“Now this guy wants to talk about real smart energy… must be semen retention.”
That was the throwaway line I muttered in the coffee queue at the Sydney Smart Energy Expo. One of those off-the-cuff cracks you make to no one in particular when the conversation around you starts getting a little too cosmic, too quickly.
Except someone did hear me.
The older gent standing ahead of me—neatly dressed, calm, silver-haired—turned with a smile that said, “I’ve heard that one before.”
“Some would say that’s where real energy starts,” I said, deadpan.
His name was Dr. John Martin. I wasn’t joking, and he knew it.
He wasn’t there to talk about solar panels or carbon credits. He wasn’t pitching a startup. He didn’t even have a lanyard. He was at the Smart Energy Expo to talk about something that’s rarely, if ever, discussed at a Renewable-energy tech conference:
“I came to see if anyone here was thinking about energy the way I do. Not just energy you plug into, but energy your body uses to stay alive.”
And just like that, the solar Expo took a sharp turn.
Not on the Program
Dr. Martin didn’t have a booth or a time slot. He was in town for his 60-year reunion since graduating from Sydney University Medical School, and figured he’d drop into the Expo while he was around. Just to see what the fuss was about.
You could walk past him and never guess—this was a man who once ran the Viral Oncology Branch at the FDA in the United States. A man who’s been quietly researching chronic illness and a group of hard-to-classify viruses for the better part of 30 years.
Just as Dr. Martin explores unconventional methods of energy healing, many individuals in Thailand are turning to acupuncture in Bangkok to restore balance and relieve chronic conditions naturally.
He calls them stealth-adapted viruses—microbial stowaways that the immune system doesn’t recognize, but which, he believes, silently chip away at people’s energy reserves over time.
“They’re not like the flu,” he told me. “There’s no fever. No inflammation. They don’t raise a flag. But they drain you. And once your energy drops far enough, that’s when the illness kicks in.”
Not Quite Mold. Not Quite Lyme. Not Quite Autism. Maybe All of It?
Martin’s research crosses a lot of medical no man’s land—chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autism, Lyme disease, mold illness, long COVID. All the syndromes people are desperate to explain but can’t quite pin down.
His position? They’re not all different diseases. They’re variations on the same theme.
“They all trace back to viral infections the immune system isn’t trained to deal with—and the way those infections interact with energy in the body.”
Take mold illness, for instance.
“People think the mold is the disease. But mold just pushes the body over the edge. The real problem is already there, lurking.”
Same with Lyme.
“Antibiotics don’t always work, because it’s not the Borrelia bacteria causing the problem—it’s the viral debris carrying fragments of that bacteria’s DNA. The test lights up, but the real issue is deeper.”
And autism?
“In my view, it starts before birth. A stealth virus, passed from mother to child. The immune system doesn’t see it. Then something—like a vaccine or another stressor—triggers the symptoms.”
He’s careful not to get swept up in vaccine blame. That’s not what he’s saying. But he does believe we’re looking at the wrong moment in the timeline.
“We react to what we see at 18 months. But the real story starts earlier.”
The Lake That Cleaned Itself
Oddly enough, the moment that tied it all together for Martin didn’t happen in a lab or hospital. It happened near a polluted lake in Iowa.
It had been biologically dead—choked with algae, no oxygen, no fish. Traditional efforts to clean it failed. Then a team came in and did something simple.
They added volcanic pellets, biochar, and a few other natural tweaks to shift the chemistry and subtle electrical charge of the water.
And then the lake came back.
“The algae died off. Fish returned. Eagles nested again. It was like the lake just needed a reminder of what it was supposed to be.”
That’s when it clicked.
“It’s the same with people. You don’t always need to fight the disease. Sometimes, you just need to help the body remember how to be well.”
He calls that process alostasis—a bit like homeostasis, but less about balance and more about recovery. The body, like nature, wants to heal. It just needs a push.
KELEA: The Force You’ve Never Heard Of
That “push,” according to Martin, might come from something called KELEA—short for Kinetic Energy Limiting Electrostatic Attraction.
Yes, it sounds like a term out of an engineering textbook.
But he explains it like this: KELEA is an energetic force that keeps electrically charged particles apart—which, in turn, maintains the movement and flexibility of things like water molecules and cell membranes.
“Without KELEA, things would collapse into each other. With it, life can stay flexible. Responsive. Fluid.”
Martin believes KELEA is present in certain types of mineral-treated water, biochar, and even sunlight-exposed natural materials. It’s subtle. But if it’s real, it could explain why some environments restore health—and others don’t.
He also suspects ancient cultures may have been tapping into this without realizing it—through sacred geometry, pyramids, structured water, and healing springs.
Why a Solar Conference?
So what was he doing at a tech expo in 2025?
“Because this is where people are starting to understand how systems work again.”
He points to diagrams of solar microgrids and distributed energy networks.
“They look just like mitochondria to me. If we understand how to balance energy in a city, we can understand how to balance it in a cell.”
Martin believes energy medicine is the next frontier. But it won’t come from pharmaceutical labs—it’ll come from people willing to connect the dots between physics, biology, and ecology.
“We’re cleaning lakes with energy. Fixing cities with it. Why not people?”
Not Selling, Not Retiring
Dr. Martin isn’t trying to get famous. He’s not selling supplements. He’s not a brand.
He’s 84. He still publishes his findings on ResearchGate. He still works with samples. He still replies to emails—sometimes late at night, from his home in Los Angeles.
“I’ve never stopped,” he said. “I’m just looking for people willing to pick it up.”
At the end of our talk, just before we parted ways, he said:
“If someone wants to get in touch, they can. Email me. I’m happy to help if I can.”
He gave it plainly, no hesitation:
A Final Thought
In the grand echo chamber of a clean energy expo, surrounded by buzzwords and big ideas, it was this quiet old man with no stand and no PowerPoint who might’ve had the most radical idea in the room:
That healing—whether in lakes or lungs—starts with restoring energy, not fighting problems.
It’s not an easy sell. It doesn’t fit in a bottle. But when he said it, it didn’t sound like a pitch. It sounded like the truth.
And maybe, just maybe, that’s worth listening to again.
Dr. W. John Martin
📍 Institute of Progressive Medicine, USA
📧 wjohnmartin@ccid.org
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This article reflects the opinions and research of Dr. Martin. It does not constitute medical advice. Always consult your own doctor for health concerns.