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Subtle
Energy Update 5-16-10: 6-09-10: 6-18-10
A rewrite of The Case
for Subtle Energy with new content and reorganization
“Try and penetrate with our limited means
the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible
concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and
inexplicable.” - Albert Einstein [1]
The
history of human experience recognizes subtle energies,
which seem to reside most importantly within living systems. Common to many of the world’s wisdom traditions is the idea of a
spectrum of energies and consciousness. Do any scientific theories or studies
support the idea of subtle energies? To what extent can the teachings of the
wisdom traditions, findings of individual empirical studies, and the theory and
experimental results of science be correlated?
The Human Energy Field and Subtle Life Energies
Ancient Indian spiritual tradition, over 5000 years old, speaks of a universal energy called Prana, the breath of which gives all living things life. The Chinese, in the 3rd millennium BC posited the existence of a vital energy they called Qi or Ch’i. Other cultures had similar terms for the same concept. [2] This Ch’i is said to contain two polar forces, yang and yin.
Acupuncture points and meridian lines are said to facilitate the flow of this subtle energy. Today’s complementary and alternative medicine community suggests that the ancient Chinese used magnets (lodestones) on acupuncture points. [3]
Contemporary experimental evidence in support of the
existence of this energy has been found.
For example, stimulation of acupuncture points is now being recognized as effective
by medical science, even though the mechanism for its effectiveness has not
been identified. The Institut
fur angewandte Biokybernetik
und Feedbackforschung (IBF)' of
The human energy field, according to this tradition, includes an etheric, astral, causal, and spiritual body. A Chakra system is said to be a kind of transformer system which connects the human being to these energy bodies.
Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical theosophy of 538 BC refers to Astral Light, which may manifest around people. [6]
A universal energy, perceived as a luminous
body, was first recorded in western literature by the Pythagoreans about 500 BC. Paracelsus called this
energy “Illiaster”,
and said it was composed of a vital force and vital mater.
In the 1800’s, Baron Karl von Reichenbach made
a fortune in iron, steel and metallurgy. In 1839 he retired ,
devoting himself to scientific research. He accumulated an abundance of experimental
evidence on a force he called Odyle or Od. This force was distinct from
heat, electricity, and magnetism, and he believed it
was the one recognized by the ancients. This force had polarity, and it could
also be conducted by metals, glass, resin, silk, and water.
In his early career a distinguished Freudian analyst, Wilhelm Reich searched for physical evidence of the “life force”, (as he called it). His research led him to announce that he had identified this universal energy, which he called orgone, and that it could be accumulated in boxes made of alternating layers of organic and inorganic materials. Peering into the darkness within such boxes, a dull green dance of energy could be seen, moving in characteristic spiral formations. When Reich claimed that this accumulated orgone could be used for weather control and healing, he brought the full wrath of orthodoxy down onto his head, and he died in an American jail in 1957. [7]
Some sources state that Reich found that natural
materials such as wood, cotton, wool, silk, etc. absorb and conduct Orgone easily. [8] However, sources do not
list polarity as a characteristic.
The Eeman relaxation circuit, or biocircuit, developed in the 1920s, consisted of two units; each unit
consists of a copper handle attached to a copper screen by a length of wire.
These units appear to access some form of energy within the human body. The copper screens are placed under a
reclining subjects head and pelvis, and the cooper handles are held in the
subject’s hands. A length of copper wire connecting the two screens along the
spine completes the Optimal Eeman biocircuit. When polar opposites are connected together,
whether within one subject, or between two or more subjects, the effects
reported include greater relaxation, recovery from fatigue and disease, greater
capacity for work, and better health. [9] Eeman received a U.K. Patent around 1922 for his
bio-circuit device. [10]
In 1991, a study supporting these effects, A Double Blind Study of the "Biocircuit," a Putative Subtle-Energy-Based Relaxation
Device appeared in the ISSSEEM Journal
Subtle Energies, and has
been quoted in professional literature sources. [11]
In 1938, Dr. Aubrey
Westlake retired early from general practice to devote complete attention to
identifying what was responsible for the healing process, and how that process
could be accelerated. He investigated
Bach’s vital force in flowers, radionics, Reichenbach’s Odyle force and Reichs Orgone energy. He believed
the healing power in all these methods was the same.
