ALPHA AND THETA
                              AWARENESS
              ELF-10C: A NEW BREAKTHROUGH IN STRESS MANAGEMENT
                    1987 by Alpha Energy Products, Inc.


 Dramatic, new research now reveals an even stronger link between  the  brain
 and body than was previously considered. Medical scientists have long  known
 that the brain is the control center for  bodily  systems,  yet  the  immune
 system was believed to be separate. However, the concept  of  an  autonomous
 immune system defies all logic. One  researcher  calls  such  a  concept  "a
 headless horseman."1 Since the immune system is essential to  survival,  why
 should we assume that nature has made an  exception  in  this  case  to  the
 brain/body link?

 The misconception may stem from the  fact  that  immune  cells  always  were
 tested outside the body, in a test tube. But their responses in this medium,
 however dramatic, do not prove that the immune system functions without  the
 brain.

 "You can take the heart out of a frog and drip the appropriate groceries  on
  it, and it  will  continue  to  beat,"  says  George  Washington  University
  Immunologist Nicholas Hall.  "This  doesn't  mean  the  heart  functions  in
  isolation of the body."2

  Researchers now realize that the brain controls all body functions, and that
  the brain and immune system are  actually  "hard  wired,"  that  is,  linked
  through an intricate connection of nerve fibers which channel  chemical  and
  electromagnetic messages to and from the brain across a two-way  network  of
  regulatory communication.

  The most dramatic recent evidence demonstrates the effect of  emotions  over
  the immune system. Neurotransmitters, chemicals released by the  brain,  can
  "latch on to immune cells and alter their  ability  to  multiply  and  fight
  disease."3
  In addition, the  nerve  fibers  laced  throughout  important  immunological
  organs--the thymus, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes--were shown to "link
  up with lymphocytes, the small white blood cells that lead the body's battle
  against infections and cancer."4

  One  researcher,  neuropharmacologist  Candace  Pert,  from   the   National
  Institute of Mental Health, says she believes  much  of  this  communication
  between the brain and immune system concerns emotions. Neurotransmitters are
  triggered in specific combinations by moods and emotions. "The more I  look,
  the more I'm convinced that emotions are running the whole show," she says.5
  Pert and fellow immunologist Michael Ruff have discovered that  macrophages,
  large amoeba-like immune cells which comprise the immune system's first line
  of defense, are slower and more sluggish in individuals who are made to feel

  helpless. Most likely this  has  a  direct  relationship  to  triggering  of
  specific combinations of neurochemicals. Although  this  finding  is  by  no
  means conclusive, it implies that positive, optimistic attitudes may help  a
  sick patient end up better than those who have given  up  hope  or  resigned
  themselves to death.

  Dr. Bernie Siegal, M.D.,  author  of  Love,  Medicine  and  Miracles,  says,
  "Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die." Dr. Siegal  points
  out a definite relationship between attitude and survival rates in seriously
  ill patients.6

  No study of how emotions affect the immune system is complete without a look
  at specific brain wave patterns and their relationship  to  individual  well
  being. Scientists have revealed some unquestionable facts about human  brain
  energies which are influential in the  prevention  of  physical  and  mental
  disorders, regulation of body functions and maintenance of total well being.
  These brain energies are  naturally  inherent  in  everyone,  and  occur  in
  cyclical repetitions during the normal human sleep  cycle.  These  energies,
  most specifically alpha and  theta  brain  wave  patterns,  may  be  induced
  through resonance by natural sources such  as  the  earth's  electromagnetic
  field, atmospheric electrostatic fields and  planetary  oscillations.  These
  influences will be explored in greater depth later in this report. Alpha and
  theta brain energies also may be induced through artificial sources, such as
  specially designed instrumentation like the ELF-10C. More on this also  will
  follow.

  How does the electromagnetic field of the  earth  affect  living  organisms?
  This question has launched its own field of investigation  at  the  National
  Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), out of concern  for  the  well-
  being of astronauts who spend long periods of time away from the earth. Much
  of this information is confirmed by reports from  the  Soviet  Union,  since
  their research in long-term manned space platforms far exceeds our own.

  Many theories have been formulated about the characteristics  of  the  earth
  and its surroundings at its origin. Research by W.M. Elasser indicates  that
  any planet with the proper axial rotation will  develop  a  magnetic  field,
  ionosphere and Van Allen Belts from which  may  be  formed  a  large,  round
  resonator that will lie between the planet and the atmosphere.7

  This live resonator cavity, through its own energy force, may  have  a  deep
  relationship to the very beginnings of  life.  This  cavity  was  absolutely
  resonant at 10 Hz.8. W.O.Z. Schumann,  whose  research  charted  the  actual
  frequencies of earth's electromagnetic fields, found  this  resonant  cavity
  oscillated between .1 and 100 Hz., but that it peaked at about 10Hz.

