Geopathology
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Geopathology (also Geopathy) is a theory that links the Earth's inherent radiation with the health of humans, animals and plants.
The term is derived from Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”)
and πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) - ie pathology, widely used to describe infirmities.
The term is more widely used in the adjectival form ie 'geopathic' (sometimes 'geopathological') and often linked to 'stress', creating the terms 'geopathic stress'{{cite news |last1=Flavin |first1=Edwin |title=Geopathic stress: Just for the gullible? |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/healthandlife/geopathic-stress-just-for-the-gullible-863019.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=18 August 2018 }}{{cite journal |last1=Freshwater |first1=Dawn |title=Geopathic stress |journal=Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery |date=1 December 1997 |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=160–162 |doi=10.1016/S1353-6117(05)81003-0 |pmid=9511645 }} and 'geostress'.
Gustav Freiherr von Pohl has been described as the modern 'father' of geopathic stress.{{cite news |title=Checking the fault lines in our lives |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/checking-the-fault-lines-in-our-lives-1.929389 |newspaper=The Irish Times }} von Pohl conducted a study in the Bavarian town of Vilsbiburg in 1929 which purported to link focus points of 'earth-radiation' ger. Erdstrahlen with incidence of cancer.{{cite news |title=Übersinnliches Kribbeln |url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13521251.html |work=Der Spiegel |date=October 1987 }}
Ley lines (a supposition introduced by Alfred Watkins in 1925) have also been suggested to create geopathic stress.{{cite web |title=Moonraking |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/moonraking/meanings.shtml |website=BBC }}
Geopathic stress (GS)
It is suggested that the Earth has a natural vibration, but features like underground watercourses, drainage pipes, underground tunnels and even simple geological faults distort this vibration.{{cite news |last1=Etchells |first1=Pete |title=Bad vibrations: what's the evidence for geopathic stress? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/aug/20/bad-vibrations-whats-the-evidence-for-geopathic-stress |work=The Guardian |date=20 August 2015 }} Such distorted vibrations are held to rise upwards through the Earth's surface and create an pernicious effect on the health and/or behaviour of all biological life.{{cite web |title=The Skeptic's Dictionary |url=https://skepdic.com/erays.html |website=skepdic.com}} The distortions are amplified during night hours {{cite book |last1=Desborough |first1=Brian |title=They Cast No Shadows |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PI4a6uKWqE8C&q=hartmann+grid+intensity+night&pg=PA422 |date=April 2002 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9780595219575 }} and consequently the impact is greater if the focal point of the adverse radiation is a bedroom, also noting that the subject, during the time of sleep, will be continually located in the path of such radiation.{{cite book |last1=Hummel |first1=Christian |title=Do It Yourself Space Clearing Kit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iayYaMmZNCIC&q=hartmann+grid+hours&pg=PA30 |date=June 2004 |publisher=Space Clearing Kit |isbn=9780975479308 }}
Published academic papers and research
