The Electric Bridge

Mintze van der Velde

Introduction
We will discuss some developments in the realm of science, which are particularly of interest from the point
of view of the Ageless Wisdom and electricity and magnetism.
Please note that although most of the information we will discuss has been published in offcial and renowned
scientifc journals, much of what we have to say is not yet main stream science. In moments of crises
there is often resistance and confusion. Main stream science produces a lot of resistance, whereas new
science too often is trapped by glamours of all kinds. Science will not rapidly admit to be in a crisis - it
has invented a word for that: paradigm shift. Not all recent discussions about paradigm shifts, however,
correspond with real shifts in scientifc thinking. We hope to shed some light on the cross roads emerging
in the scientifc research of today.
As the title indicates, the focus will be on electricity (and magnetism). But also on the bridge: Electricity
plays a role in many, if not all, areas of manifestation, and we will touch upon concepts as vast as galaxies
in the sky as well as upon topics as small as cells in the human body.
To not get lost immediately we will frst give some basics from the point of view of the Ageless Wisdom.
Then we will explain what we mean by the Electric Universe.
And we will see what that implies for galaxies, our Sun, and our planet Earth.
Finally we will have a short look at its implications for the human cell.
The scientifc community of today takes as premises of cosmology:
The evolution and current behaviour of the galaxies, stars and planets is mainly an effect of the laws
of gravity. At high school you may have learned the laws of Sir Isaac Newton (classical gravitation)
which were later extended by Albert Einstein to include special and general relativity.
The universe as such is electrically neutral. As gravitation governs the global behaviour of celestial
bodies, there is no need to take electrical phenomena on board in our cosmology the equations of
general relativity are already complicated enough.
These equations, with some further assumptions, lead to a solution which implies the Big Bang.
The term Big Bang was originally proposed as a mockery by Sir Fred Hoyle, one of the opponents
of the theory of the Big Bang. Science cannot explain what happened before the Big Bang (the laws
of physics are said to simply break down there).
To keep the explanation of the current cosmology consistent with new observations, black holes
were invented: objects which would absorb everything, even light. As some time later radiation
was detected from the location where black holes were supposed to be, the theory was cleverly
adapted.
Dark matter was invented also to keep the observed velocities of certain objects in the universe
in correspondence with the framework of gravitational cosmology. Concepts which were never
seen or detected on earth, but are needed in order to explain recent observations. Currently one
estimates that over 90% of the universe exists of this never seen dark matter (which by defnition is
not directly observable).
Historically the frst observations were done in the window of visible light, which is only a small part of the
full spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Now, with modern equipment, we can observe the sky in almost
any area ranging from X rays to radio waves. With the amazing power and precision of modern telescopes
like the Hubble telescope in the Sky and the Very Large Telescope in Chile we are now receiving images of
the sky with constant surprise and amazement.
Not only in the vastness of the sky we have now super telescopes at our disposal. In the small, with the
help of electronic microscopes, we can observe the cell with unimaginable precision. The cell is composed
roughly of a membrane, a nucleus and the cytoplasm. And in the nucleus we fnd the genes, which contain
the famous DNA cells. Please note here the spiral character of both the genes and the DNA molecules.
wall and membrane
nucleus
chromosome
DNA
Cell biology tells us that much of our appearance and many of our diseases are related to the DNA.
And an enormous effort has been made to decipher the human genome.
In current medicine, including sometimes the feld of psychology, many causes of observed effects are
traced back to the DNA molecules of our cells.
The Ageless Wisdom
What has the Ageless Wisdom to tell us about all this?
Alice Bailey tells us:
Time and Space are but states of consciousness.
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This is a very profound statement, but try to keep it in mind during the rest of the expos.
In 1877 H.P.B. Wrote:
There is no gravitation in the Newtonian sense, but only magnetic attraction and
repulsion
it is by their magnetism that the planets of the solar system have their motions regulated
in their respective orbits by the still more powerful magnetism of the sun, not by their
weight or gravitation.
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Einstein was not born yet. And H.P.B. goes on:
Believing but in the law of mutual magneto-electric attraction and repulsion come to
the conclusion that universal gravitation is a weak force, utterly incapable of accounting
for even one small portion of the phenomena of motion.
