Proceeding NovDec01 Overview
Bridging Worlds and Filling Gaps in the Science of Spiritual Healing
Keauhou Beach Resort, Kona, Hawaii
November 29-December 4, 2001
Sponsors
Laurance Rockefeller Family Foundation
Samueli Institute
North Hawaii Community Hospital
Five Mountains Medical Community
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Richard S. Pavek Foundation
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity
Purpose & Focus
To build on two previous conferences on the science of spiritual healing by addressing the traditional healing practices of Hawaii, and presenting research data on intentional effect, energy medicine and spiritual healing in Asia, problems encountered in conducting research with subtle energy measurement devices and the ability to access health information intuitively, current data on brain function during spiritual practices and healing, and examination of exceptional human body functions.
Audience
Basic and clinical research scientists, health providers, government officials involved in research policy
Outcome
Conference Proceedings for 37 papers were published May 2002.
Table of Contents
WELCOME AND SUMMARY OF CONFERENCES
Wayne B Jonas, MD
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD
Mitchell W Krucoff, MD
INVESTIGATIONS OF HEALING IN THE EAST
SITUATION OF PILOT STUDIES IN JAPAN ON "HUMAN POTENTIAL
SCIENCE"
Mikio Yamamoto, PhD
DMILS-ARE THERE ANY EFFECTS OTHER THAN SUGGESTION IN EXTERNAL QI OR
KI?
Mikio Yamamoto, PhD
Hideyuki Kokubo, BSc
Kimiko Kawano, PhD
Masataka Tanaka, BEg
Tong Zhang, MD
Weizhong Chen, MEg
ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY (EDA) AND SKIN TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN REMOTE
ACTION "TOH-ATE"
Hideyuki Kokubo, BSc
Weizhong Chen, MEg
Mikio Yamamoto, PhD
Kimiko Kawano, PhD
A STUDY OF EEG IN THE ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Kimiko Kawano, PhD
Mikio Yamamoto, PhD
Hideyuki Kokubo, BSc
IMAGING OF BRAIN FUNCTION AT MEDITATION USING POSITRON EMISSION
TOMOGRAPHY
Masatoshi Itoh, MD
Laxmi Narayan Singh, MD, PhD
Keiichiro Yamaguchi, MD, PhD
Shoichi Watanuki,
Myeong Gi Jeong
Ren Iwata
PULSED ELECTRO-IMPEDANCE AND NIR PHOTOMETRY MEASUREMENTS OF MENTAL
AND HEALING EFFECTS
Mami Kido, PhD
THE EXTERNAL QIGONG SIMULATOR AND ITS EFFECTS TO THE HUMAN BODY
Yoshio Machi, PhD
Sufang Chen, PhD
Chao Liu
HunSoo Kim
A NEW APPROACH TO THE STUDIES OF SUBTLE ENERGIES, JOREI, AND ITS
APPLICATION TO STRESS REDUCTION
Hisanobu Sugano, PhD
Shigenori Shirouzu, PhD
AN OVERVIEW OF SUBTLE ENERGIES RESEARCH
James L OschmanPhD
EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN FUNCTIONS
PERCEPTION OF "REMNANT INFORMATION" BY SPECIAL INDUCTIVE FUNCTION OF
HUMAN BODY
Shouliang Chen
Muyan He
Heping (Peace) Cheng, PhD
INDUCIBILITY AND UNIVERSALITY OF SPECIAL INDUCTIVE FUNCTION OF THE
HUMAN BODY
Shouliang Chen
Muyan He
FINGER READING: PHENOMENA AND IMPLICATION
Si-Chen Lee
Daren Tang, PhD
Chien-Te Chen, PhD
Shih-Chin Feng, PhD
THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL QI OF QIGONG ON BIOMOLECULAR CONFORMATION
[III]
Deying Chu, PhD
Wenzhi Yang
Binhui He
Kevin Chen, PhD
THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL QI OF QIGONG ON BIOMOLECULAR CONFORMATION
[IV]
Deying Chu, PhD
Wenzhi Yang
Yunhu Shen
Huihua Yu
Linhu Fang
Lijuan Chunyu
Shuhua Sha
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 OR MOTOR FUNCTION & CANCER; THEIR EFFECTIVE
TREATMENT USING THE SELECTIVE DRUG UPTAKE ENHANCEMENT METHOD WITH (+) QIGONG
ENERGY-STORED PAPER, AND NORMAL CELL TELOMERE-DECREASING EFFECT OF (+) QIGONG
ENERGY-STORED PAPER ON TRUE ST. 36
Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, FACA, FICAE, FAAIM
REVIEW OF HISTORY, FINDINGS, AND IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH ON
EXCEPTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY IN CHINA
Leping Zha, PhD
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND INDUCTION OF MEDITATION AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
