Vol 2, No 5
In Ceres
Veritas
The Truth Is
in the Grain
by George Bishop
Energy Indicators DowsingDowsers seem to be able to detect "earth-energies" in close proximity to crop circles. Indeed, most of us will be able to detect the threshold of a crop circle — that dowsable "wall" at the edge of a circle. But just what is it that we are detecting? What is this energy that many of us claim to be able to feel or sense (and not only in crop circles). Does it extend upwards, or downwards? Or is it, as Jim Lyons suggests, doughnut shaped?[1] Kirlian photography Most of us have heard of Kirlian photography and know that it has demonstrated that an electrical field surrounds all living tissue. Kirlian photographs even register the field of plant parts long after they been removed from the matrix. For example, if a leaf is cut, the Kirlian photograph will still show the shape of the entire, uncut leaf. Based on what we have learned from Kirlian photography, we can assume that crop fields will exhibit such an electrical field, both as a kind of aura surrounding each plant and as a layer of collective energy hovering over the entire crop.  To say it exists scientifically, the aura surrounding each plant and collectively over the crop must be detectable to both black-box technology and to human dowsers. And assuming that this detectable aura follows the contours of the plant (as in Kirlian photographs), it would tend to be acicular (needle-like). If it surrounds the plant, it would also tend to be tubular. Finally, this energy level must drop off in a ratio according to the distance from the plant — we may expect to find that there is an area at a given distance where the energy is quite dissipated (the null zone). Nearer the plant, the energy level would rise to detectable levels.[2]These detectable levels may well be still some distance from the plant and the distance at which different people will detect it may vary according to their "frequency" or even to their "skill" or ability level. Gizmos and "black-boxes" on the other hand, can presumably be pre-programmed to detect these energy levels at pre-determined levels. Kirlian photography unfortunately requires the input of a great deal of voltage — something in the order of a million volts per centimetre — and what is going on in our fields is probably not employing anything approaching such high voltages. Although multimillion-volt jolts are potentially available to crop fields in the form of lightning, the normal aura is probably going to run with a relatively low voltage differential. Growth activity – ripening lightning It may well also be that the power of a given field is affected by the activities of the farmer, the weather, or even the passage of a single human visitor. One other factor of course in predicting energy levels would be growth level of the plants themselves. Unripe plants may (or may not!) produce a much stronger aura of energy. Senescent or ripe plants may well produce less energy. Cereals that tend to "neck" (bend over sharply) when ripening may well confuse the effect if they still produce such energy at that time. It is interesting that farmers often talk of "ripening lightning" to describe a flashing effect that is often seen in fields near harvest time — a discharging of energy that may well be part of the effect we are looking for. It would be useful to find out whether both wheat and barley exhibit this "ripening lightning" effect. Oats, on the other hand, may not do so, due simply to the way in which its seedhead is spread out into a loose influorescence, unlike the spiky, close-set seedheads of wheat or barley. The crop circle aura Now imagine that a plain-and-simple crop circle appears. It would presumably create a simple hole in the aura layer, as the aura will now be some two and a half to three feet or so closer to the ground. And since a presumably horizontal force has moved over the field, the alignment of the energy in the crop circle should also presumably be horizontal. So any dowser walking into a fresh crop circle should be able to detect the place where whatever vertical effect they were picking up outside the crop circle becomes interrupted and turns into a horizontal effect. This interruption should occur as soon as they walk out onto the surface of the circle. And effect of whatever created the crop circle, to the extent that it's still detectable, should appear to be moving in the direction of the flow or lay of the crop. For example, if the layout of the design is clockwise, the energy should be "moving" from the dowsers right to left as they enter. Near the center of the circle, the flow will be confused, firstly by the manner in which the center is formed. The center may consist of a standing tuft, a teepee-like nest of partially raised stems, a knot of tightly twisted stems, or even a bare patch of soil. Once the center is crossed, the dowser will be entering a zone where the energy is flowing in the opposite direction, from their left to their right. It may be that dowsers interested in researching this effect will need to "focus" on this aspect. I would be very interested to hear of any findings they might make. Circle creation by natural means Vortex energyWhat if the mechanism for creating the circle was a whirlwind like effect? Cereal stems probably generate a great deal of static electricity as they move in the wind. Acting much like the insulation in a capacitor, the insulating layer or "bloom" on two stems that rub together could aid the production of a measurable amount of electricity. This energy-production would vary according to the state of ripeness and also according to the weather. Also, the energy-creating effect would potentially be much greater in dry weather, and potentially less in wet or damp conditions. But in wet conditions, the charge created might well be more readily transmitted — from plant to plant, plant to air, or plant to ground. So let us assume, for example, that an errant whirlwind arrived over our mythical field, and for a millisecond it paused over one particular spot. As Colin Andrews suggests, this pausing may be just the length of time necessary for the potential charge inherent in the crop to create a condenser-like effect that "electrocutes" the crop. This electrocution might even be akin to the piezo-electrical effect, due to subtle pressure put on the crystalline structure of the elements inherent in the cell structure. And