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We now know that the electrical force indeed is much much stronger than the gravitational force. They
differ by 39 orders of magnitude (10 with 39 zeroes)!
The earth is a magnetic body; in fact, as some scientists have found, it is one vast
magnet, as Paracelsus affrmed some 300 years ago. It is charged with one form of
electricity let us call it positive which it evolves continuously by spontaneous
action, in its interior or centre of motion.
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Somewhat later Sir Oliver Lodge noted seven steps in the evolution of stars:
1. Ether full of intrinsic circulation.
2. Everything fows, nothing is stagnant.
3. Fusing of specks of ether into electric charges.
4. Cohering of these charges to constitute atoms of matter.
5. Agglomeration of matter into clouds endowed with rotation.
6. Gradual increase of rotating speed until masses emit rays which break into great stars
of high temperature, the radiation loss from which makes them shrink into compacter
stars from whence are born the germs of life.
7. Stars loose their substance, shrink, darken and perhaps ultimately disappear, leaving
once more Ether and Radiation so that the whole process can conceivably begin
again.
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And Sir Oliver Lodge concludes:
Matter tends to be swallowed up by electricity again.
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Such theories were quite popular at that time, including thoughts about the ether.
Coming back to Alice Bailey, she wrote:
Fire by friction is to be somewhat understood by the scientists of the world, and we are
harnessing to our needs the fre which heats, which gives light, and which produces
motion. This is in the physical sense of the words.
One of the imminent discoveries will be the integrating power of electricity as it
produces the cohesion within all forms and sustains all form life during the cycle of
manifested existence.
It produces also the coming together of atoms and of the organisms within forms,
so constructing that which is needed to express the life principle.
This will be released in fuller measure during the Aquarian age, through the agency
of the seventh ray. One of its earliest effects will be the increase of the understanding
of brotherhood and its really scientifc basis.
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And about the etheric body she wrote
The etheric body is the next aspect of the world substance to be studied by scientists
and investigators.
The time will be hastened if thinking men and women can formulate intelligent ideas
anent this interesting subject. We can aid in the revelation of the truth by our clear
thinking and from the standpoint of the present pronouncements about the ether,
scientists will eventually arrive at an understanding of etheric forms and bodies.
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From A Treatise on Cosmic Fire by Alice Bailey we infer
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:
First Logos Second Logos Third Logos
Shiva Vishnu Brahma
Will Love-Wisdom Active Intelligence
Linear motion Spiral motion Circular motion
There are many ways to refect on this table, but please keep in mind the spiral motion of the second aspect.
A spiral motion is the combination of a linear motion (frst aspect) and a circular motion (third aspect). One
could also say that it is the intermediary motion between the two.
To fnish we quote a more recent statement coming from the group of scientists involved in the furthering
of ideas re the electric sky:
From the smallest particle to the largest galactic formation, a web of electrical
circuitry connects and unifes all of nature, organizing galaxies, energizing stars,
giving birth to planets and, on our own world, controlling weather and animating
biological organisms.
There are no isolated islands in an electric universe.
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The Electric Universe
The idea of an electric universe
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within the scientifc community knows a number of pioneers of which
we mention some:
Christian Birkeland (Norway, 1876-1917).
Irving Langmuir (USA, 1881-1957, Nobel prize 1932)
Hannes Alfvn (Sweden, 1908-1995, Nobel prize 1970)
Christian Birkeland was a pioneering scientist, who even participated in an expedition to the North Pole.
He studied all kinds of electric phenomena, in the laboratory and in the feld, including the Aurora or
Northern Light, explaining them in terms of electromagnetic concepts. He never won the Nobel prize, but
was nominated several times and his picture still fgures on a 200 Krone bank note of Norway.
Irving Langmuir obtained the Nobel prize of 1932, and is particularly known for his investigations in plasma
physics as part of his investigations in electromagnetic phenomena. He introduced the term plasma for
the frst time in electrodynamics.
Hannes Alfvn can be considered the father of the electric universe approach. He obtained the Nobel prize
in 1970 for his work on this subject, although unfortunately his research has mostly been ignored by the
majority of the scientifc community.
More recent prominents in the feld include: Anthony Peratt, Donald Scott, David Talbott, Wallace Thornhill,
who are actively doing research and publishing results.
