From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
Subject: Re: BIOLOGICAL ALCHEMY
Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 04:52:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.175510.1579@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>
>          
>
>                            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.]
>

It's not really surprising that the growing seeds will weigh more.
They take in C02 (and in some cases, perhaps, N2) and H20, and form
biological molecules out of them.  The processes are not nuclear, but
chemical.  Look-up "photosynthesis" in any biochemistry book.

>               (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..]
>

It's also not at all surprising that the amount of certain elements
increases (see above) or that the ratios between them change.

>          
>               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).  
>          

"Organic silicon"? in radishes?  Do you mean the sand that clings
to them if they are not washed? (:-))  Seriously, what sort of
"organic silicon" compounds do you refer to?

>               Some MINERAL DEPOSITS in the ground are formed by micro-
>          organisms FUSING together atoms of silicon, carbon, nitrogen, 
>          oxygen, hydrogen, etc..
>          

Some micro-organisms can concentrate trace elements from their
environment by expending energy, they can not transmute them.

>               The two reactions Si + C <--> Ca, by micro-organisms, 
>          cause "STONE SICKNESS" in statues, building bricks, etc..  
>          

Hardly likely.  Much more likely is that the micro-organisms make
organic acids, which attack the stones or bricks.

>               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).
>          

The reaction which creates woodstove hazards is 2C + O2 -> 2CO
the burning C in the wood or wood gas makes the CO, not nitrogen.
And if you are referring to torch welding, CO hazard comes from
the C in the acetylene.  Air is about 3/4 N2.  Is there CO hazard
any time iron is heated in air?  No.  They only seem to go together
because the iron is usually heated by burning carbon.

>               Some bacteria can even NEUTRALIZE RADIOACTIVITY! 
>          

Really?  The bacteria could perhaps disperse it, but there is
really no way to affect the 1/2 life of a radioactive element
except in unusual cases (and then only by a miniscule amount)
[for example, elements that decay by electron capture].  There
was a recent discussion of this in sci.physics, and it might
even be in the FAQ list.

>
>               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




I'd just like to add that although some important ideas have been
ridiculed in their time as being crackpot ideas, the reverse does
not hold.  Just because an idea seems like a crackpot idea NOW,
does NOT mean that it is a future revolution of science just
waiting to be accepted.

In science, ideas are not just "expounded".  They are tested by
experiments.  MANY experiments, by many different researchers,
not just one experiment.  That is how they become accepted.

Finally, if this biological elemental transmutation were true,
biochemical companies could "grow" the elements we needed.
There would be TREMENDOUS economic incentive to apply such
processes (if they actually occurred), and such ideas would
not languish in an obscure book, waiting to be "rediscovered".


John
snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu




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