do we study them in the laboratory, other than their physical
effects?
The various forms of effective energy medicine such as
acupuncture, homeopathy, cranial osteopathy (and others) are not
understood by orthodox medicine and, for that reason, are gener-
ally dismissed and usually opposed. It is not sufficient to see that
acupuncture works; or that most people are intuitive. If you can't
explain it, then modern knowledge says it must be bogus. We are not
talking about religion, beliefs or values, but about things that actu-
ally happen on a nonmaterial level.
Earlier cultures acknowledged the tremendous power of imma-
terial life-energies. The life force (Ch'i) that moves along the energy
meridians in the human body was recognized by the Chinese sev-
eral thousand years ago. To correct bioenergetic imbalances or
blockages in the body, they developed acupuncture at that time, a
treatment still widely used in China and now also in many Western
countries by accredited practitioners and by some more open-
minded physicians.
While the life sciences, for the most part, are still imprisoned in
the mechanistic view of life, the physical sciences are undergoing a
revolution. The study of sub-atomic phenomena has led to the
development of quantum physics, in which the environment
becomes unpredictable. The boundaries between energy and mat-
ter become blurred, so that the smallest constituents of matter —
particles and electrons — are interchangeable. Matter becomes
energy, which leads to the conclusion that everything is energy.^2
Sadly the rigid boundaries that have developed between different
scientific disciplines have as yet denied these insights to the life sci-
ences and to medicine.
As there is nowhere intellectually respectable to slot in these
'anomalous' phenomena, new labels have to be found, like 'energy
medicine' or 'alternative science.' Schauberger was a pioneer of
alternative science, which pushes the boundaries of what is worthy
of study beyond the merely physical.
Degrees of energy
We know the ways in which energy manifests itself. We can see that
flowing water is energetic. We can see that energy is associated with
creating clouds. Energy is active in an engine combusting gasoline
- DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENERGY