Survival Praxis #32 – Measuring the Earth’s Magnetic Field for Dummies (I’m the Dummy): The Ruler Method

Which Magnetic Field?


The reader of this Survival Praxis series will recognize that there are multiple process-components to what we call “the geomagnetic polar reversal.” We rely upon McCanney’s descriptions of Earth’s many “magnetic fields” (at least, eight vectors). But the principal magnetic field we are measuring with our field compass is the one that comes from deep in Earth’s core: the permanent magnetic field.

This magnetic field is a residual magnetism from when Earth’s “seed” was expelled from its stellar home many millions of years ago. It is not caused by the flow of electrical current. The durability of the field comes from the metallic nature of the core, probably iron and nickel.

While all magnetic fields decay over time, we believe that Earth’s magnetic core is maintained by its rotation and the Moon’s orbit which cause electrical current to flow in the Earth’s mantle that conform to the field and recharge it.

[Side Note #1: The cause of the Earth’s rotation will be a future topic. Douglas Vogt believes it is caused by the oscillation of Earth’s modulation point – interesting theory. Patten and others believe it is caused by the tidal forces of past encounters with planetary bodies (e.g. Mars in particular which in ancient times, he believes had a close perigee with Earth every 54 years) – more probable.]

The magnetic field of the Earth’s core dominates this dynamo phenomenon, much like the magnets of an electric motor maintains and controls the flow of current as it rotates around the spool of copper wire which surrounds the motor’s core magnets. Throughout Earth’s geological history – as it is now – the mantle and the crust have been controlled by this permanent field, except for the seasons of catastrophe when there is a polar reversal.

Even though the Moon’s orbit is eccentric; it is still synchronous and does not dominate the core’s magnetic field. Instead, the Moon interacts mostly with the external electric currents which flow through space from the Sun and to a lesser extent the larger planets, such as Jupiter.

[Side Note #2: McCanney discusses the “Jupiter winds” in various writings. Jesse from BPEarthwatch.com has identified recently a transient Earth encounter and reversal of the solar wind from what he believes was a localized impact from the Jupiter current sheet (https://youtu.be/M5zNt8gvZLY and https://youtu.be/WoXE7rHmn5A). This might be, but I am wondering if that is really possible or whether we are witnessing a forcing assist from the galactic current sheet? If so, then it has arrived to the inner solar system. This is significant. See if you agree.]

The Van Allen Belts are a result of these external currents. They are far more powerful than Earth’s core magnetic field but the Moon helps organize these Belts, keeping them high in the Earth’s atmosphere and guiding them toward Earth’s poles where they are captured by the core’s magnetic field. They descend as bands of electric charge high in the ionosphere (e.g. the jet streams), but gradually work their way to the poles. The protons of the solar wind enter at Earth’s South Pole, while the negatively charged electrons enter at the North Pole. They are harmlessly grounded inside the Earth’s crust or perhaps deeper.

[Side Note #3: If they ground elsewhere, they form our weather. Obviously, they are doing this all the time. These charges attach themselves to particles in the atmosphere and produce clouds and precipitation. We must remember that lightning is a violent grounding process; so are cyclones].

We believe that the inner core is a solid because it is Earth’s stellar seed. There is an outer core which might be less solid, perhaps like a gel comparatively speaking. The outer core represents the layers acquired by the Earth during its cometary phase of development, much like the bond of a laminating process.

And then there is the mantle which is granulated into a mixture of lava and crustal mass much like loose gravel mixed with hot asphalt. The size, consistency and temperatures depend upon what areas of the Earth’s interior are serving as a ground to the electrical energy and others as a short circuit, generating heat.

McCanney has said for many years (decades, actually) that there is no such thing as tectonic plates. As time passes and geologists are able to map the various fault lines in the mantle, they are discovering more and more all the time: a fact which lends credence to McCanney’s assertions. There appears to be less evidence of large homogeneous zones in the mantle. The mantle is more like a shattered windshield.

As the mantle transitions to the crust, these residual plasmas cool and solidify, but not uniformly. Nuclear events arising from Earth’s encounters with tidal forces and the volatile substances still “cooling down” from hitherto unknown cataclysmic events have formed into granulated magnetic moraines. These areas still share the same magnetic pull of the core, but might vary in intensity.

The heat that comes out from the Earth does not come from the center of the Earth, or Hell, if Dante’s Inferno is literalized. The lava that comes from volcanoes, for example, comes from the mantle where there is heat generated by the flow of electrical charges which cannot be grounded properly.

Most of these charged particles now come from radioactive decay. Earth’s inner regions contain large concentrations of heavy isotopes that are radioactive. Radon gas is a radioactive by-product of this decay which can cause a health hazard as it is propagated through Earth’s crust into our homes. Earth shares the status of being a “live” planet electrically and radioactively, as is Jupiter and Saturn.

