In his 1961 PhC thesis, Reggie outlines the basic terminology of the triune of life (intelligence, force, matter) while including some standout points:
"animate matter has the capacity to reorganize intelligently in order to adapt," "the result of the vertebral subluxation is to alter the time it takes to transmit mental impulses," "the cause of dis-ease is not vertebral subluxation but interference to the transmission of mental impulses."