Scientific Evidence for Subtle Bodies
(Email to Sean Prophet October 19, 2006)
 
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From: Homeward Bound Journal
To: Sean Prophet
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: Scientific Evidence for Subtle Bodies

Dear Sean,
 
I recently purchased a copy of "Our Invisible Bodies - Scientific Evidence for Subtle Bodies" by Jay Alfred.
 
The first few pages brought into view an astounding scientific truth.  This was news to me, that it is now universally accepted among Astro-Physicists and Astronomers alike, that more than 99% of the matter of the Universe, is composed of material that cannot be seen or detected by current technology.  In other words, this material emits no energy in the known electromagnetic spectrum.  Of course, on the low end, no radio waves, and no visible light, and on the high end, no infrared, no ultra-violet, no X-rays, no Gamma-rays, no cosmic rays, nothing.   
 
The "Standard Model" which astrophysicists use to describe the nature of the universe, tells us that the universe is suppose to have specific amount of calculable mass.  But only 1% of that mass can be accounted for in matter that is visible.  And so, astronomers have for many years been trying to figure out where the rest of the mass is.    They have found it in what they call this "Dark Matter" which they calculate comprises 99% of the mass of the universe.  They call it "dark matter" because it is "dark" to our instrumentation, emitting no light or other electromagnetic phenomena that we can detect.
 
How do they know it is there?  In Astrophysics, the science of analyzing light has become very sophisticated.  Light has a certain well defined behavior under the "Standard Model".  They have lots of data showing how light from distant stars and galaxies is distorted by the gravitational fields of large visible objects.  But scientists began to notice similar distortion phenomena occurring in cases where there were no associated visible objects.  In other words, because of this measurable distortion in the light, they knew there was a large mass producing a large gravitational field, which in turn produces the distortion in the light, but the large mass could not be seen or detected.  It was invisible.   It was only detectable by virtue of its gravitational field which produces visible and measurable distortion upon light transmission from distant stars and galaxies.
 
This link to the website of the Canada/France/Hawaii/Telescope provides the first ever graphic depiction of this dark matter distribution, in a very tiny piece of our sky, though huge in cosmic terms,  CFHT Gives First Glimpse of Dark Matter Distribution.  The small blue ovoids in the graphic at the top of the page represent the distant galaxies whose light transmission characteristics were used to extrapolate the shape and distribution of the "dark matter" which produced the gravitational distortions in the light from those galaxies. 
 
Now, the first 50 pages or so of Alfred's book deal with what science has shown us about the existence of this "dark matter", going through the evidence step by step, and going into some depth in regards to what additional theories have sprouted from the "Standard Model" to incorporate the measurable presence of  "dark matter".  String theories for example.  Of course, this is required, because "dark matter" through gravitational fields, has a measurable impact upon the behavior of at least physical light in this universe.  In other words, this observable impact must be incorporated into this evolving unified theory attempts to explain "everything".  If a certain phenomena can be measured, then, it must be incorporated into the theory. 
 
At the beginning of Chapter 4, "Super-Magma Electromagnetic Bodies" (in this book, "magna" means Magnetic Plasma), Alfred gets to his main point, by saying, "If the universe consists of 1% visible and 99% invisible matter, it would be surprising if our body (in its totality) is not composed of both visible and invisible matter and energy. In fact, if it was not, we would need a good explanation for that!"   The logic in this statement derives from the fact that science has shown that all the matter from which the physical body is composed is produced at galactic levels, in other words, we are composed, literally, of star dust.   But when Alfred made this statement, he is not relying simply on what might appear to be a logical extension from known scientific data, in as much as he has already discussed evidence for the existence of dark matter in the micro world, i.e. in our planetary back yard, as well as in the larger universe.
 
This subject of dark matter, suggests on a galactic scale, the principle of gravitational steering or electro-magnetic steering forces, when it comes to the creation and operation of stars and galaxies.  Why is this "dark matter" there, surrounding every star and galaxy?  It must play some fundamental role in the creation and operation of at least the larger elements of the visible universe, stars, galaxies, planets.  If this is a fundamental piece of the puzzle, when it comes to understanding how the largest elements of the universe came to be, it follows that this relationship between "dark matter" and our own visible physical being, is also, now, a plausible part of the same creative puzzle, when it comes to understanding how our physical bodies come into manifestation, and how they operate, day to day.
 
I have a purpose for writing to you on this subject, going back to our previous discussion on the subject of Richard Dawkins.  The problem with Richard Dawkins, is that he has devised a very sophisticated system of logic based on observations associated with only 1% of the matter of our being that he could see, or that science could see.   In that regard, he could only be in possession of 1% of the truth, and that is not a very significant amount.
 
May you pass every test.