Material prepared by Tatyana Stupnikova (Kyiv)

Glowing phantoms

The Moscow publishing house “Znanie” published a small book “In the World of Wonderful Discharges.” Its authors, Krasnodar mechanic Semyon Davidovich Kirlian (now an honored inventor of the RSFSR) and his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian, described an original method of photographing objects in a high-frequency electric discharge, which they patented back in 1949.
At that time, few could imagine what significant consequences the appearance of this brochure would lead to; hardly anyone would have guessed that the “Kirlian effect” would become truly world famous. The article by senior researcher Viktor Adamenko “Rays of Life” talked about the history of the discovery of the Kirlian couple, about “electrographic” photography, which preceded “high-frequency”, about the work on the development of the latter, carried out both in our country and abroad - in Bulgaria, Romania , GDR, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Germany, England, USA... In the USSR alone, dozens of scientific and popular science articles have been published about “high-frequency” photography, several dissertations are devoted to it, its technical improvements are protected by 20 copyright certificates. Now the “Kirlian effect” is used in a variety of fields of science and technology: in geology, psychology, chemistry, and biology. Even “space” specialists from NASA became interested in him.
However, many scientists believe that the main area of ​​application of “high-frequency” photography is medicine. In January 1974, the journal “News of Clinical Psychiatry” published an article by Dr. David Sheinkin from the Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis (USA) about the use of the “Kirlian effect” for diagnosing a number of diseases (this possibility was first pointed out by Kirlian themselves). He discovered that in persons suffering from one or another disease, a strictly defined change in the structure of the luminous corona was observed. It is curious that in some cases this change was possible to detect even before the first symptoms of the disease appeared. And what has been said is quite enough to understand: the “Kirlian effect” is gradually turning from an exotic phenomenon into a convenient method for solving many practical problems. Of course, it is premature to say that “high-frequency” photography will no longer bring surprises. Strong confirmation of this is the very mysterious phenomena discovered as the “Kirlian effect” was applied. Some of them could not be explained. It is these mysterious facts (although there are only five - the volume of material simply does not allow us to give more examples) and the notes of engineer Larisa VILENSKAYA are devoted

An animated leaf

A freshly picked plant leaf is placed in the discharge device. The current turns on, and a bluish glow appears on the surface of the sheet (Fig. 1a). Then the leaf is injected several times with a needle. And it instantly reacts to mechanical stress - a reddish glow appears in places of damage (Fig. 1b). After some time, the leaf begins to wither, and its glow gradually fades (Fig. 1c). But then a person comes up and stretches out his hands at a distance of 15-20 cm from the sheet. The “healer” seems to infuse fresh strength into dying cells: after a few minutes, the glow of the leaf resumes (Fig. 1d). This is how the leaf reacts to bioenergetic influence...
This experiment was conducted in 1972 by University of California professor Thelma Moss. Having started studying the “Kirlian effect”, she decided first of all to apply it to study the remote interaction of living systems. In particular, she was very interested in the work experience of the Tbilisi healer Alexei Krivoe OTOVR (see the article by L. Kharkovsky “A “magician” comes to the laboratory” in “Technique of Youth” No. 3 for 1969). Moss managed to find people who claimed, like Krivorotov, that they could heal by “laying on of hands.” How can such a bold statement be verified? Let’s say the patient says that he feels better, but “better” or “worse” is a purely subjective assessment. As for traditional clinical research methods, although they are objective, they are quite complex and time-consuming. This is where high-frequency photography came to the rescue. It turned out that during a session of bioenergetic influence there is a clear change in the color and intensity of the glow of the skin of both the “healer” and the patient. These results were obtained in the laboratory of the Newark College of Engineering by Dr. D. Dean.
However, one ambiguity remains: after all, the patient knows that they are trying to help him in some way. Maybe “high-frequency” photographs simply reflect a change in a person’s state as a result of suggestion and self-hypnosis? It was then that an experiment was conceived on the influence of a person on a withering leaf of a plant. According to Moss, the experiment confirmed that the “healer” emits some kind of energy that affects living objects.
“Kirlian photography may be an indicator of human interaction in a wordless, invisible, perhaps electrical way,” Moss wrote in her article published in the collection Galaxies of Life. It was published in the USA under the editorship of psychologist Stanley Krippner. The collection contains materials from the first conference in the West on the “Kirlian effect”.
So, there is a reliably established fact for which there is no explanation yet. What is this “certain energy”, and does it really have a beneficial effect?

The riddle of the mumiyo

As has been repeatedly noted in the literature, the Kirlian method is an indispensable indicator of psychophysiological processes occurring in the human body. In this way, it is possible to record the slightest fluctuations in the state and even the mood of an individual. For example, as soon as a person gets a little worried or scared, the glow of his skin instantly changes its color and intensity, the shape and structure of the crown becomes completely different (see the article by V. Adamenko “Rays of Life” in “Technique of Youth” No. 7, 1973 ). A group of students from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute recently also confirmed that when a person is emotionally excited, a shift in the spectral characteristics of the glow is observed.
By the way, research in this direction promises big trouble for lovers of all kinds of stimulants. Thus, the magazine has already talked about how, using the “Kirlian effect,” it is possible to accurately determine whether a driver has been drinking or not. The halo of the finger changes dramatically immediately after “taking” even a glass of beer. And at the International Conference on Psychotronics, held in Prague last year, Professor Moss spoke about an equally interesting experiment. 65 volunteer subjects were divided into two groups: members of one took a small dose of marijuana, and the other took an indifferent substance. Then everyone had Kirlian photographs taken of the glow of the skin of their fingertips. And what? From the photographs it was possible to accurately determine which of the subjects had been exposed to the drug. Note that neither the experimenter who evaluated the photographs nor the subjects themselves knew which group they were assigned to - this could only be found out through protocols that were kept secret until the end of the experiment.

Senior researcher Viktor Adamenko conducted a similar experiment. The “doping” being studied was a mysterious substance - mumiyo. In Figure 2, on the left you see the glow of a person’s finger in a normal state, and on the right - after taking mumiyo. The difference is obvious. Will the Kirlian method help reveal the secret of the effects of an ancient medicinal drug? Scientists have been struggling with this problem for many years (see the article by A. Grechikhin “Tears of stone giants, mumiyo: legends and reality” in “Technology of Youth” No. 11, 1971). Or maybe, thanks to “high-frequency” photography, the key to unraveling the influence of other traditional medicine will be found? What components of them affect the human body, changing the glow? What exactly characterize variations in the color, shape and structure of the crown? These questions remain unanswered for now.

About the effectBaxter

Let us turn to another experiment related to the plant world. This image was taken in 1972 by English researchers D. Milner and E. Smart. On the left is a living, freshly picked leaf, on the right is a withering leaf that has lain for a day. The energy field of the first is, as it were, “transferred” to the second, the green “healer” seems to be trying to “revive” his fellow. This phenomenon, very strange and surprising, makes us recall again the “living detectors” that the magazine reported at one time (see the article by V. Adamenko “Living Detectors” in Tekhnika Molodezhi No. 8, 1970).
Several years ago, an American specialist, director of the Research Committee of the Academy of Forensic Sciences, Cleve Baxter, noticed that fluctuations in a person’s emotional state cause changes in the electrical potential of plant leaves. Later he showed that this kind of remote interaction is also inherent in other biological objects.
“Communication” of living cells over distances was also discovered in experiments by a group of Novosibirsk scientists led by Doctor of Biological Sciences Vlail Kaznacheev (see the magazine “Knowledge is Power” No. 3, 1973). The experience itself is simple. Tissue cultures are placed in two adjacent quartz flasks. Then one of the crops is infected with viruses or killed with poison, and then the most amazing thing begins: after the death of the first crop, the second comes, although the possibility of a virus entering it was excluded. Moreover, if the first culture dies, for example, from poisoning with sublimate, which blocks respiratory enzymes, then the second one dies precisely from “suffocation.” This phenomenon, called the “mirror cytopathic effect” by researchers, is officially recognized as a scientific discovery and is included in the register of discoveries under No. 122. Why does this happen? Kaznacheev believes: dying cells emit ultraviolet rays that have a fatal effect on healthy ones. The assumption is based, in particular, on the fact that when replacing quartz flasks with glass flasks, the indicated effect was not observed. However, in Baxter's experiments, humans and plants, as well as various colonies of bacteria, interacted with each other beyond the line of sight. It is possible that the described experiments are a consequence of more complex deep processes occurring in living nature. Unfortunately, we still know very little about the sensitivity of biological systems to external influences, about their ability to respond to various types of physical fields and radiation. All these questions are still waiting for their researchers.

