Subtle Energies and Healing

Psychotherapies that work, though with no agreement about how
they work, are becoming mainstream. For example, EMDR is widely
used in the treatment of trauma. So what can be said about their
efficacy and what, if anything, do they have to do with subtle
energies, morphic resonance, quantum phenomena or even the soul?
In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon dialogues, Mark Vernon
asks Rupert Sheldrake how his theory of morphogenetic fields
might relate to various types of therapy and healing. They
consider how certain explanations can appear “hand wavy” and how
to be more discerning when discussing these things. It turns out
that there is good evidence that a variety of such therapies
work, but how they work is not understood. So arguably it is
better to avoid pseudo-scientific explanations and let the
treatments, and their efficacy, speak for themselves.