One of Dr. Emoto's photographs of a water crystal exposed to the word Gratitude

Here’s a quote from a chapter I am writing for a new book about Qi;

The key is understanding how crystalline substances transmit energy, and how our bodies are literally living crystals!

Crystals are substances made of orderly, repetitive arrays of molecules.  Many crystals are considered to be semiconductors.  That means that they both conduct and resist electrical flow, somewhere in between insulators (such as rubber) and conductors (such as copper wires).  Semiconduction allows for many activities vital to both computer technology and life processes.  Computer micro-processors use specially created semiconductors to produce desired programs and functions, and our bodies similarly use semiconduction to transmit subtle electrical energies and information throughout the body. 

Semiconduction occurs in bone, connective tissue and in the myelin sheaths of nerves.  According to Robert Becker, M.D. semiconduction is the more primitive aspect of our nervous system that supports healing and regeneration of organs and limbs.  Many allegedly “primitive” creatures such as salamanders and lizards can do this feat while “higher” creatures such as human beings can only do this in very limited ways.  Becker was able to induce both frogs and rats to regenerate limbs by applying microcurrents in experimental settings, which these creatures cannot do on their own.