ORMUS

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'''ORMUS''', also called '''ORMEs''' (Orbitally Rearranged Monoatomic Elements) and '''m-state materials''', is a fictitious group of substances exhibiting many [[Miracle|miraculous]] properties, such as [[healing]] powers and superconductivity at room temperature. They were supposedly discovered in 1975 by David Hudson, a cotton farmer from [[Arizona]].

==Claimed properties of ORMUS==
Chemically, ORMUS is supposed to be precious metals ([[gold]], platinum, iridium, etc.) in an exotic state of [[matter]], where the metals do not form any bonds or [[crystals]] but exist as separate single [[atoms]]. At the same time, it is supposedly the material that the [[soul]] (or the [[life force]]) of all organisms is made of, an "essence of life". When mixed with [[water]], "it forms a gelatinous suspension that looks just like semen."<ref name="Hudson1994"/>

Here's a selection of what ORMUS can supposedly do:<ref name="Hudson1994">[http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/presentations/virginiabeach.htm David Hudson in Virginia Beach April 2 & 3 1994]</ref><ref name="Portland">[https://www.eskimo.com/~billb/freenrg/hudson.txt Hudson's Portland lecture]</ref>
* [[Panacea|Cure all forms of disease]], including [[cancer]] and [[AIDS]]
* Correct errors in the [[DNA]]
* Act as a superconductor
* Emit gamma [[radiation]]
* Partially [[levitate]] in the [[Earth]]'s [[Geomagnetism|magnetic field]]
* [[Telepathy|Read a person's mind]]
* Have a "weigh-ability" different from [[Mass (physics)|mass]], which probably means an inertial mass different from the [[Gravity|gravitational]] mass
* Be fused into a transparent glass
* Act as a flash powder, causing "explosions of [[light]]"
* Make severed [[cat]] tails grow back<ref>[http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/tutstail.htm Tut's Tale]</ref>

Hudson reportedly spent "over five million dollars" to obtain his samples of ORMUS. He also claims that ORMUS was a subject of research in several national laboratories in the [[U.S.]] In 1989, he managed to get a [[British]] [[patent]] on his invention, which ran out in 1993.<ref>[https://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-os/p-find/p-find-number.htm UK Intellectual Property Office] &mdash; search for application number GB8914216.0</ref>

==Non-exhaustive list of errors==
Despite displaying surprising literacy in [[scientific]] [[jargon]], Hudson is definitely not a scientist. Most of the time, he is babbling incoherently and [[not even wrong]] - or else teaching a disfigured version of a high-school [[chemistry]] curriculum. At the few times when he does get coherent, there are glaring mistakes. Including:
* He refers to legitimate scientific publications in the field of nuclear chemistry about deformed and superdeformed nuclei, without realizing that these papers talk about excited nuclear states which can only be observed in particle accelerators at extremely short timescales. Separating any macroscopic amount of them is impossible, because they completely decay within microseconds from their formation.<ref name="Hudson1994"/>
* He claims that gold forms a free, {{wpl|Transition metal hydride|uncomplexed hydride}} &mdash; a chemical impossibility; that HAu is different from AuH &mdash; even though the order of elements in a summary formula is only conventional and does not contain any chemical information; and that {{wpl|chloroauric acid}} (HAuCl<sub>4</sub>) can be directly reduced to {{wpl|gold hydride}} (AuH) &mdash; also an impossibility.<ref name="Hudson1994"/>
* He says that gold is similar to alkali metals in that it has one [[electron]] on the ''s'' subshell of the outermost electron shell and because of this "wants to go to two electrons or it wants no electrons", and therefore regular metallic gold is "diatomic" with the formula Au<sub>2</sub>, with an ionic bond between the atoms.<ref name="Hudson1994"/><ref name="UKPatent">[http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/patents/ukpatent.htm Hudson's UK ORMUS patent]</ref> This shows a complete lack of understanding of the nature of chemical bonding in metals. If his theory was true, gold would have a much higher melting-temperature and would not be malleable or ductile.
* He believes that aqueous solutions of [[salt]]s of precious metals, such as {{wpl|rhodium(III) chloride}} RhCl<sub>3</sub>, contain clusters of Rh<sub>12</sub>Cl<sub>36</sub>, Rh<sub>15</sub>Cl<sub>45</sub>, etc.<ref name="Portland"/><ref name="UKPatent"/> Chemistry says those solutions contain chloride ions Cl<sup>-</sup> and various complexes of rhodium ions, including RhCl<sub>3</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>3</sub>, [RhCl<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>+</sup> and [RhCl(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>5</sub>]<sup>2+</sup>. Additionally, he believes that dissolving gold in {{wpl|aqua regia}} yields {{wpl|gold chloride}} in the form of clusters like Au<sub>12</sub>Cl<sub>36</sub>. Actual chemistry says that gold in the resulting solution exists in the form of {{wpl|tetrachloroaurate}} (AuCl<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>), which does not form any clusters.
* Hudson's UK patent for his "discovery" presents IR spectra as evidence of "electron pairing within the atom".<ref name="UKPatent"/> Aside from the concept being absurd, he uses the wrong spectra, as infrared wavelengths correspond to the energy of chemical bond vibrations (i.e., electron pairings ''between'' atoms). Electron shell changes would be visible in the UV or visible spectrum.
* He repeatedly says that "there is 10<sup>18</sup> ergs in one gauss".<ref name="Hudson1994"/> Ergs and gausses are units of completely different entities. An 'erg' is a unit of energy equal to 100 nanojoules, while a 'gauss' is a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 100 microteslas. As such, the statement makes absolutely no sense. He also mentions that the Earth's magnetic field is "several gauss", whereas in fact it is less than 1 gauss.
* He apparently postulates the existence of materials with different inertial and gravitational masses, such as materials that fall to the Earth slowly, but are hard to push around. [[Einstein]]'s theory of [[general relativity]] rules this out.<ref name="Hudson1994"/>
* He claims that {{wpl|yttrium barium copper oxide}} (YBCO), the first discovered high-temperature superconductor, is superconducting because copper contained in it "goes into a high spin state",<ref name="Hudson1994"/> a physical impossibility. Chemical bonds have energies of a few electron volts, while high spin nuclear states have energies of at least hundreds of kiloelectronvolts.
* He states that "superconductors are in your body now". This could certainly be detected by a {{wpl| SQUID}} magnetometer, but it is not.
* He postulates that precious metals have important biological functions, and their loss from the body over time is the cause of aging. In reality, precious metals have no biological function.<ref>
[https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/Dietary_Reference_Intakes.aspx ''Nutrient Recommendations: Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)''] National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements (2011).
</ref>
* He even misspells a lot, in a comical way: {{wpl|cisplatin}} becomes Sys-Platinum, {{wpl|carboplatin}} becomes Carbono-Platinum, {{wpl|perovskite}} becomes Percovite,<ref name="Hudson1994"/> and {{wpl|Büchner funnel}} becomes Butiner funnel.<ref name="Portland"/>

