Scientists explain energy as mass / energy transformations of elementary particles, such as photons. Spirituality, spiritualism and mysticism explain energy as "waves" induced by "consciousness" and "thought."
科學家以光子、量子、粒子（微小粒子）的質能轉變來解釋能量；精神學、靈學、神秘學則是以「意識」、「意念」所引動的「波動」來闡釋能量。