Emotions & Electromagnetism – A hypothesis on residual haunting
Nikola Tesla experimens with Electromagnetism
The following thesis is an attempt to bring forth a new form of reason towards the understanding of the paranormal or the events that are beyond the scientific explanation. The following theories will be a juxtaposition between the paranormal and the way modern computers work.
The thesis is not a concrete explanation of the unexplained, but more of an educated research based on my own professional experience in the field of computers and my own personal research in the field of the paranormal. In the years that I’ve been researching well documented cases of unexplained phenomenon, I’ve come to the conclusion that there can very well be a connection between the spiritual world and natural electromagnetism.
Before we begin, I will touch on the basic workings of a computer hard drive in order to set the groundwork. A hard drive is a storage unit on a computer. Composed of metal parts and platters, on to which the data is written on. The way data is stored on a drive can be simplified as follows:
The drive uses magnetism to store data on the surface of the disk. The data is composed by bits of 1s and 0s which the disk can read and produce virtual documents, images, video.
A better explanation is given to us by howstuffworks.com:
” Hard disks have a hard platter that holds the magnetic medium, as opposed to the flexible plastic film found in tapes and floppies.
At the simplest level, a hard disk is not that different from a cassette tape. Both hard disks and cassette tapes use the same magnetic recording techniques. Hard disks and cassette tapes also share the major benefits of magnetic storage — the magnetic medium can be easily erased and rewritten, and it will “remember” the magnetic flux patterns stored onto the medium for many years…” “…Magnetic storage disks are coated with tiny particles which are magnetically sensitive, allowing the read/write head of the storage device to change the magnetic alignment of the particles to represent binary data. The reverse, simply passing the head over the surface of the disk, allows it to read the magnetic field alignment and thus the data. Common magnetic devices are floppy disks, hard disks and magnetic tape.” [1]
I will not go into a more detailed explanation since that is beyond the scope of this thesis. If you were to explain the inner workings of a hard drive to anyone from the 18th century, they would reject this notion and claim heresy; for which you would probably be charged with witchcraft and burned at the stake. This being a modern age I won’t worry about being burned alive.
Now, if we take the idea of how data is recorded on the fine film of tape or the surface of a disk and apply this to nature one can easily argue that our own image can be engraved in a sort of “electromagnetic canvas” of nature. Much like the “electromagnetic canvas” of the hard drive platters. How? Well take into consideration the Earth’s magnetic forces; from its global electromagnetic fields to the Lei lines that run through the Earth like veins through our body. It is a fact that when tectonic plates shift, they emit a high concentration of electromagnetic fields towards the surface of the earth. It is also a fact that there are weaker, yet constant electromagnetic fields in constant flow throughout the earth.
Now if we think about the workings of the computer’s drive and apply them to nature, we can hypothesize that our own bodies and actions can be recorded onto the “canvas” because of the fields that surround us and the little electricity our body emits can leave a fingerprint in the static fields. Let’s take the following into consideration; It has been wildly reported that the site of a horrific and tragic event, will at times display ghostly images of what has happened. Why? Taking the theory of “electromagnetic canvas” one could argue that during this tragic unfolding of someone’s life, their body was in such state of chemical imbalance that extra electrical activity was being generated. Like when the “Survival mode” kicks in on times of duress and humans indeed acquire some sort of super-human strength. If the electromagnetic fields are constant and strong enough, they can capture our electricity that is being emitted and “record” it onto the canvas.
Like the way a hard drive can store images and music, the “electromagnetic canvas” can record events and sounds. These images and sounds can be then played when the electromagnetic current are strong enough to. Whenever the earth emits strong surges of magnetic fields. This can attest to ghosts and ghostly sounds.
There are obvious holes in this theory as well. For example, it does not explain poltergeist phenomenon and/or communicating ghosts. It does not account for intelligent hauntings that react to living interception. I loosely based this theory on residual hauntings only.
