Living electromagnetic fields.

There is a popular confusion that because something works, we understand well how it works and, conversely, that when we cannot explain something clearly that it probably doesn’t work. There is actually no connection between understanding and effective action which depends solely on careful observation of the results. An accurate record of results is all that is required to recognise emerging patterns of connections between actions and results and that is sufficient to prescribe actions for desired results. Knowing why there are such connections is helpful but not necessary.

Does this mean that research is useless? No, if something works, surely it seems sensible to investigate it. But, inconclusive investigations are not grounds for abandoning effective action although we should now be more cautious in our claims.

Natural energy fields exist because life is not just chemical but also electromagnetic. Where there is electromagnetism, Maxwell’s equations predict the existence of electromagnetic fields. James Clerk Maxwell brilliantly analysed Michael Faraday’s experiments with electricity and magnetism to unify the two forms of energy into only four elegant mathematical equations. Maxwell crystallised the idea of energy fields: the basis of all modern physics.

So, natural energy fields exist. So what? So, no investigation of life is complete without an understanding of its energy fields. It’s true that these are subtle phenomena not easily investigated with current instruments and methods but that was also true of biochemistry. The right analytical tools were found for studying biochemistry and we now know the details of many life processes. The same will happen for natural energy fields.