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It is in fact a matter of deep reverence and awe for human knowledge in order to explore the vivid possibilities of cures and well-being. The ancient heritage is has utilized every possible substance to the fullest. One of the opulently therapeutic substances is Magnet.
In this way, permanent magnets can be prepared if the material used is made up of hard magnetic material or with the aid of temporary magnets by using soft iron. Every magnet constitutes two poles: North Pole and South Pole. Even if a magnet is broken into two pieces, each portion will always possess two poles. Therefore, each broken piece of the magnet will behave like an independent magnet with all the properties of the mother magnet. To identify the polarity of a magnet, for example that of a bar magnet, the magnet should be suspended in the air by means of a thin string. The bar magnet will orient itself in a particular direction of North and South. The closing portion of the bar magnet which points to the geographic north should be taken to be the North Pole. Likewise, the closing portion pointing towards the geographic south should be considered as the South Pole. Another method of detecting the poles of any type of magnet is through a Magnetic needle or by means of another magnet whose poles are already known and marked. The North Pole of a magnet always attracts the South Pole of another Magnet and vice-versa. Similar poles always repel each other.  The reason why the North South Polarity of magnet aligns itself with that of geographic North South polarity is based on the fact that the earth itself is a huge Magnet. And as any other magnet, it possesses two geographic poles commonly known as North and South. The geographic North Pole is located near Alaska and the geographic South Pole near Antarctica. Besides these two poles, the earth also possesses two other magnetic poles, namely, magnetic north and magnetic south-the magnetic north being situated near the geographic south and the magnetic south near the geographic north. Therefore when a bar magnet orients itself towards the north and south directions, the ends of the bar are factually attracted by the magnetic poles of the earth and not the geographic poles.
Appropriate knowledge of the magnetic poles is of utmost importance in magnetic healing. The magnets being manufactured are marked on the above principle and any deviation from the above should not be acceptable for the purpose of healing, as it can lead to erroneous results or even be injurious.
The ancient researchers had a firm belief that the magnet had a soul as it could move iron and could attract or repel another magnet. Interestingly, they named the polarities as the property of love` and `hate` of the magnet. The magnets consist of 3 main properties. They are as follows: 1. Similar poles of two magnets always repel each other. These characteristics can easily be verified by holding the similar poles of two magnets in close contact with each other. The repelling force can be easily felt by us. 2. Dissimilar poles of magnets always attract each other. Holding the north and south poles of two magnets close to each other, which leads to forceful pull of the two magnets, and clamping the two poles can also easily verify this. 3. The two poles of a magnet are inseparable. The broken magnets act as independent magnets and possess two poles each. It concludes that, magnets are always bipolar. Magnetic fields and line of force:  Magnetic Field is like a `Halo` effect around a magnet, which affects the magnetic substances in its neighborhood. Certain magnets have strong magnetic fields, while others have weak magnetic fields around them. The magnetic fields, as force, are the strongest near the poles of a magnet.
Lines of Force are the lines that conjoin the North Pole to South Pole externally, and then internally pass from the North Pole to the South Pole. If we spread iron filings on a paper placed under a magnet, we shall observe that the filings arrange `themselves in distinct patterns, indicating various paths around the magnet called the lines of force. The experiment easily establishes the strength of the magnetic field, which is considered to be higher where the concentration of the iron filings is more and vice versa. We also observe that due to the earth`s magnetism, different patterns of the lines of force are formed in a bar magnet when kept differently with reference to the Earth`s magnetic Field. For example, a North-to-North magnetic alignment provides a different pattern as compared to a North to South alignment, and so on. An understanding of these facts is essential while using Magnets for Healing purpose. One can perceive the magnetic force by the following simple tests to convince oneself of the penetrating effect of the magnetic lines of force: Although there are some people who are hypersensitive on contact with magnets and can perceive the magnetic force in their hands and feet when these are placed over a strong magnet, the magnetic lines of force pass into the body irrespective of the fact whether one feels them or not. The above mentioned consideration should always be kept in mind while healing for two prime reasons: The strength or the intensity of the magnetic field at a point on the magnet is measured in Gauss or Oersteds. These units of magnetic power are named after the respective scientists. A simple instrument called gauss-meter is used to measure the strength of magnets. Gauss meter provides a direct reading when its semi-conductor probe is placed close to the point where the strength is to be measured. The value of the strength of the magnetic field can be read directly over the graduated scale provided on the instrument. A toy magnet consists of a gauss-power of about 300, that of a laboratory magnet about 1000 gauss and that of some strong commercial magnets ranging from 3 to 4 kilo-gauss to several kilogauss. The electromagnets can produce very strong field intensities, which can be altered by altering the quantity of the current feeding it. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Only bipolar magnets are found in nature although certain stray reports of the discovery of monopoles have recently appeared, but they lack scientific authentication.