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Earth Energies and Geopathic Stress

 

By Alex Stark. Copyright 2001

 

Geopathic Stress (also know as geostress) is a form of trauma caused by

disturbed or anomalous energies within the earth's mantle. The Earth is

surrounded by an energy grid which contains and transmits vital forces.

This grid is essential to life, and is part of the background radiation

which supports life. However, this energetic grid can become traumatized

and the energies which it contains and emanates can become harmful to

life. Geopathic stress has been implicated in a number of undesirable

effects to human health, from simple conditions such as sleeplessness or

confusion to highly dangerous ones such as cancer, decreased fertility,

and auto-immune disfunction..

 

Western understanding of Geopathic stress, although still incipient,

nevertheless recognizes a number of different causes for this perplexing

phenomenon. Of the many possible scenarios, potentially the most

dangerous are the harmful underground water veins known as " black

streams " . These usually involve underground water streams that have

become harmful due to human activities such as road cuttings,

foundations, excavation, mining, explosions, war, and others.

 

In addition to geopathic stress generated by dark streams, other factors

such as ley lines, global geomagnetic grid crossings, geological faults,

underground caverns, and natural mineral concentrations all exhibit

effects similar to black streams. They are all associated with

geomagnetic anomalies, increased magnetic fields, and/or higher levels

of radon gas. Lately, the entire spectrum of AC pulsed electromagnetic

fields and industrial and medical ionising radiation sources have also

been considered, as well as DC field disruptions caused by metallic

objects such as reinforcing rods in cast concrete.

 

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BLACK STREAMS

 

Black streams can be defined as underground water veins or streams that

give off noxious radiations which can be harmful to life above them.

They can be conceptualized as earth meridians (Chinese: Mai) whose flow

has become stagnant or polluted, giving rise to Negative Energy (Sha Qi). Th

 

Harmful radiation rises in a vertical plane from the underground stream

to the earth's surface and above as indicated in the diagram above.

Black Streams have been dowsed to be anywhere from 1 ft to 900ft deep

and from 1ft to 300ft wide (the widest corresponding to a major ley

line). The two edge lines and the center line dowse as the strongest,

sharpest Qi and are potentially the most dangerous places on the stream

for habitual exposure. The streams may display tributaries and

convergences, and dowsable echoes parallel to the main stream.

 

Black Streams have been known to change their habitual course,

especially after earthquakes and droughts. They are known to be stronger

at midday, mid-summer, full moon, and during periods of heightened solar

flare (sunspot) activity. They have been dowsed as inactive in the

Canadian tundra during the frozen winter. They are also known to be

associated with higher levels of ionising radiation, and with lightning

strikes and other atmospheric phenomena.

 

Black Streams: Causes

 

A black stream is a sick earth meridian (Lung Mai). There is a well-

established link between black streams and traumas to the earth's

etheric web that have caused the flow of Qi to stagnate in these

channels. Typical examples of such traumas include the building of

railway and highway cuttings, tunnels and embankments, quarries and

mines, and building foundations, especially those with steel footings.

Also implicated are heavy industry sites, power stations and electricity

sub-stations, military bases, steel pilings, poles and even road signs.

Old battle grounds and historical sites involving trauma to the earth or

to humans, such as witch-burning sites, execution grounds, and burial

grounds can also retain much Sha Qi. Sometimes natural topography can

exhibit similar effects, particularly if there are concentrations of

iron ore below ground.

 

On a subtler level, a contemporary real estate development which has

been undertaken without any traditional ground-breaking rituals (i.e.

without a foundation-stone laying ceremony or without offerings made in

good faith to the earth and nature spirits whose land has been taken for

development) can display signs of stagnant Qi in the earth meridians as

well as traumatized elemental energies.

 

Black Streams: Signs and Symptoms

 

There are many well-documented medical effects of prolonged exposure to

black streams, arising principally as a result of the position of the

bed in the path of this negative energy. Most notorious of these medical

effects is cancer. The first well-documented study of the correlation

between geopathic stress and cancer was conducted in the 20’s and 30’s

by the German dowser Baron von Pohl.

 

Von Pohl was asked to dowse the small town of Vilsbiburg in 1929, having

then the highest per capita cancer death rate in Bavaria at the time. He

discovered a 100 per cent correlation between the beds of cancer victims

and the paths of black streams passing through the town. He repeated the

procedure in Grafenau in 1930, a town with the lowest cancer incidence

in the province, and again found a 100 per cent correlation. He

developed a scale to rate Geopathic stress of 1 to 16, where a combined

tally of 9 or above gives rise to cancer.

