MultiDimensional Bodies - 2

The millivoltage is between a half to a third as strong as that of a resting muscle. Changes in readings from this energy field, caused by sound or light, occured before those in the body. Dr Hunt believes 'a person's primary response in this world takes place first in the auric field, not in the sensory nerves nor in the brain'. The field apparently increases when a person walks barefoot on grass, or takes a swim, or cold shower, 'probably because of the increased negative ions,' says Hunt.

At the physics department of the University California in Los Angeles, Dr Hunt's research continued in the Mu room - a seven foot square environment in which the electromagnetic energy of the air can be manipulated. It's large enough to accommodate more than one person, adding an extra dimension to the experiments. There she discovered that if the electrical level was reduced, the 'aura' or 'energy field' became disorganized, and the subjects lost the sense of where their bodies were located in the space.

When the electromagnetism was depleted, there was more interaction between the fields of the people as each would try to compensate by drawing on the energy of another in the room. The result was everyone's field became even more depleted.

All of this is fascinating enough, but there were more interesting effects to discover. If the electrical field in the room was increased , the auric fields returned to their usual state, and the people reported an expansion of consciousness and clarity of thought. When the electrical level in the room was normal, but the magnetism decreased, the people found simple coordination tests, such as putting a finger to the nose, difficult. With the electricity the same, but the magnetism increased, the subjects had vastly increased motor ability, being able to lean over at an extraordinary angle, and to balance on the toes of one foot.

Working concurrently with clairvoyants, Hunt discovered that when the auric field was depleted in the Mu room, a fishnet effect of energy could be seen flowing through the whole body. The pattern of the flow did not correspond with the meridian lines of classical Chinese medicine, for example, but seemed more to follow the path of connective tissue.

Dr Hunt also carried out research involving rolfers: therapists who deeply manipulate the connective tissue of a body, Such manipulation can cause as person to feel emotions, see pictures in their mind, and remember incidences in the past. It was found that if a subject experienced imagery - spontaneous pictures - there was a back-and-forth energy shift between the throat and brow chakras. memory appears to be related to chakra, or energy centre, activity.

Many other eminent scientists have tried to measure the electromagnetic field, starting in 1845 with German inventor Karl von Reichenbach who called it an 'odic force'; Russian physicist Vladimir M. Inyushin who referred to 'bio-plasma'; Dr Harold Burr, Yale professor of neuro-anatomy, who in Blueprint for Immortality spoke of 'life fields'; and Robert Becker MD, co-author of the Body Electric, amongst others.

There have also been those who have captured the energy in photographic form, notably Semyon and Valentina Kirlian. many of the electromagnetic researchers worked in relative obscurity, but today on many a high street you can have your aura visually recorded by 'aura imaging' or Kirlian photography cameras.

Reference: The Fragrant Heavens: Valerie Ann Worwood