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THE BIOFIELD: A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MAGNETISM? THE BIOFIELD: DIFFERENT MAGNETISM? TYPE A little-known rotational force called the "biofield" has been detected around living organisms and has a strength that varies with changes in solar activity, lunar phase, planetary positions and the Earth's geomagnetic field. Abstract simple device has been created which measures a spin force around living organisms. This force varies with solar activity, phase of the Moon and some planetary positions. The discovery of this spin force bridges the gap between small bodies—subatomic particles, atoms and interstellar molecules—and large bodies—planets, asteroids, stars and galaxies. All these bodies have been shown to exhibit spin. This work also expands the property of spin to living organisms. The author proposes that spin be considered a basic force, along with electricity and gravity, and a replacement for magnetism, which is a special case of spin. Background on Electric and Magnetic Fields The Chinese use the term ch'‘i or ki to describe the energy which circulates along acupuncture meridians and provides the essential life force for the body. In the 1940s, Wilhelm Reich built what he called "orgone accumulators" which collected an energy from space. He considered orgone to be the vital energy of all living organisms and that it could be supplied to people who were ill by using Reich's accumulators. Reich's devices and discoveries stimulated a lot of research which is continuing today. Psychics who claim to see the human aura have always tantalised researchers to detect it with the latest and most sensitive instruments. However, measurements made with sensitive ultraviolet light detectors, electrostatic or radio-wave detectors have found almost nothing except the typical infrared or heat radiation given off by a warm body. There are a few examples of detection of possible forces around the human body. Applying high voltage and low current to the body and taking photographs produces coloured photographs. Called Kirlian photography, after the Russian who developed it, the technique has some validity, though it's difficult for measurable effects to be produced from the colour photographs. So, significant aspects may not have been noticed. Another example is electric charge. On a cool, dry day, the body can pick up electric charge, especially if synthetic clothing is worn, and this charge will spark to a metal surface as it is touched, or spark to another person if that person has less charge. This comes and goes with the weather. The body does not generate an electric charge which can be detected beyond the skin. There are small electric currents and voltages generated within the body which can be measured by placing electrodes directly on the skin or placing probes within the brain or heart. Brain waves are only about 10 millionths of a volt and the largest muscle electrical signal is generated by the heart: 2.5 millivolts. Other muscles produce voltages of only a few millionths of a volt. Some people have written that the body has a magnetic aura. This statement is misleading and confusing. While it's correct that any moving electric charge generates a magnetic field, such fields are only a fraction of the strength of the electric fields. In order to make magnetic fields apparent, coils of wire with many turns must be used. Blood flows out and back and has no net electrical charge, so it doesn't generate any external field, although a very small magnetic field is generated when nerve impulses n ate by Buryl Payne, PhD © 2008 PsychoPhysics Labs Post Office Box 514 Soquel, CA 95073, USA Telephone: +1 (831) 425 3324 Email: buryl@buryl.com Website: http:/Avww.buryl.com PsychoPhysics Labs Post Office Box 514 Soquel, CA 95073, USA Telephone: +1 (831) 425 3324 Email: buryl@buryl.com Website: http:/Avww.buryl.com propagate. To detect the tiny electrical signal produced by the heart muscle requires amplification of about 1,000 times, and electrodes must be placed directly on the body. The magnetic field of the brain requires amplification a thousand times more, or a million times altogether. In other words, the magnetic field generated by the heart is only about one- JUNE — JULY 2008 NEXUS = 45 by Buryl Payne, PhD © 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com