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The Odic force (also called Od (), Odyle, Önd, Odes, Odylic, Odyllic, or Odems) is the name given in the mid-19th century to a hypothetical vital energy or life force by Baron Carl von Reichenbach. Von Reichenbach coined the name from that of the Norse god Odin in 1845.〔Theresa Levitt ''The Shadow of Enlightenment: Optical and Political Transparency in France, 1789-1848'' 2009, p. 113〕 ==History== As von Reichenbach was investigating the manner in which the human nervous system could be affected by various substances, he conceived the existence of a new force allied to electricity, magnetism, and heat, a force which he thought was radiated by most substances, and to the influence of which different persons are variously sensitive.〔Serge Kahili King, Serge King ''Earth Energies: A Quest for the Hidden Power of the Planet'' 1992, Chapter 3 The Odic Force and Reichenbach, pp. 38-60〕 He named this vitalist concept ''Odic force''. Proponents say that Odic force permeates all plants, animals, and humans.〔Mary Coddington ''Seekers of the Healing Energy: Reich, Cayce, the Kahunas, and Other Masters of the Vital Force'' 1991, p. 67〕 Believers in Odic force said that it is visible in total darkness as colored auras surrounding living things, crystals, and magnets, but that viewing it requires hours first spent in total darkness, and only very sensitive people have the ability to see it.〔Peter Johannes Thiel ''The Diagnosis Of Disease By Observation Of The Eye To Enable Physicians, Healers, Teachers, Parents to Read the Eyes'' Kessinger Reprint Edition, 2004, p. 52〕 They also said that it resembles the eastern concepts prana and qi. However, they regarded the ''Odic force'' as not associated with breath (like India's prana and the qi of Eastern martial arts) but rather mainly with biological electromagnetic fields.〔Mark Woodhouse ''Paradigm Wars: Worldviews for a New Age'' 1996, pp. 191-192〕 Von Reichenbach did not tie Odic force into other vitalist theories. Baron von Reichenbach expounded the concept of Odic force in detail in a book-length article, ''Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat and Light in their Relations to Vital Forces'', which appeared in a special issue of a respected scientific journal, ''Annalen der Chemie und Physik''. He said that (1) the Odic force had a positive and negative flux, and a light and dark side; (2) individuals could forcefully "emanate" it, particularly from the hands, mouth, and forehead; and (3) the Odic force had many possible applications. The Odic force was conjectured to explain the phenomenon of hypnotism. In Britain, impetus was given to this view of the subject following the translation of Reichenbach's ''Researches'' by a professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. These later researches tried to show many of the Odic phenomena to be of the same nature as those described previously by Franz Mesmer and even long before Mesmer by Swedenborg.〔Charles R. Kelley ''Life Force... the Creative Process in Man And in Nature'' 2004, pp. 286-287〕 The French scientists Hippolyte Baraduc and Albert de Rochas were influenced by the concept of the Odic force.〔Bruce Clarke, Linda Dalrymple Henderson ''From Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology, Art and Literature'' 2002, pp. 140-141〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Odic force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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