it also may well be that moisture in the form of mist or dew is an added ingredient, so that the sudden discharge of energy produces a local "fog" in the immediate vicinity of a crop circle (such a fog was reported, for example, on Operation Blackbird, way back in 1990). It may well be that an eddy of wind could create a sufficient drop in the barometric pressure, that electrical discharges could take place between negative and positive sources such as the air and the ground, or even the crop and the ground. And to make matters even more potentially confusing, barometric pressure might be a factor. Other factors Now it may well be that other factors are necessary to produce the crop circle effect. Moisture in the soil, such as a spring or an aquifer. Moisture in the air, or simply in the crop itself. If the soil were moister in the vicinity of a potential crop circle than in the surrounding field, then the air in the area just above it would tend to be cooler. This may well have the effect of creating a microclimate in our potential crop circle site, which may well cause our errant eddy of wind to slow down just long enough for the circle "zapping" to take place. The electrical discharge — which again may well be a by-product of all or any permutation of the effects we have already considered, or simply a local effect all of its own devising — may, by the act of discharge itself or simply by its presence, create a pathway for an exchange of electrical potential between the earth and the air. We are all aware that clouds carry electrical charges which on release we call lightning. Something similar may well be happening in our fields. One other factor in favor of our whirlwind hypothesis is that it's a well understood fact that changes created in the flow of a magnetic field can generate electrical current and vice versa. The simple flow of one form of energy is sufficient to create a field of the other, and vice versa. Add to this the fact that the earth's magnetic contours are not as regular as we generally assume from the simplified versions we are all familiar with from our school days. Due to a wide variety of factors, compass variations can fluctuate in the true direction of North–South flow (such variations in the apparent direction of the North Pole are well known and documented). And outbursts of charged particles from the sun create an electromagnetic force that is channelled along these so-called lines, and waves of electromagnetic energy pulse relatively irregularly along them. Any such pulse of energy will try to take the shortest route between two points, yet variations in the lines will readily cause eddies, and even points where the energetic force may create vortices. If one of these eddies just happened to coincide with our errant wind eddy — again, perhaps due merely to the incidence of some cooler, more dense air pocket hovering over an area that is damp due to underground water being closer to the surface — then the inevitable result could easily be the phenomenon we recognize as a "crop-circle." Once you remove the mystique from the possible mechanisms, the odd factor is not that crop circles are rare, but that they don't occur more often! Perhaps we have over-simplified it? Maybe there are other necessary factors that form part of the catalytic effect? The Evidence First of all let's look at the evidence.Headaches People get headaches near crop circles. These could be due to the presence of electrical discharges. They also may possibly be due to changes in the magnetic field, or a change in the energy-field between the standing and fallen crop. Headaches might even be due to gravitic variations, a factor we haven't looked at yet. They may be due to heat on a sunny day, barometric variations over the immediate area of the circle, or even the effects of chemicals present on the surface of the crop as a residue from agricultural spraying practices. They may be due to pollution in the air, electromagnetic radiation from local transmitters, Radar and ELF stations, or satellite broadcasting, agro-chemical or local chemical pollutants such as traffic-generated hydrocarbons or smog, or biological irritants such as pollen, or fungal spores like ergot (which contain LSD). Balls of Light  Evidence of BoLs (balls of light)? These may be due to the piezo-electrical discharges of the soil or crop (don't forget the "ripening lightning"). They may be simple electrical discharges created by movement of the crop or changes in the potential energy between the standing and fallen crop, or energy discharges from eddies within the lines of electro-magnetic pulses reacting with other forms of energy in the vicinity. Such plasma balls may have a short or even a relatively long life. Little is really known about them, as scientists still tend to ignore things they can't see, taste, smell, weigh, or feel (unless it has the potential to be turned into a weapon, of course).We know that electricity can be generated spontaneously: That is an accepted scientific fact. All you need are the necessary factors in place and . . zap! In most crop fields we have most of the mechanisms or conditions already in place. Those that are transient are not that uncommon — so why are we even considering the possibility that all crop circles are hoaxed? A percentage may or may not be, but I am quite happy that all the activities we have discussed could easily be responsible for creating the real thing. Proving the "whirlwind" theory What would we need?Next, we have to work out a system for proving this "whirlwind" theory to the satisfaction of the scientific community. This means that we must be able to demonstrate the creation of a crop circle by this means, preferably under laboratory conditions. What do we need? First, we need a detection system such as Paul Vigay's Gizmo[4] or Ron Russell's Trek Model 520,[5] which are capable of detecting changes in local electrical fields. Then, we need a device that can detect fluctuations in the local magnetosphere, and a device that can record the local climatic conditions. Finally, we need a device that could record all of these effects, almost in the manner of a small weather station, with continuous monitoring and recording of the changes in our chosen field. What will we get? Probably more questions than answers. There is no point in putting such equipment at such a prominent site as East Field, for instance, as this would