Our articles about Vital Life Force, which address a broad range of Life Energy concepts across a variety of cultures. Think of conceptions such as Prana, Lom Pran, Qi, Kundalini Energy, Orgone, Mana, Anima, and Pneuma.
Arche (or archai) is a Greek word already used in the 6th century BCE, which, depending on the context, can mean “beginning,” “divine origin,” “source of action,” “first principle,” or “element.” Arche refers to the [ Read more … ]
The Iroquois, an indigenous North American people, believe in a certain all-pervading spiritual Life Energy called Orenda, a concept also labeled as Orenna, Karenna, Iarenda, Urente, or Olenda, depending on the individual Iroquois tribe. Orenda [ Read more … ]
Lung (called rLung in Tibetan) means “wind” or “breath,” and is an important concept in Tibetan Buddhist-Tantric Medicine, the latter better known as Sowa-Rigpa. Nevertheless, Lung can mean different things depending on the context of [ Read more … ]
Ka was the ancient Egyptian concept of Vital Essence, and part of the very complex life and afterlife belief system of the ancient Egyptians. It was thought that everyone had an individual Ka, being part [ Read more … ]
Animatism, also referred to as manaism — and not to be confused with animism — was a term used by the British ethnologist Robert Marett (1866 – 1943). The term denotes the belief in a [ Read more … ]
Innate Intelligence is a Chiropractic term that refers to the inborn organizing characteristics of animate phenomena. The term was launched by Daniel Palmer, who was the founder of Chiropractic. This concept of Innate Intelligence is [ Read more … ]
Chakra Healing, Chakra Balancing, or Chakra Activation is a type of Energy Healing that aims at channeling Prana Life Energy into and through the seven Chakras for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health benefits. Chakra [ Read more … ]
The concept of entelechy was already embarked on by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, and later on by the German polymath Leibniz, but it was the German biologist and philosopher Hans Driesch (1867-1941) who developed a [ Read more … ]
For already many millennia, the phenomena air, wind, and breath have been strongly associated with the existence and expression of Life, often seen as the most prominent Vital Life forces, that is, Vital Life energies. [ Read more … ]
Bioenergy Healing, Bioenergy Medicine, or Biofield Therapy includes a range of different therapeutic treatments in which a therapist influences or manipulates the patient’s Subtle Energy, Vital Life Force, Aura, or Biofield to restore the person’s [ Read more … ]