Fig. 1 Locating faulty spinal areas with the penduluin An Introduction to MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS By VERNON D. WETHERED, B.Sc. With a Foreword by GEO. LAURENCE, LCP, F.R.CS.Ed. ‘THE C. W. DANIEL COMPANY LIMITED 1 CHURCH PATH, SAFFRON WALDEN, Essex CB10 1JPirst published 1957 ‘Secana impression 1974 ‘Third impression 1979 ‘Fourth impression 1987 (Revised) ‘© Vernon D. Wethered 1957 ‘SBN 83207 109 « riot in Uove Lane, Rechener, Kean, To Couosen A. H. Bent, p20, 0.22 who has given so freely of his time and labour to ‘the advancement of radiesthesia in all its branches‘Theres a principle which is a bar against all information, ‘which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is ‘contempt prior to investigation. ‘Hxnenr Srencen CONTENTS: ‘The Meaning of Radiesthesia Simple Pendulum Tests Reichenbach and Baines Polarity ‘Homoeopathy Energy Content of Homoeopathic Remedies ‘The Preliminaries of Case-Taking Radionie Instruments Broadcast Treatment ‘Treatment ‘Testing for “Deficiencies? Further Notes on Treatment Poychism in Radiesthesia ‘Harmful Earth Radiations New Aspects of Physiology Radiesthesia and Orthodox Medicine Practitioner and Patient Paychology and Radiesthesia ‘The True Meaning of Health A Summing-Up Index sere gegnued 10, wer 188 wi 149, 185 162 8ILLUSTRATIONS Page 1. Froxrisrmes: Locating faulty spinal areas with the Pendulum 2 Diagram: Arrangement éf rule for pendulum tet 8 Diagram: Section of apple. =. |. . 88 4. Diagtam: Compensator box andring . . 58 5. Diagram: Arrangement of rule and Maury Compensator- =. sO €. Orthodox ‘stick’ method of using Delawarr diagnostic instrument . Facing = TH 7. Delawarr diagnostic instrument showing viel connection to rule. . . Facing «75 ‘8. Broadcast and direct ultrasonic treatment set shown connected to a rile by means of a vial ‘connection ee 8, ‘Maury Compensator arranged for finding energy ‘content of various substances. Facing 119 FOREWORD Tris because I am so convinced of the value that Radi- cesthesia could be to the practice of medicine that T am happy to write a foreword to this book. ‘If any doctor will so far forget his orthodox training as to carry out a few of the simple experiments outlined in the early part of the book, I feel confident that he will find that there is at Teast something in Radiesthesia and that he may ‘well be persuaded to delve a little deeper. ‘The average doctor, I think, if he looked the question fairly and squarely in the face, would be bound to admit that there are still many diseases and disabilities which only have a name or label, and with which he has to be satisfied ‘as & diagnosis. Furthermore, in spite of the expense and increasing complexity of modern orthodox methods of in- vestigation, we still have to treat far too many maladies by purely empirical means and without adequate knowledge ‘of their true aetiology. This hiatus in our knowledge could be filled to a very large extent by the unbiased use and development of Radiesthesia. ‘Mr, Wethered has furnished us with a most painstaking and comprehensive survey of radionies in the present stage fof that science, incidentally revealing how much more remains to be araplified and elucidated; the wide range of inquiry he has covered shows an amount of persistence and assiduity which we might well envy. ‘The subject with which the author has dealt particularly well is that of Homoeopathy, its value to medicine in general and, more especially, in radiesthetic work. He has also candidly pointed out the difficulties entailed in its use, at least to its greatest possibilities, by any but the especi- ally experienced and endowed, and has pointed out how these handicaps can be largely overcome by the employ- ment of the radiesthetic approach. I hope that Mr. Wethered. ‘will some day find time to extract and augment the strictly ®10 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS practical parts of his book and produce’ a textbook which will make its appeal to the medical profession. ‘Beginners in this subject may, on the whole, find it a not too easy book to follow through, but I am sure that those ‘who persist will find it well worth while. Geo, Laurence PREFACE Tris now more than eight years since I first set myself the task of writing a book on medical radiesthesia, which was published under the title A Radiesthetic Approach to Health ‘and Homoeopathy. The reception which this book received, and the letters which have been sent to me as a result of it, hhave convinced me of the very real need which is felt for instruction in radiesthesia as applied to medicine by both doctors and leymen interested in homoeopathy. It has been proved that radiesthesia can be an asset of great worth to homocopathy, for through radiesthesia we are dealing with radiation and energy, and it is the energy contained in the homocopathic remedy which confers upon it its remarkable powers. The intensity of this energy and its ffect on human tissue, as on pathogenic organisms, can be accurately assessed through radiesthesia. In my researches during the last five years, I have worked. very latgely with radionic instruments. At the same time, for purposes of analysis, I have devised a method whereby Tan retain the rule method described in my former work. It is thus that I have been able to maintain and develop the rule technique which I previously employed, but with the added advantage that quick and reliable tests ean be made by pendulum, using any one of the numerous rates provided with the radionic instruments. I remain more convinced than ever that in the homoeo- pathic remedy we have a powerful means to health, pro- vided that we can use it to the best advantage. In this book Thave tried to show how we can go about the task of diagnos. ing and treating a case with the assistance of radionic MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS 11 instruments. Naturally, different practitioners will use different methods, but fundamental principles remain the same. I have paid particular attention to the problem of choosing the remedy radiesthetically without violating homoeopathic principles. That is to say that it has been my endeavour to show how remedies can be selected which will treat the patient as a whole. I have restricted myself to the pendulum as the dowsing instrument, as I believe it to be highly sensitive and more easily mastered by the generality of practitioners than the ‘stick’ method of operating radionic instruments, or the divining rod. ‘While trusting that this book will be acceptable to laymen interested in the related’ subjects of medical radiesthesia and homoeopathy, I hope it will also find its way into the hands of not a few doctors, and others quali- fied in one or other of the healing arts. It should also be made clear that medical radiesthesia is not necessarily restricted to the practice of homoeopathy (although it is admirably suited to it), but can be equally employed in more orthodox procedures. ‘T wish to thank Dr. Geo. Laurence for writing the Fore- word and for reading the proofs of this book. His encourage ment has been a source of great satisfaction to me. ‘Vernon D. Wernenep ‘Weybridge. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION Tes good vo know that since this book was ist writen, people have been taking more and more interest in Romoeopathy and other alternative medicine. Homoeopathy has the advantage over much of orthodox medicine in that there are no side effects, it is extremely economical, and its remedies are easy to take. This is unlike antibiotics which tan be unpleasant to taste and which certainly have their failures. In the past homoeopathy would undoubtedly have made greater strides if its practice had not relied on sympto-12 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘matology; that is matching the symptoms of the remedy as appearing in Materia Medica to the symptoms of the patient, ‘This state of affairs has been changing in recent years through the appearance of radiesthesia and radionics, whereby it is possible to make an accurate diagnosis of the cause of disease and to treat it specifically. To take one ex- ample. Ihave been diagnosing aluminium poisoning in those who are allergic to it over the last thirty years, but even now Ishould say that most doctors are unaware of its dangers and the misery that it can cause. But through radiesthesia the poison can be detected in the body in just ten seconds. We now know that the best remedy for eliminating it is Lycopodium, With the help of radionic instruments numerous tests can bbe made to ascertain the cause of illness and disease and treat- ment can be given with homoeopathic remedies and by broad- casting treatment through the ether. All this work depends on the subtle radiations given off by matter of whatever kind. One advantage it has is not only in the accurate prescribing of remedies, but deciding exactly what potencies are required. This can be as important as choosing the remedy itself. Although many people are coming to appreciate the significance of these new therapies, they are still not nearly as widely known as they should be. It is to be hoped that those ‘aaequainted with them will find this book both valuable and Vernon D. Warners Casper 1 THE MEANING OF RADIESTHESIA ‘Tux word ‘Radiesthesia’ means ‘sensitivity to radiations’. Zt has been known of for centuries in the guise of water divining. Only recently has the word Radiesthesia 9 in the English language; it is better known in France and other European countries by its French equivalent Radiesthésie. The basis of radiesthesia is the carrying out of ‘tests depending on sensitivity of human beings, which may be sensitivity to the presence of running water, of metals, or indeed of radiations coming from any object or person. ‘The old English word ‘Dowsing’ has been employed in the past to denote the practice of testing for the presence of water and other