Marcel Vogel, Man of Crystal Vision

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Marcel Vogel, Man of Crystal Vision

Marcel Joseph Vogel, born in San Francisco in 1917, was revived after being pronounced dead at the age of six from pneumonia. At this time, Vogel encountered a near-death experience (NDE). It caused him to question the meaning of life. Every day, from the age of six, he walked to early morning Mass to pray and questioned the purpose of his existence.

At age 12, an answer came as a "voice" that told Marcel he would be a "phosphor chemist" doing work in luminescence. Majoring in chemistry and physics at the University of San Francisco, Vogel found little written, or taught, in the field of luminescence. So he translated articles he found written in German on phosphors. Due to deteriorating health, he left college and completed his education privately, with Dr. Peter Pringsheim, a German professor.

Pringsheim and Vogel published a book, The Luminescence of Liquids and Solids and Their Practical Application (1943). Vogel published other papers and formed his own corporation, Vogel Luminescence. The company pioneered in the manufacturing of fluorescent paints, oils, crayons, chalk, Day-Glo colors, invisible ink, and tagging and tracing powders—used to detect bacteria and disease, including cancer. He worked part-time for IBM and he became a senior research scientist in 1957. He remained with IBM until 1984, when he founded his own lab, Psychic Research, Inc.

Vogel's work with human–plant communication experiments led to his discovery of an intelligent matrix existing in crystal/liquid crystal with an ability to store, amplify, and transfer information, and that crystal can be altered during its growth stage. Seventeen years of research in this area led to his faceted crystal inventions, useful in laser applications. Vogel was also working on the structuring of water for purification purposes, and the structuring of wines to rapidly age them.

Sources

vogel, marcel, and peter prigsheim. the luminescence of liquids and solids and their practical application. new york: wiley-interscience, 1943.

vogel-cut crystals by lifestream associates. [online] http://www.vogelcrystals.com.

stephen quong-vedic astrologer: healing crystals [online] http://www.jyotisha.com/healingcrystals.htm.

crystal distributing company. [online] http://www. heartsharmony.com/vogel.htm.

crystal wings. [online] http://www.crystalwings.com/vogelc.html.

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