Non-Beardenian Scalar Wave Effects

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Is Scalar wave stuff an urban myth or has some basis
in reality? I learned Bearden is not the originator of
the concept of scalar field. Whittaker, Tesla, Aharonov,
Bohm, etc. according to the following article are the
originators of it. I always read discussions with people
saying Bearden invented the scalar wave thing. And since
people think Bearden is a crackpot, then the scalar thing
is junked by association. Anyway. But what's with all the
scalar stuff really (let's forget about Bearden so it
may not affect the analysis). Can those familiar with
all the theories state where they got it wrong. I'd
like to know a good general term to refer to non-local
fields that doesn't use the scalar wave terminology. If
scalar wave is ultimately an urban myth, then perhaps
the generic quantum non-local field or Bohmian Wave or
others may be a better term to use. The following article
is for scrutiny:

James Oschman wrote:

"Scalar waves

Physics has a little-known framework for a deeper
understanding of electric and magnetic fields and their
biological effects. Research in this area has considerable
therapeutic significance. The concepts involved go to the
heart of the quantum mechanical interpretation of reality
and consciousness.

Briefly, we learn in classical physics that waves can
interfere with each other. When two waves are of the same
frequency and are in phase (the timing of their variations
is identical), their amplitudes add together to create
larger waves. This is termed constructive interference.
When the waves are exactly out of phase, their amplitudes
subtract, and they can partially or completely cancel or
destroy each other. This is termed destructive interference.
In nature, interacting waves usually have a mix of f
requencies and phases, and therefore add and subtract in a
complex manner.

The field concept originated with Michael Faraday in 1846.
However, the introduction of relativity and quantum
mechanics shortly after the beginning of the 20th century
required that fields be expressed in terms of a more
fundamental entity, called potentials. Whittaker (1903,
1904) recognized this, and Tesla (1904) generated potential
waves and called them 'non-Hertzian waves'. When we say that
a magnetic field induces a current flow in a conductor, such
as a wire or a living tissue, it is actually the pot ential
component of the field, and not the field itself, that
underlies the effect. The Potentials are of two kinds,
called electric scalar potentials and magnetic vector
potentials.

For a long time, it was thought that these potentials had no
real existence or significance. They were created as
abstractions that were needed to simplify arid balance
quantum equations. That there was far more to the story was
revealed in a classic paper by Aharonov & Bohm (1959). These
authors showed that the potentials must have a physical
reality, and suggested some experiments to demonstrate them.

The first demonstration of a magnetic vector potential was
done with a coil designed so that the electric and magnetic
fields remained entirely within its core, and absolutely no
field existed on the outside. A beam of electrons passing
through the 'force-free' region around the coil nonetheless
underwent a phase change, indicating that some non-electric,
non-magnetic physical 'entity' must be acting on it. This
entity is the magnetic vector potential.

Subsequent work documented the existence of an electric
scalar potential in a region where no electric field exists.
Both of these phenomena are referred to as the Aharonov-Bohm
effect, a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. Technical
details were published by Olariu & Popescu (1985). (For a
less technical but still challenging account, see Imry &
Webb 1989.)

Hence, in destructive interference, where the classical
fields cancel each other, there nonetheless remain
electrostatic scalar potentials and magnetic vector
potentials. In essence, the energy and information contained
in the original waves is not destroyed by interference. In
fact, the classical electromagnetic field is actually
derived from two potential waves interfering with each
other.

The Aharonov-Bohm effect began as an abstraction needed to
balance quantum equations, but gradually found its way into
down-to-earth applications in electronics. Scalar waves have
been utilized for a communication system (Gelinas 1984) and
for a device for locating humans and other animals during
rescue-search operations (Aftlani 1998).

Various kinds of coil designs enable the vectors (the
directions and magnitudes) of the electric and magnetic
fields to destructively interfere or cancel each other (Fig.
14.3). The Figure legend describes the kinds of waves and
fields they produce.

Scalar waves appear to interact with atomic nuclei, rather
than with electrons. Such interactions are described by
quantum chromodynamics (Yndurain 1983). The waves are not
blocked by Faraday cages or other kinds of shielding they
are probably emitted by living systems, and they appear to
be intimately' involved in healing (see e.g. Jacobs 1997,
Rein 1998).

