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ABSTRACT
The heart is presented as the energetic center of the human subtle energy system that plays a coordinating
role in human physiology beyond its accepted role as a cardiovascular pump. As the body’s most dynamic
field integrator of life energy, the heart plays a formative role in the creation of the new paradigm of
energy medicine. This paper explores the role of the heart in cardiovascular functioning, healing, cognition
and subtle energy modulation. Water and blood are shown to play a central role in mediating conscious-
ness and intention. A hypothesis is presented that the heart utilizes diverse subtle energy and electro-
magnetic regulatory processes to coordinate complex information flows within the body and the environ-
ment. A new model of a non-material higher-dimensional Planck aether developed by Klaus Volkamer
is presented based on research of anomalous mass determinations with subtle energy detectors. The heart
becomes a metaphor for the new synthesis between science and spirit that was the theme of the 2009
ISSSEEM conference.
KEYWORDS: Heart, subtle energy, aether, water, homeopathy, quantum physics, energy medicine,
electromagnetic, intention
of the Mayan calendar as foretold by the takes eight minutes for light to travel from
ancient Mayan cosmologists. the sun to the earth. In essence, this appears
to be an eight-minute “heartbeat.”
From a western scientific perspective, the
solar wind is an emanation from the sun that The earth itself is a very complex magnetic
is constantly impacting the earth (Figure 4). being, which like the heart, has a powerful field
Scientists have recently made a very that shields us from adverse solar radiation.
interesting discovery relating to the sun’s The earth’s magnetic field has been weakening,
magnetic linkage to the earth. Once space which allows more solar emanations to
scientists sent up the European Space influence the earth. In fact, multiple magnetic
Agency’s Cluster spacecraft and NASA’s poles are now appearing – south magnetic
THEMIS probes, they discovered these poles in the northern hemisphere and north
periodic magnetic links between the sun and magnetic poles in the southern hemisphere.
the earth called magnetic flux transfer We are living in a time of great transition,
events. A magnetic portal opens to the sun which may involve a magnetic pole shift in the
every eight minutes. This portal is in the coming years or centuries – something that has
shape of a magnetic cylinder about the width occurred many times in the past, according to
of the earth and, interestingly enough, it geological research.
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Figure 5. Frequencies associated with acupuncture meridians, determined by Cyril Smith
The earth’s magnetic field appears to be frequency varies slightly every day. This
subtly connected to our acupuncture frequency is at the boundary between the
meridian system as well. Cyril Smith, a theta and alpha brain wave regions. The
British researcher formerly from Salford brain also has a magnetic connection with
University, published an interesting paper the earth, because the brain has magnetite
where he showed that the heart meridian crystals inside the dura mater (the outer
(one of the twelve meridians) has a layer of the brain covering), which is
frequency of 7.8 Hertz or cycles per second capable of responding to external magnetic
(Smith 2004). I have plotted the frequen- fields (Kirschvink et al. 1992). From a
cies of the acupuncture meridians found by certain perspective, one might say that the
him using a logarithmic scale (Figure 5). whole body serves as a magnetic sense
What is interesting is that the heart organ, and the heart and brain are both
meridian frequency corresponds to the connected to the earth.
primary Schumann resonance, which
represents a cavity resonance between the Moving now from the macrocosm to the
ionosphere and the earth. The first peak of microcosm, notice that in English the word
that ELF resonance spectrum is around 7.83 E-A-R-T-H has the same letters as H-E-A-R-T.
Hertz. However, this primary resonance Our heart serves as a metaphor of our true
topological structure that can contain Figure 10. Heart muscle unrolled
extremely high information density. The according to Spanish anatomist Francisco
heart’s field may play a significant role in Torrent-Guasp
structuring the energetic matrix of the body
with complex information flow, which I will
illustrate further in this presentation.
The heart can also be thought of as a sophis- Next I want to present the interesting and
ticated neural processor. Some people have complex conduction system inside the heart
called it a small brain because it contains called the Purkinje fibers (Figure 12). This
40,000 cardiac neurons. These are part of is the rapid conduction system of the
the intrinsic neural regulatory system of the nervous impulses associated with initiating
heart. A new field called neurocardiology has muscle contractions. What is fascinating is
arisen from the study of this heart nervous
system (Armour & Ardell 2004). These Figure 12. Purkinje fibers in conduction
neurons are in complex communication with system of the heart
the brain through the autonomic nervous
system. They play an important role in heart
rate variability, which is increasingly being
investigated also in the field of cardiology.