Earlier Eeman had found that his copper biocircuit continued to work, even when the copper wire was
cut and placed on glass. The energy was conducted by the glass. In 1949 Eeman tried the silk biocircuit
and found that it was superior to copper as a conductive medium of this human
energy. The energy conducted by the biocircuit has polarity and is conducted by silk, and is therefore
similar to odyle energy described by Reichenbach. Reich’s orgone enrgy was also conducted by silk.
Eeman worked with cooperative biocircuits, where multiple people, each with a complete biocircuit, are
“wired together” into a larger group circuit. Eeman
concluded that if one member of a cooperative circuit displayed an ”abnormal physical factor”, the other members reacted in a similar
manner. Eeman theorized that a subject in a circuit
radiated the equivalent of a “carrier wave.”
Eeman also found that members
of a cooperative circuit were able to send and receive thoughts more easily. Eeman conducted numerous telepathy tests with receivers in
and out of a biocircuit, and concluded that the
relaxation circuit fostered telepathic reception. [12]
Eeman found that when he
dissolved aspirin in water and placed this in a biocircuit
with a fevered patient, the fever would be reduced. He speculated that any
agent placed in a circuit would influence a circuit’s members with its “frequency”.
Controlled experiments with drugs were performed, which validated the physiological
effects of drugs being communicated through the biocircuit.
[13]
Peter Lindemann carried on biocircuit
research in the 1960s, largely, as in Eeman’s case, in search of relief
from a specific health problem. Of Eeman’s drug
circuits, Lindemann concluded that “the relaxation
circuit must be able to carry detailed vibrational
information” …
Lindemann wanted to communicate
with his energy body
directly, so he could discover and supply the healing information that would
actually relieve his symptoms, and he considered trying radionics.
[14] Although
the drugs used in Eeman’s drug experiments were not
identified, radionics practitioners, using radionics devises, consistently identified the drugs’
effects on the subjects glands and organs.
The practice of radionics is illegal in the
Lindeman concluded
“Many people agree the power of
the mind is central to healing. Malcolm Rae, among radionics
theorists, has even called radionics devises ‘thought
simulators.’ The radionics devise is an objective
vehicle through which abstract information can be symbolically expressed. In the biocircuit there is a subtle
transfer of information that the radionics devise
responds to. The radionics devise seems to be able to
speak effectively through the biocircuit to the
body’s cellular intelligence.” [16]
This process, which he terms “vibrational
grafting”, does not depend on radionics. It could
include anything introduced into the biocircuit,
including drugs, herbs, homeopathy, cell salts or even flower and gem essences.
[17]
Lindemann described ‘vibational grafting” as a way of conversing directly with
the body’s DNA.[18] The insight is
that all remedies are made in the body by the DNA. Vibrational
modalities including radionics, are merely a means of activating information already in
the DNA. [19]
Leslie Patten, author of Biocircuits: Amazing
New Tools For Energy Health, recruited Thomas Hirsch, a psychic healer, to
describe the energy flow through subjects in copper and silk biocircuits. Hirsch observed three distinct phases with
both: an intensification of imbalances, a stable polarization of the energy,
and, an energy surge which gradually disappears. The
copper biocircuit energy appeared greenish blue, and
the effect more mechanical; the energy of the silk appeared bluish white, and
seemed more “conscious”. Thomas felt the silk was engaging a subtler energy.
This corroborates the general observation that copper is good for physical
obstructions, while silk is the choice for higher level work. [20]
In general, the observations of Jack Schwarz, N.D.,
a documented psychic, [21] agreed with
those of Hirsch. [22]
Subtle Earth Energies
A wide body of literature exists on
earth energy grid theory, which falls under the heading of pseudoscience. This
earth radiation is a theoretical geophysical phenomenon described primarily by
the German authors Manfred Curry and Ernst Hartmann. They both describe a
mystic force field (similar to Odic force, Mana, Qi) that covers the earth
at regular intervals and can be detected by dowsing using a divining rod. It is
not supposed to be detectable by common scientific instruments. Placing people or other living things in certain spots of
the earth radiation knots is believed to be beneficial/harmful
depending on radiation flow direction. It connects to the Gaia philosophy and vitalist school and is very popular in certain New Age
circles in Europe, especially in
Closely related to the concepts
of the Curry and Hartmann grids is feng shui, the ancient Chinese skill of keeping a balance of
forces in the land. When building or planting, or altering the landscape in any
way, the traditional Chinese aim to balance the forces of yin and yang, the two
counter-balancing forces of the universe. For example, hills and mountains are
pictured as dragons, full of yin, while valleys are seen as tigers, embodying
the balancing yang force. [24]
The goal of the grids, as well as feng shui, is to access the “good” energy, and avoid the
“bad”.