AN OVERVIEW OF NEUORSCIENCES AND SPIRITUAL HEALING
Steve Baumann, PhD
EEG CHANGES DURING QIGONG MEDITATION
Sihuan Yang
A NEUROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MEDITATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL
BRAIN IMAGING
Andrew B Newberg, MD
Jeremy Iversen
NEUROIMAGING: ONE PART OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE STUDY
OF MEDITATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
James Austin, MD
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT IN SPIRITUAL HEALING EEG
EEG AMPLITUDE, BRAIN MAPPING & SYNCHRONY IN AND BETWEEN A
BIOENERGY PRACTITIONER AND CLIENT DURING HEALING
Steven L Fahrion, PhD
Mietek Wirkus
Patricia Pooley
MEASUREMENT OF SPIRITUAL HEALING AND PAIN CONTROL PRACTICES FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST: A CASE REPORT
Howard Hall, PhD, PsyD
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF PRANIC HEALING USING FUNCTIONAL
MAGNETIC RESONANCE [fMRI]
Joie P Jones, PhD
BIOLOGY, HISTORY AND INDIVIDUALITY
Ralph Greenspan, PhD
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF NON-LOCAL CONNECTIVITY
NEURAL ENERGY TRANSFER BETWEEN HUMAN SUBJECTS AT A DISTANCE
Leanna J Standish, ND, PhD, Dipl. Acup
L. Clark Johnson, PhD
Leila Kozak, MSc, D. Hom
Todd Richards, PhD
TRANSFERRED POTENTIALS: FACT OR ARTIFACT? RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY
Harald Walach, PhD
Christian Seiter, MSc, MA
Holger Keibel, MSc
QUANTIFYING THE FIELD EFFECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: FROM INCREASED EEG
COHERENCE TO REDUCED INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
David W Orme-Johnson, PhD
HOW HEALING HAPPENS: EXPLORING THE NON-LOCAL GAP
Larry Dossey, MD
MEASUREMENT OF SUBTLE “ENERGY” AND INTUITIVE DIAGNOSIS
REMOTE VIEWING: A SUMMARY AND CRITICAL REVIEW
Jessica Utts, PhD
TELEPATHY IN THE GANZFELD: THE STATE OF THE EVIDENCE
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD
Dean Radin, PhD
SELECTED RESEARCH ON INTUITIVE DIAGNOSIS
INTUITIVE DIAGNOSIS RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Larry Burk, MD
INTUITIVE ASSESSMENTS
Daniel J Benor, MD
THE UNFOLDING STORY OF HEALING HEALTHCARE IN NORTH HAWAII
Patrick Linton
SUBTLE “ENERGY” MEASUREMENT
REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY BIOFIELD MEASURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY
MEDICINE AND SPIRITUAL HEALING
Gary E Schwartz, PhD
MEASUREMENT OF THE BIOFIELD: OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTS AND
SPECULATIONS
Richard R Pavek
SUBTLE ENERGY IMAGING WITH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Charles G Overby III
SETTING AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH IN HEALING
A MARVELOUS BRIDGE TO THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
Jay Moskowitz, PhD
Contributing Authors
James H. Austin, MD
University of Idaho
Steve Baumann, PhD
Psychology Software Tools, Inc.
Daniel J. Benor, MD
International Journal of Healing and Caring
Larry Burk, MD
Duke Center for Integrative Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Chien-Te Chen, PhD
Department of Physics
National Taiwan University
Kevin Chen, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School
Shouliang Chen
College of Life Sciences
Peking University
Sufang Chen, PhD
Department of Electronic Engineering
Tokyo Denki University
Weizhong Chen, MEg
Yamamoto Bio-Emission Laboratory
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Heping [Peace] Cheng, PhD
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science
National Institute on Aging
Ronald A Chez, MD
Samueli Institute
Deying Chu, PhD
The College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Peking University
Lijuan Chunyu
Institute of Genetics
Fudan University
Larry Dossey, MD
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Steve L. Fahrion, PhD
Life Science Institute of Mind-Body Health, Inc.
