Geopathology

Geopathology (also Geopathy) is a theory that links the Earth's inherent radiation with the health of humans, animals and plants.

The term is derived from Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) and πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) - ie pathology, widely used to describe infirmities.

The term is more widely used in the adjectival form ie 'geopathic' (sometimes 'geopathological') and often linked to 'stress', creating the terms 'geopathic stress'^[1]^[2] and 'geostress'.

Gustav Freiherr von Pohl has been described as the modern 'father' of geopathic stress.^[3] von Pohl conducted a study in the Bavarian town of Vilsbiburg in 1929 which purported to link focus points of 'earth-radiation' ger. Erdstrahlen with incidence of cancer.^[4]

Ley lines (a supposition introduced by Alfred Watkins in 1925) have also been suggested to create geopathic stress.^[5]

Geopathic stress (GS)

It is suggested that the Earth has a natural vibration, but features like underground watercourses, drainage pipes, underground tunnels and even simple geological faults distort this vibration.^[6] Such distorted vibrations are held to rise upwards through the Earth's surface and create an pernicious effect on the health and/or behaviour of all biological life.^[7] The distortions are amplified during night hours ^[8] and consequently the impact is greater if the focal point of the adverse radiation is a bedroom, also noting that the subject, during the time of sleep, will be continually located in the path of such radiation.^[9]

Published academic papers and research

Gerhard W. HACKER, Annabell EDER, Christoph AUGNER, Gernot PAUSER. "Geopathic Stress Zones and Their Influence on the Human Organism" (PDF). www.med-grenzfragen.at.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Hacker, Gerhard W.; Pawlak, Elisabeth; Pauser, Gernot; Tichy, Gottfried; Jell, Hermann; Posch, Gabriele; Kraibacher, Günther; Aigner, Alfred; Hutter, Jörg (2005). "Biomedical Evidence of Influence of Geopathic Zones on the Human Body: Scientifically Traceable Effects and Ways of Harmonization". Complementary Medicine Research. 12 (6): 315–327. doi:10.1159/000088624. PMID 16391480. S2CID 10301463.
Augner, Christoph; Hacker, Gerhard W.; Jekel, Ilse (June 2010). "Geopathic Stress Zones: Short-Term Effects on Work Performance and Well-Being?". The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 16 (6): 657–661. doi:10.1089/acm.2009.0499. PMID 20569033.
S. D. AGHAV, P. S. TAMBADE (2015). "Investigating effects of Geopathic Stress on Health Parameters in Young Healthy Volunteers" (PDF). International Journal of Chemical and Physical Sciences (2319–6602).