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From: M. Sue Benford, R.N., M.A.
Date: 12/20/2000
Time: 10:17:27 AM
Remote Name: 205.188.196.23
Full article online at: www.journaloftheoretics.com/articles/1%2D2/benford.html
Abstract: This article outlines various studies which have shown a change in the measured gamma radiation near bioenergy healers. Contained herein is a theoretical explanation for these findings based upon an expansion of current concepts in physics and biology.
Key Points Discussed: 1) Replicated controlled studies by Benford et al. identified statistically significant decreases in extremely high-frequency electromagnetic fields, termed gamma rays, during alternative healing sessions with a trained practitioner and multiple subjects. The author theorizes that bioenergy therapies may induce positive physiological changes as a result of "radiation hormesis" effects. 2) Recently released Russian research posits an approach for describing many, if not all, the biopositive and parapsychological phenomena related to bioenergy healing and conscious intention. This research has postulated and tested the existence of "torsion fields." 3) The dynamic interaction of positive and negative particles, with their resident charge, mass and spin characteristics, defines matter as we see it as well as the underlying forces. Intentional distortion of the zero-point field (ZPF), or Vacuum, subsequently modifies these parameters. If the substance is unbalanced and in a state of disequilibrium, then the bioenergy of the healer's interaction with the ZPF will serve to balance the energy scales and return the substance to equilibrium. . . The property which is open to influence by torsion fields is spin. 4) It is further supportive of the theory linking the gamma radiation fluctuations observed during healing energy therapy sessions and torsion fields when one considers that torsion fields are successfully monitored using Geiger or scintillation counters identical to those used in the Benford et al. experiments with bioenergy healers. 5) According to the Russian pioneers in torsion field research, just as in electricity, the elementary particle charges are the primary source of field where the elementary particle spins are the primary sources of torsion field. However, gamma photons have also been identified as primary sources of torsion field. Furthermore, it has been stated and verified that the electromagnetic field can generate the torsion one. Thus, it stands to reason, that healers who can consciously increase the electromagnetic field surrounding their hands and, likewise, cause significant fluctuations in external gamma radiation around a subject's body, are also creating permutations in the torsion field and, subsequently, the Vacuum itself.