The Tao of Bioenergetics

East and West

Paperback | 22 July 1993 | Edition Number 1

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The Tao of Bioenergetics is the first comprehensive study of the use of Energetics as a scientific model (paradigm) in both western and eastern thought. This book traces the history and uses of Qi (Chi), the bioenergy of China, from the I-Ching through physics, astrology, Feng Shui and alchemy. The author demonstrates how the findings of the ancient Chinese Qigong masters were paralleled and confirmed in the early works of Hippocrates, Parclsus and Mesmer. He then shows the confirmation of Qigong theory in the modern clinical and experimental discoveries of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen. Also included are extensive excerpts from the published works of notable eastern scholars such as Yang, Ni, and Lu. Special attention is given to the experiments of Wilhelm Reich to show the objectivity of the energy paradigm, and his experiments are quoted at length as scientific confirmation of eastern Qigong. Finally, a synthesis is suggested and conclusions drawn for the future use of the broader energy paradigm in global science and human development.

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"Katchmer provides an insightful and exhaustive explanation of the differences between eastern and western scientific disciplines, and lays the foundation for a bridge between the two." -- Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, author, founder of YMAA "In the remarkable attempt at synthesis represented by the book you hold, the author tries to link eastern and western traditions of science and physiology through their separate yet parallel attempts to describe the highly abstract concept of energy." -- Dr. Thomas Gutheil, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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Acknowledgments
Biography
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
The Energy Paradigm in China	p. 1
China: A Society Based on Energetics	p. 3
Macrocosmic Qi	p. 21
Human Qi and Chinese Medicine	p. 46
Uses of Qi: Qigong	p. 74
Uses of Qi: Alchemy	p. 89
The Energy Paradigm in the West	p. 107
The West: The Avoidance of Change	p. 109
Western Medical History	p. 126
The Theory of Libido	p. 142
Wilhelm Reich and Bio-Physics	p. 157
Alexander Lowen - The Spirit in Reich's Body	p. 189
Pictures of Energy - Jung Revisited	p. 203
Conclusion	p. 214
Bibliography	p. 219
Appendix A Translation of Chinese Terms	p. 224
Index	p. 226
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