Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

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Rahn, Otto

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Invisible Radiations of Organisms

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FOREWORD: Visible biological radiations have always greatly attracted mans curiosity fireflies and glow worms, I uniiiit went wood, phosphorescent meat, and the illuminating organs of deep sea fish are among the well-known wonders of nature. The biological importance of this luminescence seems to be in no proportion to the impression it makes upon the human mind. While it is assumed by some biologists that it has the purpose of attracting the prey, of frightening enemies, or of luring the male to the female, other investigators have contested these theories. The phosphorescent bacteria usually lose the ability to produce light when cultivated for some time on artificial media, without any apparent decrease in vitality. The emission of visible light is probably of no greater importance than color it plays no essential role in the cell physio logy of the organisms. Quite to the contrary, the invisible radiations of living org anisms are of considerable physiological significance. They play a distinct part in cell division and in growth. They are evident ill the healing of wounds. Old age is accompanied by complete cessation of ultraviolet emission perhaps this is the cause of old age. Beta-mdicitum controls the heart beat. The, loss of blood radiation is used in the diagnosis of cancer it may be that radia tion, or some disturbance of its mechanism, is Jinked with the. cause of cancer. Its role in the metamorphosis of amphibia has been demonstrated. Mutual influences of one species upon another by radiation have been observed. Biologists and physicists have always been suspicious of radiations from living organisms, perhaps only because the average man not to mention woman likes to believe in human radiations. However, the principal reason for the rejection of the discovery of ultraviolet emission from living cells was the inability of some to repeat the positive experiments of others with the same results. This had led to the fallacy that negative results disprove positive ones. It is quite evident that if two experimenters obtain different results, they cannot possibly iiave made the same experiment. Both results are correct, and the important task is to find out in what points the investigations differed. With a phenomenon so little understood as these biological radiations, it is not surprising that these apparent contradictions have not as yet been explained in every ease, though several factors responsible for negative results have been discovered. The objection to biological radiations has been strongest in this country, but even here, a more conciliatory attitude has be come noticeable since it has been shown that mitogonetic radiation is not a mysterious force, but the result of biochemical processes. Many simple chemical reactions have been found to emit weak ultraviolet rays. Another factor is responsible for the slow adoption of this new influence in biology practically all papers on this subject are published in foreign languages, and of the very few in English, almost all happen to contain negative results. This very fact has been one of the authors reasons for presenting the more important facts in this book...

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The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montségur to be the repository of the Holy Grail • Presents the history of the Papal persecution of the Cathars that lies hidden in the medieval epic Parzival and in the poetry of the troubadours • Provides new insights into the life and death of this gifted and controversial author Crusade Against the Grail is the daring book that popularized the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. The first edition appeared in Germany in 1933 and drew upon Rahn’s account of his explorations of the Pyrenean caves where the heretical Cathar sect sought refuge during the 13th century. Over the years the book has been translated into many languages and exerted a large influence on such authors as Trevor Ravenscroft and Jean-Michel Angebert, but it has never appeared in English until now. Much as German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann used Homer’s Iliad to locate ancient Troy, Rahn believed that Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic Parzival held the keys to the mysteries of the Cathars and the secret location of the Holy Grail. Rahn saw Parzival not as a work of fiction, but as a historical account of the Cathars and the Knights Templar and their guardianship of the Grail, a “stone from the stars.” The Crusade that the Vatican led against the Cathars became a war pitting Roma (Rome) against Amor (love), in which the Church triumphed with flame and sword over the pure faith of the Cathars.

Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome

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Rahn’s personal diary from his travels as occult investigator for the Third Reich • First English translation of the author’s journeys in search of a Nordic equivalent to Mt. Sinai • Explains why Lucifer the Light Bringer, god of the heretics, is a positive figure Otto Rahn’s lifelong search for the Grail brought him to the attention of the SS leader Himmler, who shared his esoteric interests. Induced by Himmler to become the chief investigator of the occult for the Nazis, Rahn traveled throughout Europe--from Spain to Iceland--in the mid 1930s pursuing leads to the Grail and other mysteries. Lucifer’s Court is the travel diary he kept while searching for “the ghosts of the pagans and heretics who were [his] ancestors.” It was during this time that Rahn grasped the positive role Lucifer plays in these forbidden religions as the bearer of true illumination, similar to Apollo and other sun gods in pagan worship. This journey was also one of self-discovery for Rahn. He found such a faithful echo of his own innermost beliefs in the lives of the heretics of the past that he eventually called himself a Cathar and nurtured ambitions of restoring that faith, which had been cruelly destroyed in the fires of the Inquisition. His journeys on assignment for the Reich--including researching an alleged entrance to Hollow Earth in Iceland and searching for the true mission of Lucifer in the caves of southern France that served as refuge for the Cathars during the Inquisition--also led to his disenchantment with his employers and his mysterious death in the mountains after his break with the Nazis.

Lucifer's Court: A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers

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Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations Of Organisms

Invisible Radiations of Organisms

Invisible Radiations of Organisms

Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome

Lucifer's Court: A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers