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Geopathology (also Geopathy) is a theory that links the Earth's inherent radiation with the health of humans, animals and plants.
The term is derived from Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) and πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) - ie pathology, widely used to describe infirmities.
The term is more widely used in the adjectival form ie 'geopathic' (sometimes 'geopathological') and often linked to 'stress', creating the terms 'geopathic stress'[1][2] and 'geostress'.
Gustav Freiherr von Pohl has been described as the modern 'father' of geopathic stress.[3] von Pohl conducted a study in the Bavarian town of Vilsbiburg in 1929 which purported to link focus points of 'earth-radiation' ger. Erdstrahlen with incidence of cancer.[4]
Ley lines (a supposition introduced by Alfred Watkins in 1925) have also been suggested to create geopathic stress.[5]
- ^ Flavin, Edwin (18 August 2018). "Geopathic stress: Just for the gullible?". Irish Examiner.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (1 December 1997). "Geopathic stress". Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery. 3 (6): 160–162. doi:10.1016/S1353-6117(05)81003-0. PMID 9511645.
- ^ "Checking the fault lines in our lives". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Übersinnliches Kribbeln". Der Spiegel. October 1987.
- ^ "Moonraking". BBC.