 

Modern experience is that cancers of all types can grow where Geopathic

stress is lower than this, possibly because we now have many more

opportunities for exposure to ionising radiation (for example through

modern medicine), carcinogenic pollutants, and other assaults on the

immune system.

 

Other diseases in which Geopathic stress has been implicated include:

multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, Parkinson's disease, and many

other wasting and paralyzing diseases; endocrine disorders of all types;

Crohn's disease; candidiasis; Down's syndrome and other congenital

genetic disorders; schizophrenia and a host of mental disorders

including obsessions, addictions, psycho-sexual disorders, suicides and

location-specific depressions and anxieties.

 

Disorders which can have a Geopathic stress component include insomnia

and nightmares, sudden infant death syndrome, infertility, myalgic

encephalomyelitis (post viral fatigue syndrome), migraine, asthma,

eczema, arthritis, and rheumatic disorders, and many other chronically

depleted immune system conditions.

 

In terms of diagnosis for geopathic stress, it is believed in the

acupuncture tradition that a point on the hand just distal to the fourth

and fifth metacarpal junction (Triple Heater 3-1/3rd) is a prime

Geopathic stress test point, for both diagnosis and treatment. Males

often show pain if this point is pressed on the right hand, whereas

females show weakness on the left hand.

 

Black Streams and the Animal Kindoms

 

In the animal realm, most mammals instinctively avoid spending time over

black streams, gravitating instead to white streams (i.e. the healthy,

free-flowing earth meridians). Birds are reckoned to be most sensitive,

and horses most resilient, though many injury-prone horses are often

seen to be stabled on black streams.

 

On the other hand, cats, owls, snakes, slugs and snails are attracted to

black streams, and a cat's favorite sleeping place (in the absence of an

obvious source of warmth) is very often a sure clue to the location of a

black stream crossing. Insects, parasites, bacteria and viruses also

thrive on black streams, and ant and wasp nests invariably provide a

similar clue. A black stream is also the perfect location for a beehive.

 

Black Streams and the Vegetable Kindoms

 

Clues to the path of a black stream in the vegetable world include

lightning-struck trees, dead or stunted gaps in hedges and avenues of

trees, infertile fruit trees, cankers, and strangely twisted trees

(usually in the direction of flow of the meridian current). Fruit trees

are the most sensitive, while oaks, redwoods and ashes are more

resilient, and elders seem to be positively attracted to dark streams.

 

Lawns will often betray bare patches, moss, silver weed and fungi.

Vegetable gardens will reveal stunted or mutated growth, especially

along the edge lines of the black streams. On the other hand, ivy,

bindweed, nettles, docks, thistles, foxgloves, ferns and nightshades are

naturally attracted to dark streams. In therapeutic terms it is believed

that the appropriate medicinal herbs for a person who has fallen sick

from a dark stream can be usually found in the garden along the path of

a black stream running though their bed. This seems to echo homeopathic

thinking.

 

Other Clues to Black Streams

 

The path of a black stream can often be traced within the home by

following the piles of chronically unresolved clutter across a house.

Other clues include piles of rubbish, cracks in glass, brick, sidewalks,

and plasterwork, recurring mechanical and electrical breakdowns,

derelict areas, and accident-prone " black spots " both within the home

and outside of it. High accident locations on highways have also been

correlated with geopathic stress activity. Fruit and vegetables, grain,

ale, cheese, jam, wine, and photographic film will all spoil quickly

when stored in the path of a dark stream.

 

Sick building syndrome, although a separate and distinct form of

imbalance, can sometimes be rooted in the presence of black streams

under the property. In addition, Sha Qi can be spread from the path of

the streams throughout the rest of the building by the steel

construction frame, electrical wiring, and pipe work, just as it can be

spread along railway tracks. Thus a steel-framed structure with black

streams running through it will usually dowse positive more readily than

a brick or wood structure under the same conditions.

 

Bad neighbor syndrome can sometimes be traced to a black stream flowing

from aggressor to victim. Hauntings of earth-bound human ghosts and

other entities, including poltergeist activity, are often tied to

negative earth energies. Similarly, nature spirits and landscape

entities, if not properly considered, can hold trauma to the earth's

etheric web within the landscape.

 

 

 

LEY LINES

 

As mentioned above, in addition to black streams, there are other

possible causes for geopathic disturbances. Ley lines are properly

defined as straight over-ground energy lines that echo the sinuous paths

of larger underground currents, including underground rivers. They carry

positively charged Yang Qi and are a counterpart to the negatively

charged Yin Qi of underground water. As such, they are associated with

the Upper World in traditional societies, and are charged with Heavenly

Consciousness. Because they act as a conduit for spiritual energies of

various types, they are often referred to as " spirit lines " .

