The Electromagnetic Field And Human Health by Giulia Boden

It was a crisp Saturday night, and the snow was packed down into the Cotswold Way [UK]. We mused that a toboggan would have been perfect for the walk through open fields and on top of the hard cold dome of the earth that night, serenaded by the clearest of night skies and translucent stars. On the horizon, looking spindly in comparison are electricity pylons traversing the fields, familiar furniture in this modern world.

Change direction, and there in the distance between two of them are the jewel we have come to see. Looking like bright pigeon scarers, over a thousand strip lights, pushed into the ground beneath the pylons, glowing in the night are being literally turned on by the power coming off the pylons.

We walked in amongst the tubes, which flashed on and off intermittently; we were very dark obstacles to the rows of lights. One group close by all held the top of one tube, and as they held on it went out and as they jumped it went on again. They were live transmitters of this huge electric-magnetic field; we all were, for once knowingly. We were intrigued as to how close we could stand before the light went off; in the middle it was about 12 inches, and towards the edges it was twice that.

This is ‘The power of the Field’, an artwork by Richard Box, artist in residence at Bristol University. He has illuminated two very contradictory phenomena that we live alongside daily. There's an interactive element to all this, too, for those who go to the site itself.

'You affect the lights by your proximity', explains Richard Box, 'because you're a much better conductor than a glass tube. And there's sound as well as light - a crackling that corresponds to the flashing of the lights. There's a certain smell too, and your hair stands slightly on end.'

We are used to the efficacy of electricity in our homes, the electric shadow of the television in our lives and the satisfaction gained from a well researched idea and clear design gained from the Internet and computer programmes.

What most of us have chosen to ignore, is that the electrical circuiting in our houses can be as much a problem as the presence of a pylon in your garden. In fact the field of the wiring in your bedroom may be as strong as if it were, because being close to a weak source can affect you just as much as being at a distance from a strong one. Man-made fields do not have to be very strong to dwarf the body. See how your sleep is affected by your digital clock radio, cordless phone, wireless broadband connection etc. To an electrician, a weak magnetic field is 0.001 (Tesla), which is still 100 billion times stronger than that of the human brain.

Research as yet anecdotal into the human body’s lack of bio-compatibility with man-made frequencies, shows how it interferes with our natural frequencies; the sensitive pineal gland is affected by fluctuating field strengths so influencing production of serotonin and melatonin. The brain contains magnetite which is also used in antennae to receive signals.

We realised it was time to go; my arms were ringing and I finally acknowledged that I was not invincible to the ill effects of the electro-magnetic field. It was with sadness that I left the field. Leaving that magical kingdom that was to be dismantled next day, definite temporary home to elves and fairies as long as they didn’t stay too long and get their wings singed.

Copyright 2007 Giulia Boden runs Geopathic Stress courses throughout Britain that can provide students with a firm understanding of earth energies and the ability to practise to professional consultation standard. If you want to understand the world in a different light, book yourself onto Giulia’s next course and prepare yourself for an amazing journey that could be waiting just outside or inside your front door. Alternatively have a survey to find out how your house ticks! www.hk4health.co.uk/geocourse.htm or call 01453 889184 or e-mail: giuliadence@yahoo.co.uk See you in July!

Acknowledgement to In Touch magazine who previously published this article in Jan 2007