Linhu Fang
Department of Electronics and Engineering
Fudan University
Shih-Chin Feng, PhD
Department of Neurology
Shin-kong WHS Memorial Hospital
Ralph J. Greenspan, PhD
The Neurosciences Institute
Howard R. Hall, PhD, PsyD
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Binhui He
World Institute for Self Healing
Muyan He
Peking University
College of Life Sciences
Masatoshi Itoh, MD
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Tohoku University, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center
Jeremy Iversen
Stanford University
Ren Iwata, PhD
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Myeong Gi Jeong
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Tohoku University, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center
L. Clark Johnson, PhD
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health
University of Washington, School of Nursing
Wayne B Jonas, MD
Samueli Institute
Joie P. Jones, PhD
Department of Radiological Services
University of California, Irvine
Kimiko Kawano, PhD
Center for Informatics and Sciences
Nippon Medical School
Holger Keibel, MSc
Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology
Universitatsklinikum Freiburg
Mami Kido, PhD
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Information Science
Tohoku-Gakuin University
HumSoo Kim
Technology Center, Samsung SDI Co. LTD
Hideyuki Kokubo, BSc
Yamamoto Bio-Emission Laboratory
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Leila Kozak, MS, Di Hom
Bastyr University
Mitchell W Krucoff, MD
Ischemia Monitoring Laboratory
Duke University Medical Center
Si-Chen Lee
Department of Electrical Engineering
Dean of Academic Affairs
National Taiwan University
Patrick Linton
Five Mountains Hawaii
Chao Liu
Department of Electronic Engineering
Tokyo Denki University
Yoshio Machi, PhD
Department of Electronic Engineering
Tokyo Denki University
Ed May, PhD
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
Jay Moskowitz, PhD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Andrew B. Newberg, MD
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, FACA, FICAE, FAAIM
Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research
David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
Maharishi University of Medicine
James L Oschman, PhD
Nature’s Own Research Association
Charles G. Overby, III
Richard R. Pavek
The SHEN Therapy Institute
Patricia Pooley
Life Science Institute of Mind-Body Health, Inc.
Dean Radin, PhD
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Todd Richards, PhD
Department of Radiology
University of Washington
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Gary E.R. Schwartz, PhD
High Energy Systems Laboratory
Department of Psychology
University of Arizona, Tucson
Christian Seiter, MSc, MA
Department of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology
Universitatsklinikum Freiburg
Shuhua Sha
Department of Physics
The Second Shanghai Industry University
Yunhu Shen
Department of Electronics and Engineering
Fudan University
Shigenori Shirouzu, PhD
Life Science Institute, MOA Health Science Foundation
Laxmi Narayan Singh, MD, PhD
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Tohoku University, Cyclotron
Radioisotope Center
Leanna J. Standish, ND, PhD, Dipl Acup
Bastyr University Research Institute
Hisanobu Sugano PhD
Life Science Institute, MOA Health Science Foundation
Masataka Tanaka, BEg
Yamamoto Bio-Emission Laboratory
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Daren Tang, PhD
Department of Psychology
National Taiwan University
Jessica Utts, PhD
Department Of Statistics
University of California, Davis
Harald Walach, PhD
Department of Complementary Medicine Evaluation
Universitatsklinikum Freiburg
Shoichi Watanuki
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Tohoku University, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center
Mietek Wirkus
Wirkus Bioenergy Foundation
Keiichiro Yamaguchi, MD, PhD
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Tohoku University, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center
Mikio Yamamoto, PhD
Yamamoto Bio-emission Laboratory
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Sihuan Yang
Department of Traditional Medicine
Beijing University
Wenzhi Yang
The College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Peking University
Dr. Hideo Yoichi
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Huihua Yu
Department of Electronics and Engineering
Fudan University
Tong Zhang, MD
Yamamoto Bio-Emission Laboratory
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Leping Zha, PhD
Research and Development Center
Toshiba America MRI, INC.
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