 

Ley lines have been recognized by all cultures as specially sacred and

have often been chosen for the location of temples and other sacred

structures and ceremonial sites. These straight spirit paths (often over

dozens of miles) are found everywhere in the world, and frequently

define the processional routes to major palaces, temples and cathedrals.

Appropriate for sacred sites and ritual ceremony, these energy pathways

are less suitable for secular living, and houses built on them can

become a thoroughfare for all manner of disturbances, including spirits.

Hence they can become associated with Sha Chi and geopathic stress, and

the energy they convey is often negative to humans.

 

Ley lines are found in all parts of the world, and have been developed

in some societies to an extremely complex degree. The Inka, for example,

have left evidence of a ley line system know as the seques which

radiated from the center of the Inka empire in Cuzco to the four corners

of the empire. The care and maintenance of these lines required vast

investments of manpower and wealth and was of supreme concern for the

state.

 

In England, dowsers have determined that the majority of ancient temples

and holy sites, including Christian churches up to the 18th century,

have been sited on such ley lines. The crossings of ley line systems, in

particular, attracted wide attention and were celebrated with

cathedrals, abbeys, and other markers. Recent research suggests that ley

line systems may be global and extend across whole continents. One such

system has been described as connecting the sites of Avalon in England

with the temples of Delphos in Greece. Unfortunately, we ignore these

brilliant elaborations of Earth energy to our peril, as the path of ley

lines, despite their usefulness as spiritual markers, can often be too

strong to support successful human use. Structures unwittingly located

above them can derive some of the same complications already mentioned

for dark streams.

 

 

 

GLOBAL GEOMAGNETIC GRIDS

 

Global geomagnetic grids, of which there are several, are thought to

arise from the earth's magnetic field as a form of vertical or

(sometimes) horizontal, radiation. They follow laws of symmetry and

direction, lining up with regularity at constant inclinations to the

earth’s magnetic axis. Researchers have found that the grid lines can

cause changes in the earth's magnetic field, the electrical conductivity

of the ground, variations in ultra short wave receptions, increases in

positive ions, differences in blood sedimentation rate, and at times

increased gamma radiation.

 

The grids are at their strongest between 12:00 midnight and 3:00a.m. and

at their weakest at 5:00p.m.; they are influenced by earthquakes and

weather conditions, and are weaker in fog; they do not rise vertically

but at an angle which can change a few degrees during the night; and,

unlike underground streams, they are not influenced by phases of the

moon. In addition, they show varying weak zones of resonance (echoes)

outside the main line.

 

In the Stone Age standing stones were set up on grid line crossings; the

Chinese, Indian, Greek, Roman, Native American, and European Medieval

civilizations knew of them, as the location of temples, monuments and

cathedrals bears witness.

 

1. The Hartmann Grid

 

This was described by Dr . Hartmann in the 1960's. The network appears

as a structure of radiations rising vertically from the ground like

invisible radioactive walls. From north to south they are 25cm. wide and

encountered at constant intervals of 2m., while from east to west they

are 15cm. wide and the distance apart varies according to latitude from

1.2m. in Reykjavik, Iceland (63.36 " N) to 2.06m. in Ried, Switzerland

(40.50 " N). Between these geometric lines lies a neutral zone.

 

The north-south rays are Yin and linked to humidity, cramps and all

forms of rheumatism. The east-west rays are Yang and are linked to

inflammations.

 

Wherever two rays cross (a " Hartmann Knot " ) a geopathogenic point is

found. This is especially so at crossings of double negative lines which

repeat at approximately 35m. intervals. Sleeping over these knots can

cause nervous disturbances, headaches, cramps and rheumatic illnesses.

Where the intersections coincide with black streams the effect is

greatly increased

 

The intensity of these lines increases three to four-fold at night when

there are less free ions (for similar reasons radio waves are received

better at night). Twenty-four hours before the arrival of an atmospheric

low pressure zone, a 100% increase of gamma rays is found on the knots

(up to 300% on volcanic soil).

 

Twelve hours before an earthquake the thickness of the ray triples:

beside the central ray appear two other weaker rays to left and right

which are not normally detectable. At this time dogs howl, birds flutter

madly in their cages, some cats hide under the quilt, and some people

feel sick or need to sleep. During an earthquake the Hartmann network

becomes twisted and distorted, but is restored to symmetry half an hour

later.

