What Is Geopathic Stress?

by Alex Klouda

GEOPATHIC ZONES (or Geopathogenic Zones as Dr. Hartmann called them) are in effect places of radiation present at the points of the Earth's energy system grid crossings, but also radiation caused by subterranean running water, certain mineral concentrations, fault lines, underground cavities and combination of these.

These energies and zones are perfectly natural, even essential and play important role in nature. All of us come into contact with them every day and they don’t pose any danger when we spend only brief or shorter periods of time in contact with them. The problem arises when we start spending extended periods of time within these zones as when we sleep or have a work desk and a chair within such a zone. This gives rise to the phenomenon of GEOPATHIC STRESS.

While geopathic stress does not directly cause illnesses or poor health, it weakens the body and especially severely compromises the immune system. It may be first noticed as disturbances in sleep patterns, restlessness and/or chronic lethargy and poor health. Without intervention this can eventually contribute to the development of more complex diseases or prolong your recovery from illness. The major issue is an increased risk of cancer. Studies have shown that over 85% of patients who die from cancer had regular exposure to geopathic stress. Dr. E. Hartman MD claimed after treating thousands of cancer patients over 30 years in practice that CANCER IS A DISEASE OF LOCATION caused by Geopathic Stress.

Below are described major components of Earth's energy system grid that are causing or contributing to Geophatic Zones.

Benker Cubical System

The Benker Cubical System, named after Austrian researcher Anton Benker, is formed by energy lines spaced approx. 33 feet (10 meters) apart. It could be imagined as square blocks stacked on each other and aligned magnetically North –South and East – West. The invisible, radioactive "walls" of these blocks are about 1 meter in diameter (divided between two neighbouring blocks). These blocks are also polarized alternatively plus and minus and oriented towards the Zenith of the Earth.

This radiation is measurable to a great height and depth from the Earth surface. The intersection points of this system are the places of strong Geopathic zones and are especially harmful and damaging to immune system if a person is exposed to these zones over extended periods of time. This network penetrates everywhere, whether over open ground or through dwellings.

Hartmann Net or Hartmann Lines

The Hartmann Net appears as a structure of energy lines forming a integral part with the Benker Cubical System. These lines are also running North-South and East-West and within the blocks of Benker Cubical System. It is named after Dr. Ernst Hartmann, MD a well regarded German medical doctor, who first described it soon after the second world war. Alternate lines are usually positively and negatively charged, so where the lines intersect it is possible to have double positive charges and double negative charges, or one positive and one negative charge. It is also the intersections that are a source of potential problems.

The Hartmann Net lines are approx. 8 inches (20 centimetres) wide. The North to South lines are spaced at intervals of approx. 6 ½ feet (2 metres), while from East to West they are 8 feet (2.5 metres) apart. Between these geometric lines lies a neutral zone, an unperturbed micro-climate.

The Hartmann net has been defined using the Chinese terms of Yin and Yang. The Yin (North-South lines) is a cold energy which acts slowly, corresponds to winter, is related to cramps, humidity and all forms of rheumatism. The Yang (East-West lines) is a hot, dry rapidly acting energy. It is related to fire and is linked to inflammations.

The points formed by the intersection of these lines, whether positive or negative, are dynamic environments sensitive to the rhythms of the hours and the seasons.

Curry Lines

Curry lines also form a global grid network of electrically charged lines. These lines run diagonally to the poles and were first discovered by Dr. Manfred Curry and Dr. Wittmann. Although the distances between the lines can vary they are usually approximately 10 feet (3 metres) appart. Again the lines themselves are usually not a problem, only the points where they cross, and obviously lines which run in this way will have numerous intersecting points. As the lines are electrically charged, the intersecting points are either double positives, double negatives or one of each. From his studies Dr. Curry felt that the positively charged spots lead to a proliferation of cells, with the possibility of cancerous cell growth, whereas the negatively charged spots could lead to inflammation.

There are also spots where the Curry, Benker and Hartmann lines cross. These spots are generally seen to be more detrimental than a single crossing within the each system.