  Utilizing a computer  to  observe  bodily  acupuncture  phenomena,  Japanese
  scientist Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama found that the  earth's  electromagnetic  and
  atmospheric  electrical  fields  influenced  the  electrical  activities  of
  acupuncture points which correlate to energy levels of the autonomic nervous
  system.9

  Although acupuncture is less  than  embraced  in  western  culture,  a  NASA
  investigating engineer, J.S. Beal,  has taken the subject  quite  seriously.
  Beal  reports  that  acupuncture  systems  link  man   to   his   electrical
  environment. Terrestrial magnetic fields have imposed frequencies  as  those
  found in human  alpha  rhythms  (7  -  14  Hz.).  Furthermore,  the  earth's
  atmospheric electrostatic  field  is  influenced  by  the  activity  of  the
  magnetic field which propogates negative and positive ions, or  aerions,  at
  right angles to the magnetic  fields,  and  that  these  aerions  travel  in
  opposite directions of each other (180 degrees).  Beal  states,  "Obviously,
  modulations in both electric and  magnetic  fields  will,  insofar  as  they
  affect the travel of aerions, modulate  the  very  subtle  currents  induced
  through acupuncture points into meridian systems."10

  As mentioned earlier, the Russians have demonstrated a  particular  interest
  in electromagnetic fields (EMF). In support of the  effects  of  terrestrial
  electrical fields on  acupuncture  points,  Russian  scientist  U.M.  Dubrov
  states: "Apparently, the processes which are  closely  associated  with  the
  electrical characteristics   of the organism react most sharply  to  changes
  in the EMF. This is confirmed in particular by  data  about  the  electrical
  activity of the skin integuments. Thus, during geomagnetic storms the  value
  of the skin's electrical potentials in man changes, and the asymmetry in the
  distribution of these potentials on  the  skin  is  either  strengthened  or
  disappears. A change in the electrical potential of the integuments can have
  significant consequence since, when acting on the areas of  the  skin  which
  are, as  is  well  known,  the  receptor  zones  and  the  unique  'external

  representatives' (acu-points) of many internal  organs,  the  EMF  can  also
  affect the functioning. From the physical point  of  view,  this  would  not
  cause any objections,  since  the  interaction  exists  between  a  constant
  electrical flow and a magnetic field: these are the so-called  galvomagnetic
  effects which are particularly notable in semiconductor materials (the  Hall
  effect). Therefore, is it not possible  that  the  EMF  interacts  with  the
  constant electrical currents which run in the neurons,  and  thereby  affect
  the  central  and  peripheral  systems  by  which  a  living   organism   is
  regulated?"11

  How certain magnetic components of earth's force fields  can  penetrate  man
  and affect brain rhythms has also been investigated  and  reported  by  Y.A.
  Kholodov.12 Another Russian scientist,  U.M.  Mikhovsky,  substantiates  the
  claim  that  the  effects  of  the  earth's  fields  on  organisms  can   be
  artificially induced. Mikhovsky artificially produced 0-5  Hz.  1,000  gamma
  waves and recorded the observation of theta waves (3.5 to 7.5 Hz.) in  man's
  brain.13

  In experiments with white mice, S. Lang used an artificially generated 10Hz.
  field to explore its physiological effect. Lang observed: "If the hypothesis
  that the natural 10 Hz. oscillations produce a measurable component  of  the
  environmental conditions is true, it should be possible to reproduce  almost
  natural conditions through the creation of an artificial 10 Hz. step impulse
  field in a faraday room." To conduct the experiment, Lang installed a 10 Hz.
  generator into a room which shielded out all other types of  electrical  and

  magnetic fields. When exposed to this field, the  mice  had  greater  oxygen
  consumption, water content of  the  tissues  increased  slightly  and  blood
  volume increased. Conversely, Lang also reported that the absence of the  10
  Hz. field in the experiment caused the circadian rhythms of the mice  to  be
  disturbed. He indicated it was beneficial for the mice  to  be  in  a  10Hz.
  field during activity periods.14

  Researchers have even implied a connection between the body's  healing  pro-
  cesses and the earth's EMF and atmospheric electrical fields. For nearly two
  decades, Dr. R. O. Becker has actively studied the factors that initiate and
  regulate healing mechanisms. He maintains that in the evolutionary  process,
  living things possessed an unsophisticated system of  informing  them  "when
  injury had been incurred and controlling  the  subsequent  necessary  repair
  process."  Dr.  Becker  points  out   that   fluctuations   in   very   weak
  electromagnetic and electrical fields are capable of  causing  corresponding
  changes in a system found in acupoints. It is possible  this  system  senses
  injury and can affect repair.15

        ALPHA RHYTHMS AND THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  The physiological action of alpha rhythms is that  each  polarity  phase  is
  long enough to exert a chemical effect. Cells  can  be  charged  with  alpha
  energy, which can be stored and  later  released  to  other  cells  in  some
  problem area.