This group of scientists approaches the subject along two lines:
Pure physics,
History combined with mythology.
Although the line of mythology also gives stunning results and many fascinating new insights, time does
not permit us to develop this approach here.
The basic assumptions of the electric sky theory are:
Space is not empty but flled with plasma.
Celestial bodies are not electrically neutral but charged, including our Sun, planets, etc.
Interactions between bodies are mainly electro-magnetic (the electro-magnetic force is much, much
stronger than gravity: 10
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a 10 with 39 zeroes!).
Steady-state model: no beginning, no end.
No Big Bang.
No need for black holes, dark matter, dark energy, .
What is a plasma, in this context?
The best example is a neon tube, which is flled with plasma. So a plasma is not something exotic,
and we see it all around us. Think for example of plasma displays too.
State of matter less dense than gas (solid, liquid, gas, plasma). It is sometimes called the fourth
state of matter. Although one might be tempted to associate this state with the fourth ether, this
is not the case: you fnd plasma in neon tubes, in TV plasma displays etc. But it is coming very close
to it.
Electrically quasi-neutral.
Part of the electrons move freely, dissociated from the nucleus, i.e. not bound to atoms. And the
positively charged nuclei also move freely.
Within a plasma different bodies tend to form cells, separated by a wall (double layer). This is
probably why Langmuir introduced the term plasma in comparison with the human cell. Of course
we could be talking here of cells with dimensions of millions, even billions of kilometres.
Plasma knows of different phases, depending on the electric tension or potential think of the neon
tube example:
Dark: non-emitting.
Glowing: radiating light.
Arcs: lightning, thunderbolts.
Plasma physics is the same in the laboratory and in the universe. Phenomena which we observe on
the scale of the laboratory are the same as when observed on a cosmic scale (i.e. with dimensions of
billions of kilometres).
Only on a cosmic scale processes can take much longer time.
Electric charges within a plasma tend to
form flaments and currents. Currents run
from one place to another when there is
an electric difference or potential. Several
currents tend to run parallel and then join
together like a rope. Here we see again the
spiral appearing. You may look at it as a spiral
bridge between two poles (or two worlds).
Scientist speak here of Birkeland currents,
as it was Birkeland who frst studied these
kind of currents extensively.
Galaxies
The images we are now going to see are not visible within the window of visible light only. Often they are
composite images, with data from X ray, UV, infrared etc.
Cats Eye Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Cats Eye Courtesy: NASA/JPL
The Cats Eye displays very clearly an enormous activity in the sky, at frst diffcult to explain within a
classical gravitation theory. Structures as we see here have been reproduced in laboratory experiments, of
course on a much smaller scale. And they have been produced too with computer simulations based on the
laws of classical electrodynamics.
The centre of the Cats Eye gives a fascinating picture of activity which strongly points to electric behaviour.
Please note the cellular structures.
Ant Nebula Courtesy: NASA/JPL
The Ant nebula again shows interactions diffcult to
explain by traditional gravitation, yet ftting very well
within an electrical explanation.
Explosion of a Sun like star Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Here we witness the explosion of a star, supposed
to be rather similar to our Sun.
Helix Nebula Courtesy: NASA/JPL
This all seeing eye corresponds with the Helix
nebula a fascinating constellation.
OrionNebula Courtesy: NASA/JPL
A last beautiful display of electrical activity: the Orion
nebula. Please note the enormous activity of all kinds in
this image and the flaments connecting all parts of the
constellation.
The Sun
The following slides show us the activity of our Sun in recent days.
Huge amounts of charged particles are thrown out by the Sun.
Sun huge ejection Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Sun ejections Courtesy: NASA/JPL
These images are a composite of two pictures: one of the ejections of electric matter from the Sun where
the Sun itself is blocked out, and another of the Sun itself. The Sun itself is too bright of course to make the
ejections visible in the same picture.
Sun ejections (composite image) Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Sun mass ejections Courtesy: NASA/JPL
This picture on the right is a composite of various pictures of the Sun taken at different wave lengths. It
shows an enormous activity of all kinds.
Within the electric sky model the Sun is not simply powered by nuclear fusion within its core. It is empowered
by electrical forces coming from outside, i.e. from the cosmos towards the Sun. And the Sun is radiating
them further into the planetary system.