This morning we heard from Susanna and
Puran Bair about the importance of the
heart’s rhythm and variability in health.
well as on the surface of the skin. I submit occur, especially at phase boundaries within
that the heart’s signal is part of a complex cell components and the associated
body communication system that influences hydration layers. Some scientists think that
many physiological systems, including the the minute microtubules play an especially
brain and autonomic nervous system. It is important role (Hameroff 1996). Others
important to remember that these signals all believe that this matrix may have
flow through an aqueous medium – the holographic properties. Dr. Ho writes about
water in our living matrix. I particularly a fluid genome capable of reorganizing itself
like to quote West Marrin from his excellent and steered by epigenetic signaling. She also
book, Altered Perception, who wrote, “Liquid writes about the liquid crystalline nature of
water is not just the solvent for earthly life this matrix. The matrix is excited by
forms; it is the actual matrix within which coherent signaling waveforms that travel
all biological structures and processes exist . with very little attenuation of intensity as
. . Earthly life may be seen as animated soliton waves. And the matrix appears to
water . . .” (Marrin 2006). have qualities that are fractal in nature.
These processes that occur in our watery The biophysicist Freeman Cope proposed in
matrix also involve biological quantum the 1970s that physical processes in the
processes. Mae-Wan Ho, Rustum Roy and body operate through solid state physics. It
William Tiller have all talked about the was these processes that became well
importance of water and these processes in understood in the computer and laser
their work as well as at this conference. industry (Cope 1973, 1975). Perhaps the
(Tiller 1993, 1995, 1999; Ho 1994, 1998; earliest pioneer was Albert Szent-Györgyi,
Roy 2005). It takes place inside the cellular the mentor of Dr. James Oschman when
structures where many interesting things they worked together at the Woods Hole
though individual water molecules may hydration patterns, with the water acting as
come and go in a dynamic dance. Rustum the mediator between all cell organelles.
Roy, whose work I deeply appreciate, Science has now invented lasers, called
explains that they’re like a complex Terahertz Lasers, that turn on and off a
alphabet of resonant information storage trillion times per second. These new lasers
that organizes itself so that it can are now being used to probe the hydration
communicate information. In this way, patterns of proteins as they are being
water molecules are analogous to the letters assembled, utilizing Terahertz absorption
of an alphabet which join together to make spectroscopy. Scientists are interested in
words. By analogy, the clusters may further finding out how fast proteins fold
organize themselves just as words make themselves up and how water is involved in
sentences, comprise books and create this process. Apparently this occurs not
language. The bio-tensegrity matrices and only through the interacting electrical
geometrical structures within cells and the charges on the amino acids that make up
connective tissue that were so beautifully the proteins, but through the water facili-
illustrated in Dr. Steve Levin’s talk this tating this process itself. Using very fast
morning reminded me of how water is the laser light pulses, the time sequence of this
basis of life and displays these same spatial process can be studied (Kim et al. 2008).
arrangements. In Figure 14 you can see an alpha helix
forming in a matter of microseconds to
Let us never forget that every protein in our milliseconds. The proteins also stay
body is surrounded by a matrix of water organized through the surrounding
molecules. All amino acids that make up hydration matrix. In essence, water gives
this protein are involved with complex protein its information.
Figure 17. Estimated brain penetration of 900 MHz electromagnetic radiation with age
more widely used. Specifically, the number century, who used the word “cymatics” to
of heart malformations has been rising describe this resonance in liquids, gels and
steadily since 1998 (Hallberg & Johansson other media (Jenny 2001).
2009). Perhaps there is a correlation
between microwave radiation exposure from If you take water in a circular container
cell phone use or background radiation in with a small amount of dye as an indicator
that country and the development of the and vibrate it, then specific frequencies
heart in utero. I wanted to present this data create unique resonance patterns. Alexander
in the context of this presentation about the Lauterwasser, a photographer and cymatics
heart and its sensitive nature. A word of researcher, demonstrated that even small
caution about the appropriate use of these changes in frequency, say from 23.7 Hertz
technologies may be wise. to 24.2 Hertz to 24.24 Hertz, create totally
different resonant patterns, as shown in
Another important area to just mention is Figure 18 (Lauterwasser 2007). So
the power of sound and the use of sound depending on the container and the
for healing. Puran and Suzanna Bair frequency used to excite the water, quite
presented their sacred process yesterday at different resonances can arise. In electrical
the ISSSEEM dinner involving sounds to engineering we express sharp electromag-
open up the inwardly perceived dimensions netic resonances in a circuit as having a high
of the heart. Other scientists are looking at Q. It becomes even more interesting when
vibrational patterns affecting water and several tones are combined together – then
other media. One of the first to do this new resonance patterns begin to arise. The
was the German physicist Ernst Chladni late Dr. Peter Guy Manners in England
(1756-1827), who made resonances visible developed this field of sound healing into a
using powder and sand on vibrating plates. high art.
