First, let’s review the heart's basic function. It has four chambers---two atria which are the upper chambers and two ventricles serving as the lower chambers. The process of the heartbeat begins with an electrical impulse originating at what is known as the sinus node located at the top right atrium. This natural pacemaker consists of electrical wave patterns following a regular pattern down the atria then to the ventricles, creating the rhythmic pattern that becomes our heartbeat. It is a miraculous symphony of receiving blood from the body, oxygenating from the lungs and then returning it to the body’s extensive circulatory system in order to serve every organ. The wellness of the heart, the biochemical quality and food nutrients in the blood, as we know, hold huge medical importance.

One aspect of the heart, which may be somewhat overlooked in its importance, is the heart's electromagnetic nature. Its electromagnetic functioning is well known medically---who in the medical profession is not familiar with EKG machines and the electrodes placed across the chest and body to get a read on the heartbeat pattern? A relatively precise measurement of variations of electromagnetic pulses produces a fine graph of our heart function and can readily be an indicator of possible minor or major heart problems. But does the function of the heart's electromagnetic nature stop there? Does its electromagnetic nature merely serve its physical functioning? Electromagnetism is one of the primary forces of nature studied by physicists. While we can see the effects of electromagnetism, the force is in itself generally invisible. It is also well known to create a magnetic field, so on a more subtle level our hearts are creating and functioning as magnetic fields.

What are the implications of the heart and its magnetic field? Far beyond its physical function of just pumping blood, the heart is radiating a field of energy that may hold connections to the rest of the body and organs. Information can be transmitted via a magnetic field and serve to promote a field of body intelligence originating from the heart, which may in return be sensing changes in the field from other organs, and other nearby organisms.

The concept of field theory relating to the body is not new. In the book Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra M.D., it is theorized that there is a subtle field of intelligence that communicates information throughout the body. In this regard the connection between the emotions (or mind), the heart and the body is made. Christiane Northrup M.D., explains this connection through scientific studies which shows that hormonal balancing takes place when thinking with your heart. Like when you see a puppy or sleeping baby, your DHEA levels rise and begin to balance your hormones, she says. But something more important happens. The beat-to-beat variability of the heart normalizes. You get into this wave pattern that you can see on a heart rate monitor. “You see a wave pattern on a heart rate monitor that actually begins to balance the entire body given that the heart is a huge electromagnet that trains the rest of the body.”1

A huge electromagnet that trains the rest of the body? This is not a common way of thinking about our hearts, but thinking in terms of the heart as electromagnet may offer an additional aspect to healing. To the extent our emotion and thoughts are affecting our health as the puppy or sleeping baby effect, this may become an area of more future research. But it doesn’t stop there, because the field of electromagnetism is everywhere, even beyond the body. This can lead one to ask to what extent does our electromagnetic field affect the world around us, if not just our bodies and its organs? And as more people in the medical profession open to research of subtle energy fields as related to health, the more tools we may find for creating greater health and healing.


1   From an interview with Christiane Northrop, M.D. You Can Heal Your Life. DVD, 2007, by Hay House Inc.

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 Rick Baker, B.A. in Philoshophy, currently lives in Sedona, Arizona. Please feel free to visit his website, Quantum Cafe .

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Fascinating
written by SunnyRN, August 27, 2008

What a fascinating article and premise! (Fascinating----do I sound like Mr. Spock?)

I do believe that cell phones, wireless systems and such must be affecting our health. But since they are so ubiquitous, how do we avoid them? We can, of course, not use them in our homes, but we are now surrounded by such signals!

What does anyone think about Reiki and Therapeutic Touch in terms of our electromagnetic fields? Have any studies been done? I don't practice either, but I have colleagues who do, and I have seen some impressive results with patients who were in pain or anxious.

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written by NurseKeith, August 18, 2008

There are actually many people who feel that those electromagnetic fields have deleterious effects on our bodies. Although not much research has been done to figure out if those views are accurate or not, there have been some studies on the effects of cell phone use, and evidence points to a possibility that certain types of gliomas and brain tumors may be caused by cell phone radiation. Still, a lot more study needs to be done and I assume there are lobbyists and corporate interests who would rather not see any studies get funding and potentially decrease their sales....

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written by a guest, August 16, 2008

Would it not also be true that the electromagnetic fields and radiation from outside sources can affect our brains and bodies?

Cell towers and phones, wireless internet systems, all the other electronics in our homes and places of work are always sending signals.

How are those affecting us?

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