Please do not forget that the physical Sun is only the outer veil of the Central Sun a stupendous Being in
Whose Consciousness the Earth is only a little spot, as explained in more detail in Cosmic Fire.
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Planet Earth
The Aurora (or Northern & Southern Light) as observed from the sky. In this picture the two lights occurred
at the same time.
Earth: Aurora Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Birkeland, in the beginning of the last century, has
already given an explanation of the Aurora in terms
of electromagnetic interactions with the Sun. His
explanation has long been ignored until recently it has
been confrmed by direct observation with modern
sophisticated satellites: The Aurora is caused by an
electromagnetic interaction with the Sun.
Northern light Courtesy: NASA/JPL
A beautiful picture of the Nortern light.
Earth: Magnetic feld Courtesy: NASA/JPL
Here we see an artistic interpretation of the electric
double layer shielding our Earth. The layer around our
planet Earth is deformed by the emission of particles and
energy of the Sun (solar wind). Of course this picture is
not to scale. Please note that the Moon, which is circling
around the Earth, will also penetrate the double layer of
the Earth! Which indicates a direct electrical interaction
between the Earth and the Moon, as well as with the
Sun.
Northern light Courtesy: NASA/JPL
The Cell
The cell
The cells structure, with
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Membrane
Wall
where the DNA is in the nucleus.
This has made us think of the nucleus as the brain
of the cell.
The cell membrane, however, plays a much more important role:
It is the interface with the environment. The cell membrane contains many specialised cells, called receptors.
These cells can communicate with other cells, called effectors, in the environment and thus instruct the DNA
how to behave. It appears that each second about 10,000 biochemical reactions take place at the membrane
of each cell. The human body consists of roughly 5 million cells.
Electric double layer at membrane of a cell
Simplifed view of a cell of the immune system
Recent studies thus show that this environment determines how a gene and its composing DNA will behave.
And not the other way around(!), i.e. the DNA is not completely telling the cell what to do.
Membrane of a cell
Also note that DNA only makes up 50% of our genes.
The other 50% is composed of other proteins, which are
mostly ignored by the mainstream medical studies.
The study of the interaction of the membrane with the
environment and the DNA and genes is called
epigenetics.
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It is not diffcult to imagine possible links
with the work of Rupert Sheldrake and morphogenetic
felds.
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If we want to compare the nucleus with the brain of the cell, we can compare the membrane with the
soul of the cell.
Electricity plays an important role here too: Through mechanical motion positive particles pass through the
membrane, whereas negatively charged particles are blocked. The surplus of positive charge at the outside
of the membrane produces an electric potential compare with the double layers of the plasma cosmos.
Electricity also plays in important role in the mechanical behaviour and even structure of the DNA and other
protein molecules.
Conclusion
When a human crisis and a hierarchical crisis coincide,
an hour of opportunity emerges.
Let the group respond.
In moments of crises a choice has to be made, a choice between two worlds.
From the very large dimensions of the galaxy to the very small scale of cellular biology recent studies
observe very similar patterns: Electricity and spiral motion.
When we remember from the Thunderbolts group:
There are no isolated islands in an electric universe.
Then the prediction of Alice Bailey is coming very close:
This will be released in fuller measure during the Aquarian age, through the agency
of the seventh ray. One of its earliest effects will be the increase of the understanding of
brotherhood and its really scientifc basis.

References
1. Alice A. Bailey, Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, p. 10.
2. H. P. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled, I, p. 271.
3. H. P. Blavatsky, Collected Writings, V, p. 152.
4. H. P. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled, I, p. xxiv.
5. Oliver Lodge, Evolution and Creation.
6. Alice A. Bailey, Esoteric Psychology, I, p. 372-373.
7. Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on White Magic, p. 76-77.
8. Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 142-145.
9. David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill, The Thunderbolts of the Gods, 2005.
10. David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill, The Electric Universe.
11. Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire.
12. W. Reik and J. Walter, Genomic Imprinting: Parental Infuence on the Genome. Nature Review Genetics 2(2001) p21ff.
Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology of Belief, Mountain of Love/Elite Books, 2005.
J. Lederberg, The Meaning of Epigenetics, The Scientist, 15(18) p6, September 2001.
13. Rupert Sheldrake, The Presence of the Past, William Collins, 1988.