Energy footprint

In the early 60s, reports appeared in our press about Rosa Kuleshova from Nizhny Tagil, who had the ability of “skin vision”. She could read text by letter blindfolded, determine by touch the colors of objects, the subjects of drawings and photographs. These reports aroused great interest from both scientists and the general public (see the selection of materials “From Sensational Hype to Serious Research” in TM No. 2, 1965). Later it turned out that Kuleshova’s abilities were by no means unique. A. Novomeysky in Sverdlovsk, N. Sudakov in Magnitogorsk, A. Shevelev in Odessa and other researchers found people who successfully demonstrated “skin vision.”
Some of them obtained good results not only “under normal conditions (when touching a recognized object), but also in cases where this object was in a black envelope or in a metal cassette.
Researchers have put forward numerous hypotheses trying to explain such a strange phenomenon, but none of them has received final experimental confirmation. And here the “Kirlian effect” comes to the rescue again. Let's photograph some object, for example an inscription, in a high-frequency discharge (Fig. 4a), then cover it with a sheet of black paper and take the picture again (Fig. 4b). In this photograph, taken by V. Adamenko in 1968, a slightly faded luminous inscription clearly appears, although it is hidden from our eyes. Who knows whether such an “electrical trace” of an object will lead to a solution to the problem of “skin vision”?

Ghost Leaf

Adamenko asked another riddle. In 1966, he accidentally discovered the following phenomenon: if the edge of a plant leaf is cut off by a few millimeters, the glow will cover the missing part, and the leaf in the Kirlian photograph will remain intact (Fig. 5a). Everything was so unusual that it naturally caused mistrust. Moss repeated this experiment and became convinced of the reality of the strange phenomenon (Fig. 5c). And the Brazilian researcher, director of the Institute of Psychobiophysics Hernani Andrade, slightly modified the experiment. He did not cut off, but killed part of the leaf and got the same result (Fig. 5b).

What are “luminous phantoms”? Don't they indicate: a living organism is penetrated by a certain energy “framework”, which disappears only after its complete death?

From Kirlian's diary:

“Observation is the cornerstone that forms the basis of everything new in science, including the production of electrical radiation from living and inanimate nature. Working as a physical mechanic in physiotherapy rooms in hospitals, I noticed that diathermic discharges between the patient’s body and the electrode seemed to begin to “live.” During the procedure, they change color and dynamics... It seemed that their behavior was controlled by the patient's body. Thoughts and ideas appeared...” “What happens if you put photographic film between the electrodes and the skin? But in the bluish glow of a full glass electrode, it will glow. Then it was decided to replace the glass with metal, however, the discharges became painful. Nothing! Science requires sacrifice. When isolated from the ground, the unpleasant tingling sensation softened. »
This is how the first unique photographs of inanimate and living nature objects were obtained using “high frequency currents.”

From Kirlian's diary:

For ten years, the Kirlian couple in their home laboratory created and improved a device that allows them to study the glow of objects in an electromagnetic field (a modified Tesla resonance transformer operating in a pulse mode was used as a source of high-voltage high-frequency voltage), took thousands of high-frequency photographs, studying the mechanisms and capabilities of the previously unknown phenomena.
One day, workers at one of the institutes brought the Kirlian couple two outwardly identical plant leaves. Having placed them in a high voltage field, the inventors, to the bewilderment of many, received different images in the picture. The employees admitted that one of the leaves was taken from a diseased plant. Later they came to the conclusion that the new research method recognizes diseases at an early stage of their development and not only in plants, but also in humans. Using the images, early diagnosis can be made, relapse of the disease can be detected, and the therapeutic effect of chemicals can be objectively assessed.

S.D., V.Kh. Kirlian, In the world of wonderful discharges:

“To carry out our plans, new knowledge was required. I had to study electronic optics, get acquainted with optical photography, and draw up diagram after diagram. Unfortunately, the first experiments did not produce a “scattering of stars,” but a skeleton of fingers. Crazy thoughts appeared: is it the “X-ray”? But the experiments continued. The path to the “placers” was thorny; it went through a jungle of schemes, burns, unforeseen results, and despair. This was not His Majesty's chance, but long and hard work. The work of penetrating into the unknown world, where precious formulas for human health and longevity are buried.”
In the process of research, scientists discovered another interesting fact: the discharge process depends not only on the painful, but also on the emotional state of the object.
Thus, the Kirlian couple opened a window into an unknown world. Their developments were protected by twenty-one copyright certificates. But few scientists managed to look into this world, since “Gostekhnika”, with the stroke of a pen, slammed this window tightly and placed the work of the Kirlian spouses in the category of top secret, closed topics.

Gr.A.Y. 09/29/1965:

“The question of human radiation is unusually important. The invention of the Kirlian couple is the greatest discovery of the century. That is why darkness rises up against it and prevents its use. It is precisely by this silencing of an invention that is clearly necessary and useful for the widest areas of life that one can judge its great significance. Not to mention technology or agriculture, in medicine it can be used with great benefit. Diagnosis of diseases at the very initial stages of diseases will be unmistakable, especially cancer. This discovery was given to people for the benefit of all humanity. It is criminal and absurd to keep silent about what is scientifically irrefutable. The undoubted will overturn all the opposition of darkness, and in this process the leading role belongs to science.”
Only 25 years after receiving the first results, the couple were able to publish a detailed story about the essence of their invention (visual or instrumental observation of the glow of a gas discharge that occurs near the surface of the object under study when the latter is placed in an electric field of high intensity) and the results of the research. The brochure “In the World of Wonderful Discharges” published by the publishing house “Znanie” became a real sensation.
After the publication of the brochure, a real pilgrimage to inventors began. Hundreds of people from many cities across the country visited Kirlian’s apartment. A “seismic wave” of articles about the discovery swept through the press. However, then, in the mid-60s, we were talking about the ceremonial side of the matter; the stunning discovery was intended to confirm the “success of construction.”

From Kirlian's diary:

“We are no less bogged down in work than you are in the quagmire in the summer... I think that nothing could have made us work the way we are working now, like the letters we receive. “You have raised an issue of enormous importance... All laboratories in the world are involved in this work... And you will increase the glory of Our Country with your undertaking.” And now we have “taken the breath away”, and we, of course, will work and work, conduct a series of experiments in order to penetrate deeper into this unknown world for the benefit of the Country and people. The unknown is just one step ahead.
...For 17 years, official correspondence has been ongoing between ministries, committees, and research institutes about the opening of a special laboratory to develop our research methodology for obtaining images using high-frequency currents. And to this day, since 1949, the question of this laboratory hangs in the air, no one undertakes to head it, while in France (what we accidentally learned) a method has already been developed and is practically used in biology... I wonder if there will be There’s no point in this writing, it’s already sitting in our livers...”
Although many of Kirlian's inventions were widely used in practice, including in industry, there were no rewards and Kirlian lived poorly. The family budget, consisting of two modest pensions, was barely enough for them, but they managed to receive and treat those who came to them from afar, interested in the discovery.

From the diary of V.H. Kirlian

“So, it’s done! The hope for a republican pension has failed! Refusal!... This means there is need again! Again, no trousers, no suit, no shirts. But everything is tattered. A velvet jacket with fringed sleeves, the sleeves have already been shorted from repairs. The only gray trousers from stains and time can, and then, oh, with what shame, be worn under a coat. And the coat has been turned over, burnt from the sun, wind and rain, without a specific color. It would all be nonsense, since Sena is already in her eighth decade of life, but we must have decency in front of honorable people who travel and come to us for consultations on the method of obtaining images using high-frequency currents. And I?! I can’t put on one, not one dress, so as not to blush - everything is old, old! Make new ones or buy, there is not a penny to spare... A disaster! There is no light. But there is no way to stop experimenting. There is little life left, oh, so little! But you won’t run out of ideas. We must hurry to turn them into applications. It will be too late, we will take it to the grave. Although, it’s true, not everyone is interested in this. We were thrown overboard like ballast; there is no organization in the state to replace us, to take over our mission of polarization and implementation, to improve methods and develop equipment. So, it's all over! Hopes dashed! Now until death we will not get out of the material difficulties in further creative work. Hopeless! Hopelessly!"
There were no funds for patenting the “Kirlian effect” abroad, and after some time the discovery began to be widely used in other countries just like that. The country lost priority and currency, but the explorers gained fame. Foreign scientists, having tested the method and made sure that this is a fundamentally new key to the secrets of nature, called the flickering radiation of living and inanimate objects the KIRLIAN EFFECT, forever inscribing the name of the researchers in the history of science.

