirety of an 11-year solar cycle, and yearly variation over a uO year period encompassing
the past three solar cycles (cycles 19, 20 and 21). Contrary to expectations, sunspot numbers - which have only a tenuous relationship with geomagnetic
activity - were found to be significant at the yearly level, while none of the more direct indices of geomagnetic activity cxniDited any correlation.
1 he
possibility of a non-magnctic solar effect on human behavior is therefore raised.
The Machine Brain and Properties of the Mind • Robert O. Becker, M.D.
It is the author’s contention that modern neurophysiology is based upon the operations of less than halfof the brain and that theanatomical and functional
existence of more than half of the cells constituting the nervous system are ignored. The author argues that the neurone doctrine, which holds that all
functions ofthc nervous system are the result of operations of the neurons alone,
is incomplete, and that a more basic and primitive information transfer
system
resides
in
these
neglected
ceils.
Theoretical
considerations,
prior electrophysiological evidences which were
ignored, modern
aspects
of
clcctrophysiology and evidence derived from the new science ofbioelcctromagnetics will be. presented to support the theory of a
dual nervous system.
This theory re-introduces some ofthc ancient ideas of mind functions into present day consideration of the possible operations of the mind/brain system.
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