Ernst Hartmann (born 10 November 1915 in
Mannheim
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, d. 23 October 1992 in Waldkatzenbach, a suburb of
Waldbrunn (Odenwald)) in
Germany
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was a German
medical doctor
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,
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
and
publicist
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.
"Hartmann lines", a
scientifically unproven grid of invisible energy lines of the Earth's inherent radiation (German ''Erdstrahlen''), are named after him.
Life
Ernst Hartmann studied medicine in
Mannheim
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and
Jena
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. During World War II he worked as a staff physician in the German army and later was briefly in American captivity. Subsequently he opened a medical practice in
Eberbach on the river
Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...
, where he remained more than 40 years as a practitioner.
Besides his work as a doctor, in 1948, Ernst Hartmann occupied himself, together with his brother Robert, with
geobiology
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and
dowsing
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in Ge ...
. Furthermore, he occupied himself with
homeopathy
Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a dis ...
and later also
'building biology' (German ''baubiologie''). The Research Group for Geobiology (Dr. Hartmann e.V.),
a registered association with the goal of promoting research and training in
geobiology
Geobiology is a field of scientific research that explores the interactions between the physical Earth and the biosphere. It is a relatively young field, and its borders are fluid. There is considerable overlap with the fields of ecology, evolutio ...
, was founded by him in 1961.
Significant Publications
* ''Geopathie'' (eng. ''Geopathy''), Haug Verlag, Ulm/Donau, 1954.
* ''Krankheit als Standortproblem'' (eng. ''Illness as a Location Problem''), Volume 1, Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, (1. Auflage 1964), 5. Auflage 1986,
* ''Krankheit als Standortproblem'' (eng. ''Illness as a Location Problem''), Volume 2, Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1986,
See also
*
Dowsing
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in Ge ...
*
Radiesthesia
Radiesthesia describes an ability to detect radiation emitted by a person, animal, object or geographical feature. There is no scientific evidence of the existence of this pseudoscientific or occult phenomenon.
Definitions
One definition is " ...
*
Geopathology
References
Ernst Hartmann, M.D. The Skeptic's Dictionary
''The Skeptic's Dictionary'' is a collection of cross-referenced skeptical essays by Robert Todd Carroll, published on his website skepdic.com and in a printed book. The skepdic.com site was launched in 1994 and the book was published in 2003 wi ...
.
External links
Forschungskreis für Geobiologie (Dr. Hartmann e.V.)beim Institut für Geophysik der Universität Stuttgart
*http://geopathicstress.us/global_grid
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1915 births
1992 deaths
Physicians from Mannheim
People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
German Peace Union politicians
German homeopaths
German male writers
German general practitioners