Magnetism and Sexual Attraction
An esoteric look at consciousness and the metaphysics of living things
Introduction
Magnetism is one of the fundamental forces of the universe. According to Dr. Wei-ping Yu at NASA, every one of the forces of nature is controlled by magnetism. Dr. Yu explains how even the behavior of subatomic particles are controlled by magnetic effects. If that is so, magnetism must be inherent in the behavior of everything in the physical universe.
Sexual attraction feels to me just like magnetic attraction. We recognize this instinctively when we say, “She is attractive,” or “He has a magnetic personality.” And the opposite is true as well. We have all met people who literally repel us; we cannot stand to be near them. It is almost as if the human being is enclosed in some kind of magnetic field, and when these magnetic fields interact, they attract or repel.
Introduction to Magnetism
Magnetic fields have the property of curl. In a bar magnet, for example, the lines of force curl around and away from the body of the magnet, coming back to form a north-south dipole of magnetic energy (image below). Magnetic fields have amazing properties.
It is well known that a coil of wire moving in a magnetic field produces electrical energy. This is a method whereby a power plant generates alternating current to the mains of your home. But the reverse is also true. A magnetic field will also be created when electricity flows through a coil of wire (this is called Ampere’s Law). Amazingly, if a second coil of wire is placed nearby to the first coil of wire, the first coil’s changing magnetic field will induce a magnetic field in the second coil, even if the second coil is not being powered, and the two coils are not connected! In other words, one magnetic field can remotely influence another magnetic field. This bit of magic is called induction.
Although the human body is a conductor of electricity, and immersed in the earth’s magnetic field, the human body does not have a magnetic field around it. (And that is fortunate, for a strong magnetic field surrounding the body could cause physiological and neurological problems.) Rather, the human body has what is called a biofield or a human energy field, which is theorized to have magnetic properties.
There is a subtle difference between the energy of life and the energy of inanimate matter. The energy of life is associated with consciousness and living things.
Life Energy
Life energy responds to the same physics as inanimate objects or devices because life and matter/energy coexist together in the same universe. But life energy has to be finer and more subtle. Crude magnetic fields may be fine for metal coils, power plant generators, and refrigerator magnets. But living, biological life forms need energy that will maintain sensitive biological processes without disturbing biological functions.
Conventional magnetic field for bar magnet
Author’s conception of biomagnetic field (MerKaBa) for human body. Modeled on the torus
The Biofield
The physics of inanimate matter has been well studied, but the physics of living things is in its infancy.
Research from the HeartMath Institute shows that the heart produces a subtle magnetic field that can be detected a number of feet away from the body, in all directions, using SQUID-based magnetometers. SQUIDS are superconducting quantum interference devices, extremely sensitive magnetometers capable of measuring subtle biomagnetic fields.
Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered that
“Humans may be luminous beings—literally—according to researchers at the University of Calgary who authored a new study. Examining mice and plants, the researchers in a cross-disciplinary study found tiny amounts of light are being emitted from living specimens as part of their metabolism. The study suggests all life forms, including human beings, have a similar “glow” that seems to diminish upon death.”
Research like this suggests that the human body is surrounded by a very subtle field of energy, detectable only with super-sensitive equipment.
The concept of fields of subtle energy connected to living things has ancient origins in the term MerKaBa, a Hebrew word meaning “chariot” that is descended from ancient Egyptian spiritual tradition. Mer, Ka, and Ba phonetically mean light, body, and spirit. The Merkaba is said to be composed of subtle energy and to extend up to 25 feet around the body.
Subtle energy is the term used for life energy. While we can easily detect magnetic and electric fields associated with inanimate matter, it is not so easy to observe subtle energy in living, biological entities. Therefore, the concept of a human biofield or a human energy field is ridiculed by mainstream science.
The earth is alive and it too has a biofield as well as its own magnetic field. The earth’s magnetic field is generated from a molten metal (iron and nickel) outer core that rotates with the planet. The earth is a combination of inanimate matter (the crust, the mantle, and the core) and living ecosystems that support biological life.
The human biofield is immersed in the earth’s biofield and magnetic field, and the two interact magnetically. Individual human biofields also interact.
