geopathic stress - is it real?

Have you ever thought about what lies underneath your home or office? Is it possible that this could affect you in a not dissimilar way to the environment around you? We enjoy our buildings mainly for their internal spaces. Their foundations go deep into in the earth. The earth is a living organism made up of rock, minerals and water. Services such as gas, electricity, Wi-fi, water, underground and other utilities cut through it. We are permanently digging, excavating and disturbing its structure.

A simple example of how the earth we live on can affect us is the natural phenomenon of Radon gas. In certain areas of Britain radon testing is standard procedure when buying a house. Granite as a rock gives off Radon gas. The gas from the rocks seeps up in the houses and can cause humans to feel unwell. Long term exposure is hazardous to human health. Areas of stagnant underground water, or heavy clay land holding water, have long been recognised as being unhealthy for building.

what is geopathic stress?

Geopathy is the study of earth energy related to peoples’ well-being. There has been no scientific evidence to prove that the earth itself can affect our health. Information on geopathic stress has come from dowsers (people who detect substances like water, minerals or gas by the movement of metal rods or a pendulum) and geo-biologists. It has been known however for many centuries that some people don’t sleep well in certain locations, or that illnesses can manifest in specific places. 

Water is suggested as one possible cause for creating geopathic stress. Where high levels of underground water are found electrons are released from the water molecules, through friction, creating electrical fields. This effect is heightened when two underground streams cross. The electrical charge from the molecules seeps up in the earth above and into our homes and buildings. This is understood to be an example of geopathic stress. 

current research on geopathic stress 

Dr Derek Clements from Croome University of Melbourne, Australia, writing about health in buildings, suggests that ‘There is a high level of knowledge about how heat, light and sounds [affect us] but much less information…about how electromagnetic…geomagnetic or chemical fields affect the sensory system’.

Pete Etchells in the Guardian newspaper (2015) disputes any evidence that geopathic stress is real, stating that science does not have any proof that geopathic stress exists.

Professor Dr Gerhard W. Hacker of the Salzburg Federal Clinics (SALK) in Austria has published a study on Geopathic Stress Zones and Their Influence on the Human Organism (2008, 2010 online) Using a Super-Conducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Professor Hacker and his colleagues were ‘able to measure to a high accuracy the earth’s magnetic field’.

Professor Hacker suggests that ‘there is growing evidence that EMFs – electro-magnetic frequencies – at least those of a technical origin – can have significant effects on cells and the entire organism’. He makes four important suggestions concerning possible earth based sources of EMF: i) that ground water naturally containing metal particles could ‘lead to geo-electrically induced natural EMFs’- electro-motive force = electricity produced from a non-electrical energy. Secondly that the mineral ‘quartz’ – being ‘12% of the upper earth’s crust’ - gives off a ‘tiny electrical voltage’. Professor Hacker also suggests that the ‘natural radioactivity’ found in granite areas could play a part in the geopathic phenomenon. His research has also shown that ‘huge amounts of very tiny magnetic crystals (magnetite) are found in the human brain and ‘these could react very sensitively to the slightest changes in magnetic fields’. ‘Magnetite reacts more than one million times stronger to an external magnetic field than any other biological material.’ Professor Hacker thinks this could be a ‘hint to explain’ how some geopathic zones may affect the body. Using something called ‘Gas Discharge Visualisation’ (GDV) technology and measuring saliva samples on 52 humans in two locations Professor Hacker and colleagues concluded ‘that geopathic zones do cause stress in nearly all of the persons tested’. The studies show that ‘it does matter in which location one stays for a longer period of time’. These findings are a real step forward in recognising the previously unproven phenomenon of geopathic stress. 

our earth – places that feel good and places that don’t

Today we know that all life is apparently bathed in a ‘natural low frequency electromagnetic field’ these fields travel round the earth between its surface and the ionosphere about 88 miles over it. They are called Schumann resonances – proved mathematically by Winifred Otto Schumann in 1952 – and are deemed vital for human health. We are in effect living on a huge magnet and as such magnetism, is inseparable from life. If this field is interrupted or interfered with in any way it seems logical – but not yet totally proven - that it could affect us.

We’ve all been to places where we instantly feel – mmmm this feels good or healthy, maybe a waterfall, a wood or even just a piece of grass where it feels right to sit down. You were naturally drawn to it. Then there are other places where you intuitively feel that this is not such a great place to be. The earth as a living organism has healthy and not so healthy places within its terrain. Early nomadic tribes moved at various times of the year to places where they could find abundant food and water – instinctively knowing where they and their animals could flourish, season by season. In a heavily industrialised and populated planet we have to a great extent lost this understanding and feel for ‘place.’ 

is there anyway of testing for geopathic stress?

Currently investigations into geopathic earth stress and its effects on humans seem to be more accepted in northern Europe. Just because something is not proven at a point in time does not mean to say that it is not possible. Professor Hacker and his colleagues’ work show this. If geopathic stress is suspected as a problem it is recommended to contact a ‘competent environment engineer’ (The Society of Environmental Engineers) who are trained in geology, hydrology and environmental technology, or a competent dowser. 

Jeff Jeffries of intelligentenergies.com is the latter. Jeff clears geopathic stress for a very reasonable £39 and has worked with success on buildings all over the world, including the World Trade Centre in New York in 2017.

Dr Boon Lay Ong (2013) Beyond Environmental Comfort  D. Clements-Croome.

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