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Geopathic stress is a natural phonemenon which affects certain places and can be damaging to our health. It relates to irregularities in the earth's magnetic field, which can be aggravated by a variety of features. So come on in, put your feet up awhile, and learn about this interesting topic....what it is, what it does, what the signs and symptoms are, and how you can deal with it if you are being affected.

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial 15: AC vs DC

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE: AC vs DC?

  • Appliances that operate either with batteries or by plugging into the household wiring usually come equipped with an AC/DC switch.
  • If switched to AC, the appliance uses electric power that flows back and forth or "alternates" at a (U.S.) rate of 60 cycles per second (60 hertz, or Hz).
  • If DC ("direct current") is chosen, current flows one way from the batteries to the appliance.
  • AC fields induce weak electric currents in conducting objects, including humans
  • DC fields do not, unless the DC field changes in space or time relative to the person in the field.
  • In most practical situations, a battery-operated appliance is unlikely to induce electric current in the person using the appliance.
  • Induced currents from AC fields have been a focus for research on how EMFs could affect human health.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial 14: EMFs Defined

WHAT ARE EMFs?

EMF (or ElectroMagnetic Field) is a broad term which includes electric fields generated by charged particles, magnetic fields generated by charged particles in motion, and radiated fields such as TV, radio, and microwaves.

Electric fields are measured in units of volts per meter or V/m.

Magnetic fields are measured in milli-Gauss or mG.

The field is always strongest near the source and diminishes as you move away from the source.

These energies have the ability to influence particles at great distances.

Example: the radiation from a radio tower influences the atoms within a distant radio antenna, allowing it to pick up the signal.

Despite the many wonderful conveniences of electrical technology, the effects of EMF on biological tissue remains the most controversial aspect of the EMF issue with virtually all scientists agreeing that more research is necessary to determine safe or dangerous levels.

Iron, necessary for healthy blood and stored in the brain, is highly effected by EMF.

The permeability of the cell membrane of our nerves, blood vessels, skin, and other organs is effected.

The intricate DNA of the chromosomes has been shown to be effected by EMFs as well.

Throughout our bodies, every biochemical process involves precisely choreographed movement of EMF-sensitive atoms, molecules, and ions.

Power lines, electrical wiring, and appliances all produce electric and magnetic fields.

EMFs are invisible lines of force that surround any electrical device.

Electrical and magnetic fields have different properties and possibly different ways of causing biological effects.

Note that while electric fields are easily shielded or weakened by conducting objects (e.g., trees, buildings, and human skin), magnetic fields weaken with increasing distance from the source.

Even though electric and magnetic fields are present around appliances and power lines, more recent interest and research have focused on potential health effects of magnetic fields. This is because epidemiological studies have found associations between increased cancer risk and power-line configurations,

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial 12

SPACE CLEARING

Space Clearing refers to the art of cleansing spaces of energetic debris and then replacing it with balanced energy. You can really call it is energy housekeeping.

Just like we need to regularly clean our houses of dust and grime that accumulates through daily use, we also need to cleanse ourselves and environments of unwanted energetic accumulations. These accumulations will build-up daily, and over time result in layer upon layer of accrued energy that may not be balanced and harmonious.
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First we remove unwanted vibrations and stagnant energy to create a void, which must itself be filled with positive energy or more heavy energy would take its place. Positive energy is mobile and expansive and attracts energy of a similar vibration (like attracts like), often in the form of helpful people and opportunities, experiences, guides and angels.

This is why revitalizing the energy in our home or business has a corresponding effect on our life or work. By changing the energy in our space we create a fresh beginning and can expect an improvement in every aspect of our lives: health, relationships, finances and spiritual well being.

Most people respond to the energy of a space on an unconscious level, but as we grow and awaken spiritually we become more sensitive to the differences in energetic vibrations. Places that once felt acceptable may now feel discordant and we no longer feel comfortable within an environment unless it is filled with positive, expansive energy.

It is crucial that we learn to clear the spaces around us of negative energy. Not only for our own well-being but to assist in raising the energy of the planet as it shifts from third dimensional reality into fifth. We can help dismantle the remnants of astral energy that have over-shadowed our planet's spiritual evolution, and enter the new era with great light.