The scalar potential has a peculiarity: it propagates
instantaneously everywhere in space, undiminished by
distance.In contrast, the vector potential has a finite
velocity (Jackson 1975). In the real world, scalar waves
encounter environmental fields, and complex interactions
take place that prevent them from extending indefinitely
into space. Mathematical physics justifies the instantaneous
propagation of scalar waves, but this is often dismissed as
'obviously unphysical behavior' (e.g. Jackson 1975).

The present situation parallels what happened over a century
ago with regard to electromagnetic fields. When Maxwell
combined the understandings that had been reached by
Faraday, Ampere, and Gauss, he declared that there must
exist an 'electromagnetic wave' capable of transmitting
energy at a speed of 300 million m/sec. At the time, the
suggestion was considered to be completely outrageous.
Subsequently, Hertz showed that Maxwell was correct, and
Marconi applied the phenomenon when he developed practical r
adio transmission. Many times in our history, the
mathematics requires a phenomenon to exist, but it takes
years to demonstrate it.

Much more is known about electric and magnetic fields than
about scalar waves and vector potentials, simply because
fields are easy to measure. Experimental demonstration of
scalar waves and vector potentials, and their biological
effects, is extremely difficult. At present, the best way to
document their presence is by testing on electromagnetically
sensitive individuals. It is widely assumed that it is the
electric and magnetic fields that interact with organisms,
but some researchers suspect that scalar and potential waves
actually underlie these effects.

Scalar waves and bodywork

For the evolution of energetic bodywork and energy medicine,
a number of important consequences are emerging from
research on scalar waves. Each bioelectric and biomagnetic
field produced by the human body - whether emitted by the
brain, the heart, the eye, the muscles, an organ, or by the
hand of a therapist, or a QiGong practitioner - will also
be associated with scalar waves and vector potentials.

It is important to look at the ways in which the energetic
anatomy of the body might give rise to self-canceling fields
that result in biological scalar waves. Moreover, the energy
fields in the environment, whether natural or created by
technology, also have scalar and vector components. For
example, the Schumann resonance (see Chs 7 and 13) is
described by five quantities: velocity of propagation,
electric field, magnetic field, electric scalar potential,
and magnetic vector potential (Abraham, personal c
ommunication 1998). Further research is needed to determine
the extent to which the biological effects of the Schumann
resonance, VLF-sferics, and geopathic stress, as well as
the phenomenon of dowsing, are related to the Aharonov-Bohm
effect.

Near field interactions occur when the interacting elements,
such as a therapist and patient, are close enough that their
energy fields, which abruptly drop off in strength with
distance, can interact. What about other healing modalities
that seem independent of distance? A large and growing body
of reliable evidence shows that intercessory prayer is
effective, even when the patients and those praying for them
are separated by great distances (Dossey 1993).

The idea of subtle interactions at a distance is embodied in
the 'synchronicity' concept of Jung (Peat 1987), and is also
part of radionics and related methods (e.g. Fellows 1997).
While these and kindred phenomena, such as telepathy and
clairvoyance, are too far-fetched for some scientists, there
is now too much evidence to ignore them (see a thorough
discussion in Woodhouse 1996).

Some scholars look to the well-documented peculiarities of
quantum mechanics for explanations, such as quantum
non-locality (Rohrlich 1983). It is often stated that
non-local phenomena are mediated by unknown forms of energy,
sometimes vaguely referred to as 'subtle energies'. Some
look to these phenomena for clues about the nature of
consciousness and the structure of the physical universe.
Others suggest the word 'energy' is inadequate, and its use
in relation to healing should be discontinued. The philos
ophical and metaphysical implications are the subject of
ongoing discussions (e.g. exchanges between Dossey and
Woodhouse in Network 64, 1997).

Key studies of non-local interactions have been published by
Grinberg-Zylberbaum and colleagues (1992, 1994). Pairs of
subjects who achieve a feeling of emotional connection
(empathy) can develop correlated electroencephalographic
(EEG) patterns that are not attenuated by spatial separation
or by electromagnetic shielding (Faraday cages). When one of
the subjects was stimulated, as with a flash of light, the
evoked brainwave was 'transferred' to a non-stimulated
subject in another electromagnetically shield ed room. The
researchers assert that these findings represent a genuinely
non-local macroscopic manifestation of consciousness that is
physiologically relevant.

Studies like this, using shielded rooms, seem to rule out
energetic interactions; but do they? What about the scalar
and vector potentials described above. Could the
Aharonov-Bohm effect account for non-local interactions?

One possibility is that long-range biological interactions
may be due to modulation of the scalar component of the
Schumann resonance (Oschman 2000).