This is from a book called Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health by Scott Shannon:
Physics and Body/Mind:
Modern physics shows, through the "bootstrap hypothesis" (Capra, 1991, pp.285-301) how fields of energy interpenetrate. Moreover, physics proves false our common illusion that matter is solid, but demonstrates rather that it is energy, thus offering an explanation for the manner by which emotional, mental and physical energies coexist in time and space in the organism.
Out of quantum physics comes the image of reality that everything originates from a void. But this void is a rich matrix , everywhere continuous and consistent except where it concentrates for the emergence of a particle of matter or energy. After emerging, the subatomic particle (quantum) quicklydisappears from our means of detection, only to have another one appear. The winkng on and off of subatomic particles shows how matter and energy are both derived from this matrix. The void is sometimes equated with the concept of either and subtle energy (Capra, 1991, pp. 207-223).

Ether and Ch'i

The concept of Ch'i corresponds to this matrix or void. According to the neo-Confucians, "Chi'i is... a tenuous and nonperceptible form of matter which is present throughout space and can condense into solid matterial objects." In addition, "Chi'i literally means 'gas' or 'ether' and was used in ancient China to denote the vital breath or energy animating the cosmos" [italics by autheor] (Capra, 1991, pg. 213).
Wilhelm Reich used the term orgone to describe an energy that he characterized similarly. Like Ch'i or ether, it is ubiquitous, life giving, and able to be collected for its therapeutic benefits. It expresses itself physically in the function of the orgasm.