objects. Some dowsers, or diviners, have been highly successful in searching for lost objects or persons by carrying with them in their search a sample or ‘witness’ (after the French word iémoin) of the missing object or person, and not infrequently we read in our news- papers of diviners assisting the police in tracking down murderers or missing people. The instrument mostly used for practices of this kind is the divining rod, which may consist simply of a V-shaped hazel twig cut from the tree, ‘or two whalebone rods bound together at one end. In the past radiesthetic work, consisting mostly of finding water supplies in arid districts, consisted of ‘field work’ ‘earried on out of doors. It is only in comparatively recent years that human sensitivity has been employed on any seale for delicate work of a laboratory nature involving precise measurements. Work of this nature is widely prac- tised in France and is being followed with great interest by radiesthetists in Belgium, Italy and other European countries. A number of radiesthetic periodicals are pub- lished on the Continent and societies have been formed there, in the United States and other countries, with the ‘object of furthering the interests of radiesthesia. In England 1s14 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS the British Society of Dowsers was founded in 1988, largely through the enterprise of Colonel A. H. Bell, D.S.0., 0.B.E. who has been President of the Society since its inception. This Society has members living in most parts of the world and it publishes a quarterly journal, holds lectures, and arranges demonstrations and oceasional outings. While the ‘original aim of the Society was to develop the practice of water divining and other out-of-doors activities, its sphere of interest has now been greatly extended to investigate the nature of the radiations involved in radiesthetie work and to develop its applications in realms such as those of mineralogy, agriculture and medicine. In this book we are concerned with medical radiesthesia, which covers many methods, from quite simple ones to others which are far advanced. Some of the methods which ‘can be employed for simple diagnosis and testing remedies are unlikely to commend themselves to doctors or those scientifically inclined, consisting as they often do of work ‘with diagrams or anatomical charts, where often enough a psychic element is implicit in the results obtained. But while ‘there are many people who take a somewhat elementary interest in radiesthesia by using methods which are some- what severely limited in their scope, that is no reason why the scientifically trained should assume that the whole subject is unworthy of their attention. The fact is that human sensitivity is of such an order that often the simplest methods of testing can produce reliable and worthwhile results. ‘The radiesthetic instrument generally used for precision testing (as opposed to work in the field) is the pendulum, which may be made of whalebone, ivory, plastic or wood. A cotton reel suspended by a fine thread makes quite a good pendulum and one that is fully sensitive. Anyone who has never used rod or pendulum before might try as a first experiment suspending a cotton reel over different articles of food, sweets, chocolate, tea, coffee, ete., and their own brand of cigarettes. It is best to place each article in turn on a clean sheet of white paper. Individual reactions are not always the same, but generally it will be found that the Pendulum will gyrate in a clockwise direction if the food (or ‘THE MEANING OF RADIESTHESIA 1 whatever it is) suits the person in question, in an anti clockwise direction if it is unsuitable, while if it is neither good nor bad, the pendulum will oscillate in a straight line. It is suggested that the reel should be suspended with o Jength of thread of 4} to 6 in. ‘The advantage of radiesthesia as applied to medicine is ‘that much information can be obtained about the patient, which cannot readily be ascertained in any other way. It can therefore add to the knowledge obtained through clinical examination and may throw an entirely new light on a case. While similar information can sometimes be obtained by orthodox methods, it should be remembered that radies- thetic tests can be carried out at any convenient spot and in the minimum of time, provided that a blood smear, saliva specimen, or other suitable sample of the patient is at hand. ‘The number of people interested in medical rediesthesia is steadily growing, and not a few are finding it useful in keep- ing themselves fit. This is by no means to be . Under the National Health Service the individual is quite rightly not expected to visit his doctor for every petty ailment to which he thinks he may be subject, and it is inevitable that he will dose himself from time to time with such simple remedies as aspirin or an aperient. There is an old saying that one is either a fool or a physician by forty, and I think most people will agree that it is all to the good that the general public should try to take an intelligent interest in their health. This, in fact, is what they are fre- quently asked to do by the authorities. ‘Tam not; of course, suggesting that sick persons should be dissuaded from seeing their doctor and putting them- selves under his care, It is indeed their duty to do so. But if the individual has @ quick and simple method of deciding before he takes his aspirin, or whatever it is, that itis really what is wanted and that it will do him good, it is surely ‘common sense that he should use it. As a keen student of medical radiesthesia for a number of years, I am convinced that the individual, if a dowser, has the opportunity of doing a little more for himself in keeping himself fit than dhe has had in the past, and dealing with those little ailments16 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONTCS which are not considered serious enough for taking pro- fessional advice. This applies more particularly if he is interested in homocopathy. But this is really by the way. ‘What is of far greater importance, I am more than certain that radiesthesia oan throw new light on the physiological processes which are factors in health and disease, and help us, to understand better not only the causes of disease, but ways in which we can deal with it when it ocours. Moreover, the radiesthetic method will often detect incipient disease before it hes reached the clinical state, where definitely pathological, and possibly irreversible, tissue changes may have taken place. When incipient, the condition can be successfully treated much more easily and expeditiously than where itis only discovered at a later stage. With these introductory remarks, let us pass on to a closer examination of what is involved in radiesthetic medical work. Cuapren 2 SIMPLE PENDULUM TESTS Beronz I go on to deseribe simple methods available to the radiesthetist for examining and treating a ease, I should like to emphasize that while there are a number of methods open to him with varying degrees of complexity, T have confined myself in this book to those with which T am familiar myself. My purpose is to describe those methods which will give the reader a better understanding of the meaning and scope of medical radiesthesia and the place which it should take in medical practice of the future. Although I have friends in the medical profession who are keen students of radiesthesia like myself, I write as a radiesthetist and not as a doctor, and this the reader should constantly bear in mind. If I as a radiesthetist can convince the reader that radiesthesia opens up new possibilities in the field of medical practice of the future, I shall be more than satisfied. Up to the present the number of doctors who have been able to give much time to the study of radiesthesia is very few, but their number is increasing. Tt was perhaps evitable that laymen should have played some part in initiating experiments in this new field of science—for such itis. And indeed this may have had certain advantages. I recall one lay radiesthetist who was told by # medical friend that it was all to the good that she was not a qualified doctor, as she would in that case never have been able to forget what she had been taught and to approach the sub- ject of radiesthesia with an open mind. Medieal training, as it is today, does nothing to prepare students for work of sueh an unorthodox character. ‘Medical radiesthesia is developing along lines which differ radically in many respects from the precepts and Practices of orthodoxy, as will appear later in this book, bbut one hopes that it will eventually be conceded that these Ww18 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS departures are not regressive, but rather that they hold out hopeful prospects for therapies which are more rational and soundly based than some of the medical practices widely ‘employed today. At least we can hope that they will come to be regarded as useful adjuncts to longer established Tn taking a case, one of the frst requirements isto ascer- tain how the different organs are functioning. Often it will ‘be known in advance that one or more organs are diseased or affected in some way or another, but nevertheless it is good Practice, radiesthetically speaking, to find out as much about the patient as possible. Often enough imbalances will reveal themselves which were quite unexpected, and these imbalances may throw new light on the case. In order to find the condition of an organ in a patient, itis necessary to have a standard sample of it. This may be a healthy animal organ prepared in a powdered, desiccated form, the actual organ preserved in alcohol, or a starch ‘impregnated ‘witness’ as made in France. The radiations of animal organs, human or otherwise, give off similar radiations, and thus it is that the condition of a human ‘organ ean be discerned by making tests with the organ of a rabbit or guinea pig, which have been found by experience to be wholly satisfactory. It is possible to employ the wave- forms of the different organs as generated by radionic instruments, but this will be discussed later. A very simple method of testing organs of someone present in person is to hold a witness of the organ to be tested in the pendulum hand and point at the organ with the index finger of the free hand. It is thought advisable to hold the thread between the thumb and first finger with the witness touching the thread. If the organ is toxic or not, fioning properly, the pendulum will probably gyrate Anti-lockwise, though occasionally it may be found teat aa operator's pendulum, while gyrating clockwise for a good reaction, will oscillate for a bad one. Results almost equally g00d could probably be obtained without the help of a ‘witness, provided that the operator is thinking of the organ concerned. Neither method, however, can be considered SIMPLE PENDULUM TESTS 1» For precision testing I personally favour the rule method, giving numerical results. For this method of testing we place a specimen of the patient at 0 om. at the left-hand ond of a graduated rule (a 100 cm, rule is convenient), and the organ sample or witness at the 100 em. mark at the right- hand end of the rule. The rule should preferably be support- ‘ed on rubber blocks so as to insulate it from stray radiations ‘on the table, Saliva in a 2-drachm or }-oz. vial makes a. reliable human specimen. If the organ in question is healthy, the pendulum will oscillate at right angles to the rule at position exactly half-way between specimen and sample, i.e. at 50 em, To find out if it does, hold the pendulum. loosely over the half-way point and, if necessary, start it oscillating across the rule. But this may happen quite in- voluntarily. If the balance point is below 50 em., the pendulum will take up a diagonal oscillation relative to the Tule and not at right angles to it, pointing down the rule ‘towards the zero mark on the rule, i.e. towards the patient's specimeti, The operator then has to move the pendulum gradually down the rule until the oscillation is at right angles to it. This will indicate the balance point. ‘If funetion of the organ is deficient, the balance point will be below 50 cm., say at 47 em,, or even 45 em. Forty-five centimetres is quite a bad reading and readings below it are comparatively rare. Occasionally a reading above 50 om. will be found, indicating gross inflammation or toxaemia. ‘The rule should be rather longer than 100 em., as it is sometimes desirable to place remedies on the rule together with the specimen. Moreover it is not desirable to place specimen o witness at the extreme ends of the rule. A good overall length is 106 em., with 3 em. to spare beyond either end of the graduated scale. A satisfactory width for the rule is 8 cm. ‘We must consider at this point the autonomic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system secretes adrenalin tits nerve ends, while the parasympathetic nervous system secretes acetylcholine at its respective nerve ends. Now itis, easy to understand, and it can be shown radiesthetically, that the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are of opposite polarity or, as we may say, they produce29 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS Organ specimen or disease witness RULE ELEVATION alive 5} ecimen with P ont \ drag in fr RUBBER BLOCKS “ i z Ss set a2{ ss 7 424 “iy kat Aq a ? FE 33 = 5 | Z -i Ff See Ai wt ¥ a gs 4 3° & 3 SIMPLE PENDULUM TESTS ar ‘opposite actions. This is, of course, well known. For where one stimulates the action of an organ, the other will depress it. ‘When I first began to study medical radiesthesia, T was greatly in need of a sample of the sympathetic nervous system. Starch impregnated witnesses of sympathetic nerves were available in France, but owing to the war (this, was in 1939-40) these were then unobtainable in England. ‘Moreover I was unable to procure a sample of a sympathetic nerve fibre, which would have made a satisfactory witness. I eventually found that liquid adrenalin in a glass vial made a satisfactory witness of sympathetic nerves, while at that time Dr. W. Guyon Richards, who pioneered medical radiesthesia in this country, had proved the value of acetylcholine as a witness of the parasympathetic nervous system, It is necessary to say something of the work of the late ‘Dr. Guyon Richards at this stage, for medical radiesthetists in this country owe him much for the researches he carried ‘out, and the contribution he made to what is known of medical radiesthesia today. A Cambridge man, Richards served as an Army doctor in the early part of his career. Some time after entering private practice he had a break- down in health, and it was during this time that he studied ‘the work of the American doctor, Albert Abrams. Abrams ‘was something of a genius and all modern radionic work ‘owes much to his investigations. We might say that he was, the pioneer of radionies as it is known today. He found out, amongst other things, that every disease has its own specific radiation, and can be identified by suitable instru- ments utilizing a radiesthetie technique. Richards greatly added to the knowledge and techniques contributed by Abrams and developed his own ideas on original lines. Only those who knew him can appreciate the full extent of his work. But he left a permanent record of many of his most important achievements in his book The Chain of Life™. For various reasons which we need not go into, Richards turned to comparatively simple pendulum methods at the + Guyon Richards: The Chain of Life (Health Science Pest}92 MEDICAL RADISSTHESIA AND RADIONICS beginning of the Second World War, and in this new field he again developed a technique which has left its mark on the work of his successors. To return to organ testing, he found that an organ out of balance could be affected in four different ways. The technique has been described rather loosely as ‘messuring up’ on the sympathetic and parasym- pathetic nervous systems. The technique, which really in- volves ‘polarity’ (of which mote later), is as follows. ‘With a human specimen at 0 cm. and a witness of an organ at 100 em. on the rule, we place close to the organ witness, but not actually on the rule, a sample representing sympathetic nervous system. Supposing that we obtain a reading of 47 em. We know then that the organ’s radiation is deficient; its function is impaired. We then replace the sample representing sympathetic by one representing parasympathetic, when we may again obtain a reading of 47 om. On the other hand the reading may be 8 om. In the latter case we are safe in assuming that the patient is ‘suffering from some infection, although the organ is stand- ing up to it fairly well. With both readings at 47 om., the ‘organ may be said to be in a ‘shocked’ condition, ice. its funetion is impaired through an infection or some other cause. It may quite easily be due to general debility and lack of tone throughout the system, when other organs, glands, ete., will be similarly affected. In like manner it is also possible to obtain readings with measurements against sympathetic and parasympathetic with both giving the same reading above 50 em., such as 58 om., for example, tn that case the ongan, may be sai to bein afebrile, or ighly toxic, state. With the reading against sympathetic above 50 em. and that for parasympathetic below 20 cms it will probably be found that the patient is in a state of tension, both mental and physicel, possibly inclined to ‘hysteria and certainly living on his nerves, ‘We thus have four conditions pertaining to an organ, which can be found by utilizing liquid adrenalin and acetyl. choline as sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve samples. ‘The same effect can be observed by using a bar magnet. If, instead of placing liquid adrenalin alongside the organ witness, we place the north end of the magnet close to and SIMPLE PENDULUM TESTS 8 pointing towards it, with the magnet arranged at right Ingles fo the Tule, the same rending will Ie obtared, (Possibly the distance of the pendulum balance point from the 50 em, mid-point of the rule may be increased slightly owing to the greater effect of the magnet.) Similarly the south end of the magnet can be used instead of the acetyl- choline sample. ‘Thus the four arrangements of organ readings appear to give indications of the organ’s electro-physical balance, and this will become more evident as we proceed. The arrange- ments may be designated thus: ‘Sympathetic — Sympathetic = — Parasympathetic ++ Parasympathetic — Sympathetic + Sympathetic + Parasympathetic © — | Parasympathetie The plus and minus signs indicate respectively readings above and below the mid-point (50 em.) of the rule. In addition to these groupings I have found that we ean some- ‘times obtain a normal (50 cm.) reading on sympathetic with a high reading for parasympathetic. Thus we may have 50, P=60. In this ease, according to various tests I have made, the organ is active, but gross toxaemis is present. ‘We must conclude that a normal reaction for sympathetic does not necessarily mean that an organ is in an entirely healthy state; it may be very much otherwise. But if the reading for parasympathetic is also normal, we can assume that the organ is healthy. I shall henceforth refer to sympathetic and parasympathetienerve samples as S and P. Sand P, as we have seen, can be compared to the opposite poles of a magnet. I have used these samples in a great variety of tests. They are often much to be preferred to magnets, as the latter may leave residual influences close to, or on, the rule, thus vitiating further tests. Moreover, extensive radiesthetic work with magnets can be very titing to the operator, assuming he has a reasonably high degree of sensitivity. Richards prepared tables in which he