Becker and Hagens, building on the work of Ivan P. Sanderson, developed a planetary grid system with the earth represented by a 120 point polyhedron [the Unified Vector Geometry 120 Polyhedron] . Sanderson provided the baseline structure by locating vile vortices, or areas of the Earth where mysterious disappearances, mechanical failures and other anomalous phenomena were seen to occur. Dr. Lefors Clark has contributed to the energetic interpretation of the map, introducing such concepts as the "diamagnetic energy vortex". The creators of this map see it as describing the "matrix of cosmic energy" that encircles the Earth. [25]
Ley Lines
In 1922 Alfred Watkins discovered what he
perceived to be a linear alignment in the position of ancient mounds, burial
places, prehistoric standing stones, and old churches. There had long been an idea that there was
some other significance to the Ley system; that
perhaps they were aligned with magnetic forces. [26]
Allegedly,
some ley lines points (ie,
the intersection of Ley lines) possess higher
magnetic energy than the average. [27] However, the intersection of Ley lines, which included all manner of structures
including megalithic stone sites, burial mounds, and churches, could themselves
account for any higher magnetic energy they might possess, without dependence
on the Ley lines. Further, the significance of the ley lines themselves as marking energy routes is severely
challenged by the fact that the Ley lines themselves
appear to be random. It has been found that 80 four point alignments can be
found in a set of 137 random points. [28]
Modern Science and Energy
Modern physics formally
recognizes four energetic forces: gravity and electromagnetism, which act over
macroscopic distances, and the strong and weak nuclear forces, which act within
the atomic nucleus.
However, as Quantum Biologist Glen Rein notes, physicists are well aware of macroscopic energy fields which are not explained by the classical equations of Maxwellian electromagnetism or Schrodinger’s waves. Physicists use the terms non-Maxwellian, non-Abelian, or non-dispersive.
Bioelectromagnetism
Electromagnetism has been scientifically recognized as a force within living systems. Work by Harold Saxton Burr, E. J. Lund, Robert O. Becker and others leads to the conclusion that organisms tend to express quasisystemic electric changes when perturbed, and, conversly, will tend toward wellness either through endogenous repair currents or the application of equivalent external currents. [29]
Over
forty years, from 1916 to 1956, Harold Saxton Burr published, either alone or
with others, ninety-three scientific papers on this subject. [30] Measurements were made with a vacuum tube microvolt
meter, so Harold
Saxton Burr‘s “L fields” were electromagnetic
phenomena. The voltage measurements he used are not
doubted, but the scientific community ignored" Burr's term “L-field” and
his interpretation of the field as a blueprint-like mold for all life. [31]
Three types of electrical stimulators were approved by the FDA in 1979 for treatment of certain types of bone fractures. [32]
The American Physical Therapy Association acknowledges the use of Electromagnetic therapy for a number of conditions. [33]
The International Institute of Electro-Magnetic Biological Stimulation Therapy notes: “Reputable medical and therapy Journals have published peer-reviewed research articles that attest to the medical properties of the various electromagnetic therapies. Yet some of the treatment effectiveness mechanisms are little understood.” [34]
The
Some sources state that the EM info-energy field of the heart forms a torus shape of energy around the body. [35]
Most images show a torus with its central axis aligned vertically along the spine. An actual HeartMath diagram shows that this field is actually tilted by about 45 degrees.
Image
from http://biomedme.com/biomed-articles/the-conscious-heart_4247.html
Sources also speak of this field being “apparently holographic” in the sense that “any point within the torus contains the information of the whole field.” [36]
The idea of a torus will come up
again in a discussion of the EM fields of the earth and electrical coils.
Geomagnetism
Being electromagnetic in nature, biological organisms have
been shown to be sensitive to the complex processes of geomagnetism, or more
accurately, geoelectromagnetism.
Geomagnetism is defined as the effect of earth’s
electromagnetic field. This field results from the interaction of the magnetic
core of the earth and the ionosphere, and varies as the moon revolves around
the earth, and as the earth revolves around the sun.
