Richard Niemtzow is a radiation oncologist and Air Force
physician (and former affiliate of The Mutual UFO Network and alien contactee) and an ardent promoter of woo in the military, most
famously “auricular acupuncture,” or, as it’s sometimes called, “battlefield acupuncture,” (yep)
which is, insidiously enough, offered for post-traumatic stress disorder. But
Niemtzow (and his colleague Stephen Burns) goes further than acupuncture – he
also promotes healing touch and
reiki, “energy medicine” based on medieval vitalism.
“Healing touch (also called therapeutic touch or Reiki) is an energy-based,
non-invasive treatment that restores and balances the human energy field to
help decrease pain and promote healing,” says Niemtzow and his allies, and have
conducted unblinded pseudostudies to justify it (along with something called “chakra spread”, which includes instructions to
“focus on the love that God has for this person while slowly spreading both
hands outward as far as possible three times”; “pull access energy off the legs
and feet by placing your hand over each leg and moving slowly downward”; and
“visualize energy being pulled up from the earth through your spine and
spreading throughout your body.”) If the above-mentioned nonsense “study” is
not enough to convince you, Niemtzow has another one,
which is really just a collection of anecdotes – in short, when faced with a need for more
studies, Niemtzow and his ilk do less
rigorous ones, which is the only way he can get the studies to show what he
wants them to show. He has nevertheless apparently been somewhat successful at
evangelizing for his diverse brand of quasi-religious bullshit.
You can see navy captain Elwood Hopkins defend woo in the
military here,
giving you an object lesson in how not to do critical thinking and assessment.
There’s a good article on the nefariousness of Niemtzow’s
practices here.
Diagnosis: Madman and crackpot, and apparently one of the
most influential such at present. Unintentionally evil, and wielding enough
influence to be able to cause some actual harm to real people.
Remember the movie Avatar?
ReplyDeleteWhere all those blue people were connected by an
“energy”?
They were able to communicate with plants and
animals?
Well, that is not just a fantasy.
It turns out that kind of “energy” is real.
Deepak Chopra wrote about a study, where scientists
saw monkeys dipping potatoes in saltwater before
eating it.
Then they saw the rest of the tribe doing it.
Pretty logical so far right?
But get this: Monkeys in different parts of the WORLD
started dipping potatoes in salt water.
There was no way they could have communicated
with each other.
The only explanation was that they communicated
through an invisible, “intelligent energy.”
The Japanese call this energy “Ki”.
It stands for “Life Force”
In fact, a man named Mikao Usui developed a
SYSTEM of healing called Reiki.
And this system of healing uses this intelligent energy
to heal people.
It is one of the most ancient, profound and
POWERFUL healing arts in the world.
Reiki masters can HEAL just by touching someone
with their hands.
They can also heal people REMOTELY using their
intention.
It’s amazing.
It USED to take YEARS and THOUSANDS of dollars
to become a Reiki master.
But this guy named Owen Coleman discovered how
to attain these healing powers rapidly.
Even in as little as 48 hours.
According to him he already had this power, but
don’t realize it. And that’s we don’t have to spend too
much time learning it.
We just need to recognize it and release it.
[Check out his presentation on Reiki here.]
Alright, till next time.
Yours Truly,
Chandalie Perera
P.S. - Owen is offering a special training that
won't be around forever.
He's planning on releasing his training methods on
a large scale.
But for now, it is invitation only.
So, if I were you, I'd take advantage of that as well.
Look forward to hearing from you!
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