The Schumann Effect - How the Earth Influences Your
Brain Waves
Eric Thompson
The Schumann Resonance From Wikipedia: “The Schumann resonances (SR) are a set of spectrum
peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth’s electromagnetic field spectrum.
Schumann resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, excited by lightning discharges in the
cavity formed by the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere.”
Our planet has a rhythm that has played a major role in governing the evolution of life. We don’t just
live on the Earth. We live inside it; namely, in the unique cavity that is formed between the Earth’s
surface and ionosphere. And within that cavity, you and I swim in a veritable sea of invisible energies
and opscillating fields. The smallest changes in one intertwined area carry over turbulence into
others. Every second, a multitude of pulses travel around the world in this unique, resonant chamber
between the Earth and the ionosphere, sending colluding signals to all microorganisms. These signals
couple us to the Earth’s magnetic field.
Named after their discoverer, these Schumann Resonances (SR) drive the harmonizing pulse for life in
our world. We all march to the cadence of this terrestrial drummer — our planetary heartbeat, which
sets the tempo for health and well-being. Damaging this planetary heartbeat could be detrimental to all
life on this planet. In the name of progress, this Earth Pulse is now threatened with the ever-growing
phenomenon of man-made electro-pollution in an advancing technological age.
Brainwave Evolution:
Lewis B. Hainsworth was among the first to suggest that human health is linked to a geophysical
framework by way of the naturally occurring Schumann ELF (extremely low frequencies). His theory
identified naturally occurring features which determine the frequency spectrum of human brain-wave
rhythms. He concluded that the frequencies of human brain-waves evolved in response to these
signals. If his theory is correct, conditions for evolutionary changes in human brainwave patterns have
now been established. Hainsworth theorized that “[t]he frequencies of naturally occurring electro-
magnetic signals, circulating in the electrically resonant cavity bounded by the earth and the
ionosphere, have governed or determined the ‘evolution’ or development of the frequencies of
operation of the principal human brain-wave signals: In particular, the alpha-rhythm is so placed that it
can in no circumstances suffer an extensive interference from naturally occurring signals.”
Commenting on the unique correlations of Alpha brainwave activity and its relationship to the Earth-
ionispheric cavity resonance, Hainsworth has said, “As human beings we have extraordinary potentials
we have hardly begun to study, much less understand. Creative gifts, intuitions and talents that are
unpredictable or emergent may become stabilized in generations to come. Hopefully, we can learn to
understand both our emergence from an essentially electromagnetic environment and facilitate our
potential for healing, growth and non-local communication.”
In a state of deep relaxation, slow rhythmic sine wave patterns in the 6-8 Hz range can be
detected. Sympathetic resonance is a harmonic phenomenon in which a formerly passive string or
vibratory body responds to external vibrations to which it has a harmonic similarity. The classic
example is demonstrated with two similar tuning-forks. When one of the tuning forks is truck, the other
begins vibrating automatically via resonance. Certain types of oscillators can alter the environment
through sympathetic resonance as well. This means that with the right kind of environmental stimulus,
you can entrain standing waves not only in the brain but in the body as well.
Continually reinforced wave forms, created by resonance, can result in large oscillations which entrain
other circuits in the body tuned to those frequencies. As the Earth naturally pulses at various
frequencies, this acts as a kind of master entrainment signal that entrains a whole hierarchy of
frequencies, including those of the human heart, brain and mind. As wondrous as this may seem, it
makes perfect sense when you realize that everything we do is done within this sea of entraining energy
pulses produced by the Schumann Resonances. The ionosphere that comprises the ceiling of this
Schumann resonator cavity is made up of electrically charged particles. This highly charged layer
makes the ionosphere act as a kind of “capacitor” for the Earth. And there is a difference in electrical
potential between the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere, which acts as a kind of electrical generator.
You might think of this electromagnetic field around the earth as a kind of gel, like stiff jelly. When we
move, all those movements are transmitted to the environment via this field, and vice versa. These
fields not only affect our bodies, they also influence our body’s electrical charge. As we stand on the
ground, our body is grounded. Our body creates a kind of basin within the electrostatic field by
distorting its lines of force.
In 1981, Dr. Richard Alan Miller published a scientific paper in which he showed that this process
couples us as human beings with the isoelectric field of the planet. The scientist after whom the
Schumann Resonance is named, Winifried Otto Schumann, calculated the Earth-ionosphere cavity
resonance frequencies in 1957. He found the most predominant standing wave to be around 7.83 Hz.
In a “tuned” system of oscillators, when one oscillator begins vibrating, the other oscillator will
eventually begin vibrating at the same frequency. This process is referred to as “entrainment” or
“kindling.” Kindling is also a term that refers to neuronal entrainment in the brain. As this kindling
ignites more neurons globally across the surface of the brain, it helps facilitate a synchronous, coherent
state of consciousness such as that seen in deep meditation. Interestingly, the 7.83 Hz Schumann
Resonance falls within the range of human brain waves, precisely in the middle where the alpha
brainwave and theta brain wave ranges meet. As such, practices that elicit this range of brain waves,
such as meditation, help facilitate a deep coupling of human physiology with the Earth’s Schumann
Resonance.