Another was Hans Jenny in the twentieth
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Figure 19. Water cymatic image of five Figure 20. Water cymatic image of five
tones making the heart “Om” sound tones making the heart “Penta-G” sound
(Courtesy Buchanan & Larson) (Courtesy Buchanan & Larson)
To illustrate the complex frequency patterns Another heart healing pattern from this
used in this form of healing, consider Figure research group is called the “Heart Penta
19 which shows a “Heart Om,” a pattern G.” It is created when the note G, which
that is thought to be very healing for the has a special resonance to the heart, is
heart. It consists of an experimental modulated by 1.5 Hertz increments. Again,
combination of five tones to create complex this consists of an experimental combina-
standing wave pattern in water. The notes tion of five tones to create the complex
and frequencies involve G = 384 Hertz, B standing wave pattern shown in Figure 20.
= 480 Hz, C# = 544 Hz, D = 576 Hz and The specific notes and frequencies used here
F = 672 Hz, all pulsed at 1.5 Hz, which were G (-55 cents) = 93 Hertz, G (-27
called the Abrams Universal Healing Rate cents) = 94.5 Hz, G = 96 Hz, G (+27 cents)
(UHR). Extensive research in this area has = 97.5 Hz and G (+53 cents) = 99 Hz. The
been carried out by Gary Buchanan in inherent beat frequency is 1.5 Hz, the
Nevada, collaborating with other investiga- Abrams Universal Healing Rate again. The
tors including Eric Larson, who developed result is this beautiful visual mandala.
the cymatic visualization equipment Perhaps these geometrical symmetries, that
(Buchanan 2008). There will be actual have always been part of the Vedic sciences,
video presentations of their cymatic work in will become researched as new modalities
the upcoming Heart-Mind Communica- for healing in the future.
tions seminar. One can imagine that these
kind of resonant patterns may have the Subtle energies also have the capacity to
power to positively affect the healing of the structure water. As already mentioned
heart. earlier, water is changed by the forms
inventor of these flowforms, the sculptor (Schwenk 1989). At the Demeter produc-
John Wilkes, installed many flowforms in the tion facility, they also surround the
Dutch NMB bank headquarter designed by flowforms with certain geometric structures
the late Ton Alberts of Amsterdam (Wilkes to enhance their effectiveness. As water
2003). From reports of the staff there, moves through these flowforms, the subtle
flowforms contributed to creating a healing energies imparted to this grain milk are
atmosphere in the building, including the intensified, making it easier to assimilate.
unexpected disappearance of cardiovascular
problems within the staff. To study these subtle changes in water, some
Anthroposophical researchers use qualitative
In Europe, they are also using these flow (rather than quantitative) techniques.
forms in industry, like the one at the Bio Theodor Schwenk found that if drops of pure
Sophia grain milk (Demeter brand) produc- water were sequentially and slowly dropped
tion facility in Lillehammer, Norway, shown into test water, little vortices would form that
in Figure 23. The impulse for these water could be visualized through Schlieren photog-
researches came from the Anthroposophically raphy. These beautiful vortex structures only
oriented work of the German water occurred if the water had a natural vitality
researchers Wolfram and Theodor Schwenk and was healthy for living organisms. If the
water was polluted, then these vortices would character. Schwenk’s work is described in
be attenuated or would not form (Figure 24). great detail in his books, Sensitive Chaos and
This is strictly a qualitative way of testing Water: The Element of Life (Schwenk 1965
water to characterize its subtle energetic and 1989).
Figure 24. Qualitative water analysis by drop picture method – spring water (left)
and polluted spring water (right)
We heard in Dr. Steve Levin’s talk about the familiar with the work of Masaru Emoto,
importance of the 60-degree angle in his the Japanese water crystallization researcher.
research with living systems. It reminded me He and Leonid Izvekov actually met in
of the water crystallization work being 2008 in Russia and are now collaborating
conducted in Germany by Andreas Schulz, on some research.
