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.
The idea of healing with Prana Life Force is a very ancient concept, already applied millennia in India, for instance. In fact, a range of treatments in Ayurveda Medicine and many Yoga practices work with [ Read more … ]
The term Biofield , which is a contraction of the phrase Biological Field, was proposed in 1992 by a committee of CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) practitioners and researchers, organized by the Office of Alternative [ Read more … ]
Animism, a term derived from the Latin anima, is the belief that all things in the universe possess a unique i.e. distinct spiritual, divine, or living essence. Animism is often considered the oldest and most [ Read more … ]
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752 – 1840), commonly referred to as the “Father of German Vitalism,” was a physician, naturalist, biologist, physiologist, and anthropologist. One of the important elements of Blumenbach’s work contained the conception of [ Read more … ]
The word aura is both an ancient Greek and Latin word, which can mean “breeze,” “wind,” “air,” “breath,” or “air in motion.” Although the idea of auras existed already earlier, the concept was made popular [ Read more … ]
Ase, Ashe, Axe, or Ache is a philosophical, cosmological, and religious concept of the Yoruba people, which is conceived as a Sacred Power, Divine Energy, or Life Force that can change things or make things [ Read more … ]
Vitalism is the belief or concept that all life forms (and in some definitions also all inanimate phenomena) are driven, ruled, or created by a mysterious, primordial “Vital Force” or “Vital Energy.” The notion of [ Read more … ]
Mana is a concept found in Austronesia, notably among Polynesian and Melanesian peoples. Polynesia is defined as the region with countries such as Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, Hawaii, and New Zealand, and Melanesia includes New Guinea, [ Read more … ]
The term Odic Force was coined by Baron Carl von Reichenbach (1788 – 1869) to describe a mysterious, all-permeating Life Principle, Vital Life Force, or Universal Life Energy. Odic Force, also called Od or Odyle [ Read more … ]
The Inuit are the indigenous inhabitants from what is now the area of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Sometimes, the Yup’ik i.e. Yupik (from the far east of Russia i.e. Siberia) are also included in the [ Read more … ]