Could the study of cavitation luminescence be useful in high dilution research?

Cavitation in agitated liquids has been discussed for over five decades as a phenomenon that could play a role in the appearance of structural changes in the solvent of potentised dilutions. However, its lack of specificity as well as the absence of experimental confirmation have so far confined the idea to theory. The light emission associated with cavitational bubble collapse can be used to detect and study cavitation in fluids. The phenomenon has been extensively studied when driven by ultrasound, where it is called sonoluminescence. Sonoluminescence spectra reflect extremely high temperature and pressure in the collapsing bubbles and are parameter sensitive. This article tries to examine whether, despite objections and difficulties, the detection or the study of cavitational luminescence in solutions during potentisation could be useful as a physical tool in high dilution research.

A colmeia e o ser humano / The beehive and the human being

A abordagem antroposófica baseada na contribuição fundadora de Rudolf Steiner permite atualizar e diferenciar aquilo que as tradições religiosas e a mitologia, como a medicina popular, reconhecem desde milênios: a manifestação nas abelhas de processos cósmico-espirituais que têm íntima relação com a constituição do ser humano. As forças de estruturação tornadas visíveis na conformação hexagonal dos favos, tanto como na organização social e comportamental das abelhas, são da mesma natureza que as forças de estruturação ativas no sistema neurossensorial humano ligadas à dinâmica de cristalização da sílica responsável pela forma hexagonal dos cristais de quartzo. Elas fornecem à colmeia a rede no âmbito da qual ela pode desenvolver sua organização calórica regulada com uma precisão só atingida por seres homeotérmicos. Estas forças de estruturação em relação com o calor são mais particularmente relacionadas no organismo humano com a metamorfose do sistema neurossensorial no domínio do metabolismo e da locomoção, isto é, os tecidos conjuntivos e particularmente o mais estruturado entre eles, o esqueleto ósseo, responsáveis pela forma do corpo humano. Examinar estas correspondências permite compreender melhor o potencial terapêutico dos produtos da colmeia e a relação não só do veneno de abelha com a força calórica do eu, mas também da cera e do mel com a forma humana entendida ao mesmo tempo como diferenciada pela organização do eu ativa no sistema neurossensorial e como condição da manifestação da atividade do eu no calor. Estas considerações podem fornecer uma base, além da simbólica superficial ou tradicional, para relacionar fisiologia humana e forças morais. (AU)

The anthroposophic approach based on Rudolf Steiner's seminal contribution makes it possible to renew and differentiate what religious traditions and mythology, as well as traditional medicine, have known for millennia: that honey bees manifest cosmic spiritual processes intimately related to the human constitution. Structuring forces made visible in the hexagonal pattern of the honeycomb as well as in the strict social and behavioral organization of honey bees are of the same nature as those active in the human nerve-senses system, in relation with the forces of crystallization of silica resulting in the hexagonal structure of quartz crystals. These forces provide the beehive with the framework within which it can develop its thermal organization in a finely regulated way such as can otherwise only be achieved by homoeothermic beings. These structuring forces in connection with warmth are particularly related in the human organism to the metamorphosis of the nerve-senses system in the area of metabolism and locomotion, i.e., in the connective tissues, and especially the most structured of these, the ossified skeleton, responsible for the form of the human body. Examining such correspondences can lead to a better understanding of the therapeutic potential of bee products and of the relationships, not only of bee venom with the caloric force of the I, but also of beeswax and honey with the human form, understood at the same time as differentiated by the I-organization in its nerve-senses modality and as condition for the manifestation of the I in warmth. These considerations can help to form, beyond traditional or superficial symbolism, a basis for linking human physiology and forces of morality.(AU)