Without the effect of the solar wind, which distorts its shape, the internal geomagnetic field observed near the earth’s surface would be poloidal; ie the lines of force form rings around a toroidal (donut) shape. The field in the core, however, would also contain some field of the toroidal mode; ie the lines of force form a spiral or helix around a toroidal (donut) shape. [37]
A “Torus” is simply a donut
shape, which may be of three types; ring, horn, or spindle. The shape of a torus
may be of a physical substance or of energy.
Image
from http://www.harmonicresolution.com/Toroidal%20Space.htm
Robert Becker [38]
describes briefly the dynamic scope of geomagnetic energies our earth is
enveloped in:
The earth's surface and the ionosphere form a resonating
cavity that produces low frequency pulsations called the Schumann Resonance.
This
is a set of spectrum peaks in
the ELF portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum. Schumann
resonance is due to the space between the surface of the Earth and the
conductive ionosphere acting as a waveguide. The limited dimensions of the
earth cause this waveguide to act as a resonant cavity for electromagnetic
waves in the ELF band. The cavity is naturally excited by energy from lightning
strikes. Since the seventh overtone lies at approximately 60 Hz, the cavity is
also driven by the North American power grid. The lowest-frequency (and
highest-intensity) mode of the Schumann resonance is at a frequency of
approximately 7.83 Hz. Detectable overtones extend upwards into the kilohertz range.The phenomenon is named after physicist Winfried Otto Schumann who predicted it mathematically in
1952, but it was first observed by Nikola Tesla and
formed the basis for his scheme for broadcast power and wireless communications
(Tesla 1905). [39]
Solar Flares (and sunspots and prominances)
shower the earth and ionosphere with charged particles, causing magnetic
storms, with attendant effects of the Aurora Borealis and Austrialis
(Northern and Southern Lights)
Every lightning flash releases a burst of radio energy
which travel along the magnetic lines of force and
bounce back and forth beween north and south poles
before fading out. (Further, lightning flashes and storms are associated with
only recently discovered upper atmospheric phenomena such as "elves",
"sprites", and "jets".)
The earth surface and the Ionosphere act as charged plates,
building up an electro static potential of hundreds of thousands of volts.
Large DC currents flow within the Ionosphere and within the
earth (telluric currents), which interact and form additional electromagnetic
fields.
The magnetic field of the sun is divided from pole to pole
in sections of opposite polarity so that every eight days a new section effects the earth. The transition form one to the next
section induces several days of turbulence in the geomagnetic field.
Known Effects of
Geomagnetism on Human Beings
The extent of human sensitivity has not been completely determined, however certain effects have been documented:
It
turns out that the alpha and theta brain waves or
states of all mammals
are entrained with the Schumann resonance, which is important in synchronization of diurnal
and ELF brain rhythms. In one
experiment, student volunteers lived for four weeks in a hermetically sealed
environment that screened out magnetic fields, specifically the 7.83 Hz
frequency. These students started suffering emotional distress and migraine
headaches which were immediately cleared after a brief exposure to 7.83 Hz. frequency. [40]
In he coherent heart/brain system of neurocardioligy, since the heart and brain are entrained, the heart/brain ssystem is also entrained with the earth’s magnetic field through the Schumann resonance. Based on the findings of HeartMath, this means a direct link between DNA and the geomagnetic energy field, which is in turn linked to the sun and other celestial bodies.
The polarity of atmospheric ions has been shown to coorelate with human physical end emotional health. Negative ions are believed to be healthful, because they
facilitate oxygen absorption, while positive
ions are believed to be harmful.
Certain ancient human sites,
including ancient mounds, burial
places, prehistoric standing stones, and old churches, have been shown to have a relatively high energy content. This has usually been due
to higher than background levels of electromagnetic and or weak force (ie radioactive) energy content at these sites.
