Essay

Grounding Our Spirits: Reestablishing Ourselves with the Current of the Earth

The Earth is a charged, living conductor, and every body on it stays tuned to its current through constant electrical exchange.

“A point of great importance would be first to know what is the capacity of the earth, and the amount of electricity which it contains. It is very difficult to define just what this electricity is, but it is certain that it exists in immense quantities. The earth is, so to speak, a charged body, a vast reservoir of electricity.” Nikola Tesla, “On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena,” 1893

The Earth as a Living Conductor

Within the Netist framework, magnetism is an extraordinary phenomenon that interacts with aether flow in a way that aligns directly with the source field. It forms a continuous circuit that powers the entire natural world and has done so for billions of years without depletion.

Every plant, animal, and microbe is tuned to this energy. It shields us from excessive solar radiation, feeds plant growth, and maintains the balance of life through constant electrical exchange with the Earth.

Tesla’s Dynamic Ground

Modern electrical engineering treats “ground” as a neutral reference, something electrically dead or static. Tesla’s model saw ground as a dynamic electrical reservoir, capable of storing, transmitting, and interacting with charge.

His concept of using the Earth as the return path, or even the primary conductor, moves far past today’s limited, safety-only model of grounding.

Trees as Natural Antennas

Victor Schauberger understood what academia still fails to grasp. Trees are living antennas, tuned to Earth’s frequency, and they act on the charge around them rather than sitting inert within it.

Three features of a tree work together to conduct and redistribute electrostatic and electromagnetic energies between the sky and the soil:

  • Their vertical growth
  • The branching geometry of the limbs
  • A layered, tiered form

Each tree behaves like a capacitor, storing electrical charge in its canopy and releasing it into the Earth through its root system. A forest, then, becomes a vast grid of natural regulators, stabilizing the electrical field of entire ecosystems.

This explains why hailstorms rarely form over dense forests. The electrical imbalance that leads to storm discharge is already neutralized by the trees.

The Bioelectric Human and the Disconnection Crisis

Modern research affirms what ancient traditions always knew. The human body is a bioelectric system.

When insulated from the Earth (by rubber shoes, concrete buildings, or technology) we accumulate excess charge and dissonant frequencies. This leads to inflammation, stress, and energetic imbalance.

Grounding (Earthing)

The practice of grounding involves physical contact with the Earth’s surface, such as walking barefoot on natural ground.

Scientific benefits include:

  • Reduced inflammation
  • Balanced circadian rhythms
  • Improved nervous system regulation
  • Lower cortisol and improved mood

Forest Bathing and Energetic Alignment

The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) is a form of grounding that involves immersing oneself in living forests.

This practice has been clinically shown to:

  • Reduce stress hormones
  • Lower heart rate and blood pressure
  • Improve focus and mental clarity

Beyond the biological effects, a spiritual realignment occurs. In the bioelectrical field of the forest, our nervous system entrains to the coherent frequencies of trees. We return to the natural current of the Earth and realign with cosmic equilibrium.

We are sustained by the energy of the Earth, held within it as part of its circuit. By grounding ourselves, by walking among trees and touching the living soil, we remember:

We are fields. We are circuits within a vast, living grid.

Published June 2025.