The Moon
mundane activities, ranging from radio reception to the
aurora borealis type displays, and so on. The picture
that emerges from modern research is one where each
body (the earth, the sun, and perhaps even each of us)
is surrounded by some sort of magnetic field. We
radiate, and this radiation surrounds us and even keeps
some things out: it is our aura or mandala.
The earth's aura (or magnetosphere, as it is called)
keeps at bay enormous amounts of radiation coming
from the sun, and from the galaxy—in which our solar
system is but a part. Very energetic particles can
penetrate our magnetosphere and find their way
through the atmosphere to the surface of the earth. For
the most part, these particles funnel in from the north
and south polar caps via field lines of high geomagnetic
declination. During times of increased solar activity,
such as during solar flares or during the peak of the
sunspot cycle, much more solar radiation reaches the
earth than at other times. The weaker cosmic radiation
must wait for the years of sunspot minimum to reach
their maximum penetration. Please examine the
diagrams of the magnetosphere shown below as we
examine some of the scientific evidence that relates to
the lunation cycle and lunar power.