Shifting Magnetisms

We've heard alot in the past year about the end of time.  Indeed, the past year saw the rise and forward thrust of the Occupy movement, which gave voice to concerns which have been fermenting for decades.  Studies of the earths changes, climate shift, and our human role in it have been prominent in popular discourse since the 1980's at least.  A topic that often comes up in these conversations, and what I would like to focus attention on today, is the shifting of the earths magnetic poles.

According to some very good science the earths magnetic poles shift their charge from north to south and back again at regular, though unpredictable intervals. While the actual moment of shift may itself take only a moment, a weakening of the earths outer magnetic field occurs for 60-80 thousand years prior to a shift and then re-establishes itself within just a few thousand years of the tip of the scales. The last shift geologists speak of with confidence happened 780,000 years ago.  

nasa.gov - link to full article

My simplified understanding of process of pole reversal is that as the overall magnetic field of the earth weakens the outer charge begins to fall in on itself, mixing with the charge of the inner core.  A period of discoherence then ensues during which time the magnetic field is dispersed in pockets around the surface of the earth.  The physical placement of the poles begin to separate and multiple locations emerge.  Eventually the inner and outer charges of the earth trade places, and the magnetic poles realign themselves at opposite ends of the planet.  For a fantastic computer simulation of this process please see Projects in Scientific Computing.  

One thing that is interesting about the current changing of the poles is the hot spot at the Southern tip.  See this image from 2005 for a visual description Hot Spot.  For some reason the magnetic field is increasing in strength at the south pole, and in my survey of literature on the topic no reason is given.  I do know that in Polarity Therapy, the healing modality which I am trained in and had a practice in for six years, the southern pole of the human body is the one in which grounding of magnetic charges occurs.  As therapists, when we open and ground the south pole of the client, alignment within the energy fields happens in a fashion which is less likely to reactivate the trauma history.  I find this to be an interesting correlation, though not conclusive.  

"Polarity Therapy is truly a complimentary science. It recognises that energy has to move from a positive to a negative pole, through a neutral field - a concept which was applied by Dr Stone to the human constitution.

This scientific 'law' is fundamental to the movement of energy throughout the Universe and the Earth around us: it manifests in our physical body as energetic currents, which Dr Stone referred to as the 'Wireless Anatomy of Man'." polarity.tk 

Below is a chart, written and drawn by Dr. Randolph Stone, the founder of Polarity Therapy.  It depicts the electromagnetic energy forces which comprise the human.  Notice here the holographic similarity between microcosm and macrocosm, and how the ultrasonic core balances the outer toroidal shape just as the inner magnetic pulse of the earth balances the outer polarity of north and south. 

There is alot of apocalyptic hype about the shifting of the poles and how this dovetails with changes in the long count on the mayan calendar.  The conflation of magnetic shifts, the mayan calendar, and very real climate changes caused by human displacement of fossil fuels puts these elements into a conversation with each other that can lead to dire predictions.  

Because I grew up in California, where every other person talks to angels, sings with whales, and uses crystals for divination, I have a healthy skepticism for drastic spiritual pronouncements.   What I can testify to, based on my own observations, is that there are profound shifts happening both geologically over immense periods of linear time and immediately in the way we experience ourselves, and this necessitates a healthy attention...  a grounded attention which is filled with a sense of gratitude that changes are possible, and perhaps even initiated by physical forces to which we are simply responding. If these changes happen now, when we most need to realign our hearts with the resources of our planet and with each other, this is good timing.
  
Following is a video based on the teachings of Don Alejandro, a leader of the Maya of Guatemala.

If our elders who remember our distant past say that the sun will go dark for 30 hours then I will keep that in the back of my mind, I will tell my children and my friends, and if it does happen, then I will recognise it in the moment and respond with an appropriate quietness.  

Like the ayahuasca ceremony, we wait through the long night, attending to the love within us, and in the morning receive the sun into ourselves.  It is the same with the peyote ceremony of the North American brothers and sisters, who walk out of the darkness to receive the morning sun, who sing to the divine mother and the cleansing of her waters as the long awaited light returns.  Death, rebirth, and seasonality do happen along axis lines and points, and we have been here to say hello to each cycle but for a moment.   

For more information on polarity therapy and how it functions please see this informative article by my friend and colleague Graham Whiteman: The Polarity Principle of Unity

Full academic references for pole reversal discussions can be found at Valet et. al (2005) Nature 435, p. 802-805 and Knudsen et. al (2008) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272, 1-2, p. 319-329