A true, non-fiction, retold story.
Evening. A cozy café in Vilnius Old Town. Jonas, a naturopath, and Petras (names changed), a doctor and staunch supporter of allopathic medicine, met over a cup of coffee after a long time apart. The two friends represent opposing views and healthcare paradigms: Jonas believes that energy can heal, while Petras trusts only chemical drugs and scientific research. Although the conversation began with warm memories, it quickly turned into a heated debate about radionics, the placebo effect, and energy practices – each defending their truth. But will they find common ground?
Allopath vs. Energy Specialist
Petras (doctor, ironically): Oh, Jonas, here you go again with your radionics! Energy healing, biopatterns – seriously? How many more people will you fool with those “vibration gadgets”? Everyone knows only chemical pills work – ibuprofen, antibiotics, antidepressants. And your radionics? Ha, just a scam! Maybe you’ll call in unicorns next to heal people?
Jonas (radionics specialist, calmly): Petras, I understand your skepticism, but don’t be so quick to laugh. Millions of people feel the effects of energetic health methods – reduced stress, better sleep, even emotional improvement. A 2023 Journal of Energy Healing study showed that subtle energy methods reduced anxiety in 20% of participants within 3 weeks. Maybe things aren’t as simple as you think?
Petras (smirking, sarcastically): Oh please, Jonas, don’t make me laugh! All those “changes” – that’s just the placebo effect, nothing more! The person believes your gadget works, and voila – they “get better.” But it’s not real, just psychology. Give them a real medicine, and you’ll see the difference. Your radionics is a trick, just like all those energy practices.
Jonas (thoughtful, but firm): Alright, Petras, let’s talk about this placebo effect. What exactly is placebo? You admit it works. So what’s the “active ingredient” in a placebo pill? Unicorn dust? Where are the real scientific studies explaining the placebo effect itself?
Petras (a bit unsettled): Well… placebo is a sugar pill that does nothing. The person thinks they’re getting medicine, and the brain responds. A 2024 Journal of Neuroscience review says that the placebo effect is linked to activation of the brain’s opioid system, dopamine release, changes in neuroplasticity. For example, placebo analgesics reduce pain because the brain releases endorphins. It’s a biochemical process, nothing more.
Jonas (smiling, provoking): And what activates that opioid system, Petras? What’s the switch? A chemical compound? A remote control? A placebo pill has nothing in it – just sugar! So what’s working? Maybe it’s belief – and belief is thought, consciousness, right? In 2024, everything starts with expectation – the person believes they’ll get better, and the brain releases endorphins. But think: if there’s no chemical triggering it, then it’s the thought itself – consciousness – that’s the force in action. And where does that force operate, if not on the energetic level?
Petras (frowning, trying to respond): Energetic level? Jonas, come on, don’t be ridiculous! What energy? The brain is neurons, synapses, chemical signals. Belief is just psychology, not some mystical vibration. Everything happens in the physical body, not in some “energy plane”!
Jonas (firmly, but calmly): So what is belief, then? Where does the effect begin? The placebo pill is just sugar – it does nothing by itself. So the magic is in your head, in your consciousness. And what is consciousness? Quantum physicists like David Bohm say that consciousness interacts with the energy field – it is energy itself! The placebo effect is an energetic phenomenon: your thought, your belief changes your energy field, and that field affects your body. Radionics works the same way – by harmonizing the field through biopatterns, but consciously. Maybe it’s time to admit that consciousness operates not in the physical, but in the energetic dimension, and the effect is entirely real?
Petras (heated, but now doubtful): And how do you measure your “energetic phenomenon,” Jonas? Where’s your evidence? What devices measure that “field”? Medicine has EKG, MRI – and you? Just pretty words about vibrations! I don’t believe it’s real until I see proof!
Jonas (enthusiastically): Good question! If it’s an energetic phenomenon, can it be measured? Maybe through biophoton emission – a 2023 Journal of Biophotonics study showed that cells emit light quanta that respond to emotions. And if it can be measured, maybe the effect can be intensified? For example, in radionics, we amplify the effect through biopatterns – energetic templates that harmonize a person’s field. Maybe even the placebo effect can be enhanced by consciously working with energy?
Petras (quieter, but still resistant): You know, Jonas… Maybe there is something we still don’t understand. But medicine hasn’t studied these things – we treat the body, the chemical processes, not some “fields.” I… I don’t know. Maybe there is truth in what you say, but until science confirms it, it’s hard for me to believe. Still sounds too much like magic.
Jonas (smiling, friendly): Petras, relax and listen. I’m not saying chemistry doesn’t work. But quantum physics isn’t fairy tales – it’s science! For example, in the 19th century, no one understood how radio waves worked, but they existed even before Heinrich Hertz discovered them! Just because we don’t understand something yet doesn’t mean it doesn’t work, right? If placebo works through thought, and thought ultimately affects the body, and in radionics we influence the human energy field through biopatterns, then maybe I’m not the one fooling people – maybe you’re just closing your eyes to what you don’t yet understand?