Schumann Waves

Schumann waves are naturally occurring, beneficial electromagnetic waves that oscillate between the Earth and certain layers of the atmosphere. They were first identified in 1952 by Professor W.O. Schumann, a German scientist. He found that these waves have similar almost the same frequency as brain waves and follow a similar daily pattern. It has been suggested that these waves help regulate the body's internal clock, thus affecting sleep patterns, hormonal secretions, the menstrual cycle in women and so on. The American space agency NASA became interested in this phenomenom when the early astronauts returned to Earth only after a short time in space feeling distressed and disorientated. Subsequently NASA installed equipment to generate Schumann waves artificially in their spacecraft. Some modern buildings with reinforced concrete and metal roofs can inadvertantly shield occupants from these beneficial waves. Part of the reason why people suffer from jet lag is that Schumann waves are much weaker at normal aeroplane altitudes, and this effect is further weakened by the metal fuselage.

Geopathic Zones caused by subterranean running water and geological fault lines.

Underground water veins (sometimes called black streams) and fault lines are not a part of the above described global grid but they give off noxious radiations, which can be harmful to life above them. This radiation rises in a vertical plane from the underground stream to the earth’s surface and above. The stream may be anything from 1ft - 900ft (0.3 – 250 meters) deep and from 1ft - 300ft (0.3 – 100 meters) wide. The two edge lines and the centre line dowse as the strongest and are potentially the most dangerous places on the stream for habitual exposure. The streams may display tributaries and convergences, and dowsable echoes parallel to the main stream. They may display course changes, especially after earthquakes and droughts. The streams are known to be stronger at midday, mid-summer, full moon, and during periods of heightened solar flare (sunspot) activity. They are also known to be associated with higher levels of ionising radiation, and with lightning strikes and other atmospheric phenomena.

The path of a stream can often be traced within the home by following the piles of chronically unresolved clutter across a house. Other clues include piles of rubbish, cracks in glass, brick and plasterwork, recurring mechanical and electrical breakdowns, derelict areas, and accident blackspots both within the home and outside. Fruit and vegetables, grain, cheese, jam, wine and photographic film will all spoil quickly when stored in such place.

Sick building syndrome is generally rooted in the presence of streams under the property. In Feng Shui this radiation is called "Sha Chi" and can be spread from the path of the streams throughout a building by the steel construction frame, wiring and pipework.

Geological faults, underground caverns and natural mineral concentrations all exhibit effects similar to underground water streams. They are all associated with geomagnetic anomalies and also higher levels of radon gas.

Detection of Geopathic Zones

Investigators have tried many different instruments, such as geomagnetometers, but none have proved as consistently reliable, accurate or as quick as a human dowser. Most scientists measuring geopathic stress with instruments will take a dowser along to locate the radiation initially.

The ancient art of dowsing has been misunderstood and condemned throughout history, mainly because it could not be explained how, by dowsing, one could find out in great detail about people and places. Now dowsing is accepted and practiced by more and more people, including medical practitioners especially in Germany, Austria and France. Several of the authoritative figures from the history of dowsing were in fact medical dowsers, for example, Dr. Curry, who discovered the existence of network of earth lines named after him. Also government departments and public utilities both in North America and abroad, sometimes discretely, use dowsers.

Evidence Connecting Geopathic Stress to Illness

Geopathic stress has been found to be the common factor in many serious and minor illnesses and psychological conditions, especially those conditions in which the immune system is severely compromised. The major issue is an increased risk of cancer. While geopathic stress does not directly cause cancer, it weakens the body and makes it much more likely to acquire cancer. Studies have shown that over 85% of patients who die from cancer had regular exposure to geopathic stress.

