Rico Brunner didn't set out to invent a model. He wanted to solve problems.

For a long time, Rico didn't even notice that he was doing research. Today he says:

“It was only over the years that I noticed I had been doing research, because researching wasn't important to me. What mattered to me was solving the problem.”

1. Childhood

   He senses more than he says

   Rico grows up in surroundings where nobody talks about energies. So he doesn't talk about what he perceives either. He doesn't feel different because of it.

2. Around 16

   Not everyone sees what he sees

   Only as a teenager does he notice that many people perceive things differently. That surprised me a lot, because until then I thought that every person could perceive as much as I do.

3. Around 18

   C. G. Jung

   Rico reads the collected works of C. G. Jung. What grips him is less the content than the attitude: the way C. G. Jung asked questions.

4. Early twenties

   His perception becomes stable

   I noticed very quickly where people's problems lie. From this comes the decision to accompany people.

5. 1998

   His own practice

   Rico opens his practice in St. Gallen. There is no existing knowledge he could build on.

   “When I started to engage with energy fields, there were no books on the subject, the way I look at it. There was no knowledge.”

6. On his own field

   The first case is himself

   Rico realizes that he has given too much and set too few boundaries, and that this has hurt him deeply. He begins to work with his own energy fields.

7. In the practice

   Fields that reach into nothing

   A woman cannot set boundaries. Rico explains to her twice how it could work. Nothing changes. Then he looks more closely: And there I saw some energy fields that went into nothing, that don't take hold when she tries to change something. For Rico, this is the beginning of his research.

8. One to two years

   Only perceiving

   Rico hardly draws any conclusions. He looks, ninety percent of the time just perceiving. And that's where I found the access to energy field mechanics.

9. Over decades

   Observe, question, verify

   Some connections he recognizes right away; for others he needs more than twenty years. His method stays the same: observe in a way that changes nothing. Question your own conclusions. And check whether what you recognized is really true.

10. 2026

    A name: Energyology

    The knowledge from experience becomes a described model, with a name of its own. I want to call this model Energyology, because it is meant to be a complement to psychology.