Living tissues emit electromagnetic waves: the origins of culture

Living tissues are known to constantly emit a certain amount of electromagnetic waves, generally of very weak intensity. We do not know exactly which part of the cell makes these emissions, but, according to certain indications, it is most likely that it is the DNA itself.

DNA, which is the organic molecule par excellence, is composed of a very long double helical chain of bases. A small part of this chain (around 3%) contains genetic information that allows cells, tissues and organisms to be replicated or to build proteins. The remainder, sometimes disrespectfully called "junk" DNA, or "junk DNA" by some geneticists (according to Narby, J., it should be called "mystery" DNA), is made up of cyclic repeats of base sequences that they don't seem to make sense.

Narby himself points out that it is probable that these very long repetitive chains, with an almost crystalline molecular structure, could be true transmitting and receiving antennas for EM waves. According to this hypothesis, animal and plant tissues would generate weak and complex electromagnetic fields that would be continuously modulated by the billions of nearby adeenic molecules. For this, these molecules would use their transmitter-receptor segments. Over time, living organisms would have developed this communication system to achieve maximum efficiency.

Unlike animals that can use dynamic communication methods, and therefore have less need for other communication systems, plants and other organisms must resort to static emission systems. For this reason, it is not surprising that ecosystems include a complex electromagnetic component, originating from their plant and animal organisms, which allows optimizing the diplomatic game of the species that constitute it.

According to Terence MacKenna, our species is, to a great extent, the result of the exchange of reciprocal influences with certain plants that produce intense effects on the mind. This author points out that some of the substances contained in them have a very specific effect on human capacities. One example is psilocybin, an active agent in teonanacatl and other mushrooms, which "has a profoundly catalytic impact on language drive."

The individuals or communities that consumed the fungus achieved better communication through language. Those who did not do so were at a marked disadvantage. Little by little, the consuming populations, which in turn were the groups most apt for symbolic language, achieved a predominance over non-consumers.

The fly agaric, a well-known fungus that grows in the temperate and cold forests of Eurasia, also elicits reactions of intense activity and talkativeness.

The ingestion of ayahuasca (infusion of the Amazonian plant Banisteriopsis caapi) produces a significant increase in sensory, visual, auditory and olfactory acuity.

Both ayahuasca and teonanacatl and fly agaric adapt very well to human physiology, are relatively harmless, and are not addictive. In both cases, the impact on psychoactivity is very intense, but its side effects are few and short-lived.

There are numerous plant species with psychoactive properties similar to ayahuasca, amanita muscaria or teonanacatl. Their influence varies according to the species, the varieties, and even the place where they grow. Some of these plants have been used as a source of knowledge for thousands of generations. It is probably through them that ideas or information that have been processed and shared by human communities since very ancient times reach individual and social consciousness.

Many traditional societies focused their activities on the ingestion or use of these substances. This special consideration led to them being considered sacred and their use or consumption constituting an essential part of religious and spiritual systems.

From the book "Peoples, Drugs and Serpents", Danilo Antón, Piriguazú Ediciones