Gr.A.Y., November 6, 1960

“It is difficult to foresee exactly where and how it (the Kirlian effect) can be applied in life, but the ways of application are already outlined immediately. For example, in the field of agriculture, when selecting seeds and determining their germination capacity, dead seeds can be quickly and accurately separated from living ones, because dead ones will not emit radiation. It will also be possible to determine the degree of plant viability or the degree of their disease. It will be possible to establish the suitability of eggs for incubators. In the field of medicine, this device will literally work wonders. In case of partial paralysis of fingers, arms or legs or atrophy of any organs of the body, the device will be able to indicate which nerve centers that control the functions of a given organ or muscle movement are affected, and the cells of these nerve nodes are dead. It will be possible to accurately trace the degree of tissue disease from the periphery and in depth. You can determine the electrical voltage of working fingers and fingers at rest. Particularly interesting may be pictures of the hard working brain and its various parts. What unheard-of possibilities are given to science by this invention!”
The German scientist and doctor P. Mandel considers Kirlian images as photographs of the energy flow that determines human life. He suggested that the characteristics of the gas-discharge glow of the fingers and toes are related to the state of the acupuncture points located on them, which are the starting or ending points of all energy channels. Using Kirlianography, he analyzed images of the glow of the fingers and toes of hundreds of thousands of patients and developed tables that make it possible to determine the condition of a particular organ based on the characteristics of the “glow” of individual zones of the fingers and toes. In the development of the disease, he distinguishes three main stages that appear on the images. “During the information stage, symptoms appear rarely, mainly as occasional vegetative signs. In the second stage of development, symptoms appear that do not yet have a clear clinical correspondence. In the third, symptomatic stage, topographic projections correspond to the symptoms. This third stage is characterized by many phenomena... Clinical test data may differ from Kirlian diagnostics, because they may reflect different facets of deep processes in the body.

The first physicist in our country to defend his dissertation using the Kirlian method is Viktor Adamenko. He believed that the main carrier of information about the biological and psychophysiological state of living organisms are electrons and considered Kirlian photographs to be intravital electronic images obtained, unlike an electron microscope, not in a vacuum, but at atmospheric pressure or in a low-pressure gas. He managed to obtain Kirlian images not only on photographic film, but also on a luminescent screen, on electrostatic paper, even on thermographic plates.
Also one of the followers of the Kirlian couple, their student was Stanislav Filippovich Romaniy (Dnepropetrovsk). He developed and put into practice a whole range of devices (based on the Kirlian effect) for non-destructive testing of materials and structures that cannot be controlled by traditional methods. These techniques have been successfully used by rocket industry enterprises.
He also created a gas-discharge imaging device (AGRD), which made it possible to obtain important information about the vital functions of the body, carry out early express diagnostics and determine the effectiveness of the therapy. The novelty of this development is confirmed by copyright certificates.
In Russia, Konstantin Georgievich Korotkov became one of the leading experts in Kirlianography. He created a set of equipment for studying biological objects using the gas-discharge visualization method with direct input of gas-discharge images into a computer. This system allows you to observe the development of Kirlian images in real time, in an ordinary, not darkened room, record them, convert them, print them and store them in computer memory. And the developed software makes it possible to construct a human field, observe its changes, and also quantify image parameters for a clearer assessment of the dynamics of processes occurring in the body.
During the examination, a very important aspect is the psycho-emotional state of the operator. The Kirlians have repeatedly pointed this out.

From Kirlian's diary:

“Many institutes would like us to take photographs according to their assignments. The delegation has arrived. They need to see the effect of the electrical state of roots of different ages. We agreed to show it to them “visually”. Senya went to the laboratory to prepare the equipment... Senya’s setup lasted longer than the allotted time. We sat in another room in anticipation of a vision of the “extraordinary.” As time went. I got worried and went to the Seine. “Nothing, nothing, I’ll show you now,” he confidently convinced himself, but all his actions indicated that he wouldn’t show anything. The device sounded loudly and sharply, the sound of the discharge indicated that the voltage was outside the norm. The guests also entered the room. Here everything just went to pieces, everything was upset... Senya began to show, so that they could see what he had difficulty setting up, but it was far from what was needed. He asked for water and was feeling sick. When he sat down, I realized that it was not the apparatus that had been knocked out, but the inventor himself. He felt ill... When he began to come to his senses a little, I went to the laboratory, set up the device, put two objects (a young and an old root), turned it on and quietly demonstrated the effect to the guests. I didn’t care what impression our guests had from the demonstration, all I wanted was for them to leave as soon as possible and give the Seine a rest. What they will think and what they will do is still unknown to us, but whatever they do, it does not concern us. One case does not decide the “battle” “...We must learn to be calm, without this the experiments will not work”
Semyon Davidovich and Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian opened the gates to a new level of Knowledge, which helps, as the ancient sages advised, to know oneself.

Gr.A.Y., November 6, 1960:

“... Great is the merit of our inventors, the Kirlian spouses, to science and humanity, for their discovery is great and it is still impossible to take into account the full depth of its significance. ...The works of the Kirlian spouses will find due appreciation and recognition. After all, the center of all achievements and all progress is still man, and understanding the entire complexity of the apparatus of the human body and all its functions can only move science forward.”

When creating this article, materials were used from the site http://lib.infopole.ru/http://www.madra.dp.ua/

Kirlian photography or the glow of living and nonliving bodies in a gas discharge

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The article is devoted to Kirlian photography. Particular attention is paid to its connection with such topics as “aura photography”, “auro-camera”, “biofield”, “phantom effect”, etc. In addition, information is also provided about the history of Kirlian photography and the principles of its production. Particular attention is paid to personal experience and photographs obtained by the author of this work. The appendix provides a physical description of the phenomenon and correct terminology for people who understand this. All photographs were obtained personally by the author and when copying, a link to the site is required. The article will be of interest directly to esotericists, as well as people who understand physics and chemistry (in the appendix).

I. Kirlian photography - a brief history of development

The glow of living and nonliving bodies in a gas discharge and the transfer of this image to film or other material is called gas discharge photography. Let us consider very briefly the history of the emergence and development of gas-discharge photography or the Kirlian effect.

The first experiments to observe the glow created by electrical discharges distributed on the surface of a dielectric were carried out by Professor Lichtenberg from Göttingen in 1777. While demonstrating experiments in physics at the university, he demonstrated pictures of charge distribution (Figure 1). Lichtenberg paintings are produced by a sliding spark discharge when high temperature and pressure are present. It is under such conditions that the surface of the dielectric is distorted and patterns appear on it.

Rice. 1. Paintings by Lichtenberg and Georg Lichtenberg.

Almost a hundred years later, already in the 19th century, the Russian scientist Ya. O. Narkevich-Iodko conducted experiments on recording the glow of living objects in a gas discharge. It was he who came up with the idea that depending on a person’s well-being, the resulting glow will be different. In addition, he was the first to suggest that using gas discharge photography one can draw conclusions about a person’s well-being and perhaps even make diagnoses. However, given the “quantum boom” in physics at the beginning of the 20th century, Narkevich-Yodko’s work was forgotten for years. It was only in the 30s that the Kirlian couple raised this issue. They improved the device, spending several years on it. We conducted a series of experiments and confirmed many of Narkevich-Yodko’s conclusions. In general, it could be said that the glow of living objects depends not only on the physical, but also on the mental or emotional state. Therefore, in general, the glow, or as it is popular to say now, the Kirlian effect, depends on the psychophysical state of the person as a whole. Unfortunately, the discovery and work of the Kirlian couple were not particularly well known or even classified during Soviet rule. Only more than 20 years later (somewhere in the 50s) their works began to become famous even abroad. In this regard, it is necessary to note the German scientist P. Mandel, who is very popular in the West in relevant circles. It is claimed that he made thousands of measurements using gas-discharge photography (Kirlian effect). Having a large sample, he was able to identify stable patterns between certain ailments in the psychophysical sphere of a person and the quality of body luminescence. Currently, his group and in parallel many other researchers abroad and in Russia are conducting further research in the field of gas-discharge photography. Numerous diagnostic devices have been created.

Let us consider the main theses of the results of modern research.

Rice. 2. Ya. O. Narkevich-Iodko.

Rice. 3. The Kirlian couple.

Rice. 4. P. Mandel.

II. Kirlian photography - modern results and applications

In a practical sense, the Kirlian effect is now used to study the surfaces of bodies in order to determine defects, since these defects can be determined by the shape of the glow. In general, the use of the Kirlian effect in industry or science is very rare, as well as any breakdown of air at normal atmospheric pressure and a small interelectrode distance. The Kirlian effect is more popular in alternative medicine and esotericism.

III. Equipment needed for the Kirlian effect

The first thing you need to have to create the Kirlian effect is a high voltage source with a high frequency. I purchased a transformer that converts home network voltage (220V, 50 Hz) into high voltage with a frequency of 600 to 2000 Hz and a voltage of 10-25 kV. It is clear that the strictest safety precautions are required when working with such a device. To be able to record a gas-discharge glow on a digital camera, a transparent electrode or photographic material is needed to record the glow on a material medium. Inanimate objects must be grounded, otherwise the glow will not be of high quality. This also applies to plant leaves. In the case of a living object, grounding is unnecessary, since the electrode is the living object itself, and grounding will lead to the passage of current through the person, which is unacceptable. It is also obvious that there must be a dielectric between the living object and the electrode (transparent for recording with a digital camera). For better safety, it is better to control the discharge using a safe pedal to control the process by pressing your feet. In this case, your hands will be free. It is best to use Polaroid photo paper and developing material as photographic material. In general, the entire assembly is shown in Figure 5. I purchased this device through an American company based in New York.

