Simulating Barbosa and Leal, version 2

First of all, this schematic doesn't work:

Referencing Schematic

The required voltage doesn't get high enough to light the neon bulb. In this simulation, lighting the neon bulb means sending sparks across the spark gap.

But the source voltage at the far left, represented by the AC Sinewave Inverter, does get high enough – all the time!

I probably don't know yet how to electrostatically charge the Captor Loop with sufficient voltage to light a neon bulb underneath the Captor Loop. So, for the time being, I'll reposition the neon bulb / spark gap over to the immediate right of the far left, AC power source.

Simulating Barbosa and Leal, v2a

Here's a version to replace Earth ground using Eric Dollard's analog computer in Longitudinal Magneto-Dielectric mode, but without any attempt to optimize the values of its capacitors and inductors to reach resonance:

Simulating Barbosa and Leal, v2b