the developer of the Hagalis Method for
assessing the quality of water. They found In the remaining time that I have today, I
that the predominance of 60-degree would like to talk about what I consider the
hexagonal patterns in the crystallization heart of the matter. I would like to pose a
images is an indicator of high water quality question: Can we develop a new model of
(Schulz 2005). the aetheric, of a new understanding of the
structure of the subtle realm? It is my belief
In Russia, Leonid Izvekov also carried out that the true significance of the heart can
crystallization studies. They looked at only be known when the nature of the
spring waters that have a lot of energy, as aetheric heart is understood. Can we know
well as healing waters and temple waters the nature of the aetheric heart that Rudolf
where people pray over the water (Figure Steiner talked so much about (Haertl
25). They have also demonstrated through 2000), the heart that is connected with our
these crystallization studies that at certain future karma? This approach to
seasons, like at the Easter season when the understanding the heart is connected with
Christ impulse comes back on earth, the what we create in the future. Before
water totally changes. Apparently playing describing a new possible model, it may be
classical music creates this hexagonal crystal- helpful to re-examine some of the aether
lization snowflake pattern. Rock music has theories that have been disregarded or
a more adverse effect on the water with poor dismissed in our current approach to
crystallization images. Many people are physics.
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Figure 26. Elmer Green’s diagram of planes of consciousness in the planetary field of mind
Many of you are familiar with Dr. Elmer One hundred and four years ago in 1905,
Green, one of the founders of this society. He Albert Einstein introduced the principle of
has often shown this diagram (Figure 26), special relativity that led to the abolition of
which shows different planes of consciousness the luminiferous aether. This aether was
within the Planetary Field of Mind, as he used originally proposed in the 17th century by
to call it. At the lowest level of this diagram Huygens, who first gave us the wave theory
we see the Etheric Physical above the Dense of light, in contrast to Newton's corpuscular
Physical. Elmer was a great student of the way of looking at light. However, the aether
Tibetan D.K. (Djwal Khul), as well as having concept goes back to the ancient Greek
a deep appreciation of the Theosophical way culture. To the Greek philosophers aether
of looking at the different levels of manifesta- was not only the finest foundational essence
tion and consciousness. If we accept that the of the world, known as pneuma or the
teachings of these ancient wisdom traditions world soul, it was also seen as the quintes-
hold some truth for us, then we have to find sence of heaven. So the aether was greatly
a way to build a bridge between science and venerated in that epoch of human
spirit using modern approaches. evolution. It is also not well known that
(Figure 27). The folded transducer Another experiment was carried out to see
demonstrated absolutely no mass changes, if the trained healer with his hands behind
but the rolled transducer showed significant his back could send energy to the transducer
variability in the range of micrograms over with only a focused gaze through his eyes.
days (Figure 28). Now the effect was only a tenth of the
earlier weight change, and initially led to a
Then he started many weighing experiments two-microgram decrease followed by a
with the new sensitive detector. In one subsequent increase. Eventually the
series he had a trained healer sending energy detector mass stabilized with a small
to the transducer for 90 seconds with his increase of 3 micrograms, when the healer
hands and eyes about 20 cm away from the stopped sending energy in this manner.
detector, separated by the glass casing of the
Figure 28. Sequential weighing experiments with different foils (Volkamer research)
Then the healer did an experiment without moved four meters away but sent the mental
telling Volkamer, which is shown in Figure intention to lower the weight increase that
31. After the earlier experiment of sending he had created. As can be seen, the detector’s
energy for 90 seconds had ended, the weight weight decreased at a slower rate and in a
gain of around 30 micrograms had somewhat step-like manner to below its original mass
stabilized. After an additional minute, he over eight minutes and 25 seconds.
Figure 30. Weight changes in rolled foil created by non-healer’s intention (Volkamer research)
These experiments demonstrate significant there. When he removed the tooth from
mass changes, ladies and gentlemen. These the proximity of the detector one and a half
are not random fluctuations. Weight or hours later, the weight returned to its
mass is a fundamental quality of matter that previous baseline level.
we measure in physics. If these types of
effects occurred here in Boulder at the Having developed a reproducible experi-
National Bureau of Standards, they would mental method, Volkamer began to ask,
have to explain them or at least begin to what might be the cause of these anomalous
ask questions as to their cause. mass changes taking place? He developed
extensive theories based on his Vedic
Here is a final example I want to show, an sciences orientation and quantum physics
experiment with a dying leaf. Volkamer had background and compiled a book in
a freshly picked lilac leaf placed in a sealed, German which in English could be
gas-tight container. After 15 hours, when translated as Subtle Material Expansion of the
the leaf died, it suddenly changed mass. Natural Sciences (Volkamer 2002). Our
There was a sudden three-microgram weight Dove Health Alliance foundation is trying
gain over the course of five minutes, and to raise money to translate it into English
then the weight was stable again. This is right now, to make this material accessible
shown in Figure 32. He also investigated to English speaking scientists.
