Like the spirit world itself, energy is everywhere yet difficult to see. Its elusive, mysterious quality lends itself to metaphysical speculation. Each of us has experienced energy in palpably physical forms: sound, vibrations, light, heat, gravity. By bridging scientific and spiritual approaches to the world, energy offers a way to bring everything together in a grand synthesis. "Ultimately, everything is energy," channels often say. Because energy is everything, it is also nothing very specific, which makes it a perfect vehicle for creating shared meaning among spiritual individualists.

Michael F. Brown, The Channeling Zone