In 1978, Paul Devereaux formed
the "Dragon Project" To study "earth energy" at sacred
sites. The name was taken from a Chinese symbol for terrestrial currents. Using scientific monitoring, this project has concluded that
the location of stone circles in
In his book Earth Lights Revelation, [42]
Devereaux argues that
earthquake lights represent a new type of energy. He
also notes that certain prehistoric mounds were constructed from alternating
organic and inorganic layers, much like Reich's orgone
accumulators. [43]
John
Burke has argued that humans were able to amplify the natural background
electromagnetic energy levels occurring at ancient sites. [44]
Michael Persinger is a cognitive
neuroscience
researcher and professor at Laurentian
University,
The US
Geological Survey (USGS) recognizes earthquake lights to be a
real phenomena,
noting that most are white to bluish flashes or
glows lasting several seconds, are associated with moderate to large
earthquakes, and have been reported infrequently by observers since ancient
times. “A satisfactory theory to explain EQL, however, has been elusive and is
still not agreed upon. Proposed mechanisms include piezoelectricity, frictional heating, exoelectron emissions, sonoluminescence,
phosphine gas emissions, and fluid injection (electrokinetics), but the most recent theory suggests that
EQL are caused by separation of positive hole charge
carriers that turn rocks momentarily into p-type semiconductors” [46]
Non-Maxwellian EM and plasmas in geomagnetism
EM Fields satisfying Maxwell’s equations
normally have their E and B vectors oriented perpendicularly (orthogonal to one
another) and oscillate perpendicular (transverse) to the direction of
propagation.
However, Maxwell's equations also lead to
the appearance of longitudinal waves under some circumstances, in either plasma
waves or guided waves. [47]
A plasma is a quasineutral
electrically conductive fluid. In the simplest case, it is composed of electrons
and a single species of positive ions. [48]
Due to its electrical conductivity, a plasma couples to electric and magnetic
fields. This complex of particles and fields supports a wide variety of plasma
waves, which are an interconnected set of particles and fields which propagate
in a periodically repeating fashion. [49]
Lightning as well as the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere form
plasmas,[50]
and plasma waves such as the aurora in the earth’s magnetosphere are
longitudinal and non-Maxwellian. [51] It has also been suggested that the earth’s
core may be plasma like, [52]
and thus could support plasma waves.
Longitudinal resonant Maxwellian
standing wave patterns are formed by waves confined (guided) within a cavity. [53] Therefore the Schumann resonance forms longitudinal waves, but is Maxwellian.
What other effects might the natural
mixture of Maxwellian and non-Maxwellain
energy fields of the geomagnetic field have on biological systems?
Biological organisms are also sensitive to the
electromagnetic smog produced by human electronic technology.
Human Emissions: biophotons, and Bio-plasma?
Researchers in the field of biophotonics have shown that an organism emits - internally and externally - ultraweak coherent photons. [54]
Dr. Victor Inyushin at
Macroscopic effects
of Potentials
Classical Maxwellian electromagnetism itself does not incorporate all of Maxwell’s original thoughts on the subject. Maxwell admired Michael Faraday, and felt his concept of an electrotonic state was worthy of study. With the aid of work by George Green, William Thompson, and George Gabriel Stokes, Maxwell found a mathematical expression that matched exactly Faraday’s concept. He developed a physical interpretation: the angular momentum of a localized electromagnetic field. Like a flywheel, the localized field would store energy, reacting with a counterforce to resist any change in angular momentum. This takes the form of an electromotive force which could drive a current.
In The Dynamical Theory Paper, Maxwell expressed his results in eight
equations for the electric and magnetic fields. Today’s four canonical
Maxwell’s equations omit electrostatic scalar potential, magnetic scalar
potential, and magnetic vector potential. [56]
Chen
Ning Yang, of the Institute for Theoretical Physics,
State University of New York, confirms that Maxwell identified his vector
potential with Faraday's electrotonic state. He also
notes that the vector and scalar potentials do have measurable meaning in
quantum mechanics, and should not be eliminated. [57]
In 1959, Yakir Aharonov
and David Bohm proposed that a moving
electron can have its phase altered (ie, a quantum
effect) by the vector potential of the electromagnetic field of a
nearby object, without actually encountering the object or its
magnetic field. Using an advanced form of electron microscope, in several sets
of tests, Akira Tonomura demonstrated conclusively in
1982 and 1986 that the Aharonov-Bohm
(AB) effect was real. “Physicists may differ in their
interpretation of the AB effect, but no one doubts its existence”. [58]
In the early 1990s, Cyril Smith experimentally demonstrated
that vector potential fields can produce macroscopic effects by imprinting
water with coherent information. [59]
Smith proposes biocommunication between organisms in the presence of light and a weak electromagnetic field. He suggests that this unseen information transfer is accomplished by the macroscopic systems relying on photon exchange in the presence of magnetic vector potentials. His theory has clear links to Popp's concept of biophotons. [60]
Dr. William Tiller finds that human consciousness; that is,
human beings, can
generate a physical space "conditioned" by subtle energy, that this
subtle energy is related to the magnetic vector potential of classical
electrodynamics, and that this subtle energy may result in psi
phenomena. The conditioned space effects material properties globally , throughout the room, resulting in oscillations in
air and water temperature, pH, and electrical conductivity of water. All
exhibit the same Fourier spectral components and are in freq range of 10-2 10-3
hz. [61]
According
to Glen Rein, even though classical
potentials produce physical effects, they are not considered “real”,
because they are not gauge invariant. This has caused several responses from
physicists: Some have modified Maxwell’s equations to produce gauge independent
potentials. New mathematical expressions can also be used to describe
potentials, which
also describe energy fields with unique properties. A third approach has been to decompose
classical potentials into more fundamental components. Thus, classical
potentials can be further decomposed into “super-potentials” and super-fields”.