  Why these alpha waves are particularly effective is subject  to  conjecture.
  Research   has   suggested   that   the   alpha   rhythms   encountered   in
  electroencephalography are associated  with  the  scanning  process  of  the
  afferent nerve pathways. Furthermore, when alpha rhythms are introduced  via
  the ELF-10C unit in the form of Alpha SoundTM, activity along  the  efferent
  nerve pathways is initiated.

  This phenomenon is best understood through the  principle  of  resonance.  A
  tuning fork, attuned to  A-440,  will  begin  vibrating  when  held  in  the
  proximity of a piano on which the note A-440 is struck. Through resonance  a
  body can be induced into a state of vibration from an  outside  source  when
  the frequencies of the body and the incoming vibrations are of the  same  or
  similar nature. Since the brain is a resonator, it can be induced into alpha
  and theta states and transmit this energy along the efferent nerve pathways.

  The ELF-10C instrument emits an alpha  or  theta  tone  through  a  headset.
  Created by a patented process which superimposes inaudible  alpha  or  theta
  baselines over a specific audible  frequency,  this  special  pure  tone  is
  easily sensed by the brain. In fact,  this  pure  tone,  entering  the  ear,
  travels directly to deep layers of the brain.16 Then, when an alpha or theta
  pure tone reaches deep layer of the  brain,  it  initiates  stimulation  and
  magnification of  alpha  or  theta  rhythms,  which  are  found  circulating
  throughout  the  cerebral  cortex.  This  facilitates  deep  mind  and  body
  relaxation.

  Possible mind and body effects of alpha rhythms also are determined  by  the
  mechanics of the central nervous  system  (CNS).  Conditions  of  the  body,
  information  about  activity  of  the  tissues,  body  fluids  and   general
  environment of the cells, including energy levels,  is  transmitted  to  the
  brain through the afferent nerve pathways. These afferent  sensory  impulses
  are transmitted  to  various  centers,  ultimately  reaching  the  thalamus,
  sensory cortex and the psycho-associational cortex.  At  any  one  of  these
  center, afferent stimuli are transduced  into  efferent  stimuli,  or  motor
  impulses,  regulating  movements  and  behavior  through  the  neuromuscular
  pathways of the efferent nervous system. These  impulses  regulate  visceral
  function through  the  neuro-visceral  system,  the  major  portion  of  the
  vegetative system, as well as impulses regulating the chemical processes and
  the constitution  of  the  body  through  the  neuro-metabolic  system.  The
  efferent, or motor impulses, are electro-chemical in nature.

  Even the muscular movements which result from the production of  a  chemical
  substance  in  the  muscle   termination   (in   this   case   the   hormone
  acetylcholine), are the result  of  nerve  impulses  and  can  be  initiated
  through the stimulation of the efferent pathways.

  In addition to auditory stimulation, the ELF-10C  induces  alpha  and  theta
  rhythms through the visual pathways. Utilizing the closed eyes as  a  window
  to the brain,  the  ELF-10C  introduces  flickering  lights  and  compatible
  negative energies to the eyes. The result is a random pattern of  flickering
  colors that have the power to remove all anxieties from  the  mind.  Because

  the flicker rate of the special EyetronTM goggles is  within  the  alpha  or
  theta  range,  the  brain  responds  (through  resonance)  by  matching  the
  frequency pattern of the flickering lights. In simple terms,  the  brain  is
  gently guided into alpha or theta awareness. This  is  accomplished  through
  "non-structured conditioning, a process  by  which  the  subject  is  gently
  guided into alpha or theta states without discipline or active participation
  in the relaxation process. Rather, it is  a  passive  system  in  which  the
  subject only has to sit or lie comfortably  without  external  distractions.
  This process is simpler and quicker than bio-feedback, in which the  subject
  must actively concentrate upon relaxation as a discipline.

  All of the mechanisms involved in the beneficial effects of alpha and  theta
  rhythms are not fully understood at this time. As  researchers  continue  to
  explore this field, more data will become available. Concerning the ELF-10C,
  one thing is certain: its predecessors (the Vibra-Mag. ELF-10  and  ELF-10B)
  have been on the market nearly ten years with no ill effects ever  reported.
  Use of the ELF-10C offers no known risks to  the  user.  Its  most  dramatic
  feature is its subjective effect upon the user. After non-structured ELF-10C
  conditioning, subjects report clarity of mind, a feeling of  relaxation  and
  cheerfulness. In clinical environments, the ELF-10 units have been  used  to
  relax patients who are receiving intravenous chelation therapy, or prior  to
  chiropractic adjustments. One  health  center  reported  phenomenal  results
  utilizing the ELF-10B during colonic irrigation  to  relax  patients  during
  this normally uncomfortable procedure.

  The ELF-10C is a valuable adjunct to all therapies. Elimination  of  stress,
  tension  and  anxiety  will  greatly  aid  treatment  of  all   debilitating
  conditions of both mind and body.

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