An Introduction to Geopathic Stress

©2006 Dr. Patrick MacManaway and Dr. Roger Melhuish

Welcome to this introductory pamphlet on geopathic stress and its effect on our
health. For more information, or if you think you may be exposed to geopathic stress,
please ask your holistic health care practitioner.

What is Geopathic Stress?

Geopathic stress is a natural phenomenon which affects certain places and can be
damaging to our health. It relates to irregularities in the earth’s magnetic field, which
can be disturbed by streams of underground water, geological fractures, quarries,
mine workings and other features.

Depending on its source, geopathic stress may be found either as a line passing
through an area, or as an irregular zone or pool.

Fault line and underground water causing geopathic stress.

Geopathic stress is a primary factor influencing the health or sickness of our living or
working environment, to which we are all sensitive in varying degrees. The World
Health Organisation (WHO) says that: “30% of all buildings are sick buildings.”
This may apply to either your home or your office. Some people are affected by
geopathic stress more than others. Those who are not affected now can become
affected later, if their sensitivity changes.

Some places make us feel ill at ease. We just feel uncomfortable. We are often at a
loss to describe or explain this sense. Geopathic stress is a likely cause.

Effects of Geopathic Stress on Plants and Animals.

All plants are sensitive to their environment, and require the correct balance of light,
moisture and soil nutrients to thrive. Many plant species are also sensitive to their
magnetic environment, and will either thrive or fail depending on the presence or
absence of geopathic stress. Many flowering shrubs, fruiting trees, beech trees and
vegetables that come to a head above ground will fail to thrive in the presence of
geopathic stress, and sometimes people remark on one part of their home or garden
where plants seem to wither and die for no apparent reason.

Some species of plants that would otherwise thrive in a garden...

 ...may fail or die if growing over geopathic stress.

Similarly, different animal species are sensitive to the presence or absence of

geopathic stress in their environment. Birds will generally avoid nesting in
geopathically stressed locations, and horses, cows, sheep and pigs fail to thrive and
are often bothered with colic, mastitis and fertility problems when restrained in a
geopathically stressed stall or stable. Dogs also generally avoid geopathic stress.

Dogs dislike geopathic stress...

Interestingly, some plant and animal species are attracted to geopathic stress and may
be an indication of its presence. Cats are very fond of it, as are insects generally,
moulds and fungi, plants in the nightshade family and a number of medicinal herbs,
including mistletoe.
 ...cats love geopathic stress.

Early farmers were close observers of geopathic stress and its effects on their herds
and crops. Geopathic stress was largely eliminated from their farming landscape by
the careful placement of standing stones and stone circles, a practice that we refer to
today as “geomancy”.

Effects of Geopathic Stress on Health.

‘Geo’ means ‘of the Earth’.

‘Pathic’ means leading to pathological change, illness or disease.

You have read how some animals react to geopathic stress. Humans respond to
geopathic stress too. Babies are remarkably sensitive. If your baby sleeps only in one
corner of their cot the probability is that they find that area has least geopathic stress
in it. They migrate to the place of least stress. If they have great difficulty in settling
at nights, are fractious and try all different places in their cot but are still unhappy then
it is likely that the whole cot is on a site of geopathic stress.
 Geopathic stress upsets and disturbs children.

Babies will migrate to an unstressed area of their cot, even if away from pillows &
blankets.

Geopathic stress can be particularly draining if it affects the bedroom. You spend
eight or so hours of the 24 in your bed, static in that energy field.

The Geopathic stress can run in a line across the bed or along the bed, or be at any
angle. Sometimes there is more than one line of geopathic stress affecting one bed. It
can also affect the rooms next door, or above and below the bedroom.
 Lines of geopathic stress crossing under a bed.

Geopathic stress can affect every floor in your home or office.

Why is Geopathic Stress Important?

Geopathic stress drains your energy.

If you feel irritable, short-tempered, or out-of-sorts at home it may not be your

partner, it may be your home where the energy is simply not right for you.
When you are sensitive to geopathic stress and sleep away from home in a non-
geopathically stressed area you will probably find that you sleep better and feel more
energised.

In cases where good Acupuncture and well-selected Homeopathy does not work it is
probably because the client is exposed to geopathic stress. This undoes the benefit of
the Acupuncture or Homeopathy.

Geopathic stress interferes with healing.

The effects of geopathic stress are insidious. Over time you become depleted. Your
energy will reduce, your temperament may change. Your cells become less efficient,
your power to heal reduces and, ultimately, the cells can change physically. Geopathic
stress may affect particular systems or organs in the body.

Tumours may form, particularly where lines of geopathic stress intersect.

Where geopathic stress is corrected then healing is often accelerated, when before it
was blocked.

Many practitioners are still unaware of geopathic stress as a cause of disease

development; however awareness of geopathic stress is gradually growing throughout
the whole community.

What can I do if I suspect geopathic stress?

Your holistic practitioner can assess whether or not you are being affected by
geopathic stress. If you are, you will probably want to have the geopathic stress
removed from your home or workplace.

There are a wide variety of strategies for reducing or eliminating geopathic stress and
its effects from your environment. Some of these include proprietary devices, which
can be installed into a home or office. Other techniques, more in keeping with former
practices, include using “earth acupuncture” techniques - inserting either metal rods or
sometimes stone into the earth at focal or nodal points to subtly change the local
magnetic environment. This work is often done by a dowser or geomantic
practitioner who will come and assess the particular needs of your space.
 Earth acupuncture is one technique which can be used to remove geopathic stress.

Most homes and workplaces can be cleared of geopathic stress and its effects, either
with a single visit or with a short series of visits spaced some weeks apart.

There are also certain dowsers who carry out this work at a distance and so do not
need to visit your home or workplace.

©2006 Dr. Patrick MacManaway and Dr. Roger Melhuish