Rice. 5. A device for creating the Kirlian effect (that’s what I bought).

IV. Myths and legends about the aura, phantom objects, etc.

A. Diagnosis of psychophysical condition

Rice. 6. A halo around the fingers or a crown of streamers. It is by the form of this radiation that diagnostics is carried out.

When you capture the glow around your fingers on photographic material, it looks like a beautiful oval halo. On the photographic material a well-defined crown is formed around the fingers. In this case, fingers, as a rule, are not illuminated. It has been reliably established that the shape of a crown or halo is not constant and directly depends on the psychophysical state of a person. The physical explanation is based on the fact that the variability of the glow, of course, depends on the type and amount of substances that cover the skin of our fingers and palms. This is, firstly, water, sweat and other secretions. We all know that certain diseases cause dry palms or, conversely, sweating and an unpleasant odor. Secondly, it has been scientifically proven that emotions lead c I am involved in the actions of certain substances (hormones, etc.) that affect the physiological state of the body at certain moments. Therefore, the different composition of the sebaceous and sweat glands of our fingers affects the shape and quality of the glow. Thus, the different colors of the glow are due to the different composition of the substances of the fingertips, the diversity of which depends on the psychophysical state of the individual. However, is it possible to diagnose a psychophysical state from this glow? Obviously, for this it is necessary that gas-discharge photography give a stable, well-reproducible result. For example, people with depression should have a characteristic glow. Is this really true? Official science does not say anything specific about this, but in general, for the most part, denies this fact. This is due to the fact that many parameters affect the whole picture or the shape and color of the glow, including the environment. And these parameters are difficult to determine or determine (different composition of sweat and sebaceous glands) and from here, it seems to follow that the results should not be well reproducible. However, in practice, the majority of testers believe that it is indeed possible to determine a person’s condition by the shape of the glow and, in some cases, even make diagnoses. At the same time, the discussion is still going on. We will return to this issue later when we discuss my experience.

B. Photographing the Aura

Rice. 7. An example of an “aura” photograph and its interpretation.

Esoteric stores often offer a service - photographing the aura. You sit down in a chair and touch a panel with your fingers. You are then photographed and the photo is printed or shown on a computer screen. You see that in addition to you in the photo, there is a halo around your face or around your body. Sellers of this service claim that, firstly, the halo around you is your aura, and secondly, its color determines your psychophysical state. Of course, smart people immediately understand that they are photographing you for a reason, but in order to get your image, and touching a special panel is necessary in order to get some information about you. And of course, what appears in the photograph is not an aura, but simply processed by a computer program. In fact, we are dealing again with the Kirlian effect, since with the help of the panel a halo (which we simply do not see) is fixed around your fingers and, by analyzing its quality, an “aura” is created around you in the photograph. The authors of the device claim that if you feel unwell against the background of your body, the computer program will depict an aura of a certain color (red) and vice versa (purple or white) in case of good health. To build the “aura” of the device, a certain database is used, which is well encrypted and constitutes the main value of such devices. Does the aura chamber principle really allow you to analyze your well-being? Many users, including me (from 2007 to the present) have really noticed a pattern between the quality of the image and their well-being, although not always! In my case, after a mild illness, I had a weak and red “aura” in the photograph, and during a week of creative mood and good health, the program painted me a bright purple “aura”. Although the device does not record any aura, and of course does not take photographs, but as a result of the “scan” of your palms and fingers, important information about your well-being is actually achieved. Although there are people who claim that they do not have such a pattern.

C. Phantoms and larvae

Rice. 8. An example of “larvae” or additional formations next to the eagle from the finger.

V. My personal experience and research

Rice. 9. The apparatus that I equipped for experiments.

I purchased a Kirilan device from an American company I magesco, which is based in America. The figure shows its appearance. Throughout 2017, I conducted experiments whenever I found time for it. Of course, I started with inanimate objects - keys, coins, metal jewelry. Then he moved on to plant leaves and his fingers. All this was recorded on a digital camera. I’ll note right away that the fixation was quite problematic. Firstly, it was necessary to use manual focus, a long shutter speed and shoot in almost complete darkness. Secondly, constantly ventilate the room, since during fixation harmful radical substances and ions are released. Thirdly, shooting must be done with glasses to protect yourself from ultraviolet radiation, which is also released during the glow. I did not conduct experiments with photographic films, since they are currently difficult to obtain and are quite expensive. Below I suggest you familiarize yourself with my research diary for 2017. Currently it is not complete yet, since my practice is still ongoing. As new results are obtained, it will be filled.

V.A. Research Diary 2017

January 2017

The Kirlian device was purchased via the Internet site using online payment. The device arrived in Sweden in March, and I was able to begin the first experiments.

March 2017

The first experiments were carried out. I took the first photographs in my room, and they were not very clear. I used a digital camera with manual focus and the ability to take photos in the dark. As a rule, I first focused on the subject in low light, and only then photographed in a nearly dark room.

Rice. 10. Photo with poor sharpness.

After the first photos, the issue with sharpness and contrast was resolved with the help of a better tripod. Coins, keys, and various pieces of jewelry were photographed. I even tried recording a video and taking pictures of my fingers. However, there was a problem with the fingers; there was still not enough sharpness.

Rice. 11. Photos with good visualization of images.

After this, the experiments were completed, and I began to wait for the first leaves on the trees, since there were no leaves in Sweden in March.

July 2017

Rice. 12. Photos with good visualization of images in July 2017.

During the spring, I was thinking about how to improve the images for checking finger diagnostics. One option was to use film Polaroid . However, it was extremely difficult to obtain it at a reasonable price and use it effectively on a large scale. The price of just 10 films varied from 3,000 rubles and above. In this regard, I remembered that, in principle, it is possible to obtain images using copier technology. And in this case, the source of voltage can even be an electric lighter, which is used in the kitchen. I first learned about this from Vadim Bondarev from Krasnodar. In 2010, he came to Tomsk for a conference on anomalous phenomena. It was there that I took the first photograph with his device. As a high voltage source, he used a transformer taken from an old Soviet TV. He placed square leaves cut from juice and milk cartons on the contact under the dielectric. After turning on the high voltage for a short time in monopulse mode, he dropped these cardboards into a can of toner and shook it. Eventually, an image of the discharge would appear. In this artisanal way he obtained good images. However, after working with such a device, all hands were covered in toner. And I was also confused by the monopulse mode. Nevertheless, the multi-pulse mode (when several pulses are sent and an average picture is obtained) is statistically more reliable. In June 2017, I purchased an improved version of this device, which is shown in the picture. It has already used reusable cardboards, a convenient tube of toner and a mobile portable device with batteries. It was this device that I began to use to confirm the diagnosis using the Kirlian method.

Drawing. 13. A-SCAN device.

1. Diagnosis of psychophysical condition

In the photographs below, the following scheme will be used to designate fingers:

1 - thumb, 2 - index finger, 3 - middle finger, 4 - ring finger, 5 - little finger. The letter L represents the left palm and the R represents the right palm. White color indicates the normal state, and black color indicates that the image was obtained after an intervention (qigong, brain machine, etc.).

Rice. 14. A photo of the glow of the index finger of the left hand, obtained by copier technology.

The pictures show streamers or impressions of the glow at various voltage frequencies of my left index finger. The drawings show that the images are quite clear and detailed...

Rice. 15. Shot of the glow of the index finger of the left hand before cleaning the canals (simple Qigong exercise) and after using it.

The next step was to capture images of all my fingers before and after the qigong exercises. My many years of practice show that Zhong Yuan Qigong exercises are the best way to change your psychophysical state, which is why I chose this method. The results are shown in the figures. The density of streamers only changed on the left palm, but on the right there were no significant changes.

Rice. 16. Picture of streamers before and after the Big Tree Qigong exercise for both palms.

In addition to the Qigong exercises, I took measurements before and after using the brain machine meditation. As can be seen from the figure, the density of the streamers and their shape have not changed. To be honest, using the brain machine this time did not greatly change my feelings and mental state in general.

Rice. 17. Picture of streamers before and after using the brain machine.

Let's take the latest photographs as a basis to discuss the diagnostic technique that is used to characterize the psychophysical state. The methodology is based on the following statements:

1. In healthy people, the density of streamers and their distribution are uniform and homogeneous. Streamers tend to be long. The internal part is also uniform and without strong distortions.

2. If streamers are absent in a wide area or their obvious distortion is observed, then the person being diagnosed has a problem, a pathology.

It is these two statements that are included in all diagnostic databases. Judging by my photos, everything is fine in my case. In addition to the two principles under consideration, the methods use an analogy with energy channels. The absence or anomaly of streamer density and their shape on a particular finger is associated with energy channels that pass through (exit) this finger. Unfortunately or fortunately, there are no obvious anomalies on my palms, and we cannot apply this rule.

I also considered the issue of repeatability. If I don’t have any problems, then the streamers should be well expressed when trying to register them again. I took measurements five times and got a basically similar picture - without anomalies.

