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How to make a Loohan Coil:

Determine the wire length you wish to

use.
Measure and mark the halfway point as
well as the 2 quarter-way points.
Make one catmagnet coil centered at
one of the quarter-way points. Stop
twisting as you approach halfway mark.
Make the other at the other
quarter-way point, in such a fashion
that it rolls toward the first one as
pictured.
Roll the halves together as in bottom
picture. Tweak it as necessary. Try to
align the S-shaped centers so that
they interface into an infinity symbol
(I don't know how important this is,
but it looks better).

Note: the 2 coils are not interlaced in

any way; one lays on top of the other.

It can be used flat (useful for pendants) but I think the

energy is a bit better if the 2 centers are pulled either away
from each other ("DT" shape) or toward the same direction,
into a shallow dome shape.

Also see my page on neatness and cat coils for an important

tip that applies to loohan coils as well.

Double-terminated version AKA Aikido Coil:Warning! This

coil and the Little Secret coil are the most difficult coils I
make. Not for everyone. The Potbelly Coil, for example, is far
easier.

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Heh-heh! This "double-

terminated" baby cooks!
53.3" doubled, twisted 14
gauge magnet wire;
twisted wire and
jerrification makes a
huge difference.

I think of the "double-

terminated" version as an
"aikido coil" because of
the way it processes energy. In aikido, incoming energy is
accepted in a circular, spiralic fashion, and is transformed by
spinning around the center of the person who was attacked.
Also, it is about resolving conflict by healing the attacker, or
putting him in harmony with the order of the universe. Being
thrown in aikido brings a smile to the face.

Incidentally, note that the coil (NOT the

wire) has a counterclockwise wind. This coil
is similar to 2 cat coils wound to direct
energy toward their bases. One could wind it
clockwise, instead. But I have a fondness for
"bucking" energy toward itself from 2 sources, whether it be
cat coils, or whatever.

Same coil now cookified and hung from

ceiling.

Update: Making these type of coil is difficult enough without

having to mess with springy twisted wire.

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I find it more rewarding to just use a heavy single annealed

wire lately.

103.3" of 4g wire

I am realizing lately that, especially

when using thick wire, it is important to
start the second half at a 90 degree
angle from where you want it to end up.
Somehow, when I make that second S, it
distorts the relationship with the other
coil by that much.

The picture depicts the right way to do

this: at least if your coil has the same
direction of wind as depicted (CCW
ascending) and if the first coil is resting
on a plane as shown, then you want to
bend up from that plane to form the S.

This probably only holds true for the double-terminated

version, the way I make them, i.e. I form the cat coils as I

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make the coil, rather than pulling them out later.

About connecting the ends:

I use 3 layers of metal tape. First, a layer of aluminum tape
(only because my copper tape, sold for stained-glass work, is
only 3/8" wide, too narrow to hold fat wire together). Then, a
short piece of silver-coated copper tape, wrapped around the
joint once. This seems to help the energy quality. Then I
cover this mess with with a clockwise-spiraling plain copper
tape wrap.
One should apply at least some of the principles of eclectic
layering on the joints of these. I write/draw mirror-
image-wise on the metal tapes. This drives significant energy
into the coil. On larger-gauge coils, for additional orgone
accumulation, I may use cellophane tape between the layers
of metal tape, as well as using more than 3 layers of metal
tape, though these practices produce a goodly bulge.

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