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Subject: Re: CORE - Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:03:19 -0500
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:03:19 -0500
From: Christopher G Caruso <ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: CORE
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Michael Clements wrote:
>
> Some very interesting work is going on at the College of Orgonomy.
> At the yearly scientific meeting I saw moving pictures of amoeba
> forming out of disintegrating grass infusions. It was almost too
> incredible to believe, even when I saw it.
I was at the meeting as well. These films were interesting and
suggestive. However, proper controls were not used. Most importantly,
the solution was not sterilized. While the photos and films really did
seem to show protozoa slowly forming out of masses in the grass,
these experiments did not rule out "air infection". So, they prove
nothing. I don't understand why such a simple control was not observed.
On the other hand, the films were compelling, and make me want to repeat the
experiments properly myself. Does anyone know where to get light
microscopes at the magnification that Reich was working with (4000x -
5000x)?
> Some pictures using a type of Kirlian photography were also shown.
> Most interesting was how a small medical DOR buster showed a
> different pattern and colors. Photographs were made before and after
> charging in an accumulator and so on.
These were very interesting as well. Kirlian photography is not taken
very seriously as a result of peoples interpretations of the images seen
in Kirlian photography as auras. I don't think that Kirlian photography
shows auras. It is a simple technique. The apparatus was explained as
such: you have a flat plate of copper- something like 8 1/2 by 11
inches. On top of this copper plate is a non-conducting piece of plastic
of the same dimensions. On top of that is unexposed film of the
same dimensions. Then, a test object like a small metal cone is
placed on top of the film. Current is supplied to the copper
plate. Care is taken so that the current is as constant as possible.
The film is exposed by the electricity coming around the edges of the
plastic and towards the cone. The photo looks as if there are rays
radiating from the cone outwards (while it is actually the opposite).
So, then the fun starts. Finger tips of 6 human subjects are each exposed.
There is variation between the density and the length of the radiating
"rays" that are shown around the finger-tips. Then, the subjects are
exposed to an orgone energy accumulator for a time. The finger-tips are
exposed again. In four out of six, the second exposures show rays that are
noticeable more dense and slightly longer. In the fifth subject it was
about the same, and in the sixth it was the reverse. (This is from
memory- I will double-check my notes on this.)
The experimenter then made the mistake of putting his (coffee-can type)
accumulator on the plate to be exposed. The interesting thing was that
it actually did expose a ring around the edge of the accumulator,
although it was heavily insulated and an independent observer (a
skeptical electrical engineer) predicted that it would be impossible to
expose such an insulated object. Then, the oranur effects were felt, the
lab had to be evacuated and aired out.
Interesting stuff...
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Chris Caruso Check out: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ccaruso/
ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu http://www.rc.org/
Philadelphia, PA USA http://www.mcs.com/~jdav/league.html
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