Various scientific experiments have suggested that this mutual coupling of human physiology with the
Earth creates a kind of resonance in which energy and information are most efficiently transferred
between the two. This may be how the planet communicates with us as humans via the universal
language of resonance. And this is likely one of the reasons why being out in nature can be so
enlivening and healing for human beings.
In his scientific paper entitled, “Schumann’s Resonances and Human Psychobiology,” Dr. Richard
Allen Miller states, “Ample anthropological evidence shows that humans have intuitively synchronized
with the planetary resonance throughout human history and back into the mists of time. There is cross-
cultural evidence demonstrating a variety of ritualistic practices which enhance this harmonization with
the planetary field. Perhaps the most obvious ‘drivers’ of these trance states are shamanic drumming
and trance dance, arguably employed for over 50,000 years. Pulsing light is another driver. A further
example comes from the use in both the Jewish and Muslim faiths of bobbing and swaying while
praying or reading holy books.
“This trancing phenomenon can be presumed to ingrain texts at a deeper level and to create
‘experiences’ to go along with conceptual indoctrination. It may also be linked in some manner to
hypnotic gesturing (mudras) and speech, and therefore to charisma or so-called “mana” personalities.
Mead and Bateson reported a technique transmitted to Balinese children which this culture intuitively
employed to harmonize their communities. They discovered that the parents encouraged their children
to vibrate parts of their body, harmonizing to the SR cycle. And you can do the same thing; you may
already do it unconsciously. “If you sit in a chair and move your foot so that it’s resting on the ball of
the foot, and you get it at the right angle, your whole leg will start to vibrate. It goes into an oscillation.
That oscillation is so close to the SR cycle as to be virtually the same. And that’s what Balinese parents
encouraged their children to do. It helps them go into trance.”
Can anybody intentionally induce this healing/energizing Schumann frequency? Absolutely. There are
numerous ways to entrain the human brain, heart or even the entire human organism to the Schumann
Resonance. In fact, this video you are watching right now is silently entraining your entire energetic
system to the Schumann Resonance as I speak.
If you’ll recall, the beginning of this video mentions that this video uses two new forms of mind-brain
technology called “Energetic Encoding Technology” and “Scalar-Wave Entrainment”. They use
completely silent entrainment frequencies to entrain your mind, brain and body to the Schumann
Resonance. You may have noticed that you feel more centered, relaxed, grounded and focused as you
watch this. The longer you are exposed to this energy medicine technology, the stronger you will feel it.
When speaking about the use of such entrainment practices and technologies in his book, “Everyday
Soul: Awakening the Spirit in Daily Life,” author Bradford Keeney stated that its purpose “is to get
outside the limitations and constraints of isolated individual mind and connect with something greater.
It has any number of names but this ‘greater Mind’ links us to one another and to nature as a whole. It
is a very natural capacity our bodies are intuitively capable of effecting, vibrating with the pulse of life
itself.”
By consciously linking ourselves to the Schumann Resonance, we are essentially taking strategic
advantage of the natural harmonic relationship between the Earth and ourselves. We are intimately
interwoven with the Earth’s low frequency isoelectric, magnetic and electrostatic fields, but modern day
electro-pollution can often interfere with this natural connection. Numerous scientific studies shown a
positive correlation between various Psi phenomena and the 7 – 8 Hz range of human brain waves,
which also just so happen to correlate with the fundamental Schumann Resonance at 7.83 Hz. In fact,
we have compiled 100 scientific papers that offer evidence for the Psi Phenomena for you to explore.
Michael Persinger, Ph.D. of Laurentian University in Canada has conducted a number of scientific
experiments that have led him to theorize that the 7 – 8 Hz range of brainwave frequencies acts as a
kind of entraining frequency to link the human mind and brain with the Earth’s geomagnetic field.
Further research has shown a strong correlation between geomagnetic activity and psychic phenomena.
This has led some scientists to believe that the Earth’s magnetic field can act as a kind of “psychic
information highway” or “psychic Internet,” and this may be why the Schumann Resonance has been
linked to various psychic phenomena and enhanced creativity. In the next video in this series, we’ll
explore this link between the geomagnetic field, the Schumann Resonance and Psi phenomena even
further. In the meantime, try our Earth Pulse Schumann Resonance Generator app. If you are interested,
feel free to explore our brain enhancing apps here.
For now, I’ll close with a quote from Psi researcher Lian Sidorov: “For a decade, Robert Beck
researched the brain wave activity of healers from all cultures and religious backgrounds (he
enumerates psychics, shamans, dowsers, Christian healers, seers, ESP readers, kahuna, Santeria, wicca
practitioners and others). Independent of their belief systems, each exhibited ‘nearly identical EEG
signatures’ during their ‘healing’ moments: a 7.8-8Hz brainwave activity, which lasted from one to
several seconds and which was ‘phase and frequency-synchronized with the earth’s geoelectric
micropulsations – the Schumann resonance’.”