gave suitable24 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA, AND RADIONICS remedies for correcting the imbalances of the various organs according to their elestro-physical state. He had previously been puzzled as to why an organ such as liver, for example, sometimes wanted Opium, whereas at other times Podo- phyllum, or (less frequently) Juglans Regia or Arsenic Alb. ‘was required. It should be understood that simple tests for ‘an organ, using only the human specimen and organ witness fon the rule, give worthwhile results, but the method Richards devised gives added precision and information on {the state of the organ concerned. If an organ shows im- balance on the rule and the placing of a remedy close to (or as we might say, in radiative circuit with) the human specimen restores the balance point to normal (60 em.), ‘thats an indication for the remedy on test. It will be under~ stood that when we place a remedy close to the human specimen, the radiation of the remedy will affect that of the human specimen, just as it would the person represented by the specimen if taken orally by him, so that we have here ‘2 useful means of finding what treatment is required. ‘As well as measuring up organs, the rule method is equally useful for finding out other bodily conditions such 1s the state of the endocrine glands, nerves, blood, vitamins, infections and poisons, as well as mineral and other de- ficiencies. In fact, the tests we might usefully make are ‘almost endless, provided we have the necessary samples. French witnesses are manufactured giving off the radiations of microbial and virus infections such as catarrh, influenza, B. Coli, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Typhoid, Paraty- phoid, ete. These witnesses are employed in the same manner as the organ witnesses, being placed at 100 em, on the rule, with the human specimen at 0 om. If the patient isnot infected by the particular microbial or virus infection under test, the balance point will be at 45 em. or below, but ithe is infected, the balance point will be above 45 om., the cuteness of the infection depending on how high the read- ing is. With a really bad infection the pendulum may point far up the rule, finding its balance point across the rule at 80 cm, or higher. For tests of this kind I personally as o rule place my sample of sympathetic nervous system ‘against the infection witness, as T am of the opinion that it SIMPLE PENDULUM TESTS 25 helps to stabilize the readings. This is, however, by no means essential. ‘An interesting point to note is that, in radiesthetic work of this kind, the radiation from the human specimen reflects the condition of the patient as he is at the moment of test. In other words, the specimen is linked radiatively with the patient wherever he may be. In all the work I have ever done, I have always found this to be true. Some operators may question this assertion, and indeed have done so in the past, but if it were not 80, it would be im- possible to broadcast treatment through the ether, as is, being done every day by radionic practitioners. There must indeed be a radiative link between patient and bloodspot, or whatever the specimen consists of, for it to be possible to give treatment at a distance, as in fact it is. Work with radionie instruments will be considered later. But it may be said that where operators using some form of diagram for their tests insist that the radiation of the specimen remains that of the patient when it was taken and that it does not alter with the condition of the patient, I suggest that the shape of the diagram, and particularly if it is a closed one, may cut out all radiations coming from outside, so that what is measured is the radiation of the matter comprising ‘the specimen as, and when, it was taken from the patient. Itis possible to assume from what has been written on the subject that a human specimen does in fact normally give off two quite distinet radiations, viz, that of the patient as he was when the specimen was taken and that of the patient fas he is at the moment of test. It is indeed strange, as it is undoubtedly true, that one can ascertain the condition of patient who may be many miles away—quite possibly in different continent—at the moment of test, and it certainly has its advantages. For instance, once the practitioner has obtained a specimen of his patient, he can continue using ‘that specimen for prescribing indefinitely. So that each time 1a patient overseas requires help, all he has to do is to write an Air Mail letter stating his symptoms. No new sali specimen or blood smear is necessary. In this way a good deal of trouble and expense is avoided on the part of the patient,Caarren & REICHENBACH AND BAINES Tr should be clear by now that radiations play an impor- tant partin the make-up of the individual. Every organ, nerve, bone and secretion in the body is radiating its own energy, all of which can be detected with the pendulum. We must naturally ask what is the nature of the dowsing reaction by which the twig dips, or the pendulum oscillates ‘or gyrates. The question has so far never been satisfactorily answered, although we can say that at least part of the mechanism of the automatic response is a neuro-muscular reaction. But what exactly is it that we detect with the rod ‘or pendulum? If we cannot answer that question, we may perhaps be able to come nearer the truth if we see what Baron von Reichenbach has to tell us. Carl Reichenbach was born at Stuttgart in 1788 and lived till 1869. He was a contemporary of Michael Faraday, that genius of experimentation, who discovered so much about electricity and the elementary laws which govern it Reichenbach was a scientist who caried out many re- searches, but what concerns us here are his experiments on ‘magnets and what he called the Odie force, Odyle or Od— manifestations of matter, alive or dead, which could be seen and felt by sensitives. Reichenbach found that when a sensitive remained in a totally dark room for some time, he eould see light given off by certain objects, which included magnets, the fingers of the hands, crystals, and bodies affected by chemical action. ‘Such manifestations were produced by bodies affected by friction, light and sound. A number of Reichenbach’s iginal experiments are desoribed in his book Letters on 04 and Magnetism*, first published in 1852 and translated {into English in 1926, We are told in this book how he eame ‘to divide people into two classes, the sensitives and non- ‘+ Hotehinson & Co. REICHENBACH AND BAINES ar sensitives. One of the first experiments he deseribes is to take a large natural crystal, such as gypsum spar, and lay it horizontally over the corner of a table so that both ends project unsupported. If a sensitive approaches one end of the crystal with the palm of his hand exposed to it, he will experience a sensation of cold, rather like @ cool refreshing current coming against his hand. At the other end, which will be the end from which the crystal grew, he will exper- ence on his hand en unpleasant feeling of warmth, which will in time affect his whole arm and produce a tired feeling. Reichenbach goes on to tell how in 1844, when on a visit toa highly sensitive girl, he took a very large mountain- crystal and placed it in a room from which all light was excluded. The girl was also placed in darkness, and a short time after being brought into the room where the erystal was, she was able to say exactly where it lay. The whole body of the crystal, she said, was glowing through and through with a fine light, “while a body of blue light, the size of one’s hand, was streaming out of its peek, in constant motion to and fro, and occasionally emitting sparks; it was ‘tulip-shaped, and disappeared in fine vapour at the summit”. “When I turned the crystal round”, he goes on, “she saw a dense red and yellow smoke rising over the butt-end.” ‘Numerous experiments of a like nature were carried out with the help of sensitives, and it was always found that where an article of any kind gave out what appeared to be ‘a blue flame, a sensation of pleasant and refreshing coolness was felt on’ the hand, whereas where a red-yellow fame appeared, the feeling was warm, uncomfortable and fatigu- ing. These strange phenomena could not be related in any way to heat, electricity or magnetism, nor was it ordinary light, because light is an accompaniment of the phenomena, and light by itself never produces sensations of warmth, ‘coolness, ete. It appeared to be a foree which fits in some- where between electricity, heat and magnetism, and Reichenbach christened it ‘Od’, : ‘Now, while this force manifested itself in exystals which have no electric or magnetic properties by themselves, it was equally evident in the case of magnets. The influence28 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS from the north end of a bar magnet produces a éool sensa~ tion pleasant to the hand, while that from the south end is, warm and unpleasant. In darkness both ends of a bar magnet could be seen by a sensitive ‘smoking and sending out sparks’, with blue flame at the north pole and reddish- yellow at the south. If you were to blow on this flame-like ‘emanation, it would flicker like the flame of a candle, and light from it could be focused by means of a magnifying glass. If an object is placed in the middle of the flame, the flame ‘will pass round it just as an ordinary flame would do, so that the phenomenon appears to be in fact a physical one, with laws of its own. This Od could be associated with or without magnetism, and in both cases it was found that it was of like strength. Further, light from the sun was found to produce Od of the blue cool variety, while that from the moon is reddish-yellow in appearance and unpleasant to feel. ‘The sun has long been spoken of as being ‘male-positive’, with the moon ‘female-negative’. ‘These investigations of Reichenbach are so