What do we mean by "negative energy"?
Energy is neither positive nor negative, good nor bad. This polarity is an illusion of duality consciousness; all energy comes from Divine Source and all is in Divine Order when energy can flow and change.


The problems arise when energy is trapped or becomes stuck in inappropriate dimensions. Stagnant astral energy is of a low vibrational rate and is discordant with energy of a higher vibration. Light workers assist by freeing the heavy accumulated energy and returning it to Source for reprocessing.

What are Energy Imprints?
An Energy Imprint is an energy pattern that has been left behind in a building, natural site or aura after the event. Everything that happens in a building, all actions and emotions, personal and political events, public and private histories, are recorded in its walls, spaces and furnishings.

Recall a situation where you walked into a room where an argument had just taken place. We sometimes describe it by saying, "You could have cut the air with a knife". The energetic release during the argument was so intense that the energy left behind was almost physically tangible.

Every argument, trauma or illness leaves a deep energetic imprint. These imprints do not fade unless cleared by intention. Imprints can be found in possessions and clutter, particularly antiques that change ownership many times. An energetic imprint may be left over from the previous inhabitants of a building, from years, centuries or even eons ago. Many energetic imprints have their source in the astral fragments released when a person dies, and appear as "ghosts". As long as there is still old, stagnant energy in a space it cannot sparkle with fresh energy and light.

What are Emotional Residues?
Every living thing, every emotion, event, or action, carries an energy vibration that leaves an imprint in the etheric layers almost like a memory. If the energy has been the result of anger, fear, trauma or depression, the imprint will be of a low vibration and the building will feel heavy, sad, uncomfortable or unpleasant.

As feelings, thoughts and words are exchanged between people, emotional residue accrues and some people will be especially vulnerable to its effects. Individuals who have strong emotions, repressed negative feelings or are easily stressed, are like magnets in attracting this negative energy to them. Their magnetic field - already struggling - becomes even more clogged with emotional debris.

When we spend time in a place that has accumulated negative energy our own vibrational rate will be challenged and drained. Over time our moods, health, relationships and work will begin to suffer. We might move into a home where the people before went through a painful divorce and before we realise we begin to pick up this energy and start to have difficulties in our own relationship. If previous occupants had financial problems, illness or stress, these negative energies remain in the space and can in a sense be "passed on". Patterns get deeply imprinted and can cause many generations of occupants to experience similar problems.

What Do Emotional Imprints Feel Like?

Emotional Imprints are usually felt in the kinaesthetic changes in our bodies as we move from room to room through a building. Though we rarely stop to think about it, we encounter subtle changes of this type between different rooms in practically every house we enter, but only when they are dramatic and overwhelming do we comment. If a room in the house has been used for a long unhappy convalescence there may be residual feelings of melancholy or coldness in the room. Powerful emotional imprints are left behind as the result of death, suicide, cruelty, arguments, deep depression or any other intense emotional outpouring.

In some instances we might locate such an overwhelming atmosphere in a specific item of clothing, jewellery, ornament or furniture. Sometimes these "charged" items generate discomfort in a room, or indeed throughout the whole house, as a direct result of their own held memories of the past. Most certainly, we should cherish our mementos, treasuring them for the happy memories they bring, but sometimes an item can be carrying an equally strong negative unhappy vibration that needs to be cleansed first.

What is an Entity?
An Entity is a non-physical being who is parasitic to its host. Just as our physical body can have intestinal parasites so our subtle bodies (aura) and environment can be parasitised by non-physical energies and presences. An entity is actually a fragment of non-physical energy - with some consciousness of its own -which drains energy from its human host.

Ghosts are energy fragments of deceased beings that are trapped on the earth plane, usually at a particular site. This occurrence is commonly known as a haunting. Astral fragments come from the shattering of the consciousness of people during death, especially where the death was sudden or traumatic.

What does an Entity Attachment Feel Like?
Entity attachments almost always make their presence known by experiences of dramatic changes in emotions or by strange phenomena. A sudden cold breeze may appear from nowhere, or a particular room feels icy cold and damp. We have all walked into places where we felt unwelcomed and immediately wanted to leave. We might have the sense there is someone watching us. We may glimpse something out of the corner of our eye. Sometimes we avoid a room or corner in our homes because it seems to repel us. Things may go "bump" in the night. There might be unexplained odours, or we might actually feel something touch or brush against us.

If you experience entity presence, do not feed them with fear. Entities are attracted to fear because human emotional energy is their food. Most children are intuitively sensitive to spirits. A child who is afraid of the dark can attract all manner of negative entities which then increase the child's fear so they can feed on that emotion

How Does One Clear an Entity Attachment?
Just as there are a myriad of different manifestations here, there are also many different sources of entity disturbances including discarnate soul fragments, thoughtforms and elementals. Advanced clairvoyant skills can be employed to determine what entities are present in a house and the best course of action for their release.

Healers use a variety of methods based in their own experience, abilities and guidance. This work must be handled with care, integrity and genuine reverence. It is never sufficient to imitate the rituals of another healer or tradition, no matter how impressive they might seem.

I work with spirit guides and helpers, and refuse all communication that originates on the astral plane. In so doing I avoid the heavy energy and misguidance associated with astral entities. It is not necessary to converse with misplaced entities to help them. My guides, their guides, and angelic beings act as intermediaries. I offer the entity the choice of moving to the Light or returning to Source, but they cannot by Universal Law remain attached to the person or place they haunt.

One must be firm and loving with this direction. Over the years I have had experience with many entities who are stubborn and initially resist the clearing. They are fearful of leaving what is familiar no matter how dark and unpleasant their current existence. Sometimes they feel guilty for misdeeds in their lifetime and think they will go to hell in the after life. Deceased people who had strict Christian beliefs seem to need a lot of convincing that God is all-loving and all-forgiving, and that there is no punishment after death.

Many entities are merely the previous tenants who do not know they are dead and are frustrated that new people have moved into their home. There is a certain poignancy to their situation. Recently I came upon an elderly woman who knew she was dead but was waiting for people to come and take her to her own funeral - which was forty years earlier! There she was, dressed in her Sunday best, sitting on the side of her bed, waiting for someone to pick her up in a car. When her guides brought her son - also passed over - to collect her, she was very happy to see him and go with him to the Light.

Where earth-bound beings and soul fragments are involved the healer facilitates by raising awareness and the energetic vibration at the site. The entity's transition itself takes place with love and grace. Often the guides bring a relative or friend already in spirit that the entity can trust to help them make their transition. Each situation is entirely unique; we must first seek understanding from our guidance and act accordingly. Many times we may be prompted to do things that seem unusual or irrelevant in the rational sense, but bring results.

What are Residual Thoughtforms?
Residual Thoughtforms are the psychic disturbances or imprints that can be created by strong beliefs held by people who once dwelt in a place. Thoughtforms can appear as monster-like entities, legendary creatures, deities, demons or other religious terrors. While they do not actually have souls they do have a life of their own since they were created and fed by the mental energy of groups of people who once worshipped them. When these thoughtforms are no longer supported by ritual worship, they try to feed off the energy of anyone in their vicinity. We can be especially vulnerable to thoughtforms when we open psychically during meditation or prayer, as these are also sacred rituals.

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial 11

SCHUMANN WAVES

  • Are naturally occurring, beneficial electromagnetic waves


  • Oscillate between the Earth and certain layers of the atmosphere


  • First identified in 1952 by Professor W.O. Schumann, a German scientist


  • Are very long waves of extremely, low frequency


  • Are present everywhere in the atmosphere on this planet


  • Waves have similar frequency as brain waves and follow a similar daily pattern


  • It has been suggested that these waves help regulate the body's internal clock, thus affecting sleep patterns, hormonal secretions, the menstrual cycle in women and so on

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BLACK STREAMS

  • Defined as underground water veins or streams that give off noxious radiations


  • Can be harmful to life above them


  • Can be conceptualized as earth meridians whose flow has become stagnant or polluted, giving rise to Negative Energy


  • Harmful radiation rises in a vertical plane from the underground stream to the earth's surface


  • Have been dowsed to be anywhere from 1 ft to 900ft deep and from 1ft to 300ft wide


  • The two edge lines and the center line dowse as the strongest, sharpest potentially most dangerous places on the stream for habitual exposure


  • Have been known to change their habitual course, especially after earthquakes and droughts


  • Are known to be stronger at midday, mid-summer, full moon, and during periods of heightened solar flare (sunspot) activity


