From: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk (Tony Travis)
Newsgroups: bionet.plants
Subject: BIOLOGICAL ALCHEMY (not!)
Date: 8 Oct 92 09:56:12 GMT
Reply-To: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk
Distribution: bionet
Organization: Rowett Research Institute
Original-To: plantbio@uk.ac.daresbury

I can't resist bringing this to the attention of bionet.plants readers
who don't read the confocal microscopy list <CONFOCAL@edu.buffalo.cc.UBVM>

As a student, I was taught that the majority of _photochemical_
reactions are possible but that some are not probable :->

:
: MCELWRE%BITNET.UWEC@edu.buffalo.cc.UBVM            "NAME 'Robert E. McElwaine'"
:
:                            BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS
: 
:                A very simple experiment can demonstrate (PROVE) the
:           FACT of "BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS" (reactions like Mg + O
:           --> Ca, Si + C --> Ca, K + H --> Ca, N2 --> CO, etc.), as
:           described in the BOOK "Biological Transmutations" by Louis
:           Kervran, [1972 Edition is BEST.], and in Chapter 17 of the
:           book "THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS" [see Footnote] by Peter
:           Tompkins and Christopher Bird, 1973:
: 
:                (1) Obtain a good sample of plant seeds, all of the same
:                    kind.  [Some kinds might work better that others.]
: 
:                (2) Divide the sample into two groups of equal weight
:                    and number.
: 
:                (3) Sprout one group in distilled water on filter paper
:                    for three or four weeks.
: 
:                (4) Separately incinerate both groups.
: 
:                (5) Weigh the residue from each group.  [The residue of
:                    the sprouted group will usually weigh at least
:                    SEVERAL PERCENT MORE than the other group.]
: 
:                (6) Analyze quantitatively the residue of each group for
:                    mineral content.  [Some of the mineral atoms of the
:                    sprouted group have been TRANSMUTED into heavier
:                    mineral elements by FUSING with atoms of oxygen,
:                    hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, etc..]
: 
: 
:                BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS occur ROUTINELY, even in our
:           own bodies.
: 
:                Ingesting a source of organic silicon (silicon with
:           carbon, such as "horsetail" extract, or radishes) can SPEED
:           HEALING OF BROKEN BONES via the reaction Si + C --> Ca, (much
:           faster than by merely ingesting the calcium directly).
: 
:                Some MINERAL DEPOSITS in the ground are formed by micro-
:           organisms FUSING together atoms of silicon, carbon, nitrogen,
:           oxygen, hydrogen, etc..
: 
:                The two reactions Si + C <--> Ca, by micro-organisms,
:           cause "STONE SICKNESS" in statues, building bricks, etc..
: 
:                The reaction N2 --> CO, catalysed by very hot iron,
:           creates a CARBON-MONOXIDE POISON HAZARD for welder operators
:           and people near woodstoves (even properly sealed ones).
: 
:                Some bacteria can even NEUTRALIZE RADIOACTIVITY!
: 
: 
:                ALL OF THESE THINGS AND MORE HAPPEN, IN SPITE OF the
:           currently accepted "laws" of physics.
: 
: 
: 
:           Footnote: Chapters 19 and 20 are about "RADIONICS".
:                     ENTIRE BOOK is FASCINATING!
: 
: 
: 
:                UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
:           IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.
: 
: 
:                                    Robert E. McElwaine
:                                    B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC
: 

Please note that I have complied with the author's request to
disseminate the information un-altered ...

	Tony
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