Mineralische Lumineszenz als Umkreis-Wirkung

Mineralische Lumineszenz als Umkreis-Wirkung

ROSELIES GEHLIG
Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus 2006, 2006, P.202-265 | DOI: 10.18756/jfg.2006.202
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Abstract:

Mineral luminescence as an expression of environment forces

By comparing luminescence phenornena of the inorganic and organic world a common motif becomes evident which can be described by the quality of ‘environment’:

Biolnminescence of animals, with its species-specific rhythms, especially characterizes evolutionarily less developed animals during mating, fighting, searching for food and when frightened or startled. The bioluminescence is intended for perception by other individuals of the species, mates‚ prey or predators. It is an expression of an as yet less internalised group soul of animals, a sort of ‘external soul’ living more or less in the environment and influencing animal physiology. With increasing incarnation towards an 'inner soul' during evolution, animal luminescence diminishes and finally disappears in the fish group.

Biolwninescence of plants is a continuous glowing but showing circadian or seasonal rhythms. It is restricted to algae and fungi whose physiology shows certain animal-like properties (e. g. fungi: lack of chlorophyll, storage of glyeogen and fat, chitin-bearing cell walls). Certain bacteria in the ocean also luminesce according to seasonal changes. Integrated into light organs (eg. squid, fish) the luminescence of animals is under the control of the typical behaviour of the specific animals.

Healthy human [issue shows a homogenous faintfluorescence when excited by ultraviolet light. In the case of cancer, the tumour region hardly fluoresces while the environment of the tumour shows about a tenfold increase of fluorescence compared with healthy tissue. Unrestricted tissue growth points to the fact that controlling forces of the soul and ego have left the diseased region and have become ‘environmental’. Also, in iron deficiency anaemia, a partial 'excarnation‘ of soul and ego take place‚ with increased formation of fluorescing erythrocytes, decreased iron content and red colour of the blood.

Luminescence ofminemls is mostly related to metallic trace elements as activators (manganese, copper, silver, chromium, rare earths, uranium, etc.) in the minerals and is promoted by environmentalforces:

- photoluminescence (fluorescence, phosphorescence) by temperature and ultraviolet light,

- thermoluminescence by warmt/a,

- chemiluminescence by oxygen of the air,

- triboluminescence (caused by rubbing or breaking crystals) by nitrogen of the air,

- electroluminescence (caused by an electrical field) by nitrogen of the air, as well,

- sonoluminescence (caused by ultrasonic waves) by argon of the air,

- lyoluminescence (caused by solving substances) by water,

- crystalloluminescence (caused during crystal growth) often by water, as well.

Mechanical, densifying forces of big/9 pressure, however, lower or quench

inorganic luminescence. Even within a crystal an environmental factor

strongly influences luminescence: the configuration ( symmetry) of the

crystal structure represents the ‘environment’ for an activator ion (e. g.

Mn2+ in tetrahedral co-ordination fluoresces green, in octahedral co

ordination red, and in a nine-fold co-ordination yellow).

Qualitative changes occur with decreasing metal concentration in the transitions from the pure element via a coloured but not luminescing metal compound to the metal as a trace element within a non-coloured but luminescing host. Similar principal changes have been described by Rudolf Steiner for the process of potentization in which substances open themselves to the environment, to spiritual forces.

The relationship of luminescence to spiritual forces is also expressed by mythological pictures in legends on polar [ig/ats (electroluminescence) which have always been experienced as being related to the dead and unborn - humans living in the ‘environmcnt’.

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