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Soil and Health Library This document is a reproduction of the book or other copyrighted material you requested. It was prepared on Monday, 1 February 2010 for the exclusive use of Frantisek Nagy, whose email address is [email protected] This reproduction was made by the Soil and Health Library only for the purpose of research and study. Any further distribution or reproduction of this copy in any form whatsoever constitutes a violation of copyrights. The Persecution and Trial of Gaston Naessens The True Story of the Efforts to Suppress an Alternative Treatment for Cancer, AIDS, and Other Immunologically Based Diseases Christopher Bird H J Kramer Inc Tiburon, California Copyright © 1991 by Christopher Bird All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published by H J Kramer Inc. P.O. Box 1082 Tiburon, CA 94920 Editor: Nancy Grimley Carleton Cover Design: Spectra Media Book Production: Schuettge & Carleton Composition: Classic Typography Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bird, Christopher, 1928- The persecution and trial of Gaston Naessans : the true story of the efforts to suppress an alternative treatment for cancer, AIDS, and other immunologically based diseases / Christopher Bird, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-915811-30-8 (pbk.) 1. Cancer—Alternative treatment. 2. Chronic diseases-Alternative treatment. 3. Biological response modifiers-Therapeutic use. 4. Naessens, Gaston—Trials, litigation, etc. I. Title. RC271.A62B57 1991 364.1'523'092-dc20 [B] 90-53451 CIP To Our Readers The books we publish are our contribution to an emerging world based on cooperation rather than on competition, on affirmation of the human spirit rather than on self-doubt, and on the certainty that all humanity is connected. Our goal is to touch as many lives as possible with a message of hope for a better world. Hal and Linda Kramer, Publishers Contents Foreword (by Dr. Hugh Desaix Riordan) ix Gratitudes x Preface xiii PART ONE: Setting the Stage 1 Chapter 1: Discovery of the World's Smallest Living Organism 2 Chapter 2: Gaston Naessens's Life and Work 18 Chapter 3: The Birth of Public Support 36 PART TWO: Battle in Court 47 Chapter 4: The Trial Begins 48 Chapter 5: The Surgeon and the Somatid 56 Chapter 6: Let No Stone Be Unturned 74 Chapter 7: The Dam of Dogma 83 Chapter 8: Someone or Something 97 Chapter 9: Guelph 106 Chapter 10: The Defense 119 Chapter 11: "En Dehors de Tout Doute Raisonnable" 154 PART THREE: Aftermath of Victory 171 Chapter 12: Tug-of-War 172 Chapter 13: Cracks in the Wall 182 Chapter 14: The Quest for Truth 191 PART FOUR: The Battle Continues 203 Chapter 15: Gladiators in a New Arena 204 Chapter 16: Breakout From Québec 224 Chapter 17: Medical Dissent 239 Chapter 18: Epilogue: An "Enemy of the People" 259 Appendix A: What Has Become of the Rife Microscope? 270 by Christopher Bird Appendix B: 714-X: A Highly Promising Nontoxic Treatment for Cancer and Other Immune Deficiencies 294 by Gaston Naessens Appendix C: Gaspar Is a Miracle That Modern Medicine Can't Explain 305 by Ed Bantey Resources 308 Index 309 Foreword Few individuals in their lifetimes have the privilege of so impacting established views that they are ridiculed, threatened, and vilified. Few individuals have the courage and intestinal fortitude to pursue truth as they know it in the face of withering attacks by those without vision—those who, even though they have eyes, do not see. Fortunately for the world, there are a few rare mavericks like Gaston Naessens who understand the wisdom of the words of Orville Wright: "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, there would be little hope of advance." Fortunately for the world, there exists Gaston Naessens, who exemplifies a perception of Felix Marti-Ibanez: "Great men, men who struggle alone for a great cause, are like great rivers. Debris may block their waters, but it never stops them from flowing." This book is about a great river of human energy known by the name of Gaston Naessens—a name readers of this fascinating work by Christopher Bird will never forget. Hugh Desaix Riordan, M.D., Director, Olive W. Garvey Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning, Inc., Wichita, Kansas Gratitudes Many people have made the difficult task of writing this book under pressure an easier and more pleasant one than it would have been without their help. First of all, I wish to thank Arthur Middleton Young, inventor of the Bell-47, the world's first commercially licensed helicopter, and founder of the Institute for the Study of Consciousness (Berkeley, California), and his wife, Ruth Forbes Young, founder of the International Peace Academy (New York), for their constant encouragement and moral support. In