  • Have been dowsed as inactive in the Canadian tundra during the frozen winter


  • Are also known to be associated with higher levels of ionising radiation, lightning strikes and other atmospheric phenomena


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LEY LINES

  • Are straight over-ground energy lines

  • Mirror larger underground currents, including underground rivers

  • Carry positively charged Yang energy

  • Are the counterpart to the negatively charged Yin energy of underground water

  • Are charged with Heavenly Consciousness, act as a conduit for spiritual energies

  • Often referred to as "spirit lines"

  • Have been recognized by all cultures as sacred Have often been chosen for the location of sacred structures and sites

  • These straight spirit paths are found everywhere in the world

  • Frequently define the processional routes to major palaces, temples and cathedrals

  • Energy of lines is appropriate for sacred sites and ritual ceremony

  • Lines are less suited for secular living

  • Houses built on them can become a thoroughfare for all manner of disturbances, including spirits.

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CURRY LINES

  • Are a global grid network of electrically charged lines of natural origin


  • Lines run diagonally to the poles (true or magnetic?)


  • Run northeast to southeast and northwest to southwest


  • Were first discovered by Dr. Manfred Curry and Dr. Wittmann in the 1970’s


  • Approximately 3 meters apart and 15 cm wide but can vary


  • Lines themselves are not seen as a problem, only where they intersect


  • Lines are electrically chargedIntersecting points are either double ++, double -- or + -


  • Double Negative crossings associated with sleep disturbance, depression, nervous reactions, inflammations and rheumatic disease


  • Double Positive crossings encourage enhanced cell enlargement, could lead to a proliferation of cells, possible cancerous growth


  • Considered more harmful than equivalent Hartmann knots


  • Overlay the Hartmann Grid


  • Known as Cancer Lines in Europe


Note: It has been suggested that both the Curry grids and Hartmann Net are earthing grids for cosmic rays that constantly bombard the Earth, and that they can be distorted by other things, such as geological fault lines and underground mining. It is also possible to have spots where the Curry and Hartmann lines cross, causing further potential problems. These spots are generally seen to be more detrimental than a single crossing within the Curry or Hartmann system.

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HARTMANN LINES

  • Consists of naturally occurring charged lines, running North-South and East-West

  • Named after Dr. Ernst Hartmann, who first described it soon after the second world war


  • Alternate lines are usually positively and negatively charged


  • Where lines intersect it is possible to have double ++ charges, double - - charges, or + - charge


  • The intersections are seen as a source of potential problems


  • Appears as a structure of radiations rising vertically from the ground like invisible, radioactive walls, each 21 centimetres (9 inches) wide


  • The grid is magnetically orientated


  • North to South lines appear at intervals of 2 meters (6 feet 6 inches)


  • East to West lines appear at intervals of 2.5 meters (8 feet)


  • Between these geometric lines lies a neutral zone, an unperturbed micro-climate


  • This network penetrates everywhere: over open ground or through dwellings


  • Have been defined using the Chinese terms of Yin and Yang


  • The Yin (North-South lines) is a cold energy which acts slowly, corresponds to winter, is related to cramps, humidity and all forms of rheumatism


  • The Yang (East-West lines) is a hot, dry rapidly acting energy. It is related to fire and is linked to inflammations


  • The points formed by the intersection of these lines, whether positive or negative, are dynamic environments sensitive to the rhythms of the hours and the seasons


  • Sleeping over these knots can cause nervous disturbances, headaches, cramps and rheumatic illnesses


  • Where intersections coincide with black streams the effect is greatly increased Lines intensity increases at night when there are less free ions


  • During an earthquake the Hartmann network becomes twisted and distorted, but is restored to symmetry half an hour later

Note: It has been suggested that both the Curry grids and Hartmann Net are earthing grids for cosmic rays that constantly bombard the Earth, and that they can be distorted by other things, such as geological fault lines and underground mining. It is also possible to have spots where the Curry and Hartmann lines cross, causing further potential problems. These spots are generally seen to be more detrimental than a single crossing within the Curry or Hartmann system


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EARTH'S ENERGY GRID

  • Can be thought of as a web that holds or links the Earth together


  • Is affected by - electricity, magnetism, light, color, heat, sound and matter


  • Operates through certain geometrical patterns that follow a specific symmetry


  • The grids meet at various intersecting points forming a kind of matrix


  • Is equivalent to the acupressure points on our bodies


  • Grid points can be found at some of the strongest power places on the planet.


