| It has been known for centuries that the full | | | | becomes much more electrical and magnetic, it is |
| moon can affect people's consciousness and | | | | only normal that this increase in power should be |
| behaviour. Many people may feel wakeful at night | | | | felt on Earth. |
| with energy streaming through their body for the | | | | We all know from astrology that each of the |
| three days before full moon. | | | | planets, and the sun and moon, have an influence |
| It is only recently that I have discovered why this | | | | on our feelings, emotions and consciousness. The |
| may be happening. NASA-supported scientists | | | | moon affects our emotions because the moon |
| have realized that something does happen every | | | | influences water; just as the moon causes the |
| month when the Moon passes through Earth's | | | | tides, it exerts a pull on the watery components |
| magnetic tail. | | | | of our body, and we feel this as emotions. The |
| "Earth's magnetotail extends well beyond the orbit | | | | body is made up of 70 to 80% of water. |
| of the Moon and, once a month, the Moon orbits | | | | Human consciousness is also affected by sun |
| through it," says Tim Stubbs, a University of | | | | spots and the mass ejections from the sun's |
| Maryland scientist working at the Goddard Space | | | | corona; these are what cause the solar winds of |
| Flight Center. "This can have consequences | | | | magnetic energy which affect the Earth's upper |
| ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to electrostatic | | | | atmosphere and give rise to the Aurora Borealis |
| discharges." | | | | or Northern Lights. |
| Anyone can tell when the Moon is inside the | | | | I feel it is beneficial if we extend our awareness |
| magnetotail. Just look: "If the Moon is full, it is | | | | to take in all these influences of the celestial |
| inside the magnetotail," says Stubbs. "The Moon | | | | bodies, as they all communicate with, and have an |
| enters the magnetotail three days before it is full | | | | influence on, each other by the transfer of |
| and takes about six days to cross and exit on | | | | electrical and magnetic energy - which could also |
| the other side." | | | | be called consciousness. |
| Human consciousness too is made up of electrical | | | | Our body has a field of energy - the aura - which |
| activity - which can be measured with an electro | | | | is the same as the aurora or magnetic and |
| encephalograph - and a magnetic aura, or field of | | | | gravitational field of the planet. We are all One, a |
| energy. A lot of people can feel this field of | | | | part of the Universal Life Force; and it is natural |
| energy; for example, when you smile you can | | | | to be aware of the greater cosmic system, which |
| feel the field of buoyant, glowing energy | | | | is as much a part of our consciousness as our |
| extending into your aura like the energy field of a | | | | brain is. |
| magnet. | | | | As human consciousness evolves and moves |
| I have often wondered why I am affected so | | | | from the individual awareness to an awareness of |
| much by the moon from three days before full | | | | greater integration within the whole cosmic |
| moon to a few days after. The magnetotail | | | | system, we also expand our understanding of the |
| provided me with the perfect explanation; as the | | | | unity of life and develop a love of all things, in the |
| moon charges up when within the tail and | | | | realization that We Are All One. |