Experimental
Report 1:
Measuring the Life Energy Phenomena in an Impatience
Plant Leaf
by Heliognosis
Background
In The
Cancer Biopathy, Volume II of the Discovery of the Orgone (1948),
Wilhelm Reich wrote at length about an energy concentration device that
he called an Orgone Accumulator. Reich claimed this heretofore unknown
energy caused a local rise in temperature within the accumulator. He
further mentioned a second method of measuring this energy using a high
voltage oscillating electric field connected unipolarly to a series of
metal plates. A light bulb connected to these plates luminated when
living things approached or were placed on the test plate. Reich
observed that a fresh fish placed on the test plate yielded a high
lumination of the bulb. The longer the fish remained on the plate
(after death) the weaker the lumination was. After several years of
experimentation, Heliognosis has developed this method of life energy
measurement into a compact electronic instrument. The following
experiment illustrates the life energy measurement of a fresh leaf from
the Impatience flower
and shows how it diminishes with time after picking.
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| Impatience Flower |
Test leaf inside
zip-lock bag |
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Method
The
Experimental Life Energy Meter Model LMII was placed on a plywood table
with the small plate electrode directly behind it. A leaf from the
Impatience plant was cut from the stem and placed into a weighed tight
fitting zip-lock bag. The air was fully removed from the bag before
weighing. The initial weight of the leaf was 0.3 grams. The bag with
the leaf inside was taped to the small
plate electrode so
that it was centered. The leaf could then be placed directly over the
plate and then removed to one side for zeroing the meter by lifting one
side of the masking tape. Measurements of the energy of the leaf were
made once a day with zeroing before and after to confirm the accuracy
of the reading. All measurements were made on the x10 range and all
other objects were kept at least 16 inches away from the meter.
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Leaf moved away
from plate for zeroing |
Leaf on the plate
for measuring |
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Observations
The
leaf was intensely green and vibrant when it was picked. It remained
flat during the experiment but the green colour faded slightly over
nine days to a dark olive colour. As well, the taut appearance of the
leaf tissue became flaccid and slightly wrinkled. The leaf's dimensions
remained the same at 4" long and 1 1/8" wide and its weight remained
constant. The readings of the energy diminished each day as indicated
in the following graph.
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Conclusion
The
leaf's dimensions and weight remained constant, consistent with the
prevention of water and mass loss by using the sealed zip-lock bag. The
decrease in the energy readings could then only be caused by a loss of
vitality as the leaf cells died after removal from the plant. This is
initial evidence that leaves and perhaps all living or once living
things contain an energy which dissipates with a loss of life or loss
of vitality.
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