important ‘that we must pursue them a stage further. It was found that after sensitives had been in complete darkness for a con- siderable time, say for two or three hours’ duration, they were able to distinguish plants, flowers and animals. First # grey cloud would be seen where a flower stood, then its individual blooms would become distinguishable, and they could even be identified by their colour. Moreover the human body was seen shimmering in a fine glow. Luminous Projections flowed out from the fingers, and it was seen that the colours varied in different parts of the body, right hands being luminous with a bluish fire, while left hands appeared 4 yellowish red, the latter being on that account brighter ‘than the former. Not only that, but the same difference exists between the two feet, and in fact the whole right side of the body appears bluish and somewhat darker than the other, while the whole of the left side came out reddish~ yellow and brighter. Medical radiesthetists will be at once aware of the signi- ficance of these statements, knowing as they do that the human body is ‘polarized’ as to its right and left sides, the Tight side being spoken of as being positive and the left REICHENBACH AND BAINES 29 negative. Various animals were found to have the same polarity, while plants, investigated from root. to leaves, showed themselves subject to the same laws. Thus, Reichen- bach concludes, the whole nature of organic life “beams and abounds in a streaming wealth of Odie force”—a force which goes some way to explain animal magnetism, dowsing and similar phenomena. In fact, through tests with high- sensitives, it has been concluded that everything gives off a in greater or less degree, which is to be compared with the finding of radiesthetists that ‘everything radiates’ It is @ long time now since Baron von Reichenbach carried out these experiments, and it would be useful if they could be repeated and confirmed by modern investigators. So far I have not come across anyone who has attempted this work, but if it could be carried out by radiesthetists, we might learn more about radiesthesia and the non-material factors affecting life and health. Itis a fact that the presence of any element or compound in the human body ean be detected through radiesthesia, provided we have the neces~ sary witness or sample, which may be taken as proof that everything in Nature radiates. Is it not likely that such reactions are connected in some way with the emanations referred to by Reichenbach as Od? While dowsing reactions are in no way dependent on electrical phenomena, electricity and magnetism do produce dowsing responses. ‘We have the evidence of various authorities, such as the late Dr. W. J. Kilner*, of St. ‘Thomas's Hospital, Oscar Bagnall} and others, that human beings are surrounded by auras, which can be seen by many people under the right conditions of light. In order to increase visual sensitivity, dicyanin or other suitable screens can be used, or screens made up in the shape of spectacles in which suitable chemi- cal liquid is introduced between two plain lenses for each eye. So we may say that the human aura comes on the fringe of the visible spectrum and is as essential a part of a human being as his body of flesh and blood. In fact we are told that the physical body as we know it is penetrated * Dr. WJ tGner The Haman dtmogpre (he une) Kegan Pal pa pest Bana he Origin and Prope of ihe omen dar ral).90 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘throughout by the non-material etherie body, ‘and that ‘there are several auras whose limits are detectable at different distances from the body, the outer aura or emana- tion stretching out to a distance of several feet. Physiology, or the science pertaining to the functions of the body, has mostly been regarded in the past from the point of view of chemistry, and in fact there have been those ‘who considered that even our thoughts, actions, likes and dislikes were very much a matter of chemical action and reaction. But observations by such-persons as Reichenbach, Kilner and Abrams (to mention only three) must convince us that there are other equally important factors at work, and that chemistry by itself is insufficient to explain to us ‘the meaning of the life forces. So let us leave now the question of auras and the mani- festations described by von Reichenbach and turn to the investigations carried out by Arthur E. Baines, who came to look upon physiology as essentially an electrical problem. Baines was an electrical engineer, who in his early years joined the Eastern Telegraph Company. It was when cable- testing and as a result of a series of experiments that he ‘became convinced that a force resembling electricity, if not identical with it, was constantly generated in the body, and ‘that its tension was dependent upon the state of health of the subject. I believe that something still remains to be learnt from Baines in order to gain a proper understanding of physio- logy, and that radiesthesia can help in this understanding. Tam not aware of the extent to which physiologists and neurologists of today would accept Baines’s statements, ‘but it has to be remembered that Baines spent a lifetime dealing with electrical matters of many practical kinds, and that in his later years he carried out many experiments on ‘the electrical aspects of physiological function. If I recall some of the statements he made, it is simply to put them before the reader for his consideration, and in the hope that ‘he will study Baines’s findings for himself. He published several books on the electrical aspect of physiology, and it is clear from his writings that he had a special aptitude for ‘electrical experiments of @ comparatively simple nature REICHENBACH AND BAINES a1 which, if necepted, would modify the ideas of many of us ‘on the subject of life in both plants and animals, and in the maintenance of the life that is within us—and thus on the subject of health. To quote from his book Studies in Blectro-Physiology*, Baines says: "We know, or at all events it can be demon strated, that man is a self-contained neuro-electrically con- trolled machine, dependent for the due performance of his functions upon a constant supply of nerve-energy at a low potential; that nerve force is generated in the body with each inspiration, and that the nerve-impulse is neuro- electrical and not chemical, If that is so, and it cannot successfully be disputed, it may reasonably be assumed that in all probability electricity plays part in the vege- table as well as in the animal world. Investigation has shown the soundness of this theory, as I hope to be able to prove, and further research at the hands of men more capable ‘than myself may lead to far-reaching consequences in the direction of an advancement of our knowledge of practical horticulture and floriculture.” ‘Baines goes on to summarize his conclusions, and amongst other things he states that everything living, whether animal or vegetable, has a well-defined electrical system, the non-living possessing capacity only; and that only in conjunction with moisture. Broadly speaking, the edible part of a fruit or vegetable is the positive element, or that part which yields a positive galvanometric reaction. Dry earth is a bad conductor of electricity, and therefore water is required as an electrolyte, as well as being necessary in the formation of protoplasm, ete. And he continues by saying that every tree, shrub, plant, fruit, vegetable, tuber, and seed is an electrical cell, differing from cells made by human agency in that it cannot be polarized, or dis- charged, so long as it remains structurally perfect. And he shows that the skin, peel, rind or jacket of fruits and. vegetables is of the nature of an insulating substance, primarily designed for the conservation of their electrical energy. These insulating substances give a negative galvano- metric reaction, * George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1018,s2. MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘Bsines’s book contains a number of attractive drawings in colour of different fruits and vegetables, like the apple, ‘}anane, onion, potato and turnip. The details of the experi- ments cannot be described here, but the results in every ‘cece were similar. In the apple, for instance, the stall receiving its negative charge from the earth, communicates Girectly with the negative core, which is insulated from the ‘positive, or edible, partion. The core terminates at its upper ‘nd, which is the positive terminal. The edible part of the ‘apple is positive, while the skin—the insulating part—is negative. Cut the apple, snd the insulation begins to ‘break down. The apple will then begin to lose its electrical charge. Once the charge is lost, the apple becomes inedible. Positive Terminal Insulation Negative —— J. Negative Positive----\--> [----PosiTive Negative terminal Race terete ‘Similarly, in the banana, the negative terminal, or stalk, ‘is connected with the skin and an inner lining, from which ‘the positive flesh of the fruit is instantly detachable. “Nowhere does there appear to be any actual electrical ‘contact between the negative and positive systems except, ‘Possibly, by osmosis—the flesh being enclosed i envelope—and as the whole of dietetic value of this fruit oa Fe ‘REICHENBACH AND BAINES os further: “Unfortunately, it has when ripe, and probably ‘owing to its porous skin, a comparatively low insulation resistance, and therefore short life.”” Reichenbach and Baines have shown us two things. Reichenbach, while confirming in his highly spectacular experiments (if they are to be believed, and be it noted, his work was accepted by Dr. William Gregory, MD. F RSE, one-time Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh, among others) the non-material aspect of life in human beings, as of non-living objects, through anral manifestations, also