These are often used in supersymmetry field theories
and string theories. Super-potentials and super-fields have unusual global
properties associated with negative energy states of subatomic particles. [62]
Quantum Biology
Quantum fields have also been associated with living systems. Matti Pitkanen, a Finnish theoretical physicist, has proposed that many principles of quantum physics can be applied to biological systems. He suggests that information transfer in biology takes place via superconductive pathways, and that electrons and photons are the carriers of this information. [63] This work was supported by experiments performed by Freeman W. Cope in the 1970s. Cope produced pivotal work linking physics and biology, and developed a solid-state theory of biological processes. He deduced that the activity in the cell is not just electrochemical, and looked at the cell function as if the organelles were three-dimensional semiconductors. His theory suggests that all the structures within the cell can be considered to be in a field in which there is constant interaction between all subatomic particles, not just between the charges on electrons. [64]
Rein believes that potential fields may be considered a bridge between quantum and EM fields. Quantum fields are similar to those described in quantum field theory, and by David Bohm’s “subtle information fields”. Classical EM fields exist at the level of Bohm’s explicate order, which has imbedded within it the potential field, which in turn has imbedded within it the quantum field. “According to Bohm the implicate order is composed of a series of levels, each imbedded within the next, where each level is increasingly more subtle and fundamental. According to Rein, if one adds to this model the quantum physics of hyperspace, eventually a subtle level will be reached which is higher dimensional. These could correspond to the multiple subtle energy levels of the human chakra system; etheric, astral, etc.
Higher dimensional energy fields
have been characterized by Elizabeth Rauscher as
being complex; ie; they have a real and imaginary
component. (Rauscher, 1968). Seiki also used the concept of
complex numbers in describing the imaginary components of quantum fields
generated from mobius coils. (Seiki,
1990). Imaginary particles are a part of quantum physics according to Dirac, although the energy fields associated with such
particles is not part of mainstream quantum physics. [65]
Ken Wilber sees the quantum vacuum as prana, which gives rise to matter. He believes David Bohm’s concept of a single implicate and single explicate order was too simplistic. For Wilber Prana is implicate to gross matter; etheric is implicate to prana; astral is implicate to etheric, etc. According to Wilber, Bohm later added several epicycle orders to his theory, including “super-implicate” and “beyond super-implicate” orders, supposedly all based on physics. [66] He also believes that the etheric, astral, and psychic fields are part of the manifest realm, as is the quantum vacuum (prana) and so they are the proper object of study of science (as “subtle energies”). [67]
Quantum Field in Self Canceling Coils ?
Many
electrical coils are donut,
or torus shaped, and would therefore
produce torus shaped electromagnetic energy
fields. Such coils have this in common
with the heart and the geomagnetic field. The solutions to a special class of
mathematical functions; elliptical functions, also lie on the surface of a torus. This seems to suggest a special significance of the torus shape. [68]
A toroidal coil is simply a wire wound around a donut shaped core. Such a shape is typically used in the production of electric transformers. [69] Beyond the simple toroidal coil, the configurations of coils is endless. [70]
A
particularly interesting type of coil, in which the EM field is canceled out by
the coil winding, is termed “self canceling.” Mobius and Caduceus
are two well known types of
self canceling coils.These coils are also said to produce beneficial effects on biological
systems, according to some websites. [71]
As we have seen,
electrostatic scalar
potential and magnetic scalar potential, in addition to magnetic vector
potential, were eliminated from the “modernized” version of Maxwell’s
equations.