Rice. 18. 5 measurements of the same finger in a row.

Conclusion: experimenting on myself, I did not find any obvious reasons to make sure that the Kirlian diagnostic method clearly works. However, I know very well that I have no serious health problems, and the registration of streamers confirmed this. Analysis of streamers before and after Qigong exercises showed that the density of streamers changed significantly on the left palm. But it’s too early to say anything concrete.

2. Other people (sick and healthy)

The section is still being filled. Below is another result for a healthy person, without serious complaints. Here again we have generally images of streamers without major changes.

Rice. 19. Streamers of a person in good health.

3. Larvae and energy clots

Currently, I have not yet carried out diagnostics with the device.. people who have problems with the body of an “energy nature”. In other words, when they go to doctors, the causes of their ailments are not discovered, and psychics talk about damage or the evil eye. This section will be completed as soon as the first photographs of the glow of the fingers of such people are received. Therefore, this phenomenon has not yet been confirmed or refuted by me.

Rice. 20. Lyarva on the ring finger (possible option).

3. Phantom effect

Of course I also tried to capture the phantom effect. To do this, several fresh leaves were plucked from the tree. I captured images of fresh whole sheets and their halves using a digital camera. Alas, as my photographs show, I was unable to capture it. It is extremely difficult to believe in this phenomenon, and does it really exist? The glow occurs only around living objects, and if the other half is missing, only the other half of the sheet glows.

1) whole sheet

2) half sheet

3) second whole sheet

4) half of the second sheet

Rice. 21. The glow of a whole sheet and its halves after dividing this sheet into two parts.

August...end of 2017 (in the process of writing)

IV. Other devices

In the West, devices for producing luminescence using the Kirlian method have been brought almost to perfection. The figure shows the most interesting two models. Perhaps over time they will be acquired if further research confirms these phenomena.

Rice. 22. Other interesting devices.

Conclusion

Currently, I cannot make a final conclusion, since I have not checked everything. In general, it can be noted that the Kirlian method does not photograph any aura, and the glow is due to natural processes, such as the glow of molecular nitrogen and hydroxyl (OH). The shape, color and intensity of the glow are influenced by the content of sweat, sebaceous glands and other surrounding organic matter. I have not recorded the phantom effect and its existence seems extremely skeptical to me. More interesting was the recording of larvae and other circles with streamers next to the fingers. Fixing such substances would mean that there could actually be “pseudo-material” clots near the energy channels, which could manifest themselves on the material level and influence the psychophysical state of the body. However, I have not yet fully verified this effect. Something similar to these substances was observed in one case. Experiments will still be carried out. As for the correlation between the shape and intensity of the glow (the length of the streamers) and the psychophysical state of a person, work is still underway here...

Application. Physical section on the Kirlian effect

A. Gas discharge photography - types and definitions

Under gas discharge photography usually understand the process of obtaining an image of the object under study in a low-current gas discharge. The implementation of the method involves transferring an image of the object under study onto photographic paper or other recording material. To do this, the recording material is placed between two electrodes, and the object under study serves as one of them. In a discharge, in addition to the outline or shape of an object, some of its characteristics can be determined: the heterogeneity of the surface layer of materials, the state of the surface, etc. Since the discharge is low-current (the current strength is harmless to life less than 1 mA), using gas-discharge photography they examine objects as if they were alive, and inanimate nature.

The study of objects by their glow in a gas discharge includes not only the effect Kirlian. In general, it is characterized by three main areas of research into gas-discharge photography:

A) avalanche, based on discharges at small interelectrode distances (less than 1 mm) and atmospheric pressure;

b) superficial, which is based on obtaining and deciphering figures Lichtenberg, formed when a discharge slides along the surface of a dielectric (they were discussed at the very beginning);

V) vacuum- when the image of the object under study under reduced gas pressure is transferred to a special luminescent screen.

D) lights of St. Elmo - when the glow is caused mainly by the fragmentation of water droplets and the emission of electrons from their surfaces in strong electric fields.

B. Physics of the Kirlian effect

To understand the physics of gas discharge photography, it is necessary to consider the basic physical processes that occur during an electrical discharge between the electrodes. The main part of this process, of course, is the breakdown of air or ionization of air between the electrodes. Electrical breakdown is nothing more than the transformation of air between the electrodes into a conductive substance, since a strong electric field arises between the electrodes. Electrical breakdown leads to air ionization and the formation of an electron avalanche. In other words, the electrons that are knocked out knock out other electrons, and so on. To some extent, we can say that a weakly ionized plasma is formed between the electrodes, although it is more reasonable to talk about an electrical discharge, which changes the composition of the air between the electrodes due to the formation of an electron avalanche. The lifetime of an electron avalanche is about 10E-7 or 10E-8 seconds, since during the development of an avalanche a negative charge accumulates on the dielectric surface. The latter screens the electric field and reduces its power characteristics, and thus further development of the discharge process is impossible. Thanks to the electron avalanche, an image of the object is formed. Each point of the image is formed by illumination of the photographic material and is formed due to the action of a local electron avalanche at high voltage. A local electron avalanche is formed due to the presence of background charged particles and electrons emitted from the surface of the object.

It is important to note that electrical breakdown of air occurs at a certain potential difference between the electrodes. This value depends on the type of gas, cathode material, pressure and length between electrodes. In general, it can be noted that as the pressure drops, the potential difference of the breakdown value decreases.

B. Photochemistry of the Kirlian effect

During an electrical discharge and electron avalanche, hundreds of photochemical reactions occur intensively. In this case, excited nitrogen and water molecules make the main contribution to the formation of luminescence. When captured with a digital camera at a distance, the glow has a purely violet-blue color. Typically, photography is carried out in dry air and the glow is due to spectroscopy and photochemistry of nitrogen molecules, which give this color (they make up most of the air along with oxygen molecules). If, however, the image is recorded by photographic material, then it can have a beautiful red-green color, since the electron avalanche also causes specific photochemical processes in the material itself.

When a glow forms around a living object, the physics and chemistry of ionization becomes much more complicated, since these processes are strongly influenced by organic products and released moisture. If your palms or fingers touch the dielectric surface (one of the electrodes is the living object itself), in the area of ​​contact, we can assume that the relative air humidity reaches 100%. Humidity is caused by the secretion of sweat and sebaceous glands, as well as by the very cleanliness of the surfaces of the palms or fingers. The situation is similar with the leaves of plants that have just been cut. In this case, the radiation is formed by hydroxyl OH. In other words, in this case, intense dissociation of water molecules occurs with the formation of OH. As a rule, electrons stick to water molecules and then, after excitation of the vibrational levels of the water molecule, it disintegrates. In general, in the system, under the condition of moist air, atomic anions of oxygen and hydrogen atoms, and anions of molecular oxygen are formed. The resulting anions of oxygen and hydrogen atoms also die due to electron impact and the formation of stable anions of hydroxyl and molecular hydrogen. Thus, during recording of gas-discharge photography of living bodies, active and harmful substances are formed, so the room should well ventilated, and the shooting should be carried out in protective glasses from ultraviolet radiation, which is formed when these molecules are excited.

D. Fixation of discharge from fingers

As has already been shown, when the fingers touch the dielectric surface, the glow is detected only around the fingers, but not together with the touch. This is due to the fact that the contact resistance of the skin is greater than the resistance of the air gap - the electrode - the outer surface of the fingers. Therefore, the breakdown voltage directly through the skin is higher compared to breakdown in air. And taking into account the fact that the surface of the fingers pressed to the electrode has an almost oval shape, then as the distance from the electrode to the surface of the fingers increases, there is a minimum value of the breakdown voltage, which is recorded on the photographic material in the form of a halo around the fingers. Thus, the halo around the palms is of a purely physical nature and there is nothing mystical in it.

Kirlian effect

Even in the century before last, a similar effect was present in the experiments of Tesla, Rengen and D'Arsonval, so the Kirlians did not discover anything new, they simply found another application for their discoveries.

Currently, this effect is so well studied that a GR student did an excellent job with the historical review and its coverage. MID-195 Predein A.E. in his thesis "Research and use of the Kirlian effect." It’s so beautiful that I’m quoting its text.