• The late Dr. Hans Nieper, M.D., stated that 92% of all his cancer patients and 75% of his MS patients are geopathically stressed. Dr. Nieper was a world-renowned cancer and MS specialist and operated one of the largest MS practices in the world, located in Germany.
• Gustav Freiherr Von Pohl proved to the Central Committee for Cancer Research in Berlin, almost 60 years ago, that one was unlikely to get cancer unless one spent some time in geopathically stressed places (mainly when sleeping).
• Dr. Hager, M.D., found Geopathic Stress was present in all 5,348 cancer cases investigated.
• The German physicist Robert Endros studied this question with Professor K. E. Lotz of the School of Architecture of Biberach. Their analysis of 400 deaths due to cancer revealed that 383 cases were related to dwelling - over geological faults, underground waterveins and disturbances of the natural geomagnetic field.

Other potential problems of geopathic stress includes cardiovascular deficiency, attention deficit disorder, immune deficiency disorders, and chronic fatigue. Some lesser effects of influence are chronic body pains, headaches, sudden signs of physical aging, irritability, and restless sleep. It is also a common factor in cases of infertility and miscarriages, learning difficulties, behavioral problems and neurological disabilities in children. When the home or work place of the affected person is neutralized, the geopathic stress conditions resolve themselves and the body begins to heal.

Geopathic Stress And Sleep

Sleeping in a geopathic stress fault is particularly stressful. During sleep your brain is supposed to rest half the time and is busy healing your body the other half. However, if you are exposed to geopathic stress during sleep your brain never receives the full rest it requires to repair and regenerate due to the geopathic stress. To have optimal health it is important to make certain you are not sleeping on one of the geopathic stress zones.

Physical Indicators of Geopathic Stress

There are physical indications of geopathic stress such as cats, as they actually seek out sleeping over geopathic stress areas, owls, snakes, high infestations of slugs and snails, insects, parasites, bacteria, viruses, ants and termites nests, wasp nests and bees all like geopathic stress lines. Most mammals avoid geopathic stress. Horses and cows stabled over geopathic stress may become sick or injury prone.

Geopathic stress can cause lightning to strike trees, produce dead or stunted gaps in hedges and avenues of trees, non-productive fruit trees, tree cankers and twisted growth in trees. Fruit trees are the most sensitive; oaks (like to grow near underground water hence their attractiveness to lightning strike), redwoods, and ash are most resilient; and elders are attracted to geopathic stress.

Bare patches in lawns, moss and fungi, stunted or mutated growth in veggie gardens particularly lie (or fall) on edge lines of geopathic stress. Ivy, bindweed, nettles, dock thistles, foxgloves, ferns and nightshades are attracted to and thrive in geopathic stress.

Animals and very young children have not lost their instinct to feel if a place is healthy or not. In the morning one can often see children cramped into one side of their beds. Oriented differently from when they were tucked in. It is wise to determine then if the bed is well positioned.

Animals in pastures will avoid a geopathic zone to the extent that one could follow their paths by looking at the area that has been grazed. Through out history, animals have constituted the economical base of rural properties and the greatest care has been taken to build healthy shelters for them. We see very few old farm buildings built on a geopathic fault.

The conjunction of high power lines, underground water streams and grid crossings should be considered as extreme perturbation of the ambient field. It should be essential to have a correct positioning of beds in places where people have a diminished resistance and health, such as hospitals. According to the Institute of Geobiology of Lausanne (Switzerland) 30% of the patients studied showed signs of improvement after having their beds shifted from active zones.

According to B. Merz (Institute of Geobiology of Chardonne, Lausanne in Switzerland) just as a place can make us prone to disease or depression, another can lift us to more subtle levels of vibration, strengthening our body and spirit. Such places were sought-after throughout history and held as sacred. Some are natural wonders like Ayers Rock (the Aborigines have long known this), the Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and countless other places on this planet which inspire the millions of modern pilgrims we call tourists. Other strong areas of geopathic stresses are man-made poles of attraction built on powerful sites by architects or priests obeying a sacred tradition, like the pyramids of Egypt, the statues of Easter Island or many Gothic cathedrals.

For more specific information on your own health concerns, see a health practitioner or contact me for an astro-medical consultation.

Copyright by Alex Klouda 1998
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