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    A Chronological History

    January 16, 2025

    A Chronological History of the Occidental Institute Research Foundation 1972 Doors open in Weston (Toronto), Ontario, Canada Traditional Acupuncture School Publication of Extension Training Program 1975 Move to Montreal, P. Québec, Canada Traditional Acupuncture School Publication of Master of Acupuncture Program 1978 Move to Miami, Florida Start of traditional acupuncture resident training programs Introduction of MORA Therapy to North America Sponsor first Clinic and Lecture Tour to Germany Sponsored first North American seminars for: Dr. Hartwig Schuldt (EAV) Dr. Franz Morell (MORA/BEV) Mr. Erich Rasche (Med-Tronik) Mr. Hans Brügemann [...]

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    A History of 44 Germany Tour Programs

    January 16, 2025

     A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES FROM THE 44 TOUR PROGRAMS Sponsored by: Occidental Institute Research Foundation Germany Tour # 1 - October 25th – October 31st, 1981 Staff: 4 Participants: 8 Speakers: Dr. Hartwig Schuldt (host and translator), Dr. Fritz Kramer, Dr. Franz Morell, Mr. Werner Eidam, Mr. Hans Brügemann Presentations: Med-Tronik, FfB Geräte, Reckeweg, Schwabe Toured: Staufen Pharma, Wala Heilmittel, Pascoe Heilmittel Germany Tour # 2 - March 22nd – March 28th, 1982 Staff: 3 Participants: 10 Speakers: Dr. Wolfgang Ludwig, Dr. Franz Morell, Dr. K.R. Pauly, Dr. [...]

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    Policy Statement

    January 16, 2025

    Policy Statement Regarding Med-Tronik and MORA Therapy You will have read my personal letter regarding the closure of Occidental Institute with the very careful reference to “external but inalterable changes to our commercial distributorship contracts representing the loss of our major financial fund-raising ability”. Sadly, the outcome of those changes has now become irrevocable. Because you are a supporter and friend of OIRF, I would like to make a clear statement to you regarding those events and changes. Over the past ten years, and since the registration of the [...]

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    Final Issue

    January 16, 2025

    Monday, 11 June 2018 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of OIRF, Welcome to the Volume 14, Final Issue #6 of “The Bridge” newsletter! Welcome, but as you can see from my linked personal letter and announcement, also a fond farewell both to “The Bridge” and to OIRF. Although stressful and in many ways heartbreaking over the past few weeks, I finally feel comfortable that we have made the right decisions. Now, I am looking forward to the end of June and the end of this wonderful company that has [...]

  • Policy Statement

    June 12, 2018

    Policy Statement Regarding Med-Tronik and MORA Therapy You will have read my personal letter regarding the closure of Occidental Institute with the very careful reference to “external but inalterable changes to our commercial distributorship [...]

  • Final Issue

    June 12, 2018

    Monday, 11 June 2018 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of OIRF, Welcome to the Volume 14, Final Issue #6 of “The Bridge” newsletter! Welcome, but as you can see from my linked personal letter [...]

  • Announcement

    June 12, 2018

    11 June 2018 RE: Announcement Regarding Occidental Institute My Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of OIRF, Today I write to you with mixed feelings. We here at OIRF have passed through another one of [...]

  • Re-Igniting Signaling Mechanisms

    May 15, 2018

    With Degenerative Challenges Foreword All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene whose job is to protect us from the activation and results of faulty mechanisms; [...]

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  • May 2020 Update #2

    May 7, 2020

    07 May 2020 Dear Colleagues and Friends, For now, these links remain! Take the time and listen. Still this morning this link will work. How long it will take for it to be censored [...]

  • May 2020 Update #1

    May 3, 2020

    Sunday, 03 May 2020 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Now, it is time for all of us to speak up! I strongly urge all of you to listen to the Parts 1 and 2 Roundtable [...]

  • Infections and Alzheimer Dementia

    April 9, 2020

    Professional Forum Infections as a Cause of Alzheimer Dementia For Readers in a Hurry Some patients with light to moderate Alzheimer Dementia were examined for possible disease triggers with the BioResonance [assessment] test. An [...]

  • COVID-19, Part 4

    April 9, 2020

    April 2020 Please make it stop!!! The media frenzy of fear mongering and highlighting the worst-case-scenarios seems to never end. We have virtually hourly updates (daily pep-talks from our Canadian Prime Minister giving away [...]

  • COVID-19, Parts 2 and 3

    March 18, 2020

    March 18, 2020 Last week Canada and the USA closed their borders to air travel from many countries, and with this morning’s news the border between Canada and the USA is now closed to [...]

  • COVID-19, Part 1

    February 18, 2020

    COVID-19 [Novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV] As of today 17 February 2020, the number of recorded cases of this virus has exceeded 71,000 and the number of deaths beyond 1,700 (a little [...]

  • A Plea for EAV

    January 23, 2020

    Acupuncture A Plea for Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll; Music of the Dandelion In recent years Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll (EAV) has somewhat fallen into oblivion – similarly to nosodes. However, [...]

  • Turn, Turn, Turn

    January 23, 2020

    “Turn! Turn! Turn!*” A Time of Consideration A4M Anti-Aging or Complementary & Energy Medicine Medical vs Wellness or Physical/Chemical vs Energy Can We Use Energetic Assessments to Guide Therapy and Move Toward “Wellness”? I [...]

  • FIT 915 Email Question

    November 26, 2019

    Email Question: I am interested in obtaining the FIT 915 photobiological glasses from your information. I have lost sight in one eye and have degenerative sight in the other. I am concerned about the [...]