Traditionally, quantum principles have been applied to physics and environments that are not warm and wet, i.e. the human body. Today, the emerging field of quantum biology explores the mechanisms and phenomenon of non-trivial quantum effects in living cells (i.e. quantum tunneling, quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, etc.). These phenomena occur at the subatomic level (protons, electrons, neutrons) and perhaps even smaller subatomic units.

I believe quantum biology opens up new possibilities for understanding human biology, healing, and cell-to-cell communication, and more efficiently in a more efficient way than creating ATP in our mitochondria. Moreover, I think quantum biology is a microcosmic representation of the Hermetic saying, “As above, so below.” More on that later.

Many people were taught in school that the mitochondria are those little organelles that act as the powerhouses in our cells. Besides playing a key role in bioenergetics like ATP production, mitochondria are also responsible for glycolysis (the metabolic pathway that converts food into pyruvate) and cellular respiration (transfer of protons and electrons to create ATP), and the number of mitochondria in each cell can range from a few to thousands per cell depending on factors like age, nutrition, and exercise.

Our modern society seems to fear sunlight. Everyone wears sunglasses even when it’s cloudy and people slather on sunblock due to an irrational fear of sun cancer. More on that later. We’re always inside and are rarely in sync with the rising and setting of the sun. This has detrimental effects on our health. At a more esoteric level, we are just beings of light. At a physical level, we are indeed light and need light in order to live.