Rein notes that non-classical, or
subtle energy fields, which he refers to as quantum energy fields, [72]
may also be the source of experimental anomalies associated with “free energy”
and antigravity research. He notes that Mobius and Caduceus
electrical coils result in local
anomalies with respect to energy,
temperature, inertia, mass and gravity measurements. [73]
The annals of free
energy research abound with legendary anomalies from Mobius
and Caduceus coils. [74]
Using a self canceling electrical coil, William Hooper claimed to have identified some fundamental qualitative differences between types of electric fields distinguished by their origin. He patented a “motional electromagnetic field” which has allegedly been shown to be unshieldable. [75]
Rein
notes that the first application of self canceling coils was by Nikola Tesla, whose magnifying transmitter used two spiral
coils where the oscillations were phased to generate opposing EM fields. [76]
Tesla demonstrated that such coils could transmit energy over long distances
without losses. [77] Tesla
proposed that longitudinal
waves were produced, and used the term non-Hertzian
to describe this new energy field because it did not behave according to
standard Maxwellian EM theory. Tesla’s coil
designs worked by producing a broad spectrum of high frequency emissions which
appeared to create beneficial resonance conditions with living tissue.
Dr.Gustave Kolischer stated at the American Congerss
of Physical Therapy in
There seems to be some ambiguity in the description
of Tesla’s healing electrical currents. Tesla used self canceling coils, which means that, if cancellation is
complete, there is no frequency to the resulting standing scalar wave. On the
other hand, his healing currents were also described as “high frequency.” Not sure
what is going on here.
Russian radio engineer Georges Lakhovsky
used unique antenna designs with this technology, and he is said to have worked
in
Glen Rein, a quantum biologist, notes that
some standing waves have their E and B vectors parallel, whereas others
oscillate in the direction of propagation, and are called longitudinal waves. [79]
He notes another type of standing wave is called “force-free,” since the Lorentz force is zero.
Force-free fields can be generated in plasmas,
[80]
or put another way,
plasma waves can also occur in force-free magnetic fields. [81]
There are also
time reversed waves (classical fields travel forward in time),
solitary waves, and tachyon energy. [82] Rein uses the inclusive term “quantum potential field” to
refer to any of these fields, which he calls subtle energy fields. The idea of quantum potential was introduced
by David Bohm. [83]
Rein found that the output of a self canceling bifilar coil
canceled the magnetic field and vector potential, yet whatever else was left,
which he calls a quantum field and which he terms subtle energy, produced a small increase in UV absorption in
water. From this Rein concludes that quantum fields exist in the radiations of
such coils; are distinct from B (EM) and A (potential)
fields, and are able to induce a measurable macroscopic effect on water.
[84]
Summary of Key
Points
The
history of human experience recognizes prana and chi, Paracelsus’ “Illiaster,” Reichenbach’s odyle,
Reich’s orgone; the subtle energiy
bodies of the human chakra system.
Reichenbach’s odyle
energy has a counterpart in the bio energy amplified by Eeman’s
biocircuit, as both may be conducted by glass and
silk as well as metal. Radionics seems to “work” with
the biocircuit to communicate information to the DNA
of the physical body.
These “life forces” may or
may not be related to the science based biological energy fields, but physicists are well aware of
macroscopic energy fields which are not explained by the classical equations of
Maxwellian electromagnetism or Schrodinger’s
waves. Physicists
use the terms non-Maxwellian,
non-Abelian, or non-dispersive.
The human body, including its subtle energy fields, is profoundly influenced by Electromagnetism:
Magnets effect the acupuncture/meridian subtle energy system. Although the mechanisms of its functioning are not understood, acupuncture, which is said to effect the flow of subtle energy, has proved to be effective, and is slowly being incorporated into western medicine.
The Schumann resonance is important in synchronization of
diurnal and ELF brain rhythms.
Some
connect the energy associated with the Curry-Hartmann lines with the geomagnetic Schumann
resonance and telluric currents, which
are detectable by scientific instruments. [85]
Negative ions are believed to be healthful, because they
facilitate oxygen absorption, while positive ions are believed to be harmful.
In the coherent heart/brain system of neurocardioligy, since the heart and brain are entrained, the heart/brain system is also entrained with the earth’s magnetic field through the Schumann resonance. Based on the findings of HeartMath, this means a direct link between DNA and the geomagnetic energy field, which is in turn linked to the sun and other heavenly bodies. Although these fields are electromagnetic rather than Subtle, the neurocardology findings of HeartMath are consistent with the ancient spiritual concept of the heart chakra. [86]
Potentials and quantum fields, as well as alternative forms of
electromagnetism are considered “subtle energy” by some scientists. Potentials
as well as “quantum fields” generated by electrical coils or the human body, can produce macroscopic effects on water, which in
turn could affect human health.