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Geopathic Stress Tutorial 5:

LINES DEFINED

When Scott and I first started to learn about geopathic stress, we were suddenly thrown into a world of lines...all sorts of lines...people would talk about these lines, like we really knew what they were referring to. We really didn't have a clue.

For me, it was overwhelming. New specific vocabulary, that required the ability to visualize the invisible world. This was tough for me. I can remember when we were doing house renovations and the contractor was frustrated trying to explain to me what he was talking about ‘cause I can’t visualize that kind of thing easily. I am more of the feeling type, I can feel or sense energy easier than creating a visual concept.

Anyway, in this tutorial I will introduce you to the various kinds of lines you will hear about when entering into the world of geopathic stress. From time to time I will come back and update this section more completely. Check back for updated.


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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial: 4

MORE POSSIBLE SIGNS OF GEOPATHIC STRESS

When assessing your property to determine if geopathic stress is an issue affecting you or your property, here are some of the things to look for in the near vicinity of your property:

Overhead Tension Wires
Underground Power/Cable Lines
Power Transformers
Power/Electricity Substation
Electrical Distribution Lines running by your property
Sattellite Dishes
Radio or TV Station
Cell Phone Towers
A Place Where Tragic Events Have Occured
High Accident Intersection/Road/Highway
A Quarry
A Mine
Presence of Nearby Streams/Wells
Historical Sites Involving Trauma to Earth/Humans
Old Battlegrounds
Cemetary/Burial Sites
Heavy Industrial Sites
Excavation Site


Source: Seeds for Change Wellness, Property Clearing Questionnaire

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Geopathic Stress Tutorial: 3

HOW CAN I TELL WHETHER I AM AFFECTED?

Personal Signs and Symptoms of Geopathic Stress

There are a number of pointers which may suggest the presence of Geopathic Stress by its effect on both living and non-living organisms. The following clues may suggest that a person is affected by Geopathic Stress:

  1. They have a serious illness such as cancer or multiple sclerosis


  2. They have any illness which doesn ot clear up, despite good treatment.


  3. They have tried a number of different therapies without success.


  4. Their condition improves, only to return after a short period of time.


  5. They feel better or the condition improves when away from home, like on vacation.


  6. They became ill shortly after moving into the home.


  7. They live in a house which doesn't "feel right" energetically.


  8. They wake up in the morning feeling drained, unrefreshed or worse than before bed.


OTHER POSSIBLE INDICATORS:
Areas around the home, both inside and out can also show indications that the property is being affected in a negative way by earth energies. Some of the sings to look for are listed below.




  1. There may be problems with mold in the house.

  2. There is alot of lichen or moss growing on the roof, walls, or lawn, as geopathic stress encourages the gowth of these.

  3. There may be problems with ants, wasps or bees. Most animals avoid geopathic stress. Those that avoid it include dogs, cows, and horses.Some are attracted to int these include ants, wasps, bees and oddly enough cats. Numerous ants nests indicate GS too and big ones we are often found on crossings of underground streams, while ant paths often follow streams too.

  4. The presence of cracks in walls, driveways, paving stones, curbs, and roads. These may indicate the presence of a geological faultline.

  5. Recurring mechanical and elecrtrical breakdowns...appliances that need continual replacement or areas that have been repaired that need to be done over and over again.

  6. High accident locations on highways have also been correlated with geopathic stress activity.

  7. The presence of trees with cancer (large knobby growths on the trunk) or trees whose trunks have split in two.

  8. Gaps in hedges or shrubs, these may indicate the position of a line of geopathic stress crossing the hedge.

  9. Lightning-struck trees, infertile fruit trees, and strangely twisted trees are clues

  10. Lawns will often betray bare patches, and begetable gardens will reveal stunted or mutated growth.

  11. Close neighbors may also be in poor health.

  12. The presences of nearby springs and wells.

  13. Previous occupants of the house have also been ill.

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SO WHAT IS GEOPATHIC STRESS?
Geopathic stress is the effect of detrimental earth radiation and electromagnetic radiation on the health of your body, the environment, or other living and non-living organisms.