Boston, Massachusetts, I gratefully acknowledge the logistical help and the "cheering section" provided by David Bird and Hannah Campbell of Bison Associates. In Québec, I most appreciatively recognize: Christian De Laet, president of Development Alternatives-Canada (Montréal), for his cheerful concern, and for lending an erstwhile Californian an overcoat, scarf, and pair of warm mittens that allowed him to cope with the early onset of a chilly Québec winter; Ralph (Raoul) Ireland, operator of the Kebec Crystal Mines (Bonsecours), for all kinds of help proffered with joy and seasoned with humor, René Tongoc, president of Le Baron (Sherbrooke), and his agreeable Hôtel staff, for many courtesies that made ten weeks in a small "cell" seem less "imprisoning"; Jacques Gagné, proprietor of the Rock Forest Copying Service, for his gracious cooperation in this effort; and Brigitte Carbonneau (Sherbrooke), for her able and rapid transcription onto computer disk of day-to-day segments of a manuscript typed on the smallest of portable Olivetti typewriters. Finally, my abiding thanks to Françoise and Gaston Naessens, for their good-humoredly taking time—when under extreme pressures of their own—to consult with me on the endless details that made this book possible. Christopher Bird Sherbrooke, Québec February 1990 With the appearance of the American edition of this book, the author wishes additionally to thank retired Congressman Berkley Bedell, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; oil-and-gas "dowser" Dan Haley, of Forth Worth, Texas; and national radio-show hosts Dr. Robert Hieronimus and his wife Zohara, of Owings Mills, Maryland. All four have paid exemplary attention, and have provided exceptional assistance, to this effort. In Mill Valley, California, Bruce L. Erickson merits many kudos for assiduously publicizing the truth about the "Naessens Affair" and, particularly, for his timely introduction to the current publishers. And, in Atlanta, Georgia, none has grasped the great dimension of Naessens's contribution better than Shabari Red Bird Cymerman, founder of that city's Gaia Institute, who has bent a strong oar to propel the vessel of its proclamation forward. To Paul Sevigny, trustee and past president of the American Society of Dowsers (ASD), Danville, Vermont, I owe untold thanks for hours and hours of effort in mailing out the Canadian edition of this book from ASD's "Book and Supply" division, which he has so ably managed over a long period of time. Especially appreciated is the devoted work of Nancy Grimley Carleton, Berkeley, California, who spent many editorial hours "combing and brushing" the text to free it from "lice and mites," and the vision of Hal and Linda Kramer, who, after an overnight reading of the Canadian edition, immediately decided they wanted to bring out this updated version for their wide American and world readership. Christopher Bird Bolinas, California September 1990 Preface Most secrets of knowledge have been discovered by plain and neglected men than by men of popular fame. And this is so with good reason. For the men of popular fame are busy on popular matters. Roger Bacon (c. 1220-1292), English philosopher and scientist This book is about a man who, in one lifetime, has been both to heaven and to hell. In paradise, he was bestowed a gift granted to few, one that has allowed him to see far beyond our times and thus to make discoveries that may not properly be recognized until well into the next century. If a "seer's" ability is usually attributed to ephemeral "extrasensory" perception, Gaston Naessens's "sixth" sense is a microscope made of hardware that he invented while still in his twenties. Able to manipulate light in a way still not wholly accountable to physics and optics, this microscope has allowed Naessens a unique view into a "microbeyond" inaccessible to those using state-of-the-art instruments. This lone explorer has thus made an exciting foray into a microscopic world one might believe to be penetrable only by a clairvoyant. In that world, Naessens has "clear seeingly" descried microscopic forms far more minuscule than any previously revealed. Christened somatids (tiny bodies), they circulate, by the millions upon millions, in the blood of you, me, and every other man, woman, and child, as well in that of all animals, and even in the sap of plants upon which those animals and human beings depend for their existence. These ultramicroscopic, subcellular, living and reproducing forms seem to constitute the very basis for life itself, the origin of which has for long been one of the most puzzling conundrums in the annals of natural philosophy, today more sterilely called "science." Gaston Naessens's trip to hell was a direct consequence of his having dared to wander into scientific terra incognita.