deduced from his experiments that the aural effects differed as to one side of the human body from ‘the other. Now the late Dr. Ernest Martin demonstrated with his pendulum how one side of the body is polarized in relation to the other, and that the extent of the etherie body could be delimited by pendulum. We can postulate ‘therefore that the aura of a person (the word ‘aura’ being ‘taken to refer to these aural manifestations as a whole) represents some kind of radiesthetie force, often described in radiesthetic literature as a ‘magnetic field’. Moreover certain radiesthetic measurements made by rule methods are claimed to be (and undoubtedly are) connected with ‘these aural manifestations. ‘As to Baines, he approached the subject of animal and plant life from the electrical aspect, and came to the con- clusion that electricity plays a fundamental part in the life of the organic cell, and in fact that the phenomenon of the electrical battery, with its positive and negative com- ponents and concomitant insulating material, is found as an ‘essential principle in all organic life. Such a statement is in conformity with the work of G. Lakhovsky, who main- tained® that biological existence is basically an electrical ‘phenomenon, healthy tissue being maintained by a dynamic equilibrium of the cells. Further evidence as to the part electricity plays in physiology is given in Chapter 15. ‘Having come so far, we must examine next certain simple radiesthetic experiments, which go some way to confirm the work of Reichenbach and Baines. . Labor: (iam einer [dion eLSpenlaity: ie so waeCnarrer 4 POLARITY Dowszns are accustomed to speak of various objects as ‘being positive, negative, or of being neutral, i.e. having neither a positive nor negative influence. Moreover, it is accepted that the colour red is positive and makes a reliable positive witness, whereas blue is negative and is equally good as a negative witness. ‘Tt is a simple matter to confirm these polarities on test. Place coloured ribbons representing the colours of the spectrum on the table in front of you in the order in which ‘they appear when white lightis diffracted by a prism, ie. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, and hold your pendulum over each one in turn. You will probably obtain clockwise gyrations over the red, orange and yellow ribbons, anti-clockwise rotations over the blue and violet ribbons, while the pendulum will oscillate over the green, this being ‘the neutral colour. The strongest gyrations will probably ‘occur over the red and violet ribbons. The ribbons should not have been in contact with each other immediately prior ‘to the test, and indeed they are best kept in small glass vials so as not to pick up stray influences, as by handling, forinstance. It is important in making tests for polarity to use « ‘neutral pendulum. For myself, I found that whalebone ivory pendulums gave uncertain indications, and I had to resort to a cotton reel suspended by a fine thread. A small bulldog clip used as a pendulum gave equally accurate indications. Some dowsers use plastic pendulums, and it will probably be found that there is an optimum ‘suspension Jength for tests of this kind. ‘Samples of S and P, representing the positive and nega- tive aspects of the autonomic nervous system, will be found ‘to give clockwise and anti-clockwise gyrations respectively. ‘Over a bar magnet the pendulum will probably be found to 6 POLARITY 38 gyrate anti-clockwise over the north pole and clockwise over the south pole, depending on the dowser’s individual reactions. A pocket torch battery is sometimes used as a witness for testing the polarity of objects, and all that is necessary is to touch either pole of the battery with the index finger of the free hand while the pendulum is held over the object. It is possible to purchase in shops selling fancy goods what are described as ‘sex indicators”. These consist of small metal rod about 14 in. long in the shape of a pencil, which is suspended by a string. Held over a woman’s hand, it is said to describe a continuous circle, whereas over @ man’s hand it is supposed to oscillate. ‘These indicators are sold in Rurope as egg-testers, and they have been found useful for testing the sex of animals, birds and insects. For tests of this kind, results may be more certain if the elbow of the pendulum arm is rested on the table or, still better, on ‘a rubber block. Polarity occurs throughout Nature, male-positive and female-negative characteristics occurring in animals, plants, organic and inorganic matter. Even the atoms of which matter is constructed constitute the positive nucleus with the negative cloud of electrons surrounding it, the two forming a balanced unit in which the positive and negative magnetic forces are equalized. ‘Mention may be made at this point of the work of a Frenchman, the late A. Bovis. Bovis was in many ways a remarkable man. He had little education, but he had a quite extraordinary flair for pendulum work. He devised a rule, known as the Bovis Biometer, on which he claimed to be able to measure the radiations of objects in Angstrom units with the assistance of a pendulum of his own design. ‘But what is perhaps of equal interest is that he classified matter examined with the pendulum according to the pendulum reactions he obtained. According to Bovis, there are four kinds of radiations (as indicated with his own special pendulum), which he termed positive, negative, mixed-positive and mixed-negative. And he showed how ‘these four different radiations could be demonstrated over a horse-shoe magnet. It is regrettable that the work of96 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS Bovis has never been fully publicized in England, for he had Rime remarkable ideas and his work was accurate and T hope that by now the reader realizes that just as a Pcontains two magnetic fields, or fluxes, of equal jntensity, the maximum intensity of which is situated at the poles, so polarity plays an important part in all natural phenomena. Polarity is indeed associated with health and Fisease, and with the condition of food and plants. ‘Tf you take a human saliva specimen and place it at 0 em. on the rule, you should obtain a balance point between 40 and 45 em, Suppose it is 42 cm. Now place a sample of S ‘lose to the specimen and note the pendulum reading. Tt may remain at 42 cm., but on the other hand it may go down to 39 em., or even up above 42 em. to 45 cm. The latter is ‘very unlikely. Suppose it goes down to 39 em. Now repeat ‘this experiment with P. The reading for P may be 89 em., or it may be well over 42 om. In highly toxic or infected cases, it may go up to 70 or 80 cm. In fact, by this test for the ‘polarity of an individual, we have at once a means of deter- fnining his general state of health. If the readings for S and P are the same as the rule readings for the human specimen ‘alone (which we shall henceforth refer to as R, this also ‘signifying any reading obtained with any specimen at 0 em., but without any other sample), we can assume that there is nothing much wrong with the general condition of the in- dividual. If S is below R and P well above it, we must ‘assume that an infected or toxic state exists. On the other hand the reading for S may be the same as that for R, with P giving a high reading, such as 60 cm. This only occurs ‘when the infection is not very acute and the patient is standing up to it well. In febrile conditions it is possible ‘that S may be found above R, but this would be a rare case, probably of a very acute kind. With § above R and P below, we must assume a condition of considerable nervous strain. Tt not infrequently happens that both S and P give ‘the same reading below R, such as 89, or lower (assuming still for argument’s sake that R—=42 cm). In that case the vitality of the individual is low and something in the nature of a tonic may be called for. POLARITY a ‘Now these tests bear a strong resemblance to those for testing organs, and they are in fact another facet of the same phenomenon—that of polarity. T have found them valuable in making analyses and for finding suitable remedies. They do give a good indication of electro-physical imbalances in ‘the system as a whole. ‘The reader will recall the reference made in Chapter 8 to the electro-physical properties of fruit, as by A. E. Baines. I carried out the following experiment with a banana to see if I could confirm his ideas as to the positive and negative (insulating) properties of the fruit and skin of a banana respectively. I arranged my rule in a North-South direction with myself facing west, though I am not suggest- ing that this particular orientation was necessary. As usual, the 0 om. end of my rule was on my left (to the south). I then placed some of the banana fruit in a glass vial and stood it at 0 cm. on the rule. The pendulum reading I ‘obtained was 27 em., an R reading (there being nothing else besides the specimen under test on, or adjacent to, the rule). I then placed S and P in turn alongside the banana sample, but just off the rule—in the usual manner—so that radiative contact was made. The reading went up in both ‘cases to 88 om. On the other hand s sample of the banana skin placed in a vial gave an R reading (ie. with nothing ‘else on or alongside the rule) of 25 cm., and 18 em. in each case for S and P. We can record the results thus:— R Sp Banane fruit a ss/ss Banana skin 2 — isis ‘The fruit and skin were left open to the air and periodical readings were taken to see how the readings had changed. give a summary of these readings below:— POLARITY TESTS ON BANANA FRUIT AND SKIN Banane fruit Banana skin RSP R SP First day: loam. 2789/83 2518/18 1.30pm. 8840/40 90—28/28 10.80 p.m. 8084/84 8025/2538 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS Banana fruit Banana skin eae ere Second day 10am. 9085/85 9880/80 6.80 p.m. 8282/82 8080/80 ‘Temperature all day about 51-52 deg. F. Banana fruit and skin surfaces wet, no mould. ‘Third day iam. 8888/88 80—80/80 Gpm. 2025/25 8088/88, ‘Temperature approximately 52 deg. F. Fourthday “10.80. a.m, S1—28/85 8240/40 8.50 p.m. 2625/80 240/80, Fifth day 8.10pm. 8028/28 2626/26 Sixth day Mam. 8025/25 2727/27 Seventh day 9.40a.m. 8025/95 3227/82 9.80pm. 8825/40 3380/95 Moisture began to dissppear on skin, fruit still fully moist. Kighthday «9.80... 