Wow.<p>I&#x27;m an occultist. One of the first regimens I did so to learn occultism was grounding and centering. It&#x27;s very much an esoteric skill, and not something to be cited in a paper... unless it was being discussed under a &#x27;microscope&#x27;.<p>I would enjoy in using fMRI or other diagnostic tools to see what physiologically happens when I do those things. But I have no qualms; that shouldn&#x27;t be in any academic paper until my recommendation of measuring it is done.