Ether, Pneuma, Psyche, and Life Energy | Vital Life Force
Ether, Pneuma, Psyche, and Life Energy | Vital Life Force
In this post, we take a look at the ancient Greek concepts of ether (aether), pneuma, and psyche, how they relate to each other and to the idea of Vit [ ... ]
Élan Vital | Henri Bergson and Vital Life Force
Élan Vital | Henri Bergson and Vital Life Force
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859 – 1941) was a French philosopher who used the term Élan Vital to describe the mysterious force that drives Life, present [ ... ]
Orgone | Wilhelm Reich, Vital Life Energy, and Sexuality
Orgone | Wilhelm Reich, Vital Life Energy, and Sexuality
The concept of the existence of Orgone Energy (or Orgone Radiation) was developed in the 1930s by Wilhelm Reich (1897 – 1957), an Austrian physician [ ... ]
Prana Vital Force | The Indian Breath of Life
Prana Vital Force | The Indian Breath of Life
Prana is an Indian term often translated as Vital Life Force Energy (or alternatively Life Force or Life Energy), and typically refers to vital energy [ ... ]
Life Force, Energy Pathways, and Energy Centers
Life Force, Energy Pathways, and Energy Centers
Vital Life Energy (Life Force), Life Energy Channels, and Vital Points concepts play an important role in quite a number of traditional medicine and s [ ... ]
Abdominal Massage and Life Energy | Qi and Prana
Abdominal Massage and Life Energy | Qi and Prana
Vital Life Energy concepts (Qi, Ki, Lom Pran, or Prana) play an important role in quite a number of abdominal massages, notably those that originate i [ ... ]
Dantian Energy Centers | Dan Tien Microcosmic Orbit
Dantian Energy Centers | Dan Tien Microcosmic Orbit
The Dantian, also written as Dan T’ian, Dan Tien, Tant tien, or Tan T’ien, can be translated as “elixir fields,” “burners,” [ ... ]
Chakras | Prana Transformation and Distribution Centers
Chakras | Prana Transformation and Distribution Centers
Chakra (or Cakra) is the Indian Sanskrit name for wheel, circle or cycle, and is thought to be a location in the subtle or pranic body, a “distr [ ... ]
The Concept of Lom Pran and Prana in Thai Massage
The Concept of Lom Pran and Prana in Thai Massage
Prana is an Indian Sanskrit word for Life Force or Vital Energy, and an important concept in Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM), notably in Thai Massage. [ ... ]
TCM Meridians | Qi Life Energy Channels
TCM Meridians | Qi Life Energy Channels
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory says that the human body is permeated with Meridians (Channels), a network of Qi Life Force energy and condu [ ... ]