Drs Magne and Lynn McTaggart at the Icons Of the Field Conference

London, UK, March 2006

Lynn McTaggart is an investigative journalist as well as the publisher of What Doctors Don't Tell You, an online newsletter in the alternative field of medicine. In her book, The Field, she describes scientific discoveries that she believes point to a unifying concept of the universe, one that reconciles mind with matter, classic Newtonian science with quantum physics and, most importantly, science with religion.

Dr Magne asks, “How would you describe your book, the Field?”

Lynn McTaggart : “The Field describes how scientists have gradually become aware of what appears to be a unifying energy structure in our universe. This "Zero Point Field" provides a simpler explanation for how things work than previous overly-complex ideas require. Simplicity in science is a good thing, because it generally indicates which theories will win out as time goes by. The Zero Point Field theory demonstrates its elegant simplicity by allowing physicists to derive the famous equation F=ma (rather than take it as a starting assumption), and by helping medical practitioners understand the underlying scientific basis for homeopathy.”

Dr Magne : “What is exactly the Zero Point Field?”

Lynn McTaggart : “At issue is the so-called "dead space" of microscopic vibrations in outer space as well as within and between physical objects on earth. These fields are a "cobweb of energy exchange" that link everything in the universe; they control everything from cellular communication to the workings of the mind, and they could be harnessed for unlimited propulsion fuel, levitation, ESP, spiritual healing and more.”

Dr Magne : “How come science has never asked about this field before?”

Lynn McTaggart : “Physicists have been aware of the likelihood of this field for years but, constrained by orthodoxy, they have ignored its effects, which is like "subtracting out God" from their equations. Tiny pockets of quiet rebellion against scientific convention are emerging, led by Ed Mitchell, an Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of the Institute for Noetic Sciences, an alternative-science think tank.”

With an ear for human interest and eye for detail, Lynne McTaggart masterfully tells the true story in THE FIELD of how pioneers in science and consciousness research are working to achieve a more complete understanding of the true nature of reality -- an understanding which includes (rather than ignores) consciousness.


Our scientific conceptualization of this universe has changed considerably over the last few centuries and now faces one of the biggest overhauls ever -- and THE FIELD demonstrates why the Zero Point Field is likely to be the last frontier for us to explore. THE FIELD is packed with detailed descriptions of some of the most exciting experiments recently conducted by leading researchers in the field of consciousness such as: Cleve Backster, Jacques Benveniste, William Braud, Bob Jahn, Edgar Mitchell, Fritz-Albert Popp, Hal Puthoff, Rupert Sheldrake, Russell Targ, Elisabeth Targ, and Charles Tart.

Lynne McTaggart boldly dives in where few dare to go... the murky, much debated realm between God and Science. In a thoroughly detailed and meticulously researched fashion, she lays open study upon study that point to the possibility of a universal energy source, the "Zero Point Field" as she cites it. This "force" operates on a quantum level of photon vibrations that precedes and supercedes the strict bio-chemical mentality of current science. This book challenges a lot of long held beliefs, including...

*Man is isolated from the world (People are indivisable from their environment)
*The brain is the seat of consciousness (Living consciousness is not an isolated entity)
*The human being is a survival machine powered by genetic coding (Cells and DNA communicate through frequencies)

Perhaps one of the most profound and summarizing statements is McTaggart's assertion (based on volumous research) that...

"A substructure underpins the universe that is essentially a recording medium of everything, providing a means for everything to communicate with everything else."

If taken for what it is, the book amounts to the peaceful overthrow of many long held scientific beliefs and models, and establishes a framework that accomodates both science and spirituality.

It is a fascinating book that not only explores the very primordial nature of the Universe, but offers a glimpse at the various forces that drive if not expand the plethora of energies that make up "THE FIELD" and "THE FORCE". This book is very thought provoking, deep, wildly imaginative, and very well written to say the least! Reading this book conjured up images of an age with atomic synthesizers, interplanetary transporters and bio-medical resonance chambers capable of curing all disease, if not complete regeneration of body parts. All of this of course is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to discovering "The Field". Wilhelm Reich, so-called "mad scientist" from Maine - his cancer research quelled by the FDA, and enforced by the FBI, I'm sure he would have loved this book and the many brilliant researchers who made it possible. Lynne McTaggart did a masterful job of bringing all this research together and propounding it in a way that the average (non-scientific) person can understand. Read "The Field" and likely your view of time, space and other things will be changed forever, indeed The Field and your view of it will be forever changed.

A FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE FIELD

 The uncertainty principle developed by Eisenberg, one of the chief architects of quantum theory, implies that no particle ever stays completely at rest but is constantly in motion due to a ground state field of energy constantly interacting with all subatomic matter. It means that the basic substructure of the universe is a sea of quantum fields that cannot be eliminated by any known laws of physics.

What we believe to be our stable, static universe is in fact a seething soup of subatomic particles fleetingly popping in and out of existence. We cannot know both the energy and the lifetime of a particle, so a subatomic event occurring within a tiny time frame involves an uncertain account of energy. Largely because of Einstein's theories relating energy to mass, all elementary particles interact with each other by exchanging energy through other quantum particles, which are believed to appear out of nowhere, combining and annihilating each other in less than an instant raising random fluctuations of energy with, out any apparent cause. The fleeting particles generated during this brief moment are known as 'virtual particles'. They differ from real particles because they only exist during that exchange - the time of 'uncertainty allowed by the uncertainty principle. The Zero Point Field was called 'zero' because fluctuations in the field are still detectable in temperatures of absolute zero, the lowest possible-energy state where matter has been removed and nothing is supposedly left to make any motion. Zero-point energy was space at the lowest possible energy out of which no more energy could be removed - the closest that motion of atomic matter gets to zero. Because of the uncertainty principle there will always be some residual jiggling due to virtual particle exchange.

The Zero Point Field might just represent some vast unharnessed energy source. To the quantum physicist, it is an annoyance, to be subtracted away and counted. What quantum calculations show is that we and our Universe live and breathe in what amounts to a sea of motion - a quantum sea of light. It is impossible to know all the properties of a particle, such as its position its momentum, at the same time because of what seems to be fluctuations inherent in nature. The energy level of any known particle can't be pinpointed because it is always changing. Part of this principle also stipulates that no subatomic particle can be brought completely to rest, but will possess a tiny residual movement.

A field is a matrix or medium which connects two or more points in space, usually via a force, like gravity or electromagnetism. The force is usually represented by ripples in the field, or waves. An electromagnetic field, to use but one example, is simply an electrical field and a magnetic field which intersect, sending out waves of energy at the speed of light. The field is considered that area of space where this charge and its effects can be detected. The notion of an electromagnetic field is simply a convenient abstraction invented by scientists (and represented by lines of 'force', indicated by direction and shape) to try to make sense of the seemingly remarkable actions of electricity and magnetism and their ability to influence objects into infinity - with no detectable substance or matter in between.

A field is a region of influence.

It wasn't until 1911 with an experiment by Max Planck, one of the founding fathers of quantum theory that physicists understood that empty space was bursting with activity.

In the quantum world, quantum fields are not mediated by forces but by exchange of energy which is constantly redistributed in a dynamic pattern. This constant exchange is an intrinsic property of particles, so that even 'real' particles are nothing more than little knot of energy which briefly emerges and disappears back into the underlying field. According to quantum field theory, the individual entity is transient and insubstantial. Particles cannot be separated from the empty space around them. Einstein himself recognized that matter itself was 'extremely intense' - a disturbance, in a sense, of perfect randomness - and that the only fundamental reality was the underlying entity - the field itself.

The Zero Point Field is a repository of all fields and all ground energy states and all virtual particles – a field of fields. Every exchange of every virtual particle radiates energy. The zero-point energy any one particular transaction in an electromagnetic field in an electromagnetic field is unimaginably tiny.

In her book, CANCER FREE FOR LIFE , Dr Magne explores the way our brain works at the quantum level to facilitate healing. Current quantum research is starting to confirm what Dr Magne discovered, that healing is a quantum process. Lynn McTaggart is currently studying with Dr Magne the infinte possibilities of our mind/body/spirit connection to promote health. Dr Magne answers such questions as:

• What causes cancer?


• Can you heal yourself of cancer using the mind-body connection?


• Is there a quantum path to health?


• How Placebo medicine can heal you?


• What the secrets are to creating the life you want, disease free?


• Whether you can recreate yourself from the inside out using your mind powers?


• Is all healing a miracle?


• Do quantum physics have anything to do with healing?


• Are healers more effective than doctors?


• Was Jesus a quantum physicist?

Dr Magne ended the interview by saying: