| A Bush that doesn't Burn | | | | During the Fatima Marian apparitions, several |
| When Moses came nearer to Mount Horeb he looked | | | | observers noted "a light breeze blowing" - a breeze |
| up to see a strange sight - in the distance a bush | | | | strong enough to make a person feel cold and which |
| seemed to be on fire. Yet the bush was not | | | | sounded like the "buzzing of bees". We are told in the |
| consumed by the fire - it was a veritable "smokeless | | | | New Testament of the Bible that when the apostles |
| fire". The Bible states "And the angel of the LORD | | | | were all together in a room, after Jesus ascended into |
| appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of | | | | heaven, that "Suddenly, from heaven there came a |
| a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, | | | | sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the |
| yet it was not consumed." As Moses approached, | | | | entire house. Tongues, as of fire, appeared among |
| God tells Moses to remove his sandals as the ground | | | | them, and a tongue rested on each of them." This |
| he was standing on was holy. | | | | event is celebrated as the "Pentecost" by Christians. |
| The "burning bush" has all the hallmarks of cold plasma | | | | Was this "violent wind" an electric wind that was |
| - like the auroras which appear around the North and | | | | caused by the presence of a plasma formation (which |
| South poles of the Earth. Interestingly Moses was | | | | is represented by a dove in many illustrations of the |
| asked to take off his sandals because he was told he | | | | Pentecost event)? In some accounts a single fire |
| was standing on sacred ground. Or was this because | | | | overhead separates into tongues of fire which rested |
| his sandals acted as an insulator between the ground | | | | above the heads of the apostles. |
| and his body? The Bible also tells us that his | | | | Plasma is affected and can be directed by magnetic |
| appearance changed after he came down from the | | | | fields. Tendrils of plasma that resemble "tongues of |
| mountain. Did he acquire a glow after the encounter | | | | fire" can fly-out when a magnet is brought near a |
| because his body was "charged" and the air around | | | | plasma source. Plasma objects will also tend to dart |
| him was ionized? Or was it because his bioplasma | | | | towards objects of different potential. They may be |
| body was radiating photons as the particles became | | | | attracted towards areas where electrostatic charges |
| excited because of some influx of energy? | | | | may have become polarized. When charged plasma |
| Doves | | | | approaches a conducting object, a plasma discharge |
| During the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal in 1917 | | | | may occur which is normally accompanied by an |
| there were many (even non-Christians) who | | | | "electric wind" which, in laboratory conditions, can be |
| witnessed objects that were cross-shaped in the sky. | | | | shown to exceed two meters per second. Human |
| Some even saw "white cups" which were described | | | | bodies can act as conducting objects. |
| as "doves". Small white bodies which were "white as | | | | Flashing Light |
| snow" were also interpreted as "doves". These | | | | We are told in the New Testament that Saul on his |
| "doves" resemble plasma formations and have also | | | | way to Damascus was confronted by a bright light at |
| been seen in other Marian apparitions. These "doves" | | | | noon that blinded him. The Bible states, "About noon as |
| have actually been photographed - for example during | | | | I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from |
| the Marian apparitions over the Coptic Church of St | | | | heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and |
| Mary at Zeitoun. | | | | heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you |
| The apparition at Zeitoun appeared on the domes of | | | | persecute me?'... My companions saw the light, but |
| the church for up to two hours or more at a time, | | | | they did not understand the voice of him who was |
| always at night, but not every night and not at regular | | | | speaking to me. ... My companions led me by the hand |
| times. A lady appeared in glittering light - so bright that it | | | | into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had |
| streamed across the church. She was often preceded | | | | blinded me." Paul describes the light he saw as being |
| or accompanied by luminous "doves", "strange bird-like | | | | brighter than the noonday sun. |
| creatures made of light", which did not flap their wings | | | | The seers at Fatima insisted repeatedly that they |
| but glided. The figure moved across the domes | | | | were not only awestruck by the Lady's appearance: |
| bowing and greeting the enormous crowds, estimated | | | | they were "blinded" by it. UFO witnesses have also |
| at times to be as many as 250,000 people. The | | | | been blinded by lights. James McCampbell believes that |
| "doves" were consistently mentioned by | | | | the microwaves emitted by plasma formations |
| eyewitnesses. | | | | damage the eyes. It is well established that plasma |
| Doves also appear in the New Testament of the Bible | | | | formations emit a broad range of radiation (either |
| - including the "dove" that appeared overhead during | | | | directly or by absorption by other matter and |
| the baptism of Jesus by John in the Jordan River and | | | | re-radiation), including ultra-violet light, which can |
| in depictions of the "Pentecost" (see below). The Bible | | | | damage skin and the conjunctiva in the eyes. In fact, if |
| states, "Now when all the people were baptized, and | | | | fluorescent lamps were not coated with phosphors, it |
| when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, | | | | would also emit damaging ultra-violet light. Was the |
| the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit | | | | bright light that blinded Paul, the greatest Christian |
| descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove..." | | | | missionary, on the road to Damascus a plasma |
| Tongues of Fire and Winds | | | | formation? It certainly has all the hallmarks. |
| When the field strength at the tip of a metal becomes | | | | Conclusion |
| large it ionizes the air about the tip and a jet of plasma | | | | It is well worth considering to what extent plasma life |
| will appear at the tip. Ionization of the nearby air | | | | forms appeared in the Bible. We must, however, not |
| molecules results in the generation of ionized air | | | | dismiss this plasma as ordinary plasma composed of |
| molecules having the same polarity as that of the | | | | particles from the physicists' Standard Model. It may |
| charged tip. Subsequently, the tip repels the | | | | very well be composed of a plasma of |
| like-charged ion cloud, and the ion cloud immediately | | | | supersymmetric particles - a supersymmetric or "super |
| expands due to the mutual repulsion between the ions. | | | | plasma". The plasma formations may also point to |
| This repulsion generates an electric "wind" that inflates | | | | intelligent plasma life forms (inhabiting a parallel Earth |
| from the tip and is usually accompanied by a hissing | | | | which interpenetrates our space) which are ordinarily |
| noise due to the change in air pressure at the tip. | | | | invisible and interact with us on a sporadic basis. |