The theory presented in Know Your Magnetic Field is new only in the sense that it has been revitalized in some form within each generation. It is however, as old as the world and with each rise of popularity it is called miraculous by some and fakery by others. This is how it has been for thousands of years and will probably for thousands more. Bible explains that some people had the understanding and wisdom of healing through the laying on of hands. It could be that the laying on of hands was their method of distributing human energy? This was the common and accepted practice of healing at that time. We have come to look upon it as miraculous only because of lost knowledge and its usage through the centuries.