Marcus Schmieke

Marcus Schmieke (born in 1966 in Oldenburg, Germany) is an author who has written on "Sanskrit and Vedic astrology" and a co-inventor of the popular pseudoscientific device the "Healy".
==Life==
Marcus Schmieke studied physics and philosophy, first in Hanover, later in Heidelberg. This interest led him to co-found the magazine Tattva Viveka, a magazine which claims to help it's readers understand "inexplicable phenomena or extrasensory perceptions that really exist, but to which science has not yet found answers." Marcus Schmieke later worked as a professor at a University in India and spent time as a monk with the goal of gaining insight into the spiritual view of that religion. After 2 years, his time in this religious setting led him to conclude that human beings have an "energy field". He felt humans could go into "the fifth and sixth dimensions ... through meditation, practice, effort and therapies to reach these frequencies and with the intention of cleaning negative energies". He later used these ideas in his invention of the "Healy" device.
==Criticisms==
Critics of his ideas include David H. Gorski, MD, PhD who has publicly criticised the ideas promoted by Marcus Schmieke. He feels the proponents of Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) are doing something similar to other healers who claim to use undetectable invisible forces to heal people. He says "there is no good evidence that when a tissue is injured it takes on a 'different vibrational characteristic'" and he strongly criticises the "kind of "life energy" that acupuncturists and other TCM practitioners believe in". In his article about unscientific healing methods, he heavily criticises the idea of what he calls "a mystical magical "energy" that does no work and is undetectable to scientific instruments". Other doctors such as Stephen Barrett, M.D. have noted that "Many of Healy's marketing materials carry a disclaimer to the effect that "Healy and its applications are not acknowledged by orthodox medicine due to a lack of scientific proof in accordance with scientific standards." It should be noted, however, that claims for the Healy are not merely unproven. There is no logical reason to believe that the "frequencies" proponents describe are actual physical forces."
==Healy Device==
Marcus Schmieke worked alongside Nuno Nina, a Portuguese researcher and holistic healer, to build the Healy device. Together they sought to bring bioresonance to a larger audience by making a smaller version of the older bioresonance machinesThe Haely machine is widely recognzed as a bioresonance machine by multiple practicioner, such as NaviOrganics who say "The Healy is a bio-resonance tool that works to support your body's energetic field" The Yogi Times says "The Healy device works with frequency therapy, and Bioresonance is at the core of its technology."
Dr David R. Stukus, MD holds multiple leadership positions in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and has written specifically on how he believes the Healy Device may be achieving it's results. He said in an interview to Rolling Stone "any research conducted by the company supporting Healy's efficacy is likely the result of "placebo effect."
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