The earth has a natural magnetic field; it acts as though it has a large magnet at the center. The rotation of the earth creates electrical currents in the molten metals found within its core, thereby producing a magnetic field. Human beings have evolved with this background magnetic field; they are accustomed to living within its presence.

Geopathic stress occurs when the Earth's magnetic field is disturbed, either naturally or artificially, and the background field we normally experience is changed. This can happen when the natural radiations which rise up through the earth are distorted by weak electromagnetic fields created by subterranean running water, sewers, drains, certain mineral concentrations, fault lines and underground cavities.

Natural radiations disturbed in this way can become harmful to humans. Mining can cause man-made disturbances to the earth's magnetic field, foundations for tall buildings, quarrying, underground transport systems, and public utilities (water, sewage, and so on).

Geopathic stress is not only electromagnetic in origin. Geopathic stress can be caused by energies emanating from the earth vibrating at a level beyond the electromagnetic spectrum currently recognized and detected by conventional science and technology.

These energies are often referred to as earth energies and can be bad, good, or neutral. Earth energies have many different features but most problems are caused by underground water streams and straight energy lines often referred to as Ley Lines, Curry Grind Lines and Hartmann Grid Lines.

Curry lines were discovered by Dr. Manfred Curry and Dr. Wittmann as a global grid network. As was the Hartmann global grid network discovered by Dr. Ernest Hartmann. It is mainly the crossing points on the Curry or Hartmann lines that cause health problems. Any feature which affects the earth's natural magnetic field will most likely also effect the earth energies as these are linked in some way.


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SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF
Beyond "Granola" Turf Management

Earth energies could be affecting our personal and turf health

Article By Scott Anderson, Published in Turf Net, January 2007 Scott is a golf course superintendent for a private club outside of the Philadelphia area. His article was published in Turf Net, an online a golf course newsletter.

I first came across the term geopathic stress (GS) about a year ago as I was investigating the effects of special copper rings with mysterious energies. It was difficult for me to comprehend the invisible distorted earth energies that cause geopathic stress, and even harder to believe they could affect the health of humans, plants, and animals to the degree I am now convinced they do. Hopefully this brief introduction will stimulate enough interest for some of you to investigate this intriguing subject. Compare it to gravity, another unseen force but one generally accepted as real. We are aware of the effects even though we cannot see it or hold it in our hands. I urge you to suspend disbelief at first glance.

What is geopathic stress? The term geopathic comes from two Greek words, geo meaning of the Earth and pathos meaning suffering or disease. GS is a pseudoscientific theory (or to some, a paranormal belief) that the wavelengths of inner earth energies are disrupted in some places as they rise to the earth’s surface. When this natural earth energy (which normally vibrates at a very low 8 Hz) encounters weak electromagnetic fields around underground water veins, mineral deposits, radiation sources, caves or fault lines near the surface, stress lines vibrating at up to 250 Hz can be created.

Living organisms have evolved and adapted to the natural, undisturbed 8 Hz earth energies, and now flourish when bathed in them. The abnormally high wavelengths of the altered earth energies, however, create areas of geopathic stress which can be detrimental to the health and well-being of susceptible organisms.

For humans, this may manifest itself at the very least as a feeling of unease or "bad karma" when encountering an area of geopathic stress. Many debilitating diseases (including cancer, asthma, SIDS, depression, insomnia, birth defects, hyperactivity in children, depression, premature births and heart problems) have been associated with long-term exposure to geopathic stress. It is important to note that GS does not cause these illnesses, but rather impairs the ability of our immune systems to combat them. Traditional medical approaches often improve in effectiveness once the patient is removed from an area of geopathic stress.

According to Rolf Gordon, author of Are You Sleeping In A Safe Place?, "the only common factor in most serious and long term illnesses and psychological conditions" is geopathic stress.

Geopathic stress has also been indicated as a contributor to stressed interpersonal relationships, impaired plant health (including plants that flower but never bear fruit), and increased activity of molds and mildews. The presence of certain plants can actually indicate an area of GS.

Early work with geopathic stress dates back to the 1920s in Germany. Cancer rates were shown to be higher in the vicinity of water veins, which are running streams located 150 to 300 feet underground. These underground streams are one of the main factors in distorting otherwise healthy earth energies.

