After six months looking into electroculture it seems to me the most commonly asked question is "which way do I coil my wire when making an antenna of any kind?" so stick with me and I will alleviate any confusion in this post.
Snails
One of the first stories I heard Yannick Van Doorne (the leading expert in electroculture) tell about his early experience in this field involved a humble little snail. He was asked to survey a load of sick apple trees and noticed there was one tree which was not sick like the rest.
But what was the unseen factor keeping it healthy?
He examined the tree itself and could find nothing unusual about it but when he looked on the ground he found an empty snail shell at its base and concluded that it must have been this making the difference. But how can it be?
Well, a snail shell grows using the sacred mathematics of the Universe, creating what is known as a golden spiral. So its design alone facilitates a flow of vital life-force energy for the snail and when the occupant is no longer there the energy continues outward from the shell to the area around it. (This is why I now pick up shells whenever I see them and put them in the garden).
While there are exceptions, the normal way for a shell to grow is clockwise, channeling the energy from its centre to its opening.
So when the snail dies and the shell finds its resting place on the ground, it will perhaps be pointing upward or downward. In the case that it is pointed downward it will channel energy into the soil. In the case that it is pointed upward it will channel energy to any plants or branches which happen to be above it. But in all situations (assuming we are talking about standard garden snails) the energy moves clockwise.
The lesson we can take from this is that sacred geometry creates energy and it likes to move in a clockwise direction.
So while a tornado can spin in both directions depending on its location in the northern or southern hemisphere it does still clearly demonstrate the idea that energy likes to move from a focused point to a wider opening.
And the humble snail shell is no different, moving the energy from a focused point out to the opening.
Even this wonderful ball of bubbles I saw in a stream the other day was moving in a clockwise direction, sending its energy from a central point out to a channel through the bubbles around it.
Nature really does have all the answers for us.
The best example of all can be seen here with this vine which is growing anti-clockwise from the bottom (clockwise from the top) to channel the energy to its roots.
As far as I can see all vines grow this way, so the only question is, are you looking carefully enough?
Cosmic & Earth energy
There is more to this story because our coiled antenna (which are basically just larger and more conductive snail shell replicas) can be viewed from two perspectives, from the ground up or from the top down.
This is a crucial factor because there are two types of energy we are attracting with our antenna, Cosmic & Earth energy, one of which always comes from the sky, the other from the ground.
As I mentioned, energy likes to move in a clockwise direction so if we coil clockwise from the base we are predominantly sending Earth energy upward. Whereas if we coil anti-clockwise from the base (clockwise from the top) we are sending Cosmic energy downward.
Examples
Here is a spiral in my courtyard which is coiled clockwise from the bottom.
I placed this one here because I want it to send the Earth energy in an upward direction toward the branches of this blueberry plant which will (hopefully) be developing some flowers & fruit soon.
Despite the evident success of this positioning (there is loads of growth at the top of the plant) what we are looking at here is a pallet attached to a wall with soil in it, so I'm not sure how much Earth energy it can realistically create. It would be more effective I think if the spiral were plugged directly into the ground.
Here I have a steel spiral which is coiled the other way, taking Cosmic energy (also known as Chi or Orgone Energy) from the air down into the soil.
This I think is the most effective way to work with raised beds like this which have no connection with the earth itself.
The blue spiral behind the silver one is coiled the other way to send Earth energy upward towards the strawberries.
Though like I said, not sure how effective it is in a raised bed situation like this.
In Conclusion
Clockwise is the way of the world and with this in mind we can build our devices to fit each situation. Just as the moon cycle dictates where the growth of the plant happens (in the roots or upper parts of the plant) the cycle of the seasons dictate in which direction we should be sending our energy.
In the winter when plants are small or even non existent I would argue that Cosmic energy wants to be directed downward into the soil, vitalising the seeds and roots. But in the Summer when those plants have all grown up, in many cases (particularly in the fruit category) they will benefit from Earth energy being sent upwards.
Root vegetables will obviously require a downward energy while if you are looking for beautiful flowers, upward energy will be preferable.
In the Summer it seems to me that having two devices coiled in opposite directions will be the most effective system for a large number of plants.
You may even consider that lunar cycle I mentioned and change your spirals around every two weeks based on the waxing or waning of the moon.
Waxing is the growth of the moon, so it affects the upper part of plants while waning is the decline of the moon, affecting the roots.
This is why there are optimal times of the month for planting out, when the energy is in the roots. With this in mind you could rotate an army of spirals to be sending Earth energy upward during the waxing period and Cosmic energy downward during waning. But you would have to be pretty keen to do that ;)
I am a member of Yannick's telegram group where the other day he shared this post, showing his latest creations (after 30 years of investigations).
He is of the belief that the most effective kind of spiral we can make is the double spiral Ighina type, inspired by the work Pierre Luigi Ighina.
Yannick kindly answered the coil direction question directly under my last electroculture film, largely motivating this post.
The final point I want to make is that none of the spirals in my courtyard or garden have been bought or made with a spiral mold. I made them all by hand using the method described in this post.
It's easier than you think.
And it doesn't have to be copper!
In other words, there are few people in the world who cannot get started right away.
Love & Light everyone π±
All art images were made by myself and the midjourney bot.