The Ubiquitous Ovoid by Jim Lyons
The Ubiquitous Ovoid by Jim Lyons
The Ubiquitous Ovoid by Jim Lyons
by Jim Lyons
Background
The patterns of Nature are the bread and butter of an Earth Energy Dowser. Despite
their overall complexity, the archetypal shapes are nevertheless few in number. It is
part of the basic education of dowsers to learn to detect the lines of energy in the
ground and in particular study the basically circular shapes associated with the
crossovers of these lines. The so called Spider Web patterns discernible at such
locations are key to the establishment of sacred sites, be they early neolithic
structures, late medieval churches or in latter days, even crop circles. If, for the
purpose of this discussion, we restrict our attention to Stone Circles, then it becomes
possible to delineate the key parameters of these sites, in particular their plan form.
We speak of Circles but in fact, it is rare to find anything that could be termed a true
circle. Alexander Thom`s definitive study of many hundreds of Stone Circles showed
that their form falls into a number of generic shapes. The bottom line is that in general
the shape is closer to an ovoid or egg shape than a true circle. Using the Castlerigg
Circle as an example,
How then does this relate to the Earth Energy scenario? Several EEG members are
well acquainted with The Golden Egg , having laid out this shape in their gardens to
dowse; Fig. 3 shows Bob Sephton`s version.
Bob found this shape not only in his garden but also
in Stonehenge. Its major axis of alignment changes
with the moon`s position. Billy Gawn and Dudley
Wheeler spent some time chalking out the shape in
fields in Northern Ireland. It was associated with this
work that Billy made a key discovery. A true Golden
Egg shape has the property of expelling from within it
rising plumes of detrimental earth energy! In the world of physics, this shows
remarkable similarity to an effect in superconductivity known as The Meissner Effect
whereby lines of magnetic flux are expelled from a conductor at the point of it
becoming superconducting, i.e the condition in which current flows with no resistive
losses. Why earth energy plumes behave this way is still something of a mystery
though this link of subtle energy flow to superconductors has been observed many
times in research into dowsing.
Detrimental earth energy plumes resemble the rising of heat plumes from a hot plate.
Physically, they look like fountains of energy which terminate in scroll shaped patterns
or more precisely toroids. These plumes are more correctly described as columnar
vortices, first studied in the 19th century by Lord Kelvin. The generalised form of these
vortices is well known and is the classic water vortex which manifests in characteristic
form as a whirlpool. Its shape is in a form of what is termed a hyperbola.
Tachyon Beams
Another recent activity in the EEG has been the interest taken in cosmic energy beams
striking the earth`s surface. These have been termed tachyon beams, based on the
notion that supposed particles of this name are superluminal. The principle
investigators here have been Gunther Schneck and John Cuninghame. The work to
date indicates that a variable width beam of energy at close to 51 0 to the horizontal
strikes a horizontal surface. This energy among other things can be used for healing
purposes. Asking the question – what is the shape of the footprint when it strikes a
surface? – yields an intriguing result. An experiment performed by both John and
Billy with around a foot wide beam showed that the pattern was ovoidal in shape –see
Fig.9.
Conclusion
The often encountered ovoidal shape in earth energy studies has been viewed in the
context of other shapes and numbers frequently found in dowsing. It has been shown
that there is indeed very close linkage between the Golden Egg – the archetypal shape
of life and the basic tetrahedral geometry of earth energies, as found for example in
Stone and Crop Circles. An interesting mathematical relationship between the
numbers of ancient science and the modern theory of Chaos has been uncovered. It
now starts to link even pyramid geometry with the Fractal Geometry of Nature – a
rather new concept in mankind`s philosophy of the Cosmos. Although much work
remains to be done, at least it is now possible to see that the ancient morphologies of
Nature are consistent with the newer chaotic dynamic visions now emerging. The
missing link is that of Mind – the key to our ability to dowse. The connections here
await an exposé at a later date.
Appendix 1
The basis of creating an ovoid or egg shape is to use a generating triangle from which
circular arcs can be drawn. The shape is shown in Fig. 2. There are two key angles -
, with respect to a base line, two units long. Three arcs are struck, firstly R1 from
the cross over point of the lower triangle. Secondly two identical arcs of radius R2 are
drawn as shown from both sides of the baseline so as to match the tangent lines of
adjacent arcs. A third arc of radius R3 is drawn from the intersection of the top sloping
lines. The resulting shape is a very general ovoid. By varying all parameters, a wide
variety of shapes can be generated. From the infinite number of shapes possible, a
certain combination of the above 5 parameters generates the Golden Egg which is
characterised by its perimeter divided by the sum of its major & minor axes equalling
the Golden Ratio – Phi = 1.6180339.. The parameters needed are –
The angle is a pentagon angle, i.e one half of 36o , the key numbers are ratios of the
radius of the inner pentagon, 1/², where the outer circle is assumed at unit radius. The
radii for the golden egg are respectively – R 1 is the radius of one nested pentagon
greater than this value, R2 is the radius of the second nested pentagon plus R 1 and R3
is the radius of the first inner nested pentagon.
This analysis shows that the Golden Egg can be drawn by the standard ovoid drawing
procedure, if the correct parameters are selected. It can be shown that this
corresponds to the shape of a projected slice through a hyperbolic cone at 45 o and at
a height of close to d/2, where d is the first Feigenbaum number of Chaos Theory -
4.6692016…
Acknowledgement
The work reported here would have been impossible without discussion and help from
several members of the EEG cited above. I duly acknowledge their significant
contributions to the ideas presented here. The hypothesizing and conclusions
nevertheless remain the responsibility of the author.