In 1777, Professor Lichtenberg, while studying electrical discharges on the powder-coated surface of an insulator, observed a characteristic glow. Almost a century later, this glow was recorded on a photographic plate and was called “Lichtenberg figures.” In Russia in the middle of the last century, the then famous scientist Narkevich-Iodko, believing a peasant who saw multi-colored lights around people with his eyes unarmed with any instrument, invented a very simple electrical device that made it possible to capture this glow on a photographic plate.
A leaf that had just been plucked from a branch glowed, slowly losing its glow as it faded. The hand of the local clergyman shone with a pleasant, even light after the prayer service, but for some reason the circle of light broke and faded after quiet troubles at home. The path from the young man’s hand to the hand of the object of his secret sighs was paved with bright sparks. The glow of a suddenly ill person changed completely: dark dots and spots appeared, the once flat field narrowed and turned into torn pieces.
These photographs were published in scientific journals, Russian and foreign, and many questions arose. The scientist himself adhered to strictly scientific views on the nature of the emerging patterns: “The human body constantly produces electricity in the nervous tissues and is a kind of electric battery, constantly exchanging charges with the surrounding space.” 1882 became for the scientist the year of recognition of his discovery.
Narkevich-Iodko called his method of photography electrography.
They wrote about Yakov Ottonovich as a scientist who was ahead of his time. He also managed to find a very specific application for his discovery.
Conducting numerous experiments, he noticed a difference in the electrographic pattern of identical parts of the body of sick and healthy, tired and excited, sleeping and awake people. Predicted the possibility of using the method to determine psychological compatibility.
Since 1890, Yakov Ottonovich worked at the Institute of Experimental Medicine together with the famous Pavlov.
Honorary members of this institute were Louis Pasteur and Vikhrov. The range of problems studied was very wide. Simultaneously with the work of Narkevich-Iodko, amateur photographer Moniuszko reported the possibility of photographing radiation using a spark. Nikola Tesla's demonstration experiments in 1891-1900 clearly demonstrated the possibility of gas-discharge visualization of living organisms. Tesla obtained photographs of discharges using ordinary photography. The camera photographed objects and bodies in high-frequency currents. But the complexity of the equipment used at that time for obtaining electrographic images prevented the widespread dissemination of the method. Electrographic photographs were taken by Bitner and Pogorelsky, the Czech physicist Navratil, the American Nifer, and the German Tsapek, who were familiar with the works of their predecessors. Everyone was talking about detecting types of radiation unknown to science. Since 1905, under the pressure of new ideas in physics and revolutionary situations in society, these works were forgotten for a long time. And only in the thirties, Russian inventors - the Kirlian spouses - approached this research anew.
For ten years, the Kirlian couple in their home laboratory created and improved a device that allows them to study the glow of objects in an electromagnetic field (a modified Tesla resonance transformer operating in a pulse mode was used as a source of high-voltage high-frequency voltage), took thousands of high-frequency photographs, studying the mechanisms and capabilities of the previously unknown phenomena. The quality of the images was much higher than that of Narkevich-Yodko and everyone who repeated his work. A new research method recognizes diseases at an early stage of their development, not only in plants, but also in humans. Using the images, early diagnosis can be made, relapse of the disease can be detected, and the therapeutic effect of chemicals can be objectively assessed. In the process of research, scientists discovered another interesting fact: the discharge process depends not only on the painful, but also on the emotional state of the object. Thus, the Kirlian couple opened a window into an unknown world. Their developments were protected by twenty-one copyright certificates. But few scientists managed to look into this world, since “Gostekhnika”, with the stroke of a pen, slammed this window tightly and placed the work of the Kirlian spouses in the category of top secret, closed topics.
Only 25 years after receiving the first results, the couple were able to publish a detailed story about the essence of their invention (visual or instrumental observation of the glow of a gas discharge, an object when placed in an electric field of high intensity) and the results of the research. The brochure “In the World of Wonderful Discharges” published by the publishing house “Znanie” became a real sensation. There were no funds for patenting the “Kirlian effect” abroad, and after some time the discovery began to be widely used in other countries just like that. The country lost priority and currency, but the explorers gained fame.
Foreign scientists, having tested the method and made sure that this is a fundamentally new key to the secrets of nature, called the flickering radiation of living and inanimate objects the KIRLIAN EFFECT, forever inscribing the name of the researchers in the history of science. The German scientist and doctor P. Mandel considers Kirlian images as photographs of the energy flow that determines human life. He suggested that the characteristics of the gas-discharge glow of the fingers and toes are related to the state of the acupuncture points located on them, which are the starting or ending points of all energy channels.
Using Kirlianography, he analyzed images of the glow of the fingers and toes of hundreds of thousands of patients and developed tables that make it possible to determine the condition of a particular organ based on the characteristics of the “glow” of individual zones of the fingers and toes. In the development of the disease, he distinguishes three main stages that appear on the images. “During the information stage, symptoms appear rarely, mainly as occasional vegetative signs.
In the second stage of development, symptoms appear that do not yet have a clear clinical correspondence. In the third, symptomatic stage, topographic projections correspond to the symptoms. This third stage is characterized by many phenomena.
Data from clinical tests may differ from Kirlian diagnostics, because they may reflect different facets of deep processes in the body." "The main goal of diagnosis is to identify, if possible, the hidden cause of the disease in order to get to its source.
Another goal is to suppress negatively developing processes through optimal therapy before the manifestation of clearly defined clinical symptoms. Medical ethics dictates the way to prevent diseases" (P. Mandel).
Currently, under his leadership, there are research institutes and clinics in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Holland, where further human bioenergetic research is conducted, methods of energy correction and treatment are developed and tested.
Until recently, the Kirlian effect was used mainly abroad. A World Association for the study of this physical effect was created, which received the name of our talented compatriots.
Methods were improved, instruments were invented that made it possible to expand the possibilities of scientific research in order to answer some more questions from an endless series.
The first physicist in our country to defend his dissertation using the Kirlian method is Viktor Adamenko. He believed that the main carrier of information about the biological and psychophysiological state of living organisms are electrons and considered Kirlian photographs to be intravital electronic images obtained, unlike an electron microscope, not in a vacuum, but at atmospheric pressure and or in low-pressure gas. He managed to obtain Kirlian images not only on photographic film, but also on a luminescent screen, on electrostatic paper, even on thermographic plates.
Also one of the followers of the Kirlian couple, their student was Stanislav Filippovich Romaniy (Dnepropetrovsk). He developed and put into practice a whole range of devices (based on the Kirlian effect) for non-destructive testing of materials and structures that cannot be controlled by traditional methods. These techniques have been successfully used by rocket industry enterprises.
He also created a gas-discharge imaging device (AGRD), which made it possible to obtain important information about the vital functions of the body, carry out early express diagnostics and determine the effectiveness of therapy. The novelty of this development is confirmed by copyright certificates.
In Russia, Konstantin Georgievich Korotkov became one of the leading experts in Kirlianography. He created a set of equipment for studying biological objects using the gas-discharge visualization method with direct input of gas-discharge images into a computer.

The principle of the Kirlian effect

The operating principle of the Kirlian device is very simple. A high alternating voltage with a high frequency is supplied to one electrode - from 1 to 40 kilovolts at 200-15000 Hertz. The object itself serves as the other electrode. If the object is a person, then in no case is he grounded. If the object is an inanimate object, then it must be grounded. Both electrodes are separated from each other by an insulator and a thin layer of air, the molecules of which are subject to dissociation under the influence of a strong magnetic field arising between the electrode and the object. In this layer of air located between the object and the electrode, i.e. in a strong magnetic field, three processes occur. The first process involves the polarization and breaking apart of air molecules, which is 78 percent molecular nitrogen (N2). This process leads to the formation of atomic nitrogen, which in high concentrations is harmful to the human body. Therefore, it is necessary to work with the Kirlian device in a well-ventilated area. The second process is the process of obtaining by electrons of air molecules (N2 - 78%, O2 - 21%) a sufficient amount of energy necessary for separation from the molecule. These released electrons, along with ions, form a small current between the object and the electrode, which, however, is not dangerous for humans if the operating voltage is properly adjusted. The results of the second process are visible in the form of a gas discharge through the channels of the so-called corona, which forms around the object. The shape of the glow crown, its density, inclusions, etc. determined by the object's own magnetic field. The third process is when the electrons of air molecules receive energy, which is not enough to break away from the molecule. In this case, the electrons of air molecules transfer to higher atomic levels and back. During this jump of the electron, a quantum of light is emitted. The magnitude of the electron jump of an air molecule depends on the own magnetic field of the object under study. Therefore, at different points of the field surrounding the object, electrons receive different impulses, i.e. jump to different atomic levels, which leads to the emission of light quanta of different lengths. The latter fact is recorded by the human eye or colored photographic paper as different colors, which, depending on the object, can paint the corona of the glow in different colors. These three processes together give a general picture of the Kirlian effect, which makes it possible to study the magnetic field of an object. This is a classic principle. It is used in the devices described below. There are other fundamental schemes for registering the Kirlian effect, but they are not discussed in this article. The purpose of this article also does not include consideration of the Kirlian effect from the point of view of physiology, but we can only say that the human magnetic field, which is recorded by the Kirlian device, depends on the mental and physiological state of the person. At the moment, there are detailed studies of the connection between the shape of the crown of the glow of a person’s fingers and the organs of his body, which makes it possible to make accurate diagnoses already in the early (energetic) stages of the disease. This method was developed by the German physician Peter Mandel and was called Energy Terminal Point Diagnosis (ETD). Read about this method in our next issues.

