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where 99% of the work potential of the
energy is lost in the voltage drop, not to
mention the fact that there is no output
“work device” in the discharge path to take
advantage of the impulse. So, 100% of the
input energy is lost in terms of ordinary work
conversion. It does do something else though.
It produces a series of unidirectional
discharges that release a series of “Electro-
Radiant” events that are discharged through
the real output “work device.” This work
output is 100 times greater than the energy
lost to create it.
If, at this point, there is still skepticism
regarding the properties of Gray's circuit, the
following may help to put all of this in
perspective. Figure 35 shows a classic image
of the enigmatic Testatika Machine, designed
by Paul Baumann at the Methernitha
Community in Linden, Switzerland. Mr.
Baumann claims he learned how to build this
device by studying lightning. It has a
Wimshurst Machine as the high voltage,
electro-static front end, which charges two
capacitors or Leyden Jars. The high voltage
from those capacitors goes down into the
tops of the large cans, (the insides of which
Mr. Baumann has never let anyone see) then,
comes out the bottoms and meets in a spark
gap. There has been endless speculation
regarding the construction of these “big
cans,” ranging from Uraniumdoped capacitors
to strange arrangements of crystals and
magnets. But, I submit to you that these “big
cans” are Electro-Radiant Transceivers, and
that they are not altogether different from
Gray's Conversion Tube design.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Baumann
has placed one can on either side of the
spark-gap, the first, probably producing a
positive Electro-Radiant Event, and the
second, producing a negative Electro-Radiant
Event. You may recall that Vassilatos
reported that Tesla said, depending on the
location of the spark-gap,
he could either project a charge or deplete a
charge from a surface. So this is what a fully
balanced system might look like, where the
output pulses actually resolve the charge from
an Electro-Radiant positive surface to an
Electro-Radiant negative surface, instead of
just from one grid to ground, like in Gray's
system.
Figure 36 clearly shows that this little
Wimshurst Machine has no trouble at all
creating big lighting effects. The claim in this
image is 1,000 watts of light. The gain here
must be close to 1000 to 1, not to mention
the fact that the machine is turning itself.
All the evidence supports the conclusion
that Edwin Gray's “Cold Electricity” circuit
runs on Radiant Energy, and is a “close
cousin” of devices developed by Dr. Nikola
Tesla and Dr. Thomas Henry Moray. This
also places it within a larger group of
technologies that effectively tap the Ether for
usable work. It is the only explanation that
fits all of the evidence.
In order to understand these Etheric
technologies better, the researcher must study
only those teachings that contribute to these
vitalistic traditions. The model of the Ether
that I have found to be the most accurate and
useful, is that set of ideas put forward by Dr.
Rudolf Steiner. (The best source book to
study Steiner's Ether model is Etheric
Formative Forces in Cosmos, Earth and Man by
Dr. Guenther Wachsmuth.) In this model,
there are four primary octaves of the Ether.
These are the Light Ether, the Warmth Ether,
the Chemical Ether, and the integrated
synthesis of these first three, called the Life
Ether. Steiner describes electricity as “an
unnatural combination of Warmth Ether and
Light Ether.” The term “unnatural” used here
simply means, not found in nature. While
these terms are slightly different, you may be
able to see the parallels between this idea and
the conclusions that Tesla was arriving at.
The Light Ether is related to voltage,
capacitance