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Subject: Re: Bions & Kirilian Photos - Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:14:04
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:14:04 -0500
From: Christopher G Caruso <ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Bions & Kirilian Photos
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.virginia.edu
Jim Martin wrote:
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Do you mean it wasn't autoclaved, or that it wasn't gram-stained? Staining kills
> everything.
It wasn't autoclaved. Some grass was placed in some water in an open
petri dish and observed. This obviously cannot rule out "air infection"
by cysts.
>
> On Kirilian photography, a good book is *The Body Electric* by Thelma Moss (St.
> Martin's/Tarcher 1979, out-of-print). Moss describes how Eva Reich suggested
> getting rid of the electricity in Kirilian photos. Moss placed vegetables on
> film and covered them with a orgone blanket. Then she shut them up in a
> light-tight box for several days. When the photos were developed, they showed
> similar "auras" as regular Kirilian photos.
>
> Moss also noted how the glass on top of the copper plate (used in regular
> Kirilian photography) is essentially and orgone accumulator panel.
>
>
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> -Jim Martin
>
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