Thank you for this very useful contribution. I just want to make a small suggestion for one entry. Under Bioenergy it reads:

BIOENERGY

Developed and taught by Polish healer Mietek Wirkus, bioenergy is a form of energy healing. The therapist uses a combination of noninvasive, light physical touch with manipulation and repatterning of the higher energy bodies and chakras using only the hands. The objectives are release of physical symptoms associated with disease and stimulation of the relaxation response to relieve stress and tension.

A fact is that Bioenergy existed long before Mr Wirkus was born. There are (and have been) many Bioenergy practitioners. Zdenko Domancic is one famous contemporary example; another is Mikhail Fadkin. There are many in all countries of the former Soviet block, and have been over the centuries. It is said that Rasputing healed Queen Alexandra's son using Bioenergy healing.

As you know There are close to 50 cultures around the world that have been identified as understanding the concept of 'life energy' in one form or another; e.g., Ki (Japanese), Chi (Chinese), Prana (Sanskrit), Neyatoneyah (Lakota Sioux), Num (Kalahari Kung), Ruach or Roohah (Hebrew), Rooh (Persian), Lung (Tibetan), and so forth. All of these cultures have their energy healing modalities. Bioenergy healing is one such modality.


Bioenergy healing (of Eastern European origin) Chi Gong healing (Chinese), Sufi healing (Middle East, North African and to some extent Asian origin), Prana Healing (India/South Asian),and so forth as all broadly practiced modalities.

Mietek Wirkus came to the US before the Berlin Wall came down. At that time, there was no communication between the countries of thre Soviet Block and the West. For this reason it is likely that he could have appeared as the creator of the long existing modality.

Hope this information is helpful.