Marcel Joseph Vogel (1917–1991) was a research scientist working at the
IBM San Jose Research Center for 27 years. He is sometimes referred to as Dr. Vogel, although this title was based on an
honorary degree, not a
Ph.D.. Later in his career, he became interested in various
pseudoscientific theories of quartz crystals and other
occult and esoteric fields of study. The Vogel Crystal type cut was created by him.
Mainstream scientific work
It is claimed that Vogel started his research into
luminescence while he was still in his teens. This research eventually led him to publish his thesis,
Luminescence in Liquids and Solids and Their Practical Application, in collaboration with
University of Chicago's Dr. Peter Pringsheim in 1943.
Two years after the publication, Vogel incorporated his own company, Vogel Luminescence, in
San Francisco. For the next decade the firm developed a variety of new products:
fluorescent crayons, tags for
insecticides, a
black light inspection kit to determine the secret trackways of
rodents in cellars from their
urine and the
psychedelic colors popular in "
new age"
posters. In 1957, Vogel Luminescence was sold to Ultra Violet Products
and Vogel joined IBM as a full-time research scientist. He retired from
IBM in 1984.
He received 32
patents for his inventions up through his tenure at IBM.
[1] Among these was the magnetic coating for the 24”
hard disk drive systems still in use. His areas of expertise, besides luminescence, were
phosphor technology,
magnetics and
liquid crystal systems.
At Vogel's February 14, 1991 funeral, IBM researcher and Sacramento,
California physician Bernard McGinity, M.D. said of him, “He made his
mark because of the brilliance of his mind, his prolific ideas, and his
seemingly limitless creativity.”
[2]
Esoteric and occult studies
Vogel Cut
He also designed the Vogel Crystal Cut, which allegedly focuses "
universal life force"
by concentrating it and transforming it to a higher level or vibration.
Vogel crystals are said to be cut to the extremely precise angle of
51
degrees 51 minutes and 51 seconds, which is also claimed as the precise
angle of the sides of the
Great Pyramid of Giza. The crystal is further designed along the geometry of the
Tree of Life symbol. Its design is said to have come to him in a dream.
Billy Meier UFO metal sample
According to the book Light Years by Gary Kinder, Vogel examined a metal sample which was allegedly given to
Billy Meier by
extraterrestrials and marveled at its unusual properties (Vogel stated it contained the element
thulium).
[citation needed] An investigator with the
Independent Investigations Group claims to have found that the element detected by Vogel was in fact aluminum and not thulium.
[3][4] Kinder however states in his book that the metal sample had disappeared after Vogel's analysis and was never found again.
Communication between plants
Vogel claimed to be able to duplicate the "
Backster effect"
using plants as transducers for bio-energetic fields from the human
mind, showing that they respond to human thought. He claimed his
findings had the same effect irrespective of distance and suggested that
"inverse square law does not apply to thought" (See also:
Inverse square law).
[5] Vogel was a proponent of research into
plant consciousness. He spurred fellow researcher
Randall Fontes into furthering this work. Vogel was featured in the first episode of
In Search Of... hosted by
Leonard Nimoy, called "Other Voices". He gave his theories regarding the possibility of
communication between plants.
[6]
See also
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