Edu wrote:
This will clarify the doubts:
… (two quotes)
Yes, those two quotes from Wikipedia will indeed do that – from the viewpoint of conventional science .
However, not from the viewpoint of an alternate definition , majorly found within the fields of bio-magnetism and natural therapies.
Personally I don’t care which is which, as long as I understand what a particular author of interest is actually meaning when he/she says “north” or “south” of a magnet.
Basically they are only arbitrary definitions.
It can be a bit amusing to see how there are two “camps”, sort of speak, and there are voices within both of them claiming the other camp’s definitions are based on “misunderstandings”.
My understanding is this:
In magnetism, opposite poles attract each other, whereas poles of the same polarity repel each other.
Naming them “south” or “north” is of course just arbitrary nomenclature.
When letting a magnet hang freely on a string – without influence of other nearby magnets – the side of the magnet that seeks to face towards the geographic north (north-seeking pole) is in conventional science called the “north pole”. According to the alternate definition this is the “south pole”.
It follows then, that according to conventional science, the Earth’s magnetic pole near the geographic north is technically a magnetic south pole and the magnetic pole in Antarctica is a magnetic north.
But according to the alternate set of definitions, the magnetic pole near the geographic north is indeed a magnetic north pole, and vice versa.
Edu wrote:
[quote:1qbouvll]So, I now assume that the pole that faces earth’s north, when freely suspended, pushes orgone energy (“a positive pole”), while the pole that faces earth’s south, when freely suspended, pulls orgone energy (“a negative pole”). Am I rigth ?[/quote:1qbouvll]
I don’t think so. I think its the other way around. Don can speak for himself of course, but I reckon he was using the opposite definition from the ones you’re quoting. I’m basing this on the fact that all of my zappers have their magnets aligned the same way, and I doubt they’re all occasional sendouts with the magnet aligned reversely!
Don wrote:
[quote:1qbouvll]The magnets in our zappers are north-side against the body. … Occasionally we send one out that has the magnet reversed …[/quote:1qbouvll]
According to the conventional science definition, my zappers have the “south” against the body. According to the alternate definition, they do indeed have the “north” against the body.
Besides, Don wrote that a “single magnet can’t possibly do any harm, either way…”
I think there is a good chance there’s a lot of truth in that. All the times I put magnets on my body for the sake of disabling implants, I never cared which side I was using. Very rarely I felt guided to flip the magnet and use the other side against my body, but I never checked which pole it was. It may be that there are a lot of good therapeutic results of using one specific side towards the body, as given in many bio-magnetic texts. But from the viewpoint of using single magnets for disabling implants, I strongly doubt it is of much concern. But I’m willing to re-consider that if other evidence shows up.
The good thing with the assumption of yours that I quote above, Edu, lies in the way you phrase it. You write: “pole that faces earth’s north”. Because that very clearly shows which side of the magnet you mean. If people instead of writing about “north poles” or “south poles” of magnets, instead would say “north-seeking” or “south-seeking” pole, much clarity would be gained.
I think the analysis you’re doing of the text about chicken growth and relating this to orgone is quite interesting.
However, if you’re going to use the theories of the book that Braikar posted, you better be sure what definition the authors are using, which is not evident from that brief part of the book. Otherwise you might just get very dissapointed with the results!
As to what definitions the authors are using, I have my good suspicions though: Those authors are the alleged source of what I here have been calling the “alternate definition”, often subscribed to within natural health therapies.
Quote from various websites regarding the conflicting definitions:
(Note: I don’t specifically vouch for the contents of these websites, merely quotng some passages regarding definitions. I also don’t subscribe to statements made by one “side” about the understanding of the “other side” in this conflict)
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/magnet.html/url:1qbouvll
[quote:1qbouvll]If a magnet is suspended with a thread, the pole pointing towards the north is called the north-pole (according to convention in physics); the other pole is the south-pole. However, in some books on bio-magnetism, especially in the USA, the poles are named conversely.[/quote:1qbouvll]
Further from the same site:
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/magneticpoles.html/url:1qbouvll
[quote:1qbouvll]Magnets are an effective tool in healing. The opposite poles of a magnet have different effects on the body. Therefore it is essential to name the poles correctly.
However, there is much confusion because natural therapists (but not scientists) in the US name the magnetic poles in the opposite way as used in science. These therapists use the term bio-magnetism and assume that it is different from physics-based magnetism. Actually, they are both the same, and why this different naming practise developed is as follows.
Albert Roy Davis discovered or re-discovered the opposite biological effects of the two magnetic poles in the 1960’s and 70’s. His main book about this is MAGNETISM AND ITS EFFECT ON THE LIVING SYSTEM. It was co-authored with Walter C. Rawls, and first published 1974 by ACRES U.S.A. in Kansas City.
Obviously Davis was not aware of the scientific definition of magnetism, and made up his own definition with the following reasoning: “since dissimilar poles attract and similar poles repel, the end seeking the N pole of the earth’s magnetic pole is the S pole of the magnet.”
However, the scientific definition actually postulates that the magnetic S pole of the earth is at the geographic N pole of the earth. Therefore the scientific definition is that the north-pointing pole of a magnet is the N pole.
It is very regrettable that this misunderstanding of Davis has not only caused the scientific community to disregard his discoveries but also led to great confusion between natural therapists, manufacturers of magnetic healing devices and the general public. In many books, articles and statements the poles of magnets are specified without mentioning which definition the writer used for these poles. [/quote:1qbouvll]
On the contrary:
http://magnetage.com/FAQ.html/url:1qbouvll
(Scroll down to the last question “How do you identify the North pole versus the South pole of a magnet?”)
[quote:1qbouvll]This identification of the North and South poles is contrary to orthodox science, but Davis and Rawls insisted that orthodox science is incorrect. Davis designated the poles based on the direction of their spin and the effects they have on matter. [/quote:1qbouvll]
Yet another text supporting the alternate definitions can be found here:
http://www.keelynet.com/biology/biomag2.htm/url:1qbouvll
On the contrary again, here is a conventional science definition:
http://science.yourdictionary.com/magnetic-pole/url:1qbouvll
Note: Basically I think that much of the confusion stems from the fact that the terms “north” and “south” came into use as names of magnetic poles at all. It would be been better if we could get into existence some world-wide convention to use terms neutral from geographic directions.
Here is a text that I think explains some of the history of how this whole subject became so confusing:
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/magnetic_pole_confusion.htm/url:1qbouvll
Title: Confusion About the North Magnetic Pole
As you know, the N-end of a compass points toward the Earth’s North Magnetic Pole and the N-pole of a bar magnet repels the N-end of a compass. However, designating the ends of a compass and bar magnet as N and S has brought about confusion regarding the actual direction of the Earth’s magnetic field.
The present convention is that the North Magnetic Pole of the Earth is the south pole of the magnetic substance of the Earth’s core. Likewise, the South Magnetic Pole is the north pole of the magnetic substance.
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The end of a compass that pointed toward the North Magnetic Pole was called the north-seeking end of the compass.
Likewise, the end of a bar magnet that repelled the north-seeking end of a compass was called the north-seeking pole of the magnet.
However through the years, magnets were labeled with N and S ends, and people soon simply called them the north and south poles of the magnet.
…
But if the north pole of a bar magnet and of a compass were attracted to the North Magnetic Pole, then the polarity of the North Magnetic Pole must really be south!
This was confusing, but scientists felt that it was easier to say the Earth’s internal magnet had its south pole facing the North Magnetic Pole than to try to change the way the public called their magnets.
Just some info on magnets and their poles:
http://www.howmagnetswork.com//url:1qbouvll