Vis Essentialis | Wolff and Essential Life Force
Vis Essentialis | Wolff and Essential Life Force
Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733 – 1794) was a German scientist, and is considered one of the founders of modern embryology. He was a proponent of epige [ ... ]
Manitou | Life Force and the Great Spirit
Manitou | Life Force and the Great Spirit
Among the Native American Algonquian groups, Manitou is considered to be both the primordial Life Force (seen as an impersonal life giving energy) and [ ... ]
Monads | Gottfried Leibniz and Divine Life Force
Monads | Gottfried Leibniz and Divine Life Force
Although the term monad was already in use by Greek philosophers, meaning “the smallest units of matter,” or in other contexts meaning “God” o [ ... ]
Vitality Energy | Life Force and our Biological System
Vitality Energy | Life Force and our Biological System
The term and meaning of vitality can be seen as a quality that has no connotations with a “divine or spiritual life force” like Prana, Qi, or Mana [ ... ]
Magnetism, Magnetic Therapy, and Energy Healing
Magnetism, Magnetic Therapy, and Energy Healing
Magnetism — Magnet Therapy or Magnetic Therapy — in the context of complementary or alternative medicine is about using the weak static ma [ ... ]
Quantum Healing | Matter, Energy, and Life Force
Quantum Healing | Matter, Energy, and Life Force
Quantum Healing is an Energy Healing modality that is influenced by concepts found in quantum mechanics, psychology, philosophy, and neurophysiology. [ ... ]
Emergence Theory, Vital Force, and Life
Emergence Theory, Vital Force, and Life
Emergence Theory, also called Emergentism, is a philosophical and scientific theory (already propagated by the Greek philosopher Aristotle) that is ab [ ... ]
Anima and Animus in Ancient Rome | Life Force
Anima and Animus in Ancient Rome | Life Force
Anima is a Latin word, which can mean “wind,” “air,” “breath,” “vital principle,” “life,” or “soul.” It’s a word sometimes u [ ... ]
Subtle, Astral, and Etheric Body | Life Energy Vehicles
Subtle, Astral, and Etheric Body | Life Energy Vehicles
In esoteric, mystical, and occult teachings, but also in a range of traditional medicine systems, the subtle body is considered an aspect of the human [ ... ]
Mesmerism, Lebensmagnetismus, and Vital Life Energy
Mesmerism, Lebensmagnetismus, and Vital Life Energy
Mesmerism, also called Animal Magnetism, was coined by the German doctor Franz Mesmer (1734 – 1815). He claimed that there’s an invisible natural [ ... ]