Schemes with descriptions

Let us now present several diagrams with descriptions from the German book “Kirlian Photography” by Peter Lay 2. Figure 1 shows the circuit of a simple high-frequency high-voltage generator that can be assembled on a regular board. This circuit is powered by 230 Volts. S1 is the main switch that connects the network to the device. The transformer produces an alternating voltage of 12 Volts. Button S2 turns on the device into operating current. Then the current is rectified using diodes D1-D4 and capacitor C1. Capacitor C2, resistances R1 and R2, transformer TR2 create an oscillatory circuit, the frequency of which is regulated using potentiometer R1. Transistors Q1 and Q2 ensure that the oscillations are undamped. They can get very hot during operation, so it is necessary to provide them with coolers. TR2 is an ordinary ignition coil that is used in automobile engines. At the output "output" we get a high-frequency high-voltage current. The output pulse duration is manually adjusted, i.e. time of pressing button S2. The LMP1 light indicates that the generator is ready for operation. Figure 2 is an almost identical circuit as Figure 1 - their left parts are equal up to capacitor C2. In the rest, instead of an oscillatory circuit, a self-oscillating multivibrator is used. In this case, C1 is charged through R2 and R3 until the voltage on C1 coming from IC1A reaches the highest limit. Then C1 discharges to the lower limit. Then the process is repeated again, and so on. IC1B is included as exciter. In this case, the remaining IC1C and IC1D do not simply weigh in the air, but are grounded. Q1 and Q2, together with the remaining resistances, form a two-stage output, which is supplied to the ignition coil TR2 from a self-oscillating multivibrator in the mode of sending signals. At the output "output" we get the desired voltage.

Figure 3 shows a diagram that does not depend on the electrical network, because it runs on 12V. Therefore, it is convenient in that it can be used to assemble a portable Kirlian device. An ordinary car battery (for example, 12V1.8A) can serve as a 12-volt power source. Single-pole switch S1 serves as the main switch. The green LED D1 indicates the device is ready for operation. Resistance R1 reduces the current on D1 to 12mA. The unipolar button S4 turns on the subsequent circuit in voltage, but only for as long as it is pressed. At this time, the red LED D2 is lit, through which a current limited by resistance R2 passes. This is followed by two blocks: the oscillator and the output stage. The main part of the oscillator is the common universal timer 555 (NE 555). It is designated IC1 in the diagram. Pin1 serves as its ground, and positive voltage is supplied to Pin8. Capacitor C1 is charged through resistance R3, capacitor D3 through R9. When the upper voltage threshold is reached, which will be equal to 2/3 of the input voltage, the internal transistor turns Pin7 to ground, and capacitor C1 is discharged through R9, R4 and D4. When the lower voltage threshold is reached, which is 13, the discharge stops, because Pin7 is locked. The next charging cycle begins.

Thanks to diodes D3 and D4, equal charging and discharging times are achieved. In this case, IC1 is consistent with the charged state of capacitor C1, i.e. IC1 “feels” whether the voltage threshold has been reached - upper or lower. For this purpose, it is served by Pin2 and Pin6, which measure the lower and upper threshold voltages, respectively. During the charging cycle, current flows through Pin3, and during the discharge cycle, Pin3 is shorted to ground. In this case, the output of Pin3 pulsates at the frequency of the discharge and charging cycles. Both of these cycles are equal, as are the resistances R3 and R4. Therefore, the oscillation period is calculated using the formula T=1.4(R3+R9)C1. Now if we substitute the values ​​of the elements indicated in the table into this formula, we will get a frequency from 7.1 to 3.2 kHz, taking into account the working area of ​​potentiometer R9. But this is only the calculated frequency, because in practice, due to different tolerances of elements, a certain spread of the calculated value is obtained. Pin5 can be connected to the control voltage if someone does not like the current division in the ratio of 1/3 to 2/3. In the circuit shown, Pin5 and C2 are shorted to ground to avoid oscillations of IC1. Now let's return to the Pin3 output, which is powered by the output block. The output block consists of resistances R7 and R8. Thanks to diode D5, no more than 2.7V is supplied to resistance R8. At the contacts of slider R8, voltage is removed from 0 to 2.7V. Since the base-emitter voltage across transistors Q1 and Q2 is 2 x 0.7 = 1.4V, the voltage across R5 will barely exceed 1.3V. Therefore, the current in the collector circuit of transistor Q2 will not be higher than 1.3A. This circuit helps to limit the current supplied to transformer TR1. This necessary measure is needed to protect the primary winding of the coil from burning out, because its resistance is relatively low.

During operation of the device, the strong resistance of alternating current makes itself felt, namely at low frequencies, the response period becomes quite long. Therefore, you can install less resistance. At the output of the secondary winding "output" a high voltage of about 25kV is removed, but only for as long as the S4 button is turned on. During this working time the red LED lights up. An ordinary automobile ignition coil (winding 1:1000) is used as transformer TR1. Button S4 and the collector of transistor Q1 are connected to the small side contacts. The required high-voltage high-frequency voltage is removed from the middle contact. Another diagram. Figure 4 shows a very similar circuit to Figure 3. Unlike the latter, Circuit 4 additionally has a timer. Its role is played by the IC1 chip, which, like the oscillator, consists of a universal timer 555 (NE 555) and several additional parts. When switches S1 and S4 are turned on, the output of IC1 immediately reaches its highest values. At this time, thanks to R11 and C6, the voltage at the trigger output Pin2 is zero. From this moment the timer starts. Capacitor C3 is charged through resistance R10 and potentiometer R12. As soon as the internal comparator of the IC1 microcircuit recognizes through the Pin6 output that C6 has charged to 2/3 of the operating voltage, then Pin3 goes to ground, and the capacitor C3 is discharged through Pin7. The oscillator implemented by IC2 will turn on only for the time when there is voltage at the pin3 output of the timer. The timer adjustment range is approximately 0 to 50 seconds. The rest of this circuit works exactly like the circuit in Figure 3.

The task of the signal generator (oscillator) is to control a cascade power amplifier. The signal generator determines the frequency, voltage, and duration of the current supplied to the amplifier. The two-stage power amplifier is the heart of the Kirlian device, and at the same time its most complex part. Its first stage is formed by transistor BC107. Then comes the amplification and the second stage - the 2N3055 transistor (in the Q1 diagram), which can get very hot at high currents. Therefore, it requires a powerful cooler equipped with a fan. This measure is necessary if experiments will be carried out at a voltage of more than 25-30 volts, or if the device is planned to be used for commercial purposes, i.e. when fully loaded. As practice shows, the operating voltage of the amplifier lies in the range of 10-30 volts.

Influence of voltage and current frequency

The intensity of the corona glow is directly proportional to the voltage. When the voltage is low, no glow occurs, but when the voltage is too high, there is a risk of direct breakdown of the dielectric, which will lead to an electric shock to the object. The effect of frequency is much more complex. Low frequencies cause breakdown. The most reasonable lower frequency limit lies within 500 Hertz. However, it depends on the voltage of the electrode and dielectric.

For example, for a transparent electrode (glass as a dielectric), it is possible to obtain a glow at low voltages starting from a frequency of 200 Hertz. The upper limits lie in the range of 15-20 kilohertz depending on the material and voltage. Between the lower and upper boundaries there are two interesting regions: the first is 650 Hertz, the second is 7000 Hertz. The difference can be seen in the picture of the glow of a table fish knife. In the first case, i.e. at low frequencies, the conductivity of the object, which is homogeneous - metal, apparently plays a large role. In the second case - at a high frequency, the conductivity of the object does not play an important role, and the object’s own magnetic field comes to the fore, which, as can be seen, is inhomogeneous and is not in direct connection with the electrical conductivity.

Electrodes

An ordinary epoxy electrical board coated on one side with a copper layer can serve as a simple electrode. The epoxy layer itself will serve as a dielectric. To avoid breakdown at the edges, it is necessary to remove the copper layer 10 mm from the edge. This electrode is suitable for working with high voltages. If the dielectric layer is too thick, i.e. the glow will not be observed at some small parameters, then you can turn the electrode over and put photo paper directly on it. In this case, the necessary precautions must be taken.

If you build a transparent electrode, then you will have the opportunity to observe the Kirlian effect in real time. Such a transparent electrode can easily be made from two glasses, between which you need to pour a thin layer of salted water. The thickness of the glass will determine the dielectric properties of the device, and the thickness of the water layer will affect the transparency of the electrode itself. A stainless contact must be used as a voltage supply.

Security measures

The current at the output of the device can be several tens of milliamps and a voltage of several tens of kilovolts. Such current is fatal to the human body. Therefore, the following safety precautions must be strictly followed:

• do not touch open parts of the Kirlian device through which high voltage current flows;
• never ground living objects;
• never examine living objects at less than 500 Hertz, because dielectric breakdown may occur;
• do not touch objects while voltage is applied to the electrode; this especially applies to metal objects; if the object is a person, then you should also not touch him; also, he should not touch conductive objects (heating batteries, etc.) during the experiment;
• during experiments, it is necessary to remove all metal objects from yourself: jewelry, watches, etc.;
• do not study people who have artificial life support devices;
• If a rechargeable battery is used as power supply, then a fuse must be built into the device in case of a short circuit.