But these charged particles are not organized into currents until influenced by the magnetic field of the inner core.


The Greater Force


The present alarm over a “geomagnetic polar reversal” from the drifting and weakening of the Earth’s magnetic poles has taken a long time for us to understand. We no longer think that it is actually weakening or moving in the sense that the core is beginning to flip or shift, although that might be an end result of the process. Rather, there is a stronger more dominant force which is intruding and creating these effects.

[Side Note #4: But see Ben Davidson’s reports that the inner core has begun to change in its rotation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GahanWVCJM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPanM8zwgc ].

Imagine an arm wrestling match. The contestants may be equally matched in terms of strength. If so, victory will be determined by the contestant who has the most stamina and can maintain his force the longest against his opponent.

In contrast, if they are unevenly matched, the contestant with the dominant strength will prevail quickly even though his opponent is not weakening from fatigue. The stronger contestant was able to exert the greater force and thus prevail.

The “excursion” and “weakening” of the Earth’s core magnetic field is one of perception; it is not really moving or weakening. It is simply being imposed upon by a greater force. The normal flow of the solar currents controlled by the Moon are becoming influenced by a yet greater force. We now know that this greater force is a galactic proton stream – from a current sheet or nebular cloud – which the solar system has entered, perhaps over a century ago.

As the solar system continues to enter deeper and deeper into this positively charged region of the galaxy, the force will continue to increase. Stars which are closer to this region have already gone nova (Barnard, Proxima Centauri, AD Leo, cf. Davidson, The Next End of the World). The outer planets of our solar system – such as Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus – have shown what I call a “chaotic magnetic field flux.”

Why would these stars have gone nova? It is because the protons are a stellar fuel, an accelerant, much like gasoline on a fire: an analogy we used in a previous discussion. We also know that it is a positively charged ion source because the southern polar regions of the planets mentioned above are beginning to glow while the rest of the respective planets’ atmospheres are beginning to collapse and experience the coldness of space.

[Revisit the “Popcorn analogy” in Survival Praxis #29].

The “chaotic magnetic field flux” is so named because the process is not necessarily gradual or consistent. There may be periods in which evidence of the process simply disappears or indicates a “false alarm.” The leading edge of this current sheet may not be uniform in intensity. In fact, McCanney uses the term “non-uniform” frequently to describe the regions of solar and stellar-generated capacitors.

The change in this “celestial wrestling match” is what we will be measuring using our field compass. How to interpret the readings will be discussed in a future installment of Survival Praxis. For now, we need to learn how to take accurate readings.


The Ruler Method


In Survival Praxis #31 I introduced how we can use a stopwatch to measure the strength of the magnetic field. Unless you live in a region of the Earth perpendicular to the polar excursion (either in the northern or in the southern hemisphere), you will not see a significant change in the direction the needle is pointing on your compass. Rather, you must find a way to measure the strength of the field by timing how long it takes for the needle of your compass to return to the north polar position.

In this issue, I will demonstrate the “Ruler Method.”

Just as it says, you will be using a ruler to measure distance rather than time.

It is best to use the metric system as it is simpler and you will be wanting to measure in millimeters, rather than in inches and fractions. I actually use calipers and make marks on a piece of notebook paper. An architect’s grid paper would probably be better.

Lay your compass on one end of the paper and draw a circle around it. Doing this will guarantee that you place your compass on exactly the same spot every time you do this test. Point it to the north position.

Also, use the calipers to measure the distance from the outer circumference of the compass to the center. The center of the compass is the “zero” point where you will measure from.

Then take a magnet. I use a post-it note magnet from the refrigerator.

Slowly slide your magnet across the page toward your compass. If you watch carefully, you will notice that the magnet will move the needle. If the magnet shares an opposite charge, it will pull the needle towards itself. If it shares the same charge, it will push the needle away. Mine pushes the needle away.

Continue to slide the magnet until you move the needle at least 30 degrees and mark the spot on your paper with a pencil. Measure the distance with calipers from the center of the compass to the mark. Record the distance. That is your reading.

Do the same thing the next day. If the reading differs, your testing zone is contaminated. Either there is a piece of metal, like a wedding band or a battery (Is your laptop or cell phone nearby?) which is influencing your compass. Remove those items and try again (Are you using the same magnet? The same compass?)

You might want to use more than one compass and more than one magnet for comparison. Keep separate records.

If you must slide your magnet closer to the compass to get it to move, it means that the magnetic field which is attracting the needle is getting stronger. If the magnet will move the needle from farther away, it is a sign that the magnetic field is weakening.


Interpreting the readings will be a subject of a later installment.


This “ruler method” also allows the opportunity to take a reading with a stopwatch which is easier and more accurate than the method I introduced in the last issue. Measuring distance and time gives you the opportunity calibrate and verify your readings. I will discuss it in the next issue.

James Wesley Stivers, 1/30/23
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