8825/45 3690/42 ‘Ninth day 10.80 a.m. 8024/84 2925/87 ‘Temperature 50 deg. F. ‘Tenth day Tam, 2828/26 2825/25 ‘Temperature 50 deg. F. Hleventh dsy 8.80 p.m. 8227/40 8228/28 Twelfth day 11.80 a.m. 2520/85 2529/98 ‘Mould has begun to appear on fruit which is still damp. Skin also shows mould and has grown hairs. Seventeenth day 12 noon. 2721/29 2420/26 Fruit still damp but with large patches of mould on it. ‘The skin is quite dry, hairy and with mould on it, ‘Twenty-third day 2.90 p.m. 80—25/25 2520/20 ‘Banana fruit still moist but heavily moulded. The skin. ‘dry, very much shrunk and covered in mould. ‘As 2 convenience I propose to refer to a set of readings where those for S and P are the saune, and above those for R, as being positive, while I refer to a set of readings where Sand P are the same, but below R, as negative. Thus on the first day the banana fruit gave a positive reading, while the ‘skin gave a negative one. It is interesting to see how the readings changed as day POLARITY 80 succeeded day. I am inclined to think that the banana fruit had reached its optimum food value at 1.80 p.m. on the first day, when its positive reading was 88—40/40. If wwe regard the skin as an edible fruit, its food value might well have reached its optimum at 10.80 a.m. on the fourth day, when it gave a positive reading of 82—40/40. It will be observed that by then it had completely changed its polarity. Daily readings of this kind were no doubt affected tosome extent by the prevailing humidity and temperature, ‘as they sometimes showed marked changes in the course of ‘a day. But the banana fruit showed an ‘unbalanced’ polarity for the first time on the fourth day (when S and P gave different readings), and I suggest that it was at this point that disintegration began to take place in the molecular structure of the fruit due to bacterial activity. In a like manner the condition of the skin underwent a similar change for the first time on the seventh day. The final result after ‘twenty-three days was that both fruit and skin showed negative polarity, where bacterial activity had (it is sug- gested) more or less come to an end, but with the fruit showing a higher R than the skin. I assume that R is an indication of the ‘quality’ of the substance under test. ‘Any conclusion that one draws from a test series of this character must necessarily be considered tentative, but I have recorded these results in the belief that they do give some indication of polarity of a substance under constant change, and confirm (at least in some part) the findings of Baines. T trust the reader will bear with me a little longer to consider some tests I made on some miscellaneous organic and inorganic substances, including food. samples preserved in aloohol. Tests for R, S and P were as follows: R cles a Roto coe ‘White sugar (natural state) 2380/30 Brown sugary » 8035/85 Bemax » c 8286/36 Rum * 8088/33 Butter 8185/3540 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS R s/P Margarine 8128/83 Fresh drinking water 20—86/86 Stale tap water 2681/81 ‘Same shaken for 15 see. 2687/87 Radiostol 30—83/85 Thyroid dried extract 20—89/88 Pure aluminium sample ‘8080/80 ‘Aluminium 6 80—24/84 ‘Aluminium 80 3087/87 It will be seen that the edible foodstutis give positive readings, S and P being invariably the same distance above R. For tests of this kind the pendulum should be tuned in ‘each time to the substance under test by holding it over the substance and adjusting the length of suspension to give strong gyration. In my book 4 Radiesthelie Approach to Health and ‘Homocepathy* I showed how R readings on the rule orientated North-South gave an indication of ‘Identity’, while those obtained with the rule lying East-West indicated, ‘Energy’. This is seen in the above table where the R. (identity) reading for aluminium remains at 80, whether it is in its pure form, or potentized to the 6th and s0th centesimal seale. Potentization of a metal, or any remedy for that matter, conveys energy to it, as will be seen later. And as energy is conveyed to the aluminium, so are the S ‘and P values increased. We may say therefore that positive readings of S and P do indicate’energy or vitality, and we ‘can safely infer that high positive readings for a foodstuff indicate a high energy content, or freshness and good ‘quality. The energy value of foodstuffs as determined by Pendulum is therefore an indication of its goodness and suitability as a food. In accordance with my book, the B readings in the table are an indication of identity, but it will be seen that the a a ae 2 oo better the food value. Brown gar gives Sand P readings than white sugar, butter higher § and P readings than margarine (the close similarity in molecular structure in this ease pethaps being "+ Bultish Society of Dowser, POLARITY a responsible for the same R reading), and fresh drinking water is from every point of view better than stale tap water. The highest readings obtained for a foodstut, both for R, § and P, are for Bemax, which is very rich in food value, although theS and P readings for fresh drinking water are the same at 36, Stale tap water shaken for 15 sec. inereases its positive readings from 81 to 87, which is just an indication of the corresponding increased molecular activity. ‘We have already seen that if you place a specimen of your saliva on the rule at 0 em., you will obtain a pendulum Feading at about 42 em. What is it that you are measuring? ‘We can postulate that it is a delimitation of your auric, or ‘magnetic’, field. In fact, just as the human body is sur- rounded by its auric bodies which penetrate the body itself and stretch out beyond it into space, so is the specimen, whieh is in radiative contact with its owner, surrounded by a corresponding magnetic field, consisting of the non- material substance appropriate to such phenomena. ‘Now hold a sample of a tonic medicine such as Nux ‘Vomica (a homoeopathic remedy in the 8x potency should. be suitable) in your free hand, and you will probably find that the R reading for your saliva specimen goes up the scale, indicating that your vitality is increased. Tf this ‘occurs, Nux Vomiea suits you at the time of test and the auric field of the specimen is expanded. Now hold a sample of Opium 8x in your free hand with the Nux Vomica. You will find that the reading goes back to 42 em., as the Opium is antidoting the Nux Vomica. You could, of course, test first with the Opium, which may suit you at the time of test where the Nux Vomica does not, and antidote it with the Nux Vomica. In testing remedies for yourself, homoeo- pathic or otherwise, this method of test is a useful one, the reaction being favourable if the remedy held in the free hand increases the rule reading. Two remedies held together in the free hand may increase the reading very much more, indicating that they can be taken together with advantage. If, now, you place a small pocket compass in your right hand side pocket, in all probability you will again find tthe seale reading increase. But on placing it in the left-hand42 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS side pocket, the reading will probably decrease to some figard below 42cm This shows that the cleetrieal field of the compass is interfering with your aurie field, and that it is increasing your vitality when placed in the right-hand pocket, but doing you harm when in the left-hand pocket. It also shows that the body is polarized as to its right and left sides, as otherwise the reading would be the same, whichever pocket the compass was in. This confirms the findings of Reichenbach. According to Sri K. R. K. Murty, an Indian radiesthe- tist®, every human being develops electrical potentials in the body, and the positive and negative potentials so developed are distributed throughout the body. From the electrical point of view he divides the body into four zones, viz. 1) Above the level of the navel. 2) Between navel and knee. 8) Below the knee and down to the ankle. 4) At the feet. Moreover he divides each zone into two portions, right and left, and says, for instance, that in Zone No. 1, Portion No. 1, the front is negative and the back positive, while in Portion No. 2 the front is positive and the back negative. Also in Zone No. 4 the right foot is positive but the sole is negative, whereas the left foot is negative but the sole positive. ‘One test, which Sri Murty describes, can easily be verified by the reader. He says that the right hand of a man, when held above the level of the navel with palm upwards, is positive, whereas if itis held between the navel and knee, it is negative. And when the left hand is com- pared with the right hand, it is found that in corresponding ‘Positions, itis of opposite polarity. At corresponding points ‘the potentials in the body of a man and woman are also of ‘opposite polarity. ‘The late Dr. Emest Martin used to treat his patients by correcting their magnetic field by making them wear insu- Inted wire around their persons, the ends of which crossed. cach other at the median line. ‘These wires constituted in fact ‘open eo ‘and it was important that the coils were worn the right way round according to test. Dr. ‘Martin pointed out that the etherie body extends outside '* See "Human Electricity and Dowsing”, 2.S.D-J., X1, 1, p- 18. 