- {{cite web |last1=Gerhard W. HACKER, Annabell EDER, Christoph AUGNER, Gernot PAUSER |title=Geopathic Stress Zones and Their Influence on the Human Organism |url=https://www.med-grenzfragen.eu/download/Geopathy-Gerhard-Hacker-Lithuania08.pdf |website=www.med-grenzfragen.at}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Hacker |first1=Gerhard W. |last2=Pawlak |first2=Elisabeth |last3=Pauser |first3=Gernot |last4=Tichy |first4=Gottfried |last5=Jell |first5=Hermann |last6=Posch |first6=Gabriele |last7=Kraibacher |first7=Günther |last8=Aigner |first8=Alfred |last9=Hutter |first9=Jörg |title=Biomedical Evidence of Influence of Geopathic Zones on the Human Body: Scientifically Traceable Effects and Ways of Harmonization |journal=Complementary Medicine Research |date=2005 |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=315–327 |doi=10.1159/000088624 |pmid=16391480 |s2cid=10301463 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Augner |first1=Christoph |last2=Hacker |first2=Gerhard W. |last3=Jekel |first3=Ilse |title=Geopathic Stress Zones: Short-Term Effects on Work Performance and Well-Being? |journal=The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |date=June 2010 |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=657–661 |doi=10.1089/acm.2009.0499 |pmid=20569033 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=S. D. AGHAV, P. S. TAMBADE |title=Investigating effects of Geopathic Stress on Health Parameters in Young Healthy Volunteers |journal=International Journal of Chemical and Physical Sciences |date=2015 |issue=2319–6602 |url=http://ijcps.org/admin/php/uploads/368_pdf.pdf}}
External links
- https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/healthandlife/geopathic-stress-just-for-the-gullible-863019.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/aug/20/bad-vibrations-whats-the-evidence-for-geopathic-stress
Further reading
- Rolf Gordon Are You Sleeping In A Safe Place?, 1989 {{ISBN|9780951401705}}
- Paul Craddock, Geopathic Stress & Electropolution: How to Protect Your Health & Home, 2016 {{ISBN|9781523937363}}
- Ulrike Banis, Geopathic Stress - and what you can do about it, 2003 {{ISBN|9783934672062}}
- Robert Egby, The Silent Killer Below: Hunting and Healing Geopathic Stress, 2018 {{ISBN|9780984866489}}
- Judy Hall, Crystal Prescriptions volume 3: Crystal solutions to electromagnetic pollution and geopathic stress. An A-Z guide, 2014 {{ISBN|9781782797913}}
- Louise Weidel GEOPATHIC ZONES : Earth Energy Lines & Electosmog Force Fields & Trees, 2002 {{ISBN|9780007123018}}
- Barry Smith, NOWHERE TO HIDE: Electromagnetic radiation, 2020 {{ISBN|9798604245989}}
- David Cowan and Rodney Girdlestone, Safe as Houses?: Ill Health and Electro-stress in the Home, 1996 {{ISBN|9781858600376}}
- Glen Swartwout, Electromagnetic Pollution Solutions, 2012 {{ISBN|978-1494270285}}
- {{cite book |last1=Freiherr von Pohl |first1=Gustav |title=Earth Currents: Causative Factor of Cancer and Other Diseases |date=1988 |publisher=Frech Verlag |isbn=978-3772494024}}
- Gregory A Storozuk, Geopathic zones and the iron stake method, 1992
- {{cite book |last1=Kaethe Bachler, John M. Living |title=Earth Radiation |date=2007 |publisher=Holistic Intuition Society |isbn=9780968632352}}
- {{cite book |last1=Thurnell-Read |first1=Jane |title=Geopathic Stress & Subtle Energy |date=2006 |publisher=Life-Work Potential |isbn=9780954243944}}
- Blanche Merz Die Seele des Ortes. Deren Wirkkraft auf unsere vier Körper (eng. The soul of the place. Effect on our four bodies). Herold, München 1988, {{ISBN|3-921485-05-3}}
- Later edition: Die Seele des Ortes. Metaphysische Energien und ihre Wirkkraft (eng. The soul of the place. Metaphysical Energy and its Effect). AT, Aarau 2000, {{ISBN|3-85502-668-8}}
- Ernst Hartmann, Geopathie (eng. Geopathy), Haug Verlag, Ulm/Donau, 1954.
- Ernst Hartmann, Krankheit als Standortproblem (eng. Illness as a Location Problem), Volume 1, Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, (1. Auflage 1964), 5. Auflage 1986, {{ISBN|9783776006537}}
- Ernst Hartmann, Krankheit als Standortproblem (eng. Illness as a Location Problem), Volume 2, Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1986, {{ISBN|9783776009118}}
- Gustav Freiherr von Pohl, Erdstrahlen als Krankheits - und Krebserreger, (eng. Earth Currents as Pathogens of Illness and Development of Cancer), 1932; modern edition {{ISBN|978377244416-6}}
- Hubert Palm, Das gesunde Haus: Unser naher Umweltschutz, (eng. The healthy house; our closest environmental protection) 1975; 1992 edition {{ISBN|9783876670317}}
See also
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