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Harold Saxton Burr, Ph.D., was the E.K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy at Yale University. He had a doctorate in anatomy, and, over a period of forty years, he published extensively on the electromagnetic properties of the human body. He published important papers, such as, “The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life” and “Electrical Characteristics of Living Systems.” Using a simple Hewlett-Packard DC Vacuum Tube Voltmeter Model 412A to detect the electromagnetic potential of the body, he demonstrated electrical aspects of cancer cells, ovulation, menstruation, “en-trainment” to diurnal lunar signals, and an annual cycle. In perhaps his most important work, A Blueprint for Immortality, he stated, “The Universe in which we find ourselves and from which we cannot be separated is a place of Law and Order. It is not an accident, nor chaos. It is organized and maintained by an electro-dynamic field capable of turning the position and movement of all charged particles.” He argued that electromagnetic fields molded and controlled the development, health, and mood of the organisms. He named the electromagnetic field of life itself the L-Field. Interestingly, as with so many such things, the scientific community has ignored his work.

Using what is now an antique voltmeter, Burr actually measured the electromagnetic L-Field of trees over a number of decades and found correlations between phases of the moon, sun spot activity, thunderstorms, and readings from the tree. He found that the axis of electromagnetic polarity in a frog’s egg could predict the spinal axis of fetal development. He could chart and predict the ovulation cycle of women, locate a scar internally, and diagnose potential physical ailments just by reading an individual’s L-Field. He found that the L-Field reaches the peak of activity at the full moon, and one of his students, Leonard Ravitz, concluded that “Both emotional activity and stimuli of any sort involve mobilization of electrical energy, as indicated on the galvanometer. Hence, both emotions and stimuli evoke the same energy. Emotions can be equated with energy.” Ravitz showed that the L-Field actually disappears just before physical death.

Burr’s work, to some extent, was a precursor to the work carried out later by Wilhelm Reich, who will be discussed next, and even later by Robert Becker, who has perhaps written more on this subject (see his book The Body Electric) than any other individual.