==Back to reality==
Hudson's patented procedures definitely do not work, because that would be at odds with the known chemical behavior of gold under those conditions. The result is a worthless salt that has none of the claimed properties. Since gold is expensive, the used chemicals are corrosive, and the fumes released during repeated boiling are toxic, attempting those procedures is a good way to waste money and/or injure yourself. The countless alternative procedures of obtaining ORMUS also do not work — a material with superconductive properties occurring abundantly in nature would be very easy to detect, yet no such kind of material is known to modern science.

The concept is highly exploitable by [[quack]]s, who sell a wide variety of ORMUS preparations under names such as Cleopatra's Milk,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171207203220/http://www.priestessalchemy.com/product/cleopatras-milk/ Cleo's Milch] Priestess Alchemy (archived from December 7, 2017).</ref> Liquid Chi,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170524232736/http://liquid-chi.com/store/ Original Proprietary ORMUS Blends] The Solar Life Production™ (archived from May 24, 2017).</ref> Prime Enzymes,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171207203648/http://liquid-chi.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1 Liquid Chi™ – Level 1] The Solar Life Production™ (archived from May 24, 2017).</ref> Zenergy,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171208055840/https://www.zptech.net/product/zynergy/ Zynergy: M-State Gold & Indium] ZP.Tech (archived from December 8, 2017).</ref> Mountain Manna,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309034532/http://www1.mountain-manna.com/ Mountain Manna] (archived from March 9, 2016)</ref> C-Gro,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170916154539/http://www.c-gro.com/ Welcome To C-Gro, Inc] (archived from September 16, 2017)</ref> etc. intended for human consumption as well as in agriculture. They definitely do not contain any gold or other precious metals, which is in fact a good thing, because water-soluble forms of precious metals are very toxic. Mountain Manna even combines ORMUS with [[homeopathy]] for double laughs.

ORMUS enthusiasts invented countless and even more outrageous theories, linking ORMUS to everything: [[pyramid]]s, dead people's [[soul]]s,<ref>[http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/ectoplasm.htm ORMUS and Ectoplasm]</ref> Bose-Einstein condensate, biblical manna — you name it.<ref>[http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/articles.htm ORMUS Articles]</ref> The variety of magical powers ascribed to ORMUS was also expanded. As a side note, the notably crazy [[David Icke]] thinks highly of the powers of monoatomic gold.<ref>[https://educate-yourself.org/cn/davidickemonoatomicgold.shtml David Icke on Monoatomic Gold]</ref>

==External links==
* [https://www.alchemicalelixirs.com/ Ormus Anti-Ageing and Healing]
* [http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/ ORMUS index]
* [http://www.ormus.com.au/ Australian Ormus Information Centre]
* [https://www.quantumbalancing.com/make_ormus.htm Make your own Ormus!]
* [https://www.naturalnews.com/022705.html Ormus - Spiritual and Medicinal Gold With Incredible Healing Potential] - article with additional links.
* [http://ormus-online.pl Ormus ORME original ]

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