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89. For legal reasons, I ultimately withdrew the German patent and changed it into a European patent, which was later extended to other countries, including the United States, Japan, and the African continent. All of these patents were granted and credit me as the inventor and patent holder.
90. The patent award process entails an extremely thorough assessment of the invention, as well as a worldwide patent search. The process generally takes two to three years.
91. The researchers were from two technical univerities in Berlin (TU Berlin, FU Berlin), Braunschweig Technical University, Goethe University in Frankfurt, Lübeck University, and Humboldt-University in Berlin. Some of these universities covered two or more disciplines.
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93. The main claim of the European patent is as follows: “Bestrahlungsvorrichtung zur Behandlung von lebendem Gewebe mit elektromagnetischen Wellen mit einer Hochfrequenzoszillatorstufe, die 1. eine einstellbare Frequenz im Bereich von 100 bis 200 MHz und 2. mit einer Niederfrequenzoszillatorstufe eine Frequenz im Bereich von 1 Hz bis 1000 Hz einstellbar erzeugt. Die Ausgänge beider Oszillatorstufen sind miteinander verbunden, so dass ein modulierter Wellenzug entsteht. Dieser modulierte Wellenzug ist einem Taktgenerator zugeführt, der mit einer einstellbaren Taktfrequenz von 0,5 Hz bis 40 Hz arbeitet und den modulierten Wellenzug entsprechend unterbricht. Der modulierte und getaktete Wellenzug wird über einen Endverstärker einer Sendeantenne zugeführt und von dieser auf das zu behandelnde Gewebe bzw. einen Patienten abgestrahlt. In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung dieser Entwicklung ist eine weitere Niederfrequenzoszillatorstufe vorgesehen, die über eine Endstufe über eine Spule gleichzeitig eine niederfrequente Strahlung in der magnetischen Vorzugsrichtung abstrahlt. Diese Niederfrequenz ist entweder zwischen 1 Hz und 1000 Hz einstellbar oder mit Hilfe einer Wellenschaukel im Bereich von 7 bis 12 Hz periodisch veränderbar. Zweckmäßig sind Einheiten für die Wahl von positiven oder negativen Amplituden vorgesehen. Mit dieser Bestrahlungsvorrichtung wird ein hoher therapeutischer Effekt erzielt (wie Beobachtungen gezeigt haben), ohne dass gesundes Gewebe geschädigt wird.”
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122. The correlatives of activity flows are information, as well as sense carriers, both of which contain structural blueprints that are manifested as elementary structuring matter in the physical dimension. This process is realized via the relevant fields. The structuring of matter can be regarded as a time space manifestation of such correlated activity networks or “ideas” that is present in a primary fashion and that structures matter secondarily in space-time. All thought processes and experience/event processing generate disposition and information templates in the transport dimension via activity flows that occur in similar information templates in resonance (structure resonance). In line with this mechanism, activity flows can be transmitted from one person to another in the manner of data links. Source: Wolfgang Ludwig, “Der Versuch, eine theoretische Basis der Bioinformation zu begründen,” Der Datadiwan, 1999, http://www.datadiwan.de/netzwerk/index.htm?/experten/lu_000d_.htm.
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156. According to the theory of French philosopher (and Nobel Prize winner) Henri Bergson to the effect that a specific mental mechanism acts as a filter so as to prevent the mind from being flooded with unconscious material.
157. “X-rays from the Earth?” NASA News (2002).
158. Personal communication from Michael König.
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162. Arthur Schopenhauer, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (1938).
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164. José Argüelles, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (1987).