New Age Healers Are Not Crazy, They're Just Ahead? The Biophysics Behind Energy Healing

What if all those weird energy healers weren’t all that weird?

Well, some of them at least…

Could they just be echoing what ancient healing traditions (Chinese, Egyptian, Shamans, Indigenous, etc.) have been saying for thousands of years?

And while most scientists have rolled their eyes, a new article, “Advancing biophysics in energy-based clinical interventions: a narrative review,” is arguing something simple: maybe we’ve been looking in the wrong place.

Maybe the real action’s happening in the light.

It’s biophysics?

Every cell in your body emits faint light, called

ultraweak photon emissions. These aren't woo. They're measurable in real time with the right equipment. Sick or inflamed cells glow erratically. Cells in balance shine with order. Coherent light.

Here’s where it gets interesting.

After practices like Reiki, some studies show this glow shifts, becomes more structured, and more harmonious. It's linked to better protein expression and repair responses.

The study doesn’t romanticize energy medicine.

It puts it in the same category as electromagnetic therapies already used in mainstream medicine: PEMF for bone repair, shockwave therapy for blood flow, TMS for depression. These are FDA-approved, billable, and backed by imaging and trials.

The body responds to energy fields. That's not in question anymore. The new question is: can the body generate them too? And can someone be trained to direct them?

Apparently, yes.

Take mitochondria. They do more than pump out ATP. Inside them are proteins like MagR and magnetoferritin, which seem to act like microscopic antennae. They're sensitive to ultra-weak magnetic fields. Not only from a machines, but also from another human. That’s the hypothesis.

The mechanism might involve something called a “suction force,” a kind of quantum signal absorption.

Think of it like cells tuning into a signal they didn’t know they could hear.

These photons seem to move with purpose. They’re implicated in protein signaling, cellular repair, and intercellular communication. In essence, they carry information.

So what’s the takeaway?

Back to those healers.

Yes.

Some are frauds.

Some are amateurs.

But a subset of practitioners *may* be influencing the biophoton field of a patient, nudging biology toward order and coherence rather than chaos.

Skeptics aren't wrong to ask for proof.

And I want to point out the good and the bad aspects of evidence…

But ignoring early evidence because they don't fit the conventional playbook isn’t science.

It's dogma.

So, can “light” heal?

If it can communicate, organize, and trigger repair, then yes, in some cases, it probably already does.

And maybe that’s how it’s been working.

The mystics may have been right, just without the math.

But science may just be uncovering the tip of the iceberg.

And I am here for it.

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