The Schumann resonances are small oscillations of the Earth’s magnetic field which resonate at extremely low frequencies. If you could magnify a compass needle so it was very large, you would notice it jiggles about and never appears to stay still. It still points in the general direction of magnetic North but moves from side to side very slightly. These perturbations are caused by the Schumann resonances affecting the Earth’s magnetic field and hence the compass needle.

The fundamental or lowest Schumann resonance peak occurs at 7.83Hz or 7.83 cycles per second. Other resonance peaks occur at 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8Hz. These resonance peaks were first predicted mathematically in 1952 by Winfried Otto Schumann and occur when lightning excites the resonant cavity of the Earth. Because the Earth is spherical, when lightning discharges, it excites the Earth’s magnetic field giving rise to the fundamental Schumann resonance peak at 7.83Hz. Higher resonance modes or peaks occur at roughly 6.5Hz intervals, also due to the spherical nature of the Earth.

Because the Schumann resonances are a global effect, there is nowhere you can go where they do not exist. And because we are electromagnetic beings, powered by the electromagnetic energy of cells, body tissues and the universe itself, we are in effect embedded in the Earth’s magnetic field and hence embedded in the Schumann resonances of the Earth’s magnetic field. Every part of us is permeated with this field but unlike sunlight, the Earth’s magnetic field penetrates every cell of our body and is not stopped by clothing or the walls of buildings. We have thus evolved over many billions of years, bathed in the Earth’s magnetic field and have learned to use the Schumann resonances to regulate activity in our brains and bodies. Cell division, growth and repair are linked to the Schumann resonances as is the alpha wave activity of our brain. The Schumann resonances have a protective effect over our body and keep us synchronized with the Earth. We cannot survive in peak health without the positive effects of the Schumann resonances.

Recent changes to the Earth’s magnetic field

Very recently, man has learned to use electromagnetic (EM) waves to communicate over long distances without using wires, be this radio frequencies, microwave or ultra-low frequency waves or any other part of the EM spectrum (up to but not including ionizing radiation). EM signals or waves are sent from one place to another and necessarily cause disturbances in the magnetic field of the Earth. Every cell phone call or radio station broadcast projects a disturbance into the Earth’s magnetic field. Electrical appliances powered by mains electricity also produce EM waves of many different types and frequencies contributing to the EM “smog” our planet is drowning in. These disturbances or distortions of the Earth’s magnetic field have become so great and so numerous that the weak Schumann resonances can no longer be sensed by our bodies. We are continuously swamped with man-made EM signals that 150 years ago had never been encountered before anywhere on Earth. The effect is a destabilization of the human body which gives rise to a stress response. It does not matter what kind of man-made EM waves we are exposed to, they all produce a stress response in varying degrees because they are alien to the physiology of our bodies. We did not evolve with them and hence do not know how to cope with them. The body thinks it is under attack and responds in the only way it knows how: by mounting a stress response to the unknown danger. This stress response is unavoidable and present 24 hours a day 365 days a year unless you move to very remote areas far away from civilization. Even then, you cannot completely escape the effect of man-made EM energy. It is omnipresent and can even be detected from space.