Earth rays

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As terrestrial radiation or earth radiation in the are esoteric dowsing phenomena called that supposedly should have an impact on health. A scientifically proven terrestrial radiation , sometimes also referred to as earth radiation, has nothing to do with the postulated earth radiation.

Views

In the imagination of radiesthetes, earth radiation is triggered by water veins , faults and various grids (Benker lattice, Curry lattice , Hartmann lattice ), which are supposed to cause an unspecified vertically directed radiation, which can be detected using dowsing rods or pendulums . These rays are said to have a wide variety of negative effects on human health; they should be able to cause illnesses, a wide variety of negative behaviors or difficult wound healing. It is postulated that sleeping over a water vein should have a particularly critical effect on human health and psyche, with individual people being differently sensitive to this.

A wide variety of devices and protective amulets are offered to protect against this scientifically undetectable radiation, none of which has yet been able to demonstrate any kind of effectiveness in the scientific sense. The scientifically not recognized unit Bovis is used as the unit for the strength of the life energy influenced by the radiation . The effects triggered by earth rays after radiesthesia are explained by natural scientists through placebo and nocebo effects . " Earth radiation interference suppression devices " were sold against earth radiation mainly in the 1970s . Earth ray shielding devices are still available in the 21st century, for example via the Internet.

evaluation

There is no scientifically recognized evidence for the existence of radiation itself or for its effects. Water veins as a possible cause can be ruled out for most regions, because the groundwater is mostly flat and does not flow in underground "veins". The deflections of a divining rod through which the radiation sources are to be found can be explained by involuntary muscle twitching of the dowser ( Carpenter effect ) since the 19th century .

Speculatively, one can never completely exclude the existence of previously unknown physical factors, but the postulated earth rays are simply non-existent according to the current state of research in the natural sciences. In particular, all theories put forward for this purpose are to be assessed as pseudosciences . Many scientists assume two causes for the alleged effects of earth radiation: On the one hand, the placebo effect plays a role, and on the other hand, the followers of the earth radiation theory maintain a (statistically proven) healthier way of life, which could lead to positive effects.

In Norway, a study was published in 2005 with 80 patients (67 women and 13 men) who complained of chronic complaints of the skeletal muscles. The study was carried out as a randomized double- blind study . Half of the patients were given a device that, according to the manufacturer, should keep earth rays away from the patients who are responsible for the diseases. The other group of patients received a placebo device. The study lasted six months. Patients were questioned about Subjective Health Complaints (SHC) using questionnaires . This also were allergies , pseudo neurological and gastrointestinal acquired diseases. A significant decrease in subjective health complaints could be observed after about six weeks (28 to 45 percent, P <0.05–0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the group with placebo and “real” devices.

The directors' conference of the geological state offices of the Federal Republic of Germany published a resolution on March 23, 1950, according to which "the geologists of almost all civilized states in the world consider the connection between rod deflection and rays to be improbable".

Remarks

  1. ↑ Designation in each case also as "-net" usual, ie Benkernetz, Currynetz and Hartmannnetz.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inge Hüsgen, Erhard Wielandt: Earth rays. December 5, 2009, online at GWUP.org, accessed December 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Friederike Slansky: Dowsing rods - dowser Jochen Groothoff from Badenweiler. In: Badische Zeitung , issue of August 11, 2007. Online at frsw.de, accessed on December 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Review: What is it about earth rays and water veins? ( Memento from April 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) DasErste.de, broadcast “W wie Wissen” from October 13, 2004.
  4. ↑ Divining rod. November 12, 2011, online at GWUP.de, accessed on December 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ GWUP website. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ A. Baerheim, J. N. Øren u. a .: Tx discs - no effect against subjective health complaints. A randomized controlled study. In: Complementary therapies in medicine. Volume 13, Number 4, December 2005, pp. 239-243, ISSN  0965-2299 . doi : 10.1016 / j.ctim.2005.05.003 . PMID 16338193 .
  7. ↑ With the divining rod. In: Die Zeit No. 10/1954. March 11, 1954, accessed December 13, 2016 .

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