be counterproductive. We need a site that displays a number of effects within our criteria, i.e. BoLs, Crop Circles, underground water source, perhaps a conveniently placed slope near the brow of a hill, preferably a site with a history of crop circles and other strange events. Such a site would need to be dowsed well, and the ley lines plotted accurately. It would need to be mapped for magnetic anomalies and monitored regularly over a twelve-month period (at least!). Differentiating between genuine and hoax One more step into the unknown. What is the potential difference between so-called hoax circles and presumed genuine circles? It would seem likely that "real" circles would have an energy potential that was very high and levelling off, whilst a hoaxed circle would have a low potential that would tend to be rising. Why? Simply because if I am correct in my assumption that an electromagnetic effect is the catalyst for circle creation, a lot of this energy will be trapped in the plants in the circle. Of course grounding or other energy-reducing effects by visitors, birds, and weather would cause a dropping off of the energy levels over time. But in a hoaxed circle, events such a potential-zapping will not have taken place. The sculpting of the circle by the hoaxers would presumably lower the normal energy level of the surrounding crop due to the grounding effect of people's movement within the area of their handiwork. Orgone energy But I also suggest that subsequent testing of the energy levels within hoaxed circles might show a tendency to rise. And that would be due to the presence of "orgone" energy. Orgone is the term coined by Wilhelm Reich for the energy utilized or generated by his famous Cloud Buster, a device that he demonstrated could produce rain in the arid plains of Midwest America during the '30s and '40s. That he was successful is well documented, and there are those who believe he was so successful that a grateful American government clapped a great concrete lid on his research after his death. Basically, Reich's Cloud Buster comprised a length of pipe, or collection of lengths of pipe, mounted on the back of a truck, which he simply pointed at some unfortunate cloud passing overhead. It was his contention that this arrangement of tubular cylinders somehow concentrated the energy, which he named "orgone," and somehow focused it on the cloud, until the cloud was apparently overwhelmed by this energy into dumping its burden of water vapor onto the parched soil below. My explanation is somewhat simplified, but it really is incidental to what is going on in our fields. That it worked more times than not is also not in contention, and many farmers paid Reich for his work. My proposition is that crop circles may act like a battery of Reich's orgone collectors. After all, what is a simple crop circle but a squat cylinder of air pointing at the sky, much like one of Reich's pipes, but wider and squatter. Could we equate this to just a simpler terminology and suggest that crop circles are Cloud Busters, but operate at a different frequency? After all, if we accept that Reich's organ pipes worked, then it follows that crop circles may act in a similar fashion except that the wavelength of energy that they collect or focus ought to be at a different frequency than that found in a 10-foot drainpipe. It may not be of a frequency that acts on the moisture in a cloud, but might be sending out a signal of an entirely different nature. If you are still with me, then it is but a short step to assume that a hoaxed circle will "collect" or "generate" an increasing energy level over a given period. Other factors might come into play here, for example wind or bird damage may interfere with the efficiency of the "device" to collect or focus this energy. The passage of human visitors may also interfere or erode the capacity and efficiency of the circle. After all, growing crops are far less rigid and stable than drainpipes. But in the short term there seems no good reason why these circles could not act in a similar fashion, and therefore my premise that hoaxed circles ought to be showing a rising level of energy must have sufficient merit to warrant investigation. Some thoughts for future research Somewhere in the morass that we have traversed above lies the truth — or at least I believe a big chunk of it. Somewhere we have handled the answers that researchers have equated with the holy grail of crop circle research: The Answer. The answer not just to what causes crop circles, but perhaps to what we detect when we enter the hallowed ground that is a crop circle. Do you fancy a further sally into the known world on the fringe of the unknown dimension we call "circles"? Then let's take this all one step further. Work some years ago into Balls of Light, also called Will o' the Wisps, Ignis fatuus (false fire), or marsh gas — call it what you will — indicated that during daylight hours there where only two places where BoLs could be guaranteed to appear: crop circles, and ancient earthworks. Research by George Bishop and PUFORG, under the auspices of Bob Boyd, indicated that something different was occurring in the vicinity of these two categories of sites.[1] So now we have a mis en scèene for possible research work that may be relatively simple to set up and will more than likely generate some results. All we need are some crop circles created by humans and monitored to prove that energy is concentrated or increasing in them. Simple stuff, but it will prove invaluable to future researchers as they attempt to quantify just what kind of tiger we have by the tail. Then we create some earthworks in the landscape and test it in a similar manner. A selection of either form could be placed at selected sites that already exhibit those criteria that we think may be important to crop circle creation, and at others that do not. Work by Jim Lyons[3] has already indicated that a circular maze set up in Wales seems to be developing its own energy and also seems to be drawing towards itself ley lines and blind springs! Once this work is in hand, it will go a long way toward proving the claims of many that crop circles exhibit energy. It also will provide a possible proven and provable litmus test for hoaxes — although we may have to admit that hoaxes do indeed exhibit an energy all their own. In fact, I'm counting on it!
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