Written by Javier Ortega - javier@ghosttheory.com
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I think a better explanation comes from our physics unification theory (string theory), which tells us that all events occur at the same time, being past, present, and future. If we are to believe the theory, then all events have already occurred, and we are now simply “passing thru” the timeline, so to speak.. Taking this into account, I wonder if what we see in these “ghost” events are actually two moments in time colliding, and giving us a glimpse into the past while on their side they get a glimpse of the future.. Also, the brief lights people see leading up to the event may actually be the specific location where the string theory’s predicts that “membranes” can touch…
I also find it rather interesting that we only appear to view images from the past and not the future, which to me does not make allot of sense if you think about it. Meaning, in theory, we should also see events from the future as well. To me, this indicates that either there is a structural reason for this not occurring, or that our species does not have much of a future left…
Finally, to test this theory, we would be trying to study as much of the measurable items we can. Maybe, if we are lucky, in the future we will be able to somehow setup the right conditions, and make these events occur on demand. Kind of like a true “window into the past” machine, so to speak…..
“…Much like the “electromagnetic canvas” of the hard drive platters.”
This theory is based on a very tenuous analogy. Plenty of problems: first, there’s no explanation of why an organic environment (wooden house, spot in the woods) would hold electric charge as well as the steel, aluminum, or iron oxide of recording devices. Second, there’s no explanation of why humans would be able to sense that fluxuation in charge at all (we have a very small amount of magnetite in our brains, usually not enough to tell which way is north), or why it would be interpreted – visually! – as a violent ‘repeat’ haunting. Third, the theory would imply that environments sensitive to electro-magnetism would have more hauntings, when actually the reverse is true: metal objects have long been used as wards against malevolent spirits and author Michael Greer notes that reports of “gremlins” interfering with ship or airplane mechanics all but vanished when those vehicles were later built out of metal.
I’m sure electromagnetism has something to do with paranormal incidence (I have heard anecdotally that more hauntings happen where power lines cross), but trying to sufficiently explain any kind of mythic phenomena using EM fields is an exercise in pseudoscience. The trouble with the paranormal is that so much of an event is tied to perceptivity of the witness (in terms of psychic sensitivity or what they allow themselves to believe) that any full explanation must allow for incompatible experiences of the same external event. You have to deal with the psychology and logic of ghosts, not just the physics.
Nice try, though, it was a very interesting read.
timjones0674 :
The problem with the “string theory” in the case of the paranormal, is like you mentioned; if it indeed was true, then we would not only see events in the past, but also events in the future. Aside from what psychics claim to see into the future, there has been no case in the paranormal of a ghost form the future. Or even future events.
Whose to say…. There is so much unknown to man. With the never ending tidal wave of techinical gadgets that “help” us live life better, I thin we’re becoming more disconnected to nature. FAST!
Marcus:
I agree, using EM field as a panacea in the paranormal is pseudoscience. Then again, I’m a pseudoscientist. I didn’t manifest this theory to explain the unexplained, this is just something that makes sense in my mind.
Let me try to dispute your points:
Inanimate objects, such as tables, cars, houses, etc… do not have the electro/neurological charges that living things have. Therefore taking my theory into practice, it would be difficult to engrave an image onto an electromagnetic canvas of inanimate objects.
Humans do sense fluctuations of electromagnetism. It’s always the case that when you walk near a electormagnet generator, you become physically uncomfortable. When your house resides under power line towers, residents suffer from mental and physical distress. So was the infamous case of the Wyricks (haunting in georgia).
Environments that are rich in quartz, lime and other highly electro-sensitive minerals always have a higher incident count of poltergeist or manifestation incidents.
Again, this theory is loosely based on what I believe are residual hauntings. You might be right, no one has a clear answer when it comes to the paranormal, but if we keep calling it a pseudo science, then that’s all it will ever be. I appreciate all your comments
Helios,
Thanks for the response, I didn’t intend to refer to ghost theory as pseudo-science – any rigorous explanation of the unexplained can qualify as science – I just think the tendency to latch on to an existing physical science to explain the supernatural is jumping the gun, we need an explanation of ghosts as ghosts before we can relate them to more mundane effects.
Now my approach presents it’s own problems, but if you explain ghosts in mundane terms, than you open the possibility than any evidence you provide in support of your theory can be dismissed as “mundane coincidence” – as all ghost evidence currently is by society at large.
