HEAVY ETHER

by E. Macer-Story

ABSTRACT

It is reasonable to suppose that the 'etheric' or 'bio-plasmic" energies are lighter than ordinary three-dimensional structures composed of electro-magnetic vibrations.  This is because folks have the general idea of ghosts as lightweight, drifting mists 
ity, can be seen to support this theory of possible etheric hyperdensity.  Experimentally, the alteration of molecular density under mild electronegative stimulation indicates the possibility that certain states and frequencies may be more conducive to th

INTRODUCTORY
Last winter, while packing to move out of a communal loft, I found a shopping bag of old books in the storage closet.  These were all hardback scientific, mathematical and astronomical texts dating from the early decades of this century, when the concept 
After leafing through Lodge's book, which is a defense of the concept of the existence of some universal etheric energy, even in the teeth of the then-recent Michelson/Morley demonstration that no other drag was shown in the transmission of light from hea
I was struck by the similarity between Lodge's description of the type of ether which would show no perceptible ether drag, and the description which I once made in my short article FLUIDICE22 of a variable time compartment at the intersection of the elec
In my original article on this subject, I noted that time anomalies sometimes associated with change of frequency and electronic density could be accounted for by a (this is a model only, not a literal structure) rigid but expandable time-junction which w
At the time this article was published, I had several favorable responses to the concept, but most folks were baffled by the description.
It was with both relief and astonishment that I found in Lodge's book on THE ETHER OF SPACE, which had been published in l909, similar concepts to those which I had enunciated in my description of this awkward "time compartment" called fluidice.

THE ETHER OF SPACE
Lodge wrote: "(The ether) being incompressible...it follows that it cannot be either a condensation or a rarefaction of that material, but must be some singularity of structure...It might, for instance, be something analogous to a vortex ring, differentia
"Strictly speaking, it is not a real strain, but only a stress, since there can be no actual yield, but only a pull or tension, extending in all direction toward infinity...All potential energy exists in the ether.  It may vibrate, and it may rotate, but 

DENSITY
After assimilating Lodge's general attitude toward the ether, I realized what had been missing from my original description of "fluidice."  Clearly, this was the concept of density.
I had described a rigid, yet "expandable" time-junction, yet this model remained a two-dimensional construct, acted on by exterior quasi-"thermal" energies.
If this quasi-thermal quality is to be intrinsic to the time-ether itself, then alterations in the exterior boundaries of the time-compartment between the electric and magnetic fields - causing anomalous electro-magnetic effects - will have to involve cha
For example, in the consideration of magnetic space groups (this is a mathematical concept, not a set of social organizations) there is a certain theoretical "time reversal" operator T which has the effect of reversing the direction of magnetic dipoles.33

TIME/ETHER
Why do I identify the ether with time?  Illogically, it is associational.  Lodge used in his book a description of the "ether" which is similar to my brief description of the "fluidice" time compartment - and I found Lodge's book (which had been written i
In my individual information-realization system, this little book (although dating from 1906) was new in 1979, since it did not enter the field of my perception until that time.
In effect, Lodge's thought was subsequent to my thought, though actually his book had preceded my article by seventy years.
Yet, how in the devil did that shopping bag get into my closet?  If I had not - by seeming co-incidence - encountered this paper bag full of dusty books, I would never have been able to realize that my strange "fluidice" idea had some historical precedent
Perhaps this realization caused some slight change in the ethereal state of my brain.  Contemporary research has shown that certain states of consciousness correlate with certain, definite and repeatable, electrical states of the brain.
Is it possible that a time-independent (passively-meditative or excitedly-dynamic) state of mind-being electrically unique -- can somehow "mold" or "catalyze" the time/ether, causing PK and co-incidence effects?  Would it be possible to augment this bio-e
Conversely, does a psychic who is in a meditative or highly-dynamic state of mind literally influence the electromagnetic balance of the surrounding area and/or the area into which thought may be directed?  Might this be the reason for "magic circles" and
ESP information - like the books I found in my closet - is some sort of "heavy" or "definite" energy coding which varies in significance according to the electromagnetic time/space nexus into which it is introduced.  The coding itself does not change, is 
This may sound like some sort of obfuscating religious statement.  However, I have drawn a secular diagram to illustrate this concept.  SEE FIGURE ONE.  The books which I found in my communal closet were not particularly religious.

