Subject: [compost_tea] Re: biological transmutation of elements?

From: "Steve Diver" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 03:09:52 -0000

Thanks for the resource pointer, Eric

http://www.cheniere.org/books/aids/ch5.htm

That link is Thomas Beardon who is an advanced thinker

and writer in alternative energies and physics, authoring

books from "Excalibur Briefing: Explaining Paranormal Phenomena"

to "Energy from the Vacuum: Concepts and Principles."

The earlier link to kronia.com was interesting; worth

an addition to the Kervran toolbox.

http://www.kronia.com/thoth/thoVI-06.txt

It gets into microbes and mineralization from

parent rock.

As an aside, microbial action on parent rock

material in itself has an interesting connection to

compost teas.  Mineralization and solubilization in

the compost windrow due to organic acids and microbial-based

enzyme systems can have a powerful effect.  For example,

there is a practice of amending compost piles with rock

phosphate and also rock dust.  Trace elements play

a critical role in enzyme metabolism.

WHEN you combine minerals, microbes, organic matter,

clay, and humus... you have synergies that result in

biotic-mineral complexes, organo-mineral complexes,

and chelates.  Basically, compost itself is a transmutation,

a biotransformation of raw organic materials into complex

humic molecules and polymers.

The number of biochemical reactions and combinations

thereof are incalculable.

It is said that no two humic substances are alike;

they are like snowflakes.  Further, they shape shift

like chameleons as the pH and environment changes.

Just this week I came across an excellent review paper you

may want for your microbe-mineral toolbox.

Degradation of Soil Minerals by Organic Acids

Kim H. Tan

Soil Sci Soc Am, Spec Publ No. 17 (19867)

There is a classic book, one of the very first

academic books on alternative agriculture, that

has a chapter on biological transmutation.  It was

based on a symposium in Europe.  The title was

"Alternative Methods of Agriculture", edited by

R. Boeringa, published by Elsevier in 1980.

It was re-published from the journal "Agriculture and

Environment," the precursor journal to "Agriculture,

Ecosystems, and Environment."

Agriculture and Environment 5 (1-2): 1-199. (1980)

Interestingly, there is a significant collection

on biological transmutation at the following site,

based on the work of Prof. L.W.J. Holleman.

"A Review of Research on the Biological Transmutation of

Chemical Elements," Based on an unfinished paper by

Prof. L.W.J. Holleman

Translated and completed by David Cuthbertson.

http://www.science.inthegreen.btinternet.co.uk/stc

hting/holleman/holleman.htm

Table of Contents

http://www.science.inthegreen.btinternet.co.uk/stc

hting/holleman/contents.htm

Bibliography

http://www.science.inthegreen.btinternet.co.uk/stc

hting/holleman/bibliog.htm

"The aim of this critical review is (and was) to present the work

of Professor L.W.J. Holleman on a series of experiments on the

possible biological transmutation of chemical elements in cultures

of the alga Chlorella vulgaris to as wide an audience as possible."

"At the centre of this review lies an experiment that was for

Holleman the culmination of a life long search to prove the

existence of the biological transmutation of chemical elements.

The inspiration for this work was the Biodynamic Agriculture Course,

a series of lectures by Rudolf Steiner."

Regards,

Steve Diver

--- In [email-masked], "ericgoodenough" <sfo@g...> wrote:

> At the risk of moving slightly off-topic, here is just one of the

> many links(http://www.cheniere.org/books/aids/ch5.htm) for anyone

> with an open mind and an interest in biological transmutation of

> elements by plants, animals and microbes.  There are even

references!

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From: "ericgoodenough" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 22:23:00 -0000

elements by plants, animals and microbes.  There are even references!

I'd insert a rose here for Bob if I had one.  How does he do that?

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From: "Steve Diver" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 03:09:52 -0000

parent rock.

Kim H. Tan

Prof. L.W.J. Holleman

Table of Contents

Bibliography

Regards,

Steve Diver

references!

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