In one device, a sufficiently strong magnetic field is applied to a non-magnetic metal chamber containing a pressurized inert-gas mixture (e.g., 25X atmospheric pressure). In another more convenient and inexpensive device, the inert-gas mixture and a small magnet are enclosed within an airtight, Pyrex-glass capsule (about 1 ½ by ¼ inch) under relatively low pressure. These inert-gas pendants can be readily placed at the point of injury, for example worn around the neck or held close to some other body area.

Human Energy Fields:

We are primarily beings of energy, which determines our physical, biochemical, and physiological nature. This is a key principle behind many ancient and indigenous healing traditions, such as acupuncture's qi and Ayurvedic medicine's pranic energy. Even contemporary medicine has recently begun to revisit the idea under the emerging disciplines of energy medicine and psychoneuroimmunology.

Energy fields (also called energy body, etheric body, subtle body, etc.) that surround and permeate our physical body define much our energetic nature. When these energy fields are factored in, our physical body represents only a small component of who we are. Although the ability to closely observe such fields has often been limited to intuitives and spiritual healers, most people at some level can sense them. These fields help to explain the intuitive feelings one has for another, including instant dislikes or physical chemistry. The halos and auras surrounding spiritual beings portrayed in many religious traditions represent a higher manifestation of these fields.

As discussed by Dr. Valerie Hunt in her book "Infinite Mind," sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology can detect these fields. Interestingly, what is detected correlates well to what is observed independently by sensitive intuitives. This technology, however, only detects the lower-vibrational electromagnetic components of our fields, which range from these components to the powerful etheric forces discussed previously.

In the book "Hands of Light," former NASA scientist Barbara Brennan explains how the human energy field is composed of at least seven consecutive layers of increasing vibrational energy. Intersecting the body and the energy field are seven tornado-like energy vortexes in Eastern traditions called charkas, which convert high vibrational energy into energy that the body can assimilate.

Our energy network includes in front of the spinal cord a power column, which receives energy from the chakras and transmits it vertically through the body. A spinal cord injury decreases the energy flow through the body because of the cord's proximity to the power column and because the energy received by the lower chakras is reduced.

The more familiar acupuncture points and meridians are further down our energetic pipeline, bringing downloaded energy to a more specific organ level.

Basically, the physical body is the lowest vibrational state of our energetic self. As a rough visualization, envision our energy fields as a set of Russian dolls in which each doll is enclosed by a larger one. The innermost doll represents our physical body, which is then consecutively enclosed by larger dolls of increasing vibrational energy.

Imbalances or blockages in your energy network will predispose you to illness. Basically, disease has its origins in the energy field, which then progressively manifest at the molecular, cellular, and body-system levels.

The energy field responds to stimulus, such as sound, even though you experience no conscious awareness of the stimulus and before changes are noted in physiological parameters such as brain waves, blood pressure, etc. Based upon this presaging, technology can measure and assess energy disturbances in the field long before the onset of physical disease.

The Body Double:

Every part of the physical body has a higher vibrational component (called para) within the energy field, such as the para-brain, para-eyes, para-bones, para-skin, and para-spinal cord.

Specifically, the field closest to the body contains the template for the entire body, duplicating every cell and organ. Because the physical body interacts with its higher vibrational version, as an acute spinal cord injury evolves over time into a chronic injury, the distorted physical will be imprinted onto the higher-level, energetic template. This locks the injury more into place, and, as a result, it becomes much more difficult for healing to take place by exclusively focusing on the physical.

This is a fundamental limitation in our conventional medicine. It is like trying to push a car in one direction when the steering wheel is cranked for another direction. In contrast, alternative energy healers attempt to minimize these energetic barriers to physiological healing in SCI by mending the field's dysfunctional energy vectors.