BOOKS AND CDS
The book, The Energy Cure, tells the story about how Dr. Bengston got into healing and covers the development of the method, much of his early experiences in the lab and with clinical situations. Bengston challenges us to totally rethink what we believe about our ability to heal. The Energy Cure is translated into German, Spanish, Dutch and Romanian. To order in English Sounds True or Amazon — in German — in Spanish — in Dutch. The Romanian version is out-of-print.
The CD set, Hands On Healing: A Training Course in the Energy Cure, is an attempt to lay out the healing techniques, along with drill and practice. If one can not attend a workshop, this is the best way to learn the method. The CD set is available in English through Sounds True.
RESEARCH, ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
This section includes research papers published in peer reviewed journals as well as published articles and essays. The material is divided by topic. Note that a few of the papers are not available as links.
Water Studies
"A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial on Hospitalized Covid Patients Using Informed Water" Although this study focuses on the treatment of Covid, the underlying and key finding is that there is further evidence for storing healing in water and scaling it. It is open source and published by the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
"A Replication of a Clinical Social Experiment of Device-Infused Resonant Water", The third in a series of clinical social experiments designed to test the feasibility of transitioning “healing by intention” from its historically dominant one-on-one method of administration to one that potentially provides a scalable method for widespread dissemination.
"A Clinical Social Experiment of Device Infused Resonant Water", A write up of a second water study carried out in The Netherlands and Dutch speaking Belgium.
"Energized Water Study", This document reports the results of an initial study involving Energized Water.
Recording Healing Intention to Make it “Scalable”
"Differential In Vivo Effects on Cancer Models by Recorded Magnetic Signals Derived From a Healing Technique," Dose Response, April-June 2023 (with Paul Cizdziel, Akane Tanaka, and Hiroshi Matsuda).
The present study tests the effects of a scalable recording of the Bengston Healing Method on 3 cancer models. While the effects of the recording seem to vary by model, there appears reason to pursue scalable delivery systems in multiple models and with multiple doses.
"Transcriptional Changes in Cancer Cells Induced by Exposure to a Healing Method," Dose Response, July 2018 (with Sarah Beseme, Dean Radin, Michael Turner, John McMichael).
This article is a bit of a breakthrough, in that it is published in a “conventional” biology journal. The article demonstrates that healing intention can indeed be recorded and stored, and that the playback of the intention produces significant biological responses in cancer cells in-vitro.
Available at this URL: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1559325818782843
“Effects Induced In Vivo by Exposure to Magnetic Signals Derived From a Healing Technique,” Dose Response, March 2020 (with Sarah Beseme, Loren Fast, Michael Turner, and John McMichael).
This is a follow up paper to “Transcriptional Changes…” above. That paper demonstrated that healing intention can indeed be recorded and stored, and that the playback of the intention produces significant biological responses in cancer cells in-vitro. This paper applies that same technique to cancerous mice in-vivo. Unfortunately, the animal ethics committee aborted the experiment when the mice grew tumors of a certain size, even though they showed no signs of distress (this was similar to the results of hands-on experiments with cancerous mice previously performed). Nonetheless, we were able to salvage useful data which indicate that indeed biological activity had been stimulated.
Brain States and the Place of Intention in Healing
"Questioning the Importance of Conscious Awareness in Alternative Healing," EdgeScience Magazine, #33, March/April 2018.
Some Reflections on Consciousness, Intention, and Healing, pp. 101-118 in Brenda Dunne & Robert Jahn, Being and Biology: Is Consciousness the Life Force? ICRL Press, 2017.
“The Healing Connection: EEG Harmonics, Entrainment, and Schumann’s Resonances,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 24(4), Winter 2010 (with Luke Hendricks and Jay Gunkelman)
Notes
The EdgeScience piece is adapted from the chapter in Dunne & Jahn’s anthology. "Some Reflections. . ." goes into more technical data on brain correlates to healing discovered using fMRIs at the University of Connecticut and Thomas Jefferson medical schools.
The Healing Connection piece is the first (I think) demonstration that brains can go into a “phase lock” at a distance when my healing technique is practiced.
Changes in Physical Space Associated with Healing
“Anomalous DC Magnetic Field Activity during a Bioenergy Healing Experiment,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 24(3), Fall 2010 (with Margaret Moga)
Notes
This piece looks into some correlates to healing using geomagnetic probes to measure changes in the lab when healing occurs.
Healing, Placebo Effects, and Resonance
"Examining Biological and Physical Correlates to Anomalous Healing," Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (JAHVMA), Vol 55, Summer 2019
“Spirituality, Connection, and Healing with Intent: Reflections on Cancer Experiments on Laboratory Mice.” In Lisa Miller (ed), Oxford U. Press, 2012.
“Resonance, Placebo Effects, and Type II Errors: Some Implications from Healing Research for Experimental Methods,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol 13, April 2007. (with Margaret Moga)
“The Effect of the ‘Laying-On of Hands’ on Transplanted Breast Cancer in Mice,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol 14(3), Fall 2000. (with David Krinsley)
Notes
The “Spirituality. . .” piece takes a long view reflecting on some implications of the mice experiments and the experiences of the volunteer healers. The “Resonance…” piece focuses on the possibility that physically separated groups might not be independent. This potentially leads to misinterpretations of data and can also be used to help explain how placebos work. “The Effect…” is my first publication of healing cancerous mice.
Teaching Healing
“Can Healing Be Taught?” Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, vol. 4(3), May/June 2008. (with Don Murphy)
"A Method Used to Train Skeptical Volunteers to Heal in an Experimental Setting,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol 13, April 2007.
Notes
“A Method Used to Train. . .” is a short, written description of those techniques. “Can Healing Be Taught” suggests that there has never been a competent pre/post test for healing efficacy, and so by the strictest definition the question of the teachability of healing remains open.
Methodological Complications and Challenges
“Challenges for Preclinical Investigations of Human Biofield Modalities,” Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2015; 4(supp.). (with Gloria Gronowicz and Garret Yount).
“The Boggle Factor” EdgeScience Magazine, #12, October-December, 2012.
“Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: Going Beyond even Meta-Analysis on Distant Intention,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol 18(6), June 2012.
“Some Implications of the Reported Effects of Johrei on the Viability and Proliferation of Cultured Cancer Cells In Vitro," Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol.18(3), March 2012.
“Resonance, Placebo Effects, and Type II Errors: Some Implications from Healing Research for Experimental Methods,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol 13, April 2007. (with Margaret Moga)
“Methodological Difficulties Involving Control Groups in Healing Research,” (Link not available.) Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol.10(1), February 2004.
The following three pieces are from Letters to the Editor in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15(1), Spring 2001. They are all included in this link.
- “Anomalies in Anomalous Research,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15(1), Spring 2001.
- “Scientific Disclosure,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15(1), Spring 2001.
- “Directions in Healing Research,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15(1), Spring 2001.
A Selection of Essays and Commentaries
“A Personal Tribute to Bob Jahn,” The Journal of Scientific Exploration, 32(1), Spring 2018.
“The Father of Healing Research: Bernard Grad,” Energy Magazine, May/June, 2016.
Science and Hands-On Healing,” Bridges Magazine, vol. 21(2), 2011.
“Breakthrough: Clues to Healing with Intention,” EdgeScience Magazine, January-March, 2010.
“Some Implications of the Bengston/Krinsley Healing Experiments,” Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts, Vol. 30-31, December 2000.