ep88sw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Steve Williams) (06/27/90)
From article <1990Jun19.053920.8984@ucselx.sdsu.edu>, by add@sciences.sdsu.edu (James D. Murray): > > > I am looking for references to cultural examples of > human meta-energy phenomenon. Names for such phenomenon > include ki, ch'i, qi, prana, manna, num, and miwi. Apologies for posting this, but I cannot get e-mail through to you. I might suggest that you post rec.martial-arts about Qi/Chi/Ki. At present there is a debate on the subject in question occurring in that very newsgroup. Steven Williams Experimental Psychology University of Sussex.
dwc@cbnewsh.att.com (Mordecai the Fowl) (06/29/90)
i would also read up on some of the work by wilheim reich. he did some work on "orgone energy fields". although his work was not accepted during his time (an understatement?), some of his therapies are being used/researched now. danny chen att!hocus!dwc
JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET (06/30/90)
Sorry to play the skeptic here, but wrt Reich and similar approaches -- indeed, to the whole topic of "meta-energies", I suggest tempering your readings with some more skeptical approaches. Martin Gardner is certainly a skeptical dude; some might put it more strongly than that....and his writing is always provocative. He has a recent collection of essays about some of the things perhaps lumpable under "new age" aegis. I also recommend his rather old but still relevant "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science" which includes a section debunking (sorry, I think that's a correct description) "orgone fields". It might be helpful to us netters if you could post a short bibliography in a few weeks or so, when you track down what seem to you to be good references. Good luck. ___ Josh Hayes, Zoology, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056 USA voice: 513-529-1679 fax: 513-529-6900 jahayes@miamiu.bitnet, or @miamiu.acs.muohio.edu You can believe me, because I never lie and I'm always right.