  I propose a mechanism that would explain the near alignment of the low order
multipoles of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). This mechanism supposes a
large-scale cosmic magnetic field that tends to align the cyclotron orbit axes
of electrons in hot plasmas along the same direction. Inverse Compton
scattering of the CMB photons then imprints this pattern on the CMB, thus
causing the low- multipoles to be generally aligned. The spins of the majority
of spiral galaxies and that of our own Galaxy appear to be aligned along the
cosmic magnetic field.
