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Masaru Emoto Masaru Emoto, Ph.D.

Masaru Emoto was a Japanese businessman and author who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book The Hidden Messages in Water was a New York Times best seller. His ideas had evolved over the years, and his early work revolved around the hypotheses that water could react to positive thoughts and words and that polluted water could be cleaned through prayer and positive visualization.

Alick Bartholomew

Alick Bartholomew (1930-2015) studied geology and geography at the University of Cambridge and University of Chicago. He was part of the editorial team that in 1962 published Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. In 1971 he founded the Turnstone Press, publisher of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, with a vision to reconcile science with a spiritual view of the world. In 1984 he started Gateway Books in Bath, England, continuing the Turnstone vision as well as introducing scientific paradigms,...

Carl Munck Carl Munck

Carl Munck is known for coining the term "archaeocryptography," which involves decoding ancient monuments by finding mathematical patterns in their design and placement. His theories suggest that megalithic structures, like the pyramids, were constructed using a numerological system to encode geographical coordinates.

James DeMeo, Ph.D. James DeMeo, Ph.D.

James DeMeo, Ph.D., is a research scientist and former university professor, now Director of the Orgone Biophysical Research Lab, which he founded in 1978. His work and research is interdisciplinary, from cross-cultural, historical studies on the effects of drought and deserts on the origins of warfare and social violence, into laboratory experiments on cosmic cycles and life-energy subjects, and extensive confirming research on Wilhelm Reich's sex-economic and orgone biophysical findings. He has published over 100...

Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich was born on March 24, 1897 in Galicia, in the easternmost part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine. He grew up in the Bukovina on a large farm operated by his father. His first language was German, and until 1938 he was an Austrian citizen.

According to The Bibliography of Orgonomy–prepared at Orgonon in 1953 under Reich’s supervision–his “interest in biology and natural science was stimulated early by the life on the farm, close...

Costa Rica, ca. 1995. Photo by Kerry Dressler Robert Louis Dressler, Ph.D.

Robert Louis Dressler was born on June 2, 1927, and raised during the Great Depression in rural Taney County, Missouri. Taney County is in the Ozark Mountains, a fiercely independent but poor people. His father, Mryl, was an electrician who farmed 30 acres of rocky ground to put food on the table. While cutting wood in 1937, Myrl’s electric saw kicked back and cut his arm, and he died four days later of a pulmonary...

Tony Rinaudo Tony Rinaudo

In his seventeen years in Niger, missionary agronomist Tony Rinaudo discovered a simple method of regreening land without planting a single tree. The technique he pioneered--together with local farmers--came to be known as Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, or FMNR. It has since reduced our carbon footprint, and transformed millions of lives and livelihoods. For his influential contributions, Tony has received the Right Livelihood Award and was appointed as a Member (AM) of the Order...

MASANOBU FUKUOKA Masanobu Fukuoka

MASANOBU FUKUOKA (1913-2008) was a farmer and philosopher who was born and raised on the Japanese island of Shikoku. In 1975 he wrote The One-Straw Revolution, a best-selling book that described his life's journey, his philosophy, and farming techniques. This book has been translated into more than twenty-five languages and has helped make Fukuoka a leader in the worldwide sustainable agriculture movement He continued farming until shortly before his death in 2008 at the age...

Neal Spackman Neal Spackman

My work is to bring life back to degraded places on earth, through innovative nature-based solutions that integrate environmental restoration with economic regeneration, thus empowering individuals, communities, and businesses to harmonize with nature and foster lasting ecological balance.

Andrew Millison Andrew Millison

Andrew is a Senior Instructor II in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU) where he founded OSU Permaculture Design in 2009. Collaborating with experts at OSU, Andrew developed an online permaculture education program with niche offerings that has evolved into a worldwide program that has served thousands of students throughout the planet. Prior to teaching at Oregon State University, Andrew taught at Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona.

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