 

This network penetrates everywhere in dwellings or on open ground, but

Merz has found the grid to be pushed outside certain sacred structures

such as the Egyptian pyramids or temples as well as Himalayan Buddhist

stupas. These structures seem to create a dense protective perimeter

composed of up to seven rays around the perimeter, and a ray-free interior.

 

2. The Curry Grid

 

This grid, described by Wittman and Curry in the 1970's, has much in

common with the Hartmann grid, but is oriented 45o from north. The

south-west to north-east grid lines repeat every 2.36m, and the

south-east to north-west lines every 2.7m. The lines are approximately

15cm. wide, with medically significant double negative lines repeating

every 50m. Crossings of these lines are considered more harmful than the

equivalent Hartmann knots.

 

The double negative crossings are associated with sleep disturbances,

depression, and other nervous reactions, inflammations and rheumatic

diseases; and also with the sites of stocks and pillories, and hellebore

plants. Double positive crossings encourage enhanced cell enlargement

and proliferation, even to the point of cancerous growth.

 

3. The Schneider Grid

 

This was described by Schneider in the 1980's as a positive grid,

oriented 45o east of north with lines l7cm. wide, a repeating interval

of 294m, and a north-south and east-west energy flow. The lines of this

grid are supposed to increase powers of thought and speech, and pulpits

and lecterns are often found on its crossing points.

 

Schneck described a mirror image negative version of this grid, oriented

45o west of north, and with the opposite energy flows and mental effects.

 

4. The Second Schneider Grid

 

Schneider also described a positive grid oriented 28o east of north with

lines 21cm. wide and a repeating interval of 267m.

 

Hawthorns like to grow on the lines of this grid, which are associated

with strength and physical healing, and are often followed by stretches

of Roman roads. On its lines crossings are found holy wells, chapels,

shrines, way-side crosses, stone-age camps and castles, Roman forts,

standing stones and cup-stones. Especially powerful lines occur, and

Chalice Well, Glastonbury is on such a crossing.

 

Schneck again describes a mirror-image negative grid.

 

5. Other Global Magnetic Grids

 

In addition to the global geomagnetic grids mentions above, there are

many others, of which the most important are the Broad Curry Grid, the

Double Curry Gird, and Schenck’s Cemetery Grid. The positive lines in

these grids are all associated with dolmens, stone circles, ancient

sites, holy wells, chapels, and holy trees. Their negative counterparts,

similarly, are associated with prisons, execution sites and, where they

converge with other negative lines such as black streams, " cancer

points " can be found.

 

 

 

CURES TO GEOPATHIC STRESS

 

There is much that can be done to ameliorate or remove Geopathic stress.

To shield a residence from the path and effects of a black stream

traditional Chinese devices include the building of a Dragon wall (a

screen wall with an undulating ridge), the digging of a ditch, or the

burying of a protective talisman at an appropriate point on the path of

the stream. Modern Western methods include the careful placing of

crystals, copper coils, and ankhs or the installation of radionic

devices such as the Raditech machine.

 

To cure a black stream the Sha Qi (negative energy) of the affected

meridian can be transformed into Sheng Qi (positive energy) by the

practice of Earth Acupuncture. This can be performed using wood, metal,

stone, or crystal " needles " applied to the appropriate earth acupuncture

points (Xue) for a variable time, perhaps as briefly as for a few

seconds, but on average for about two hours. The black streams are thus

transformed into white streams. With larger meridians, or with

geological faults, a needle may need to be left in place permanently.

Fire, in the form of candles, incense, moxa, sage, or a bon-fire may

also be employed. The old Beacon hills of Britain are moxibustion points

in the landscape for the purification of the land. They are fired at the

appropriate moments in the cycle of the seasons. In time these became

the fire festivals.

 

Permanent needles may take the form of moving water features, sculptures

and statues, standing stones, stone cairns (piles), stupas, or a

specially planted tree. In this sense, a grave stone may be seen as a

form of earth acupuncture needle which balances the Yin Qi of the corpse

with a Yang sculptural form to reunite the Qi of Heaven and Earth. On a

larger scale, pagodas, temples, churches, and cathedrals can all

function as earth acupuncture needles to the same effect.

 

Earth acupuncture techniques which have been used to promote the flow of

Qi in a blocked meridian under a house will often have an instantaneous

effect in dispelling an accumulation of radon. Where the radon

concentration derives from black streams the effect is usually permanent

as long as the streams remain white (clear). Where radon derives from

geological faults it will generally build up again, and more permanent

physical remedial action is necessary.