General assembly

The device can be assembled into a single housing. The main thing is that it is made of non-conductive materials. Wood is good. To work with a transparent electrode, it is necessary to build a special housing that would allow a mirror to be built into the housing at an angle of 45 degrees for ease of observation and for possible photo or video shooting.

Contact photo

The Kirlian effect is expressed in a glow around an object. This glow can be seen with the naked eye through a transparent electrode, or it can be photographed on photographic paper, placing it on the electrode, with the emulsion layer facing up, i.e. to the object. It is necessary to ensure that there are no air gaps between the photo paper and the electrode. Otherwise, the effect will not be registered in these places, because the glow will occur in the air gap located under the photo paper. It is recommended to use contrasting photo paper to minimize the secondary influence of the luminescence channels on the overall picture of the effect. To shoot the Kirlian effect on photographic paper, you need to choose a dark room. When working with black and white paper, you can use a red backlight. When working with colored paper, complete darkness is required. The exposure time (exposure) of photographic paper depends on the object and depends on its conductivity. For metal objects, one second is enough, and for wooden objects it takes about 20 seconds. It is recommended to choose a longer exposure rather than an insufficient one. Then, when developing photographic paper, it is possible to select the desired contrast. Naturally, a negative image of the glow corona is obtained on photographic paper.

You can get a color image. The principle is the same as with black and white photo paper. For maximum convenience, it is recommended to use Polaroid instant photograph cassettes. To do this, you need to purchase one cassette, which includes ten cards. In complete darkness it is necessary to open the cassette; remove one card from there and place it on the electrode with the emulsion layer facing up, on which to place the object; then put the cassette with the remaining cards in a lightproof bag, and you can continue the experiment further. To develop already exposed cards, you will need a device that can evenly roll out a Polaroid photo card on both sides so that the card can develop (the necessary chemicals are “sewn into” the card). The part of the Polaroid camera itself that is designed to perform this function is ideal for this purpose. It can be easily removed from the hinges, allowing for reassembly. Anyone who does not have the opportunity to remove this device from the camera can make something similar from two round pencils. The main thing is to stretch the card at an equal speed over its entire area. On the instant photograph card there is a color positive image of the corona of luminescence.

Photograph through a transparent electrode

By constructing the necessary housing and integrating an ordinary mirror into it for ease of operation, it is possible to observe the glow in real time. It is also possible to photograph the glow with an ordinary camera loaded with highly sensitive film (ISO600 or more). But due to the passage of corona light through double glass and a layer of water, fine details are lost. Therefore, for scientific purposes, contact photography is still recommended. The use of digital cameras is limited due to their low sensitivity, which generally do not have a sensitivity greater than ISO400. In addition, digital cameras tend to turn off near a high-frequency generator. Modern semi-automatic SLR cameras have a function for automatically selecting exposure depending on the loaded film. So with ISO800 film, the exposure time is usually from one to five seconds. In this case, only the luminous corona will be photographed. If there is a need to photograph the object, then you need to turn on the flash function when closing the camera’s curtains (usually modern cameras have this function).

Liquids also need to be grounded. The glow occurs at the edges of the liquid layer. It is possible to observe an interesting case if you examine a rather large liquid “spot”. When the electrode is turned on for a long time, uneven evaporation of the liquid occurs, which leads to the appearance of small “islands” of liquid that are not grounded with the common “water continent”. Due to the difference in potential between them, air breakdowns occur, which leads to the appearance of long glow channels.

If the object under study belongs to “inanimate” nature, such as plants, then they require grounding. Living objects should never be grounded - it is dangerous for life! Interesting objects of research are plant leaves. They give a different crown, depending on the geometric structure of the leaf. The brightest crown is produced by a freshly picked leaf. If you are very lucky, it is possible to achieve the dream of all Kirlian effect researchers - obtaining an image of a phantom leaf. This effect is very rarely recorded and is unique in its own way. The effect of a phantom leaf is to produce a corona of glow in the place where part of the leaf has been torn off or cut off. So, for example, in 1973 in Sao Paulo (Brazil), the director of the Institute of Psychophysical Research, Mr. Andrade H.G., managed to obtain a photograph of a phantom leaf. But as he writes, this was an accident, and they are trying to achieve permanent recording of this effect. If this happened, there would be a revolution in the scientific world! So the Nobel Prizes in the field of the Kirlian effect are still waiting for their inquisitive researchers!

The essence of the Kirlian effect (aka Kirlian effect, Kirlian aura, etc.) comes down to a corona discharge halo around various objects, live and not so alive (as long as they conduct current), placed in an alternating electric field of high amplitude and frequency. Some people believe that from the picture of this discharge it is possible, for example, to make a diagnosis about the condition of the body (if a person is exposed). We don’t believe in these witchcraft things, and we use the effect to get spectacular pictures.

To eliminate fussing with photographic paper and other prehistoric accessories, I stole the design principle transparent electrode for the Kirlian effect and someone on the first pages of Google, I don’t even remember exactly who. The essence is this: we use two glasses as a conducting plate, between which salted water is poured, which is a good conductor. Water creates an electric field, and glass serves as an insulator, preventing breakdown and creating a corona discharge. Aluminum tape was glued along the edge of the glass (taken from an ordinary Soviet mezzanine) for a more uniform discharge pattern - in photographs taken without it, a distinct skew of the “aura” towards the connection of the power source was observed. By the way, this power source is.

It does not allow you to adjust either the frequency or the power; by the way, its power is excessive - for example, you won’t be able to remove your hand, since the glass shocks strongly. But we don’t really need this, since we don’t need anything from the Kirlian effect other than beautiful pictures.

The glass is placed on a stand (I took a plastic container, but it would be much, much more convenient to use a couple of stools so that you don’t have to move the glass plates every time to take pictures), and a camera is placed under the glass, filming the aura of the corona discharge from below, that is, Kirlian itself -Effect.

It is best to use objects with complex edges or relief for photography. Maple/oak leaves, metal chains and the like are ideal. On them the effect is most impressive and best visible.

Photography using the Kirlian method is a well-known method in science and widely used in life for recording the glow of objects. Russian scientist S. Kirlian and his wife discovered this method in 1938. It is based on the observation that the human body has an energy shell (aura). As often happens, the discovery was made by accident. While repairing a complex medical device that used a high-frequency discharge, Kirlian noticed a glow between the electrode and human skin. The glow changed depending on the psycho-emotional and physical state of the person. By 1950, a technique had been developed and equipment was created for observing and photographing objects of various origins, including humans, using high-frequency currents. With the help of improved equipment, it is possible to determine the boundaries of the diseased organ, judge its changes during treatment, and predict the course of the disease. True, traditional medicine does not recognize the Kirlian diagnostic method, although for an experienced specialist these photographs can provide important information about the patient’s illness.

How is Kirlian photography performed?

This method uses a special camera called a Kirlian camera. A circle of opaque organic glass is attached to it. The camera is controlled by a chronometer and a device that measures the intensity of the discharge. A current of a certain frequency and voltage is passed through a cuff resembling an electrode. The person places his hand on the glass, fingers spread wide, and holds it in this position for some time. If your foot is being photographed, you must ensure that it fits snugly against the glass. At the time of photographing, the patient and the doctor must stand on an insulating rubber mat. For particularly sensitive patients, exposure to electrical current may cause some harm, although the current is very weak.

This method is not popular in modern medicine. It is used as an additional one to confirm the diagnosis.

With the help of Kirlian photography, the human energy field is recorded. Thanks to corona discharge and high-frequency alternating voltage, it is possible to capture the glow of a living organism (aura). Analysis of the human aura - its shape, size, intensity, symmetry, and other parameters - allows us to judge the bioenergetic state of both individual organs and the entire organism as a whole. The photograph clearly shows the reflections of the twelve channels (meridians), which are traditionally identified in Chinese medicine. These channels of the human body indicate the energetic state of the body and spirit, the genetically programmed predispositions of a person, and the state of his current health. Using the Kirlian method, it is possible to diagnose disorders even before the symptoms of the disease itself appear.

In the photograph you can see one of three types of radiation: endocrine, toxic or degenerative glow. Endocrine fluorescence refers to the weakness of the hormonal system and all disorders of the autonomic nervous system. Toxic glow is typical in the presence of an acute inflammatory process or infection, a disease caused by toxic substances. The degenerative type occurs with an organic disease, with the breakdown of tissue.

Evaluation of treatment results

The Kirlian method is used to evaluate the results of treatment, especially if the treatment is long-term. The changes present in the photograph allow one to judge the state of the disease and the effectiveness of the traditional and homeopathic medicines used.

You should not rely 100% solely on the Kirlian effect. Therefore, to clarify the diagnosis, it is necessary to use other research methods used by traditional medicine.