This book is both Operating System Nature: The Birth of The Tradition and The Thermodynamic Subluxation: The Intersection of Chiropractic & Ecology combined into one single volume specifically for the chiropractic profession.What is Chiropractic? Ask a number of chiropractors and chiropractic patients and you will get more than one answer. Why is this profession so challenging to succinctly define? Why is there such a variety of chiropractic practice models with vastly differing patient experiences?I think I have the answer. And I came upon it in a surprising way. It all began with one quote by BJ Palmer, the developer of the profession, and a bit of first principles exploration. "'HUNA' philosophy is shockingly similar TO Chiropractic but silent so far as THE ART is concerned." - BJ Palmer in Fame and FortuneHuna is the knowledge of the Hawaiian Kahunas as understood by Max Freedom Long, a photographer interested in the "magic" of the Kahunas as he called it. In exploring how it's philosophy might be so similar to that of my profession, I discovered something unexpected.

There are a body of traditional healing practices from across cultures and time that share a set of principles in common. Chiropractic and the Polynesian healing arts were just two examples. I came to call these arts The Tradition as a collective, and set out to discover the principles of biology, physics, and ecology that they are founded upon. In this book I call these principles Operating System Nature. This book is an exploration of these first principles that govern the interactions of life on Planet Earth and three of the healing arts that emerged from our understanding of them: rongoa, yoga, and chiropractic. This is the subject matter of book one. The subject matter of book two is a new theory describing a foundational chiropractic concept: the subluxation. This new theory is based upon the interaction of the laws of thermodynamics, ecology and the physiology of the autonomic nervous system.

It is inclusive of the current theories and does not negate them. Rather, it adds depth to our understanding of the subluxation.