I think our inability to prove ghosts stems more from fundamental problems in the current institution of science than in the methods and ample evidence of ghost trackers. For instance, the way standard science groups all things into “existent” and “nonexistent” is grossly ignorant of the ambiguities of all phenomena which occur outside a laboratory. This includes not only ghosts, but experiential phenomena such as “conscience” and “love,” of which science also gives an inadequate account.
So I guess my problem is really with our current culture of explanation at large, sorry to take it out on your theory. I know ghost incidence is heavily correlated to electro-magnetic anomalies, I’m just more interested in a theory which would posit the former as the cause of the ladder.
Hellos:
I certainly see your point, but I do not think that seeing future events are out of the question. For example, in our “string theory” construct, then you could make the argument that when people see flying saucers (UFOs) in the sky, they might be seeing future crafts as they fly. An interesting thing about this is that most of the UFO sightings are made in South America. Meaning, maybe the bulk of future civilizations settled at the equator because of change in climate (Ice Age)?
You do bring an interesting point about not seeing future beings walking around. My only thought to this would be not that it destroys the theory, but rather a question of why future civilizations no longer live in the “same space”…. Once again, environmental change (Ice Age) might be a factor in this…
First of all, I’d like to know if cell phones have super magnets in them like computers do. Second, I believe in the concept of parallel universes, but I’m not sure that explains everything. However, it might explain some residual and intelligent hauntings, and also seeing distant ancestors like Bigfoot, except for the fact that Bigfoot interacts, like an intelligent ghost does. Third, structures that contain granite or quartz could conceivably record events as they occur. Fourth, I’ve read a lot of stories on a lot of web sites in which people DO tell of walking or driving into a scene of the future. Fifth, I watch a lot of shows on the Science Channel, and on the Discovery Channel, and everything including people, wooden tables, etc., have spaces between the atoms that they’re made of. How that could relate to seeing scenes from the past or future which include inanimate objects, I don’t know. Sixth, UFO sightings could be glimpses into the future, or actual visits from beings from somewhere in the universe. (Scientists and astronomers say that we know more about the universe as a whole than we do about what is in the Milky Way Galaxy in which we live, because the stars and dust are blocking our view, therefore we can’t see what is right around us. They also say that there COULD BE at least 100,000 inhabited planets inside the Milky Way Galaxy and we wouldn’t even know it.) It could also be that our government has reverse engineered alien space craft which they could POSSIBLY have had in their possession for years, which would explain the sudden leap in quartz technology, fiber optics technology, plasma technology, etc., almost overnight. They could even have discovered how Nikola Tesla’s car, which ran on energy taken right out of the air, works. The story is at http://evworld.com/blogs/index.cfm?authorid=12&blogid=752&archive=1 The scientists have said that within possibly even the next ten years there could be space craft that take their energy right out of the atmosphere, even in outer space. Also, in September, 1953, televisions in England picked up a transmission from TV station KLEE in Houston, Texas, thousands of miles across the Atlantic, which had stopped broadcasting three years earlier. In 1953 that was not possible because TV signals would fade out after about 150 miles, unless they were boosted along the way by relay stations or electronic devices. Where had the signal been for three years, how did it get back from where it had been, and why was it only picked up in England. That story is in a book titled ‘Strangely Enough!’ by C.B. Colby.
I’m hoping someone can help me find out about electromagnetism in humans. I’m a very electric person and find computers ‘react’ to me especially laptops – I have destroyed several. I will walk away from a computer and the problem I was experiencing will cease, or if another person comes and stands next to me it will stop. What causes it? What does it mean? Apart from the computer issue it isn’t really a problem except I get electric shocks off people easily and it hurts me not them, they barely notice. I’m just curious to know what its about.
Mel
That’s interesting. My brother-in-law has MS and sleeps with a blanket lined with magnets. His computer dies because of it, I guess.
Have you ever tried having your aura read? It sounds silly but maybe the energy you emit isn’t necessarily magnetic.
Have you Googled it? If so, will you explain what it means?
G
sorry, that last message was meant for Melissa Egan…
Melissa Egan,
I don’t have much experience with this. I know that people who suffer from this phenomenon are called “SLIders”. (Street Light Interference).
http://paranormal.about.com/od/telekinesispsychokinesis/a/aa052508.htm
-Javier