An energy believed to animate us. These beliefs vary.
| Term | Source | English Translation | Use and/or Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bioenergy | Eastern European | The universal life force believed to tie all things together. Also, believed that the human will can control and direct it. | |
| In Eastern European healing disciplines the term was borrowed from Wilhelm Reich to describe the life force within the body. | |||
| Zdenek Rejdak (Czech researcher) | A method of touch healing based on the concept of prana. Believed to be transmitted through biocurrents in the aura to balance and revitalized the patient, even at a distance. | ||
| Ki | Japanese | breath, ether or gas | Chinese concept of qi was absorbed into Shinto beliefs relating spirit and nature. Samurai warriors changed the idea 0f ki and it has carried over into modern martial arts. |
| Mana | Huna | Life Force | The basic life force having the power to build and maintain forms (physical bodies) and operates in the Unihipili (lower self - subconscious). |
| Mana-Mana | Creative willpower in the uhane (middle self - conscious) creating thought and emotion. | ||
| Mana-loa | Energy believed to effect instantaneous healings and miracles operating in the Aumakua (high self - superconscious). | ||
| Od (also, Odic Force and Odyle) | Baron Karl von Reichenbach | Made a scientific case for the universal life force in Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat and Light in their relations to Vital Forces | |
| Orgone | Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) | Hypothesized a primordial cosmic energy or vital force in The Discovery of the Orgone: The Function of the Orgasm; Sex-Economic Problems of Biological Energy and The Cancer Biopathy. He was jailed by the Food and Drug Administration for ignoring its rulings to not use his "orgone accumulator" device and the term "orgone." When he died in jail, his orgone accumulators and books were destroyed. | |
| Prana | Sanskrit | life force, vigor or vitality | An ancient Hindu belief that universal prana (divine power, essence of all force, motion and power) acts in and on the akasha (one of the basic elements of the universe). Prana concentrations correspond to negative ion concentrations. |
| Yoga and Tantra Yoga | Chakras transform the infinite supply of universal prana into personal prana for vital energy. | ||
| Qi | Chinese | breath, ether or gas | A metaphysical concept that evolved via philosophers to become dualistic (yin-yang) and the basis for I Ching. The qi life force is converted in the body to spiritual energy and heat. Flow of qi through the body is believed to be important to mental and physical health. |
"The Force" be with you!