When two human beings come within approximately 50 feet, they can each get a “feel” for the other as their two biofields begin to interact. This biofield interaction is invisible, and so attraction and repulsive effects between two people seem to have mysterious causes. When people get together in groups, the biofield interaction can strengthen. Amazing (and crazy) things can happen, particularly in large crowds.
Heterosexual attraction
Some people say that heterosexuality is ordained by God, but I prefer a more practical approach. Consider what happens when two bar magnets collide. If the north pole of magnet 1 is placed close to the north pole of magnet 2, the magnetic fields repel. If the opposite pole of magnet 1 gets close to the north pole of magnet 2, the two magnets snap together.
Apparently, the function of male-female mirrors magnetic attraction. But what about same sex attraction?
Same sex attraction
The identification of a person with a different sex than the body can be explained from an esoteric point of view. Consider a soul who has incarnated on the earth 10 times. In all of these physical lifetimes he was male. His entire consciousness and his entire karma and life experiences are oriented toward being a man. Now, in the present lifetime, he finds himself in a female body.
Even though his body is female this time he considers himself, quite naturally, a man, and is attracted to other men. And the same for a soul who was female for some arbitrary number of lifetimes and is now in a male body.
Same sex attraction is understandable from a karmic or spiritual perspective. Gays and lesbians accept that they are men or women who have attraction to the same sex, and as a group are as well-adjusted as heterosexuals (which may not be saying much in these crazy times).
From a spiritual perspective, same sex attraction is an entirely natural phenomenon. But can it be explained magnetically?
Can two female bodies (or male bodies) with their biofields have a magnetic sexual attraction? They can, for it seems to occur quite frequently. This tells me that it is possible for consciousness to reorient the body’s biomagnetic field in a helpful manner. If this is true it might also explain spontaneous healings, and so-called “miracle” cures.
In order to find out for sure, science will have to advance to the point where we can see a person’s biofield and how it interacts with other human biofields. One cannot mindlessly apply the physics of inanimate matter to living things.
With no way to observe a biofield, we continue to be stuck in a primitive materialist framework that only recognizes the scientific status quo. Some people claim the ability to see biofields, but there is no broad consensus that biofields exist.
Meanwhile, the confusion over gender has led to much social conflict.
What about transgenderism? Those who insist they are in the wrong body may feel this very strongly and may be unable to adjust. Transgenderism would be much less painful if the sex of the body could easily be changed, but those who are determined to change their sex must undergo radical surgeries that mutilate the body.
If a person doesn’t want to undergo painful and radical surgeries the next best alternative is to assert that just by declaring so, they are male or female. This makes some sense from an esoteric POV, but it also leads to absurd assertions – by NPCs and attention seekers – that men can have babies and men can breastfeed.
To some straight people, trans people asserting a different gender identity seems batshit crazy, but not if you can accept that consciousness exists independent of the physical body. Unfortunately, the Akashic/soul records of people and their lifetimes aren’t available to us, so such assertions just sounds nutty. I imagine this can lead to immense frustration for trans people.
What is clear, though, is that male-female relationships can bear children and continue society. Gay and lesbian relationships, and trans relationships, are biologically sterile and must depend on the traditional “magnetic” attractive relationship between men and women for new members.
If it turns out that the sex of a human body is immutable, trans people will continue have a more difficult time than the rest of us.
Question for the reader: If a person undergoes radical sex change surgeries that mutilate their bodies, does this do anything to their personal biofields?
This is one of the motivations behind printed bodies, for a printed body can be made any sex (or no sex). This idea, however, I have strong opinions about (I even wrote a SF book about it). Polluting the human body with electronics or creating a non- or altered-biological body is called Transhumanism. If practiced broadly in society, Transhumanism will eventually lead to species extinction. I will firmly state this as a (fact-free) law of species evolution.
Gender and Consciousness
An esoteric approach to therapy of any kind may in particular help to resolve gender identity issues. It could open up all sorts of avenues for healing, but it could also lead to delusional fantasies on the part of the client (“I was Queen Elizabeth I in my past life!” Maybe they were, but who’s to tell?).
Such an esoteric approach would require the therapist to recognize that reincarnation exists, and that a human being is a conscious personality with an existence independent of the body. It would take a very expert and wise therapist or counselor to develop such a procedure.
An organization that has made a very good start in this area is the Applied Metapsychology Institute.