I have begun considering the notion of treating 'current' as as a 'magnetic current vortex' (MCV) embedded within a metal body and 'potential' as a balanced 'dielectric potential vortex' in the space around a metal body and reinterpreting the body of electric/magnetic/etc. phenomena in this context. More on that as the theory progresses.

In other news, I found this patent 'Electic Compass' by Pedro Fodor, US Patent 6,230,415 B1(http://www.google.com/patents?id=DJUHAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=United+States+Patent+6230415&source=bl&ots=Uy03iEiuDW&sig=nMR4seK5WhQ20rJF6wDjBNStw5A&hl=en&ei=JecdSvrkD-DcmQeevaC6Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA1,M1). Note the similarities between this patent and Gerry Vassilatos' description of a human compass as a diamond shaped piece of aluminum foil on a pin. Next question, how do I buy one of these things?