Ancient civilizations and Native American Indians were in tune with these energies, tending to congregate in areas without geopathic stress (now often known as sacred sites) and employing techniques such as burying crystals in line with the directional flow of the GS to divert them. Today, very simple methods of using copper clad iron, brass, stainless steel or copper wires are employed to divert or neutralize these lines from homes and businesses — and even golf courses.
Although knowledge in this field is limited, the effects are not. In addition to the illnesses previously mentioned, GS can actually crack blacktop, concrete sidewalks, foundations, and rock formations. Experts believe that these negative energies are increasing in strength due to man’s physical disturbance of the earth (mining, foundations for tall buildings), pollution, and especially "electromagnetic smog" from transformers and cell phones.

Personal Experience
My personal experience with geopathic stress began when I learned how to dowse with L-rods. Dowsing, or water-witching, is a skill that dates back thousands of years, and is usually associated with finding areas of increased energy such underground water — previously using Y-sticks but now either L-rods or pendulums. Monitoring the movements and behavior of these dowsing tools reveals the places in which geopathic stress is strongest.

Dowsing is generally considered a neuro-muscular response to one’s guidance through intuition, amplifying small but otherwise imperceptible movements of the hands.

Initially, I didn’t realize how important this relatively simple skill would become to me. Since then I’ve trained with Leroy Bull, a master dowser from Doylestown, PA who has been dowsing for over 50 years. He regularly finds wells and lost items, and locates and remediates areas of GS.

Slim Spurling's Tools to Disperse & Remediate Geopathic Stress

This past August, I attended a workshop at the Nature Lyceum (Westhampton, NY) which featured a presentation by Slim Spurling, one of the foremost experts on geopathic stress in the country and one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met. Spurling taught some very simple techniques to dowse for GS and methods of diverting these potentially destructive energies.

After training with Slim, I wondered if geopathic stress could be contributing to annual turf decline on one of the greens on our restored William Flynn course. This particular green has been a challenge for ten years, with only limited response from all kinds of agronomic approaches.

Upon dowsing the area and finding six horizontal GS lines 10-12’ wide running through the green complex, I immediately felt I was onto something. To confirm my findings, I hired Leroy Bull to come in and dowse the green. Sure enough, he found the same six lines but also what he calls a vertical energy vortex just off the green. Leroy had me stand in the center of this vortex, at which time my feet started to feel a little strange. I was convinced there was something going on there.

Typically, lines of geopathic stress are remediated by dowsing to find the center and the direction of flow, and then burying an 18" wide copper staple a few inches deep. This diverts the energy up like a rainbow, over and back down underground thus creating a protective "dome" in the target area.

Having just returned from the Spurling seminar, however, I suggested to Leroy that we instead bury in the green one of the copper/brass ring devices developed by Spurling along with another copper/brass amplifying device called the Energy Enveloper to widen the effect of the ring. Leroy dowsed the best location and the depth to bury it. Following the installation, GS lines are not detectable at this location. Six weeks later, in my opinion, the green has a new vibrancy of health.

I have also seen a correlation between GS and turf problems at other locations here at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, including increased incidence of dollar spot in the 10-12’ swath that encompasses the typical GS line.

Working with my wife, Susan, at her holistic wellness center, I have blocked GS at a dozen or so homes and businesses; all have had tell-tale signs of GS including weak landscape plants, gaps in hedges, excessive mold or mildew, and cracks in walls or driveways in line with the center of the GS lines. A few of these locations have also had a homeowner with a serious illness.

Could there be a connection? I think so, but as with all this type of "no see ‘em" stuff, I urge you to find your own truth, avoiding total skepticism until you do a little homework or research on your own.

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Editor’s Note:
Yeah, this concept may seem a little over the top at first glance. However, last year I (skeptically) attended a dowsing seminar given by Scott and Leroy Bull. There, I personally saw and felt things that I simply could not explain.

Scott has been at the 27 hole HVCC for 23 years now, during which time he has convinced his membership on the benefits of "down and brown" low input management with a strong emphasis on alternative organic products and methodologies. At the very least, he is unafraid to explore and investigate the unproven and the esoteric.

By suggesting to him the idea of writing for us, I simply hoped to open other minds to exploring alternative concepts as well. Often seemingly complex problems have simple solutions right under our noses.

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