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Eileen McKusick
EILEEN DAY MCKUSICK is a researcher, writer, inventor, practitioner, educator, and speaker in the fields of therapeutic sound, the human biofield and electric health. She has an MA in Integrative Education and has been studying the effects of sound on the human body and its electrical system since 1996.
Eileen is the originator of the sound therapy method Biofield Tuning, and the Founder of the Biofield Tuning Institute, which conducts peer-reviewed studies on the human biofield. She is the author of the bestselling books Tuning the Human Biofield and Electric Body, Electric Health.
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My 10 Best
(In no particular order)
Siddhartha
I read Siddhartha, the story of the Buddha’s journey to enlightenment, when I was 18 years old. This was the first book that introduced me to the idea of a bodhisattva, and it resonated deeply—it felt like home in a strange way. One of the most powerful images from the book that has stayed with me is when Siddhartha is meditating under the Bodhi tree. Just before reaching enlightenment, all these demons and distracting forces rise up to pull him away from his connection to the divine, but he remains still, ignoring them all. That moment has always been a guiding inspiration for me.
Unlimited Power
Unlimited Power, along with Tony’s other early book, Awaken the Giant Within, had a huge impact on my mindset about possibility. I read them when I was 18, and they played a role in shaping how I think. In 1991, I even attended a Tony Robbins retreat, where I walked 65 feet across burning coals. His philosophy of asking, What more is possible? has been a driving force in my life. Tony also emphasizes delivering maximum value, which has shaped how I share information—I always aim to give people the most valuable insights in the shortest amount of time. My tendency to be highly efficient and not waste time stems directly from this early influence.
Anatomy of the Spirit
This book was deeply formative for me. I first read it when it was published in 1996, but when I revisited it in 2011—after mapping the biofield—I was struck by the correlations between Myss’s discoveries and my own. She had identified similar themes in each energy center, though my work assigned them to the right and left sides of the body. Seeing this confirmation of my findings was incredibly affirming.
Life Force
This 740-page book played a crucial role in shaping my Biofield Anatomy Hypothesis. I read it twice while working on my master’s thesis in 2011–2012. It’s packed with incredibly valuable information, but it’s also highly technical—you have to be a serious science nerd to read it cover to cover twice!
Molecules of Emotion
Molecules of Emotion helped me understand the profound connection between emotions and health. It revealed that emotions are not just intangible experiences; every emotion we feel generates a corresponding molecule in the body. If we don’t express that emotion, the molecule gets stored away, leading to what we call stuffing down emotions. Another book along these lines, Feelings Buried Alive Never Die, reinforced what I observe in biofield tuning—that unexpressed emotions stay in our biofield, sequestering energy until they can finally be released.
The Biology of Belief
This is one of those books that made me pause constantly to stare out the window, absorbing the sheer depth of what I was reading. Bruce Lipton describes how the primary cilium on cell membranes vibrate like tuning forks in response to vibrational information—a concept that deeply resonated with me as I sought to understand how tuning forks shift the body’s vibrational state. This book provided a scientific foundation for my intuitive understanding of sound healing. Bruce is also a fantastic person!
The Electric Sky
I often say that The Electric Sky was the self-help book that ended my need for self-help books—except, ironically, it’s not a self-help book at all! It’s a book about plasma cosmology, written by a hard-nosed scientist who would probably be horrified to hear me describe it that way. But for me, this book was an awakening. It left no doubt in my mind that the cosmos—and everything—is electric. Realizing the electric nature of all life felt like finding the light I had been searching for, hidden in plain sight all along.
Healing is Voltage
Healing is Voltage helped solidify my understanding of electric health. Jerry Tennant is a pioneer in recognizing the electrical nature of the human body and its impact on health. It’s astonishing that the body’s electrical system was overlooked for so long and dismissed as fringe science. Another book in this vein, The Body Electric, was also instrumental in helping me formulate my own hypotheses about the biofield and the electrical foundation of life itself.
The Chronicles of Narnia
I read all seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia over and over again as a child. They were a foundational part of my worldview. The idea of God as Aslan—the powerful, wise, and loving lion—was so relatable and comforting. These stories shaped me in ways I probably don’t even fully realize. In many ways, they influenced my desire to be a writer, and I suspect they even shaped my writing voice.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass were books I devoured repeatedly as a child. I could never get enough of them. The whimsy, the imagination, the curiosity, the unexpected twists, the altered states of reality—everything about these stories captivated my young mind.