POSSIBLE OBSERVATIONS
One of these books was entitled THE PLANET EARTH, An Astronomical Introduction to Geography.  This book, written by Richard A. Gregory, F.R.A.S., an Oxford University Extension Lecturer in astronomy, was published in London in 1894.
I am not sure what the reaction to this book was when it was published, but certainly it was not - in 1894 - an influential or popular text.  I had never heard of Gregory's book before finding it in my closet in l979.  According to the preface, this short
Gregory felt that students of elementary astronomy were being taught the currently-accepted model of the universe ex cathedra, without reference to the scientific method of observation and induction, and that this was a mistake.
"Celestial phenomena," Gregory remarked in l894, "must be observed before the theories which explain them can be properly understood."
Certainly, this applies to "psychical" and ufo phenomena as well.  However, these common sense sorts of observations are more difficult to achieve in the psychical area since - unlike the stellar regularities - the overt "etheric" phenomena, such as PK an
This is because these phenomena are time/space "strange."  We can chart and accurately predict (barring catastrophic anomaly) the regular motions of the heavenly bodies simply because they occupy a time/space frame within which the circumference of a circ
However, recently we have devised new methods to measure time.  These methods are directly related to the development of more sophisticated electronic technology, and are not possible for the unassisted common sense observer, since they involve the measur
Mentally, these time concepts are available for observation, but we cannot actually "see" molecular pulsing without equipment.  It is possible that very sensitive psychics and people under the influence of LSD or other consciousness-altering substances ca
How about "feeling" a shift in time-modulation?
A shift in electromagnetic frequency can literally be felt by a dancer, who then adjusts body movements to fit the rhythm, certain shifts in electrical activity of the brain can literally be "felt" by a psychic or sensitive (or an experimental subject who

A SPECIFIC EXPERIMENT
Should you wish to prove to yourself that mental alteration can be induced by a difference in electronic density, you 
do not have to take my word for it.  Radio astronomer already know that areas in the atmosphere which have unusual electromagnetic densities exhibit reflective time anomalies relative to solar flares.66
If you should wish to set up your own electromagnetically anomalous area, you will need to get hold of a negative ion generator (such as is used to purify the atmosphere of smoke), put it in a closet, turn it on, and then sit in the closet with this negat
Don't sit in this anomalous closet for longer than an hour, because neg-ion oxygen bonding reduces the available breathing air, by converting O2 to O3 (or: Ozone) which is a lung irritant.  Also, do not touch any dielectric continuum (such as the floor or
You don't need to turn the lights off and can read a book or listen to music.
After you have been in the closet with this negative ion generator, you may begin to notice a change in your mental state.  If you are naturally sensitive, and do begin to notice such a change, you will "feel" altered in consciousness, and you will also b
If this closet treatment works for you, you will have experienced a frequency variation in the rhythms of the brain.  In making you feel calmer and more cosmically-attuned, this has altered your ordinary time-perception -- since negative ions promote alph
Negative ionization of the atmosphere can sometimes also cause a difference in the oxidation of serotonin in the bloodstream.  Varying levels of serotonin cause the effects we associate with LSD trips and like alterations of consciousness.77
Obviously, the chemical structure of your body before you enter the negative ion closet will determine the extent of these possible oxidation effects on your consciousness.
However, the density of the air is always literally altered by the "little lightning bolt" of the negative ion generator (which converts three watts of electricity to fifteen-hundred volts via a D.C. rectifier).  The O2 molecule, with a molecular mass of 

CONCLUSION
This mini-effect on atmospheric density will not fully explain the timely appearance of old reference books in my communal loft closet, and certainly does not prove anything about the relatively heavy density of the time-ether (unless you weigh yourself b
Since information (as in the HEAVY ETHER diagram) is somehow coded by the brain to register in memory (a time-independent storage closet) this may mean that the traditional linkage of memory facility with the esp faculty has its basis in the fact that the

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Special thanks to Jim Karnstedt of IONS AND LIGHT / San Francisco, for sharing with me in conversation his practical memory of negative ion effects, hazards and possibilities.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE ETHER OF SPACE, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., Harper & Bros., l909.

COMMENTARY
It is hoped that footnotes and bibliography will be consulted not as the last word on the etheric subject and related topics, but as interesting reference information.

1.1  H. T. Flint, WAVE MECHANICS, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, l929.
2.2  E. Macer-Story, FLUIDICE, Pursuit magazine, Vol.10,No.2.  Spring 1977.
3.3  J. W. Leech & D. J. Newman, HOW TO USE GROUPS, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, l969.
4.4  Kenneth R. Atkins, PHYSICS, John Wiley & Sons, New York, l970. (p.21)
5.5  J. Wesley Burgess, THE NATURAL MIND OF MAN, American Theosophist, Spring l979.
6.6  Jules Aarons, ed.  RADIO ASTRONOMICAL AND SATELLITE STUDIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE, North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, l963.
7.7  Don Strachan & Jim Karnstedt, NEGATIVE IONS, New Realities magazine, January l979.



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