By Steve Hammons
For many years, stories and reports about the Sedona,
Arizona, region have included claims of “vortexes” or energy streams and fields
that affect people and the environment there in various ways.
Many people claim they experience unusual and sometimes beneficial
effects on their mental, emotional, spiritual and physical states when exposed
to these energies.
But these reports have been anecdotal and experiential. That
is, people have reported interesting personal experiences, but there was little
scientific evidence to support or explain such statements.
Phoenix-based electrical engineer Benjamin Lonetree has
examined these claims using various scientific instruments and methods for more
than a decade. He concludes that there are measurable outflows and inflows of
magnetic energy in the Sedona area that do affect the environment of the
region, including human consciousness.
As has been reported by others, Lonetree agrees that the
Sedona area’s geology is a key factor. High content of iron oxide (causing the
red rock and soil there) combined with substantial quartz deposits in the area
seem to play important roles in this phenomena, he says.
EARTH ENERGIES, HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Lonetree also has attempted to correlate connections between
magnetic energy activities in the Sedona area and human consciousness.
By measuring human brainwaves of people (including himself) in
the vortex areas using a portable EEG device, and matching that data with real-time
measurements of environmental magnetic energies using a magnetometer, Lonetree
says there appear to be clear relationships between the vortex energy and human
brainwaves.
Since the human body (and that of many other mammals) contains magnetically-sensitive magnetite, there is a logical mainstream explanation
for some of the possible effects on people from Sedona’s magnetic energies,
Lonetree explains.
The composition of the geology in the Sedona area includes
the high iron oxide in the sandstone and limestone, in combination with volcanic
basalt embedded with high quantities of quartz (referred to as latites which
contain 5 percent to 20 percent quartz).
Lonetree and others theorize that the Earth’s magnetic
energy is being significantly affected by this geology.
In his research, Lonetree notes that a U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) report about an aerial survey of the Sedona region found magnetic
anomalies throughout the entire area. On his website he includes the following three excerpts
from the USGS report:
- "The
Precambrian crystalline basement is the most likely source of the broad
magnetic high in
the Sedona area. The long-wavelength nature of the magnetic high indicates that the source of the anomaly is buried."
- "The
latites, on the other hand, often are extruded from volcanic plugs and thus
tend to produce intense, somewhat 'circular' magnetic anomalies (often as
magnetic lows, because the latites are generally reversely polarized)."
- "Geologic
structures (such as faults or igneous intrusions) often produce small magnetic
fields that 'distort' the main magnetic field of the Earth."
In addition, the quartz crystals themselves also emit magnetic
forces, Lonetree states. So, there may be combinations of sources for, and effects
of the magnetic fields in the Sedona area, he indicates.
TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS
How do these magnetic forces, fields and flows affect
humans? Do they simply affect the magnetite in our bodies? Or, are there more
profound connections too?
Lonetree speculates that there could be effects that we do
not yet fully understand.
The layers and combinations of natural minerals and other
factors could result in the region having characteristics similar to a type of
natural transistor, transmitter or receiver of some kind, Lonetree points out.
Additionally, he notes that there are ancient volcanic lava
shafts or tubes with distinct mineral composition in the region. These may
provide channels for the geomagnetic energy being emitted from within the Earth
resulting in a spinning or vortex form of energy.
That outflow of magnetic energy then returns to Earth nearby
as an inflow vortex, Lonetree says. These outflows and inflows may affect
humans in different ways.
And what about the idea put forth by many that Sedona may actually be connected to other dimensions through unique combinations of Earth energies and other natural forces? Could that explain the many other reports over the decades about unusual sightings, encounters and experiences in the Sedona area?
Lonetree does agree with what a Navajo man once told him …
that Sedona is a place where Mother Earth speaks to us. Lonetree’s research has
proven to him that this viewpoint is scientifically valid.
Sedona may truly be a unique place where our connectedness
to this planet, Nature and ourselves is especially strong and clear.
For more information, read about Lonetree’s research on his website SedonaAnomalies.com.
For more information, read about Lonetree’s research on his website SedonaAnomalies.com.
