TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospective empirical test suite for energy practitioners
AU - Connor, Melinda H.
AU - Connor, Caitlin A.
AU - Eickhoff, Jens
AU - Schwartz, Gary E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Special thanks go to: Dr. Iris Bell, Professor Emerita, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Dr. Ann Baldwin, Professor Emerita, Physiology Department, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Dr. Gaétan Chevillier, Psy-Tek Laboratory, Encinitas CA, Dr. Kathy Creath, Professor, Department of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Drs. Rustum and Della Roy, Professors Emeritas, Dept of Materials Science, Penn State University., Funding for the studies used in the development of this protocol were in part provided by: The BSW Foundation, The Reconnection, The Ron Riley Family, The Karen Connor Optimal Healing Research Fund through the University of Arizona Foundation, Dr. Jan Rasmussen, Canyon Ranch Resorts
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Objective: To design a set of measures which were portable and cost-effective that scientists could use to determine competence of Energy Practitioners so that qualified practitioners could be employed in improving ongoing research accuracy. Design: This was a prospective study with sample of convenience. Subjects: 213 subjects, 185 women and 28 men, were tested in this study. Outcome Measures: Empirical outcome measures included Triaxial Extra Low Frequency Magnetic Field meter, Data Logging Multimeter, RF Field Spectrum Analyzer, Acoustimeter, Broadcast Frequency counter, digital pH meter, digital TDS meter, GDV and physiology suite including heart rate variability, galvanic skin response, respiration, EMG, EKG, temperature and blood volume pulse. Additional questions on ethics and body reading were included in the test. Results: Results suggest a range of tests which could be used to determine practitioner competence. Many of the energy practitioners tested consistently produced changes in the areas being measured past the error rate of the devices being used. Across the 13 measures, practitioner success ranged from 56.8% on the Acoustimeter to 100% on the Broadcast Frequency Counter measures with 95% CI. Tri Axial ELF magnetic field meter showed significance with practitioners producing oscillations of amplitude from the L hand at p< 0.01 with and effect size D of 1.5 and R hand p< 0.001 and an effect size D of 1.6. Practitioners demonstrated the ability to produce a change in pH beyond ±.1pH in 10 minutes at a Mean of 0.5 and a SD of 0.4 at a 95% CI of 0.48-0.58 and changes in TDS beyond+/-2% at a Mean of 36.7 and a SD of 35.2 at a 95% CI of 31.9-41.5. Other measures are discussed in detail. Conclusions: This test presents a possible way to demonstrate a level of practitioner competence and improve the selection of energy practitioners for use in scientific studies of energy healing in the areas of full spectrum healing, laying-on-of-hands healing, Reiki, Qi Gong and Tai Chi.
AB - Objective: To design a set of measures which were portable and cost-effective that scientists could use to determine competence of Energy Practitioners so that qualified practitioners could be employed in improving ongoing research accuracy. Design: This was a prospective study with sample of convenience. Subjects: 213 subjects, 185 women and 28 men, were tested in this study. Outcome Measures: Empirical outcome measures included Triaxial Extra Low Frequency Magnetic Field meter, Data Logging Multimeter, RF Field Spectrum Analyzer, Acoustimeter, Broadcast Frequency counter, digital pH meter, digital TDS meter, GDV and physiology suite including heart rate variability, galvanic skin response, respiration, EMG, EKG, temperature and blood volume pulse. Additional questions on ethics and body reading were included in the test. Results: Results suggest a range of tests which could be used to determine practitioner competence. Many of the energy practitioners tested consistently produced changes in the areas being measured past the error rate of the devices being used. Across the 13 measures, practitioner success ranged from 56.8% on the Acoustimeter to 100% on the Broadcast Frequency Counter measures with 95% CI. Tri Axial ELF magnetic field meter showed significance with practitioners producing oscillations of amplitude from the L hand at p< 0.01 with and effect size D of 1.5 and R hand p< 0.001 and an effect size D of 1.6. Practitioners demonstrated the ability to produce a change in pH beyond ±.1pH in 10 minutes at a Mean of 0.5 and a SD of 0.4 at a 95% CI of 0.48-0.58 and changes in TDS beyond+/-2% at a Mean of 36.7 and a SD of 35.2 at a 95% CI of 31.9-41.5. Other measures are discussed in detail. Conclusions: This test presents a possible way to demonstrate a level of practitioner competence and improve the selection of energy practitioners for use in scientific studies of energy healing in the areas of full spectrum healing, laying-on-of-hands healing, Reiki, Qi Gong and Tai Chi.
KW - Biofield
KW - Energy Medicine
KW - Healing Touch
KW - Holistic health
KW - Qigong
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U2 - 10.1016/j.explore.2020.07.010
DO - 10.1016/j.explore.2020.07.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 32798173
AN - SCOPUS:85089289106
SN - 1550-8307
VL - 17
SP - 60
EP - 69
JO - Explore
JF - Explore
IS - 1
ER -