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WELCOME AND SUMMARY OF CONFERENCES I & II          iii

Wayne B Jonas (Samueli Institute for Information Biology™)
Marilyn Schlitz (Institute of Noetic Sciences)
Mitchell W Krucoff (Duke University Medical Center)

INVESTIGATIONS OF HEALING IN THE EAST
Situation of Pilot Studies in Japan on “Human Potential Science”          1
Mikio Yamamoto (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)

DMILS-Are There Any Effects Other Than Suggestion in External
Qi or Ki?         11
Mikio Yamamoto (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Hideyuki Kokubo, (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Kimiko Kawano (Nippon Medical School)
Masataka Tanaka (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Tong Zhang (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Weizhong Chen (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)

Electrodermal Activity (EDA) and Skin Temperature Changes in Remote Action “Toh-ate”          19
Hideyuki Kokubo (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Weizhong Chen (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Mikio Yamamoto (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Kimiko Kawano (Nippon Medical School)

A Study of EEG in the Altered State of Consciousness         28
Kimiko Kawano (Nippon Medical School )
Mikio Yamamoto (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Hideyuki Kokubo (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)

Imaging of Brain Function at Meditation Using Positron Emission Tomography          36
Masatoshi Itoh (Tohoku University)
Laxmi Narayan Singh (Tohoku University)
Keiichiro Yamaguchi (Tohoku University)
Shoichi Watanuki (Tohoku University)
Myeong Gi Jeong (Tohoku University)
Ren Iwata (Tohoku University)

Pulsed Electro-lmpedance and NIR Photometry Measurements of Mental and Healing Effects          43
Mami Kido (Tohoku-Gakuin University)

The External Qigong Simulator and its Effects to the Human Body          60
Yoshio Machi (Tokyo Denki University)
Sufang Chen (Tokyo Denki University)
Chao Liu (Tokyo Denki University)
HunSoo Kim (Samsung Display Devices)

A New Approach to the Studies of Subtle Energies, Jorei, and its Application to Stress Reduction          72
Hisanobu Sugano (Life Science Institute)
Shigenori Shirouzu (Life Science Institute)

An Overview of Subtle Energies Research         88
James L Oschman (Nature’s Own Research Association)

EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN FUNCTIONS

Perception of “Remnant Information” by Special Inductive Function of Human Body          97
Shouliang Chen (Peking University)
Muyan He (Peking University)
Heping (Peace) Cheng (National Institutes of Health)

Inducibility and Universality of Special Inductive Function of the Human Body          106
Shouliang Chen (Peking University)
Muyan He (Peking University)

Finger Reading: Phenomena and Implication         118
Si-Chen Lee (National Taiwan University)
Daren Tang (National Taiwan University)
Chien-Te Chen (National Taiwan University)
Shih-Chin Feng (Shin-kong WHS Memorial Hospital)

The Effects of External Qi of Qigong on Biomolecular Conformation [III]    132
Deying Chu (Peking University)
Wenzhi Yang (Peking University)
Binhui He (World Institute for Self Healing)
Kevin Chen (New Jersey Medical School)

The Effects of External Qi of Qigong on Biomolecular Conformation [IV]    138
Deying Chu (Peking University)
Wenzhi Yang (Peking University)
Yunhu Shen (Fudan University)
Huihua Yu (Fudan University)
Linhu Fang (Fudan University)
Lijuan Chunyu (Fudan University)
Shuhua Sha (Second Shanghai Industry University)

Abnormal Deposits of Metals, Decreased Acetylcholine, & Infections in the Brain as Major Causes of Electromagnetic Field Hypersensitivity, Strong (-) Qi, Pre-Alzheimer’s & Alzheimer’s Disease, Autism & Abnormal Mental orMotor Function, & Cancer; Their Effective Treatment Using the Selective Drug Uptake Enhancement Method with (+) Qi Gong Energy-Stored Paper, and Normal Cell Telomere-Increasing Effect & Cancer Cell Telomere-Decreasing Effect of (+) Qi Gong Energy-Stored Paper on True St. 36         150
Yoshiaki Omura (Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research)

Review of History, Findings, and Implications of Research on Exceptional Functions of the Human Body in China          177
Leping Zha (Toshiba America Research and Development Center)

NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND INDUCTION OF MEDITATION AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

An Overview of Neurosciences and Spiritual Healing          203
Steve Baumann (Psychology Software Tools)

EEG Changes during Qigong Meditation          218
Sihuan Yang (Beijing University)

A Neurochemical Analysis of Meditation: Implications for Functional Brain Imaging          222
Andrew B Newberg (University of Pennsylvania)
Jeremy Iversen (Stanford University)

Neuroimaging: One Part of a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study
of Meditative and Alternate States of Consciousness          236
James Austin (University of Idaho)

NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT IN SPIRITUAL HEALING EEG Amplitude, Brain Mapping, & Synchrony in and Between a Bioenergy Practitioner and Client During Healing          244
Steven L Fahrion (Life Science Institute of Mind-Body Health)
Mietek Wirkus (Wirkus Bioenergy Foundation)
Patricia Pooley (Life Science Institute of Mind-Body Health)

Measurement of Spiritual Healing and Pain Control Practices from the Middle East: A Case Report          260
Howard Hall (Case Western Reserve University)

Neurophysiological Measurements of Pranic Healing using Functional Magnetic Resonance [fMRI]          267
Joie P Jones (University of California, Irvine)

Biology, History and Individuality          274
Ralph Greenspan (The Neurosciences Institute)

NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF NON-LOCAL CONNECTIVITY

Neural Energy Transfer Between Human Subjects at a Distance           281
Leanna J Standish (Bastyr University)
L. Clark Johnson (University of Washington)
Leila Kozak (Bastyr University)
Todd Richards (University of Washington)

Transferred Potentials: Fact or Artifact? Results of a Pilot Study          303
Harald Walach (University of Freiberg)
Christian Seiter (University of Freiberg)
Holger Keibel (University of Freiberg)

Quantifying the Field Effects of Consciousness: From Increased EEG Coherence to Reduced International Terrorism          326
David W Orme-Johnson (Maharishi University of Medicine)

How Healing Happens: Exploring the Non-local Gap          347
Larry Dossey (Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine)

MEASUREMENT OF SUBTLE “ENERGY” AND INTUITIVE DIAGNOSIS

Remote Viewing: A Summary and Critical Review          377
Jessica Utts (University of California, Davis)

Telepathy in the Ganzfeld: The State of the Evidence          394
Marilyn Schlitz (Institute of Noetic Sciences)
Dean Radin (Institute of Noetic Sciences)

SELECTED RESEARCH ON INTUITIVE DIAGNOSIS

Intuitive Diagnosis Research Methodologies: Past, Present and Future       401
Larry Burk (Duke Center for Integrative Medicine)

Intuitive Assessments          410
Daniel J Benor (International Journal of Healing and Caring)

The Unfolding Story of Healing Healthcare in North Hawaii          420
Patrick Linton (Five Mountains Hawaii)

SUBTLE “ENERGY” MEASUREMENT

Review of Contemporary Biofield Measures: Implicationsfor Energy Medicine and Spiritual Healing         426
Gary E Schwartz (University of Arizona)

Measurement of the Biofield: Observation, Experiments and
Speculations          444
Richard R Pavek (The SHEN Therapy Institute)

Subtle Energy Imaging with Active and Passive Electronic Devices          463
Charles G Overby II (Princeton University)

SETTING AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH IN HEALING

A Marvelous Bridge to the Magic Mountain          474
Jay Moskowitz (Wake Forest University)