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| Electric Beings | | February
16, 2003. |  In
1935, Harold Saxton Burr was intrigued by the electrical characteristics of living
systems. He was aware of the fact that some animals, like electric eels, could
produce powerful currents capable of stunning a potential prey. However, he suspected
that all creatures even the simplest ones, could probably surround themselves
with some kind of electrical field.
To prove his theory, he
devised a simple and effective biological experiment. Burr took a salamander and
transformed it into a dynamo. In its most rudimentary form, a dynamo consists
of an armor (made of copper wire) which is spun (by the effect of water, wind
or any other mechanical process) thus generating a magnetic field that produces
an electrical current. This experiment consisted in placing
a salamander in a bowl of water with salt (this solution is a good conductor of
electricity; just like copper wire). To complete the circuit, he introduced two
electrodes in the water, connected to a galvanometer sensitive enough to detect
small electrical charges. To complete the process, he spun the salamander around.
As he expected, just by rotating the salamander or moving the water around it,
the galvanometer registered the flow of the electricity that was generated. When
he removed the small amphibian from the bowl, the electrical current was interrupted. The
preceding was just one of many experiments that proved that all living beings
are activated by electromagnetic radiation. But those electrical fields cannot
be detected by measuring instruments alone. There is a wide range of living beings
who can detect those fields and, even better, use them as instruments of attack
or defense. For example, sharks and manta rays are masters
in detecting electrical fields as they have sensors at the tip of their snouts
and all along their body that are so receptive that they detect discharges as
weak as a billionth part of a volt, something equivalent to detecting the voltage
that flows between two terminals with 1-1/2 volt batteries separated by 3,000
km of ocean between them. Their perception of electricity helps them find food
and guides them in their final attacks on their prey. In
the case of the fish and other animals, they create their electrical fields using
movements of muscles or nerve cells, as if dealing with the body's batteries.
As they discharge, they radiate an electrical force field of one to ten volts
from head to tail. If the fish is swimming, this field can expand in concentric
circles (like the waves that are produced when we throw a stone into a tank) through
the electrical conductivity of the water medium. The fish perceives these fluctuations
through the thousands of special sensors on their body and they use the information
to form an electrical image of their surroundings. It is like seeing without the
need for eyes. Other fish generate electricity in ways
that they get surprising results. The torpedo ray generates two kilowatts of force
and uses them to defend itself from its predators as well as to attack its prey,
something equivalent to the discharge of a small heater. This result in the victim's
immobilization, suffering muscular spasms. Also, the South American electric eel
is another example of the power of electricity: the 800 volts of electricity that
it can generate are enough to kill a horse. As members
of the animal kingdom, we human beings are electrical too. We know that the energy
that emanates from our brain when we think is powerful enough to keep a low-voltage
bulb lit. And it is a proven fact that prolonged exposure to high electromagnetic
fields can have a negative effect on our physiology. In
that respect, an interesting and significant study conducted in England in 1981
showed that the suicide rate in homes located close to high voltage power lines
(where there are large electromagnetic fields) is 40% higher than in homes without
electrical influences. Apparently, there is a greater tendency towards pathological
disorders if we find ourselves in the proximity of high tension wires. Excessive
electromagnetism can interfere with our normal thinking processes. In
the same vein, some studies have linked the occurrence of poltergeist phenomena
to houses located in areas affected by large electromagnetic fields. In the course
of those investigations, it was determined that the human body functions as a
powerful conductor of electrical energy (this conductivity is different for every
human being) emanating from high tension wires and all it does is reflect the
energy in the form of objects moving, the generation of strange noises, doors
that fly open, visions, etc. When the person affected by this type of phenomenon
is moved away from the area of the magnetic field, the mischievous "spirits"
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