the effect of bringing an extracted tooth
near the detector. This caused the weight of In his books, Volkamer builds a new model
the detector to decrease by around 30 of a geometrical Planck aether, correlating
micrograms over two minutes and stabilize his findings with current models of
motions” – that hint at the reality of the defines the “particleness” of manifested
subtle realm or Planck aether. He believes existence interacting with the aether. He
that in this “Subtle Realm” (Level 2 on the believes that only with a model that incorpo-
right), the non-material aether has a geomet- rates the subtle realm as a basis for material
rical structure with positive and negative existence can we make progress in explaining
Planck masses existing at the corners of a not only many paradoxes that quantum
cubical lattice in perfect equilibrium. physics has shown us, but also to make sense
of the weight changes he found.
As things come into manifestation out of the
vacuum, the first Zitterbewegung (Z3 - Z4) He further suggests that this Planck aether
is representative of the well-known de structure requires not only our accepted
Broglie wave length, in essence the “matter four-dimensional manifested world of space-
wave” of manifestation. Analogously, the time but also two other four-dimensional
second Zitterbewegung (Z1 - Z2) is represen- realms or universes that interpenetrate ours.
tative of the Compton wavelength, which With reference to the basic Minkowski light
mediate the strong color charge interactions theories. He also asks how this subtle
of quarks in the theory of quantum domain would interact with living
chromodynamics, helping to hold protons organisms and be coupled into the cellular
and neutrons together inside the nucleus. organelles to support life. He hypothesizes
that possible sites are wherever phase
Volkamer has developed a mathematical boundaries occur in cells, such as in the
model here that should be testable. It myelin sheath that surround the nerves,
appears to be capable of being correlated inside the cristae of mitochondria, the cell’s
with all conventional quantum physical microtubules, and the DNA (Figure 43). It
Figure 43. Suggested cellular structures mediating subtle material realm (Volkamer)
is here that the subtle domain has most create a heart field that is electromagneti-
direct interaction with our bodies leading to cally measurable as pure light. He has
vitality and life force. In essence, the subtle demonstrated this in a laboratory setting,
domains interpenetrate our bodies at all where he was instrumented with photomul-
times. This is also in alignment with the tiplier tubes to capture the faint light
Eastern teachings of the subtle bodies as emanating from his chest. Applying
well as with the teachings of the ancient conscious meditative intention allowed him
wisdom traditions. If this model is correct, to increase his heart-centered light emissions
we may coexist simultaneously in higher by many thousand fold. (Bair 2006)
dimensions with our light bodies and have Perhaps this experiment gives us some
access to incredible realms of consciousness. indication that we are surrounded by faster-
Perhaps our light bodies exist in these other than-light-speed fields that interpenetrate
eight dimensions, but they operate supralu- our physical body. When they interact with
minally there. The restriction for our our materially dense matter, which is rather
physical measurements here in the material slow and viscous, this takes place at less than
domain is that we are limited by the speed the speed of light; however, this now is
of light as our conversion factor between measurable with our instruments.
these other domains. Volkamer suggests
that a field in these other dimensions is To come full circle then, I suggest that the
perceived as a particle in our dimension. heart may be seen from this model as an
aetheric transducer for the entire body,
In our current physics, we are not allowed coordinating its action through the watery
to exceed the speed of light, according to matrix, and extending outward to the
Einstein’s special relativity principle. So if planetary matrix. The heart is in constant
one desires to understand where our interplay with the subtle realm. I hope we
emotional or astral body (which means can inspire more investigators to test this
starry body), or etheric body (or subtle vital model. According to ancient Yogic philos-
body) exists, perhaps they exist in these ophy, the heart chakra has twelve petals,
other dimensions that interpenetrate this analogous to the twelve dimensions
manifested domain. Ultimately, they end proposed by Volkamer to understand the
up interacting with our brain and nervous greater reality in which we exist. His work
system, with massive numbers of both has been inspired by the old Vedic teachings
myelinated and unmyelinated neurons, that are also the foundation of our
through a variety of quantum physical understanding of the chakras. The anahata,
processes. The “Akashic Field” of universal or heart chakra, is the central one within
memory may potentially also be found in the seven-chakra system. Its beautiful
these higher dimensional domains. symbol is shown in Figure 44.
The trained meditator and Sufi practitioner In conclusion, I hope to have inspired you
Puran Bair has shown that he can actually to view the heart as much more than a