Fig. 15.7. Various root systems.
In the evolution of plants, first primitive ones (a
& b) take root, making use of the low-grade
nutrients at the warm surface. They allow a little
soil and moisture to accumulate. As the soil cools
off, the water table slowly rises, bringing up
deeper minerals and nutrients. This allows higher
plant forms to develop (c to i), which hold the soil
together and encourage humus to form, which
attracts micro-organisms that break down the soil,
increasing the fertility and richness, causing the
pioneer plants to die off.
whose purpose is to increase the potency of the life force towards the
tips of both branches and roots.
In Chapter 7, we saw how the Earth may become charged with life
energy through its terrestrial biocondenser. Trees work in a similar
manner, the annual rings forming the dielectric separators between the
electrically charged areas. When these are closer together, the potential
(the dynamic energy) is increased, which occurs higher up the trunk.
In the central part of the trunk some growth takes place, but the most
energetic growth happens at the ends of the new shoots.
The diameter of the trunk reduces as the tree grows taller, which
makes the annuals rings grow closer together, increasing the bioelec-
tric potential. At the very top of the tree the potential is very high.
Finally in the leaves themselves the energy potential is at its maximum.
This is necessary for the critical process of evapo-transpiration to take
place. The sap capillaries are extremely small, so that the substancesHIDDEN NATURE