Bohm’s levels of explicate and
implicate reality may correspond to the etheric,
astral, causal bodies of the human energy field.
Using scientific monitoring, the Dragon project has
concluded that the location of stone circles in
In his book Earth Lights Revelation, [87]
Devereaux argues that
earthquake lights represent a new type of energy. He also notes that
certain prehistoric mounds were constructed from alternating organic and
inorganic layers, much like Reich's orgone
accumulators.
Persinger has argued that the temporal lobe of the human brain is
sensitive to electromagnetism, having conducted numerous experiments subjecting
volunteers to temporal lobe stimulation which produced a variety of
hallucinations. He has proposed a tectonic strain theory which asserts that
areas of fault activity produce electromagnetic fields which may induce
hallucinations.
The US Geological Survey (USGS)
recognizes earthquake lights to be a real phenomena.“A satisfactory theory to
explain EQL, however, has been elusive and is still not agreed upon.
Lightning as well as the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere, and
possibly the earth’s core form plasmas, which could conduct non-Maxwellian longitudinal plasma waves.
Researchers in the field of biophotonics
have shown that an organism emits - internally and externally - ultraweak coherent photons.
In the early 1990s, Cyril Smith experimentally demonstrated
that vector potential fields, ignored by classical EM theory, can produce macroscopic effects by
imprinting water with coherent information.
Dr. William Tiller finds that human consciousness; that is,
human beings, can
generate a physical space "conditioned" by subtle energy, that this
subtle energy is related to the magnetic vector potential of classical
electrodynamics, and that this subtle energy may result in psi
phenomena.
Certain
scientists suggest that information transfer in biology takes place via
superconductive pathways, and that electrons and photons are the carriers of
this information. This theory is supported by experimental data linking physics
and biology. Cells seem to function as three-dimensional semiconductors. These
properties make them quantum systems.
Rein’s Quantum Energy Healing Model proposes that the human
bio-energy field is composed of at least three types of fields: EM, potential,
and quantum fields; ie, the same fields associated
with self canceling coils. His “quantum fields” seem to correspond to “scalar
waves”
Bohm’s implicate-explicate order somewhat correspond to the subtle energy
bodies of the human energy field.
Tortion (or torsion) fields
“Torsion fields” have been studied
by several groups of Russian scientists for at least three decades and most of
that time in secret. What are torsion fields? According to A. Akimov, these fields come in at least three types:
E-fields, S-fields, and G-fields. The E, S, and G stand for Electric, Spin, and
Gravity fields. The torsion field is apparently related to the quantum vacuum
(?) and its emanations are considered subtle energy fields. They are separate
and distinct from classical Electric, Magnetic, and Gravity fields. [88]
Questions
Electromagnetism can be produced in
a number of different
artificial forms, and also is produced within biological tissue;ie heart and brain.
Potential and quantum fields can be produced artificially (in coils) Do these artificially
produced Potential and quantum fields occur in nature; in particular in the
human body, as William Tiller suggests?
Can the technological healing energies of coils, studied by
scientists such as Glen Rein be coorelated to subtle life
energies?
The
earth’s geomagnetic field also influences the uptake of oxygen by negative
atmospheric ions, and induces hallucinations as the result of geological
faulting. What other effects might
the natural mixture of Maxwellian and non-Maxwellain geomagnetic energy fields have on biological
systems? For example, does the non-Maxwellian
geomagnetism associated with plasma formations, such as the aurora and
lightning, affect
biological organisms?
Could the human temporal lobes, or other parts of the
nervous system, be
selectively sensitive to potentials and quantum fields, as well as alternative forms of
electromagnetism?
Do the higher subtle energy bodies of the “human energy
field” (etheric,
astral, etc) reside only in human beings? What energy fields are associated
with living organisms and with consciousness? Is consciousness specific to
life?
Are all
longitudinal waves, as Tesla suggested, non-Hertzian
or non-Maxwellian? Does that
include the Schumann resonance?
There seems to be some ambiguity in the description
of Tesla’s healing electrical currents. Tesla used self canceling coils, which means that, if cancellation is
complete, there is no frequency to the resulting standing scalar wave. On the
other hand, his healing currents were also described as “high frequency.” Not sure
what is going on here.
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