Pioneers of electroculture

Abbé Pierre Bertholon

In the eighteenth century, Pierre Bertholon published work on electricity applied to plants. His name is associated with the electro-vegetometer, a device intended to collect and redistribute atmospheric electricity.

Karl Selim Lemström

Finnish physicist Karl Selim Lemström became known for experiments involving atmospheric electricity and plant growth at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century.

Frère Paulin

Around the beginning of the twentieth century, French agricultural experiments included conductive networks connected to air and soil in attempts to influence crops.

Justin Christofleau

In France, Justin Christofleau developed and patented devices that remain among the most frequently cited historical references in electroculture.

Georges Lakhovsky

Georges Lakhovsky is associated with open oscillating circuits and hypotheses concerning electromagnetic waves and living organisms. These ideas belong to the history of alternative electromagnetic approaches.

Marcel Violet

Marcel Violet is known for a water-treatment process based on claimed electro-vibratory phenomena. His work is generally discussed within the history of alternative approaches.

Pier Luigi Ighina

Pier Luigi Ighina developed unconventional electromagnetic theories that were never accepted by mainstream science, although his name remains present in some alternative research communities.

Phil Callahan and Bob Pike

Philip S. Callahan popularized work on soil paramagnetism. The PCSM (Phil Callahan Soil Meter) is associated with this measurement tradition, with historical instruments assembled by Bob Pike in the United States.

Yannick Van Doorne

Belgian agronomist Yannick Van Doorne has played a major role in the modern European revival and practical dissemination of electroculture since the late 1990s.

BSA Concept

BSA Concept contributes as a technical workshop: metal fabrication, reconstruction of apparatus, copper structures, pyramids and geometric forms, with attention to dimensions and assembly quality.