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Author: The Power Of Yin From Chapter III of The Power of Yin: Barbara: I would like to ask you, Jean, whether you have specific images of the future. Don't use the word future if it is too linear. Jean: I don't even have to talk about my own images; I can talk about what is emerging. We don't allow prophesy in our culture, so it goes underground and comes up as science fiction. In the 1880s and '90s, the mode of science fiction was hardware science fiction: the ship to the moon, the ship under the sea, the laser. In the 1920s and '30s, this becomes manifest. In the '30s and '40s, the cutting edge of science fiction is sociological science fiction: Brave New World, 1984. And we're well on our way to that. In the 1960s and '70s, two dominant forms have been emerging: psychological science fiction and ecological science fiction. Consider Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, or the books of Carlos Castaneda, or 2001. Wonderful science fiction! And they're all about mut

Author: Bronwen Stiene Usui Mikao is quoted saying in the Reiki Ryôhô Hikkei that the mind and body are one. Recent studies in the world of science are beginning to finally comprehend that statement. Brainwaves and body pulses and their role in stimulating healing can all be measured today allowing the concept of Reiki, as spiritual energy, to be more widely understood by the medical community. The growth of the system of Reiki is benefited by this community awareness and acceptance. The introduction of Therapeutic Touch by Dolores Krieger into nursing in the 1970s has increased interest in other energetic systems such as Reiki. This in turn has boosted the amount of research that has recently been undertaken using Reiki and other forms of energetic work. The system of Reiki is also being accepted into hospitals across the world. Patients can often either bring their Reiki practitioner with them or Reiki is made available to them. The article ‘The first Reiki Practitioner