 

What all these cures have in common is a therapeutic intention, often in

a sacred ceremonial context. Earth Acupuncture has to be performed

within this sacred ritual context, because it is only through the use of

ritual that the energies of the Earth can be made to shift. All

traditional peoples have recognized this fact. In many cultures stone

piles, standing stones, or specially designated trees are used to both

cure the geopathic stress as well as to create a secondary and more

beneficial effect through the use of prayer, meditation or shamanic

practices. Usually the spirit world is addressed directly, in its

manifestations in both the Upper and Lower Worlds (the worlds of

heavenly consciousness and base ego). Training for geopathic cures

therefore invariably involves spiritual education at an advanced level.

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTO GEOPATHIC STRESS

 

The Bibliography at the end of this paper contains references to most of

the available research on this topic. However, a brief overview of the

field would have to include the following:

 

 

 

Baron Gustav von Pohl. Germany (1920s) Von Pohl was able to determine

that 2.5 of all the homes surveyed had some form of geopathic stress. He

also determined that 95% of all cancer cases had connections to geostress.

 

Ernst Hartmann. Germany (1940s-60s) Hartmann was the first to describe

the global geomagnetic grids and their influence on geostress. After

extensive testing that spanned over 30 years of research, he concluded

that cancer is a disease of location.

 

Manfred Curry. Germany (1950s-70s) Curry continued on HartmannÕs work,

describing other global grids and their influences.

 

Blanche Merz. Switzerland (1920s) Merz was able to correlate geostresses

to cancer, noting full moon variations, as well as correlations of

north/south lines to cramps and rheumatism, and east/west lines to

inflammation.

 

Ralf Gordon. England (1980s-90s) Gordon correlated cancers of the lung,

breast, and cervix with geostress in 90% of all cases he studied.

 

Otto Bergmann. Austria (1987-89) In a two year trial which included over

462,000 measurements in 6,942 tests, Bergmann found geopathic stress

effects on blood sedimentation, blood pressure, blood circulation, heart

beat, breathing, skin resistance, and electrical conductivity of muscle

points.

 

Kathe Bacheler. Austria (1989) In a survey that included 3,000

apartments and over 11,000 people, Bacheler discovered 100% correlations

between geopathic stress and 500 cases of cancer she studied. She also

found 95% correlation with ÒproblemÓ children.

 

Pallegard. Denmark (1990) In a much publicized study, Pallegard

correlated geostress in 14 out of 18 crib deaths.

 

Roger Rose. England (1990s) In a sample of 50 patients with myalic

encephalomyelitis, Rose found 100 % correlation to geostress.

 

Christopher McNaney. England (1990s) In a sample of 175 nomadic gypsy

families, he found only 1% cancer and 0% heart disease.

 

Robert Endrost & Klotz Biberach. Germany (1990s) In a study performed by

architectural students surveying homes, Endrost & Biberach found 383

cases of geostress in a sample of 400 cancer patients.

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Kathe Bacheler, Earth Radiation, Wordmasters, 1989

 

Paul Broadhurst & Hamish Miller, The Dance of the Dragon, Pendragon, 2000

 

David Cowan & Rodney Girdlestone, Safe as Houses: Ill Health and

Electro-stress at Home, Gateway, 1996

 

Paul Devereux, Places of Power, Blanford, 1990

 

Paul Devereux & Ian Thomson, The Ley Hunter’s Companion, Thames &

Hudson, 1979

 

Ralf Gordon, Are You Sleeping in a Safe Place?, London, 1990

 

Tom Graves, Needles of Stone, Turnstone, 1978

 

Freiherr Gustav von Pohl, Earth Currents as Pathogenic Agents for

Illness and the Development of Cancer, Frieich Verlag, Feucht, 1983

 

Christopher Bird, The Divining Hand, Dutton, 1979

 

Richard Fortey, The Hidden Landscape-A Journey into the Geological Past,

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Derham Groves, Feng Shui and the Western Building Ceremonies, Brash, 1991

 

Alan Hall, Water, Electricity and Health, Hawthorn, 1997

 

Sig Lonegren, Spiritual Dowsing, Gothic Image, 1986

 

Blanche Merz, Points of Cosmic Energy, Daniel, 1987

 

John Michell, The Earth Spirit, Thames & Hudson, 1975

 

Hamish Miller & Paul Broadhurst, The Sun and the Serpent, Pendragon, 1989

 

Nigel Pennick, Lines in the Landscape, Hale, 1989

 

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Marko Pogacnik, Nature Spirits & Elemental Beings, Findhorn, 1995

 

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Dr. Glen Swartwout, Electromagnetic Pollution, Aerai, 1991

 

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