1058. POLARITY 4 ‘the human body to about one inch or so, the outside envelope being referred to as the etheric skin. If you hold your pendulum close to the body on the right-hand side, it will rotate anti-clockwise if the body is in health, and clockwise on the left side of the body. If the body is out of health in the region tested, the gyrations are reversed. He supplied insulated wire which could be worn round the neck ‘or waist, arm or leg. It was found by pendulum that the ends of every wire have opposite polarities, and that is why they have to be put the right way round. He sometimes made his patients put a coil of wire in one or other of the ide pockets, according to test requirements, or a dielectric material, such as a piece of yellow plastic ‘cloth’. If a coil was in the right-hand pocket, the dielectric placed in the left-hand pocket would augment the effect, The effect of wearing a coil can be ascertained by measuring its effect on the value of R. ‘There are certain objections to treatment of this kind and, in the author's opinion, it should only be used with care. One difficulty is that, owing to ionization changes in ‘the atmosphere, the polarity of the patient may suddenly change. According to Martin, about 20 per cent. of his patients showed marked instability in their polarity characteristics, and I recall @ time when the Aurora Borealis was very active with its strong concomitant electrical effects in the atmosphere, and he told me that it, was almost impossible to treat one of his patients suffering from St, Vitus’s Dance satisfactorily, as her polarity was constently changing. I heard of another case of a person who had been recommended by her practitioner to wear & coil round her neck, The weather was thundery and, going home in the train, she felt as if she was being s and hastily removed the coil."In my own case I onee found that a coil round my waist, while strengthening the ab- dominal muscles and obviously suiting the middle portion of my anatomy, was affecting my head and depressing my pituitary gland. I found it impossible to concentrate, and had to think quite a measurable time before I could answer a question. Incidentally, Martin confirmed these reactions with his pendulum.44 MEDICAL RADINSTHESIA AND RADIONICS Dr. Martin made the rather remarkable discovery that coloured glass could have a marked polarizing effect on the body and, provided the right piece of glass was employed, all that was necessary was for it to be placed at a convenient spot in front of the patient in his line of vision. He postu- lated the possibility that you might be able to sit at your desk and keep yourself properly toned up by placing a suitable piece of coloured glass in front of you. I was inter- ested in this discovery and purchased s number of plain coloured lenses from an optician, and was able to corroborate ‘the fact that a suitably chosen colour did in fact correct one’s polarity as tested by pendulum. The action was apparently connected in some way with the eyes. As Dr. ‘Martin commented, what the explanation of this pheno- ‘enon was in terms of physics passed his comprehension. ‘He used to test the polarity of a patient by holding a short- suspension whalebone pendulum over his uptumed thumb. ‘With a balanced, or normal, polarity, the pendulum oscillates. Cuapren 5 HOMOEOPATHY Honozorary might be called the Cinderella of the medical profession. Despite the derision which has been poured on it by many medical men, ever since its by Hahnemann in the second half of the 18th century, it hhas always had a strong and devoted following by a small minority of doctors—men who were so convineed of its efficacy that they continued to treat their patients on homocopathic lines, and to ignore the scoffs of their colleagues. ‘The principle behind homoeopathy is extremely simple. It is that a drug which will produce the symptoms of a disease in a normal healthy person will cure that same disease in a person suffering from it. Similia simikbus curantur is often refered to as the lew where ‘ike cures It is worth recalling how Hahnemann came to discover the principle with which his name will always be associated. Studying a treatise on Materia Medica by an English physician named Cullen, of which he produced his own translation, he was profoundly dissatisfied with the ex- planation given of how Cinchona cured ague. So he decided to take strong doses of the drug, as were prescribed by physicians of the day. He was astonished to find himself suffering from acute attacks of ague, such as occur in malarial cases. From that point he went on to test various substances, one at a time, and to note the effect they had on him. In every case he found himself suffering from symptoms of the disease for which the substance was ordinarily prescribed. Hahnemann had been appalled by the general medical practices obtaining in his day, consisting of the administra- tion of strong doses of crude drugs and the widespread use of venesection. So he began to experiment with the adminis- 4546 MEDICAL RADIBSTHESIA AND RADIONICS tration of drugs in small, and even very small, quantities, paying particular attention at the same time to the suit Zblity of the drugs as ‘proved’ by experiments on himself, and he found that the results were far better, with the ‘minimum of aggravation to his patients. Tt was at this point that he made his discovery of poten- tization, whereby the healing power of a drug could be greatly ‘increased by triturating, or succussing, it. The potency he came to favour most was the 80th centesimal potency, which has a dilution of 1 in 100 to the power of 80, ‘or 1 in 1 followed by 60 noughts. But it should be made very clear that it is not the dilution in itself which confers power ‘on the drug, but the method of potentization. Potentization is not implicit in homoeopathy. Occasionally the pure drug prescribed on homoeopsthic principles acts better. But potentization greatly adds to the ability of the homoeopath to get results, and in the generality of eases he will employ potencies. It also enables drugs and substances to be ‘employed which are too poisonous or toxic to be used in ‘their crude form. Moreover, there are substances like some metals and herbs which have no therapeutic value in their ‘crude form, but are of potent use in the hands of the homoeo- path. Lycopodium, a dust-like powder obtained from the ‘moss Lycopodium Clavatum, is an excellent example of this. In the orthodox school of medicine, drugs are often pre- scribed more or less empirically, with varying results. ‘Where orthodox medicine fails, the reason all too often is (according to homoeopathic law) that an attempt is being made to find a specific for the disease. Thus do we so often ‘hear of a wanted ‘cure’ for influenza, rheumatism, for poliomyelitis and cancer. The homoeopath, on the other hhand, does not think so much in terms of disease, as in symptoms. Elucidate the symptoms, discover the drug ‘whose symptoms as given in Materia Medica are the same, and the patient is cured. That, at least, is the homoeo- pathic approach. According to the homocopath there ‘eannot be one ‘cure’ for a named disease, but many, depending not so much on the nature of the disease as on the symptoms of the patient. Thus itis that there are a number cof exeellent homoeopathie remedies for influenza, measles, HOMOEOPATHY: a chicken pox, tonsilitis, rheumatism, and so on, one of which will do most to cure the patient, according to the degree in which its symptomatology matches the symptoms of the patient. It is a notable fact that Hahnemann’s fame spread all over the Continent during a ravaging epidemic of cholera in 1881-82, following several publications by him on its cure by homocopathic means. Although he had never seen a ease of cholera, he had obtained accurate details of the symptoms it produced, and on the symptoms alone he recommended Camphor. He also prescribed the remedies required for the Inter stages of the disease. During the last epidemic of cholera in London in 1858, the results of treatment through homoeopathy were so favourable that the statisties were at first suppressed by @ medical committee of the Board of Health appointed in connection with the epidemic. They showed that under homeopathic treatment death from cholera was only 16.4 per cent., whereas under orthodox treatment it was 51.8 per cent.* It is common knowledge in homoeopathie circles that a complete cure of a major disease condition can be effected ‘at times by the administration of a single dose of a homoeo- pathic remedy in high potency. But owing to the involve- ment of the disease, or the difficulty of matching the symp- toms exactly to it, such cases are rare. I should like at this point to refer to a remarkable case of cure related by the Inte Dr. J. H, Clarke in The Presoribert., as exemplifying the possibilities of homoeopathic treatment. An account of the case was first sent by a Canon Roland Upcher, Rector of Stradbroke in Norfolk, to The Homoeopathic World, and it was the canon who effected the cure. The patient was a wornan of 50 years of age, who was conveyed to hospital suffering from great pain in the lower abdomen with vomit- ing, and she was unable to keep her food down. “Two eminent surgeons from a certain county town met the three local practitioners in consultation. They unanimously diagnosed the case as undoubted cancer of the stomach. ‘he X-ray was not used. But as it was in so diffieult a rte leocopathic rary (1840-1040), p. + 3 Ry enka ras aeaa”48 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS position, it was judged too dangerous to operate upon; and ‘the poor woman was sent home to die, However, not without ‘a second consultation at her home”. “The result was that the first diagnosis was confirmed. The woman was in'such a desperate condition thet she could only lie in bed and groan. She could neither take any food, nor retain or pass anything. Under these circumstances the feanon determined to see what homocopathy could do. “After eliciting carefully the history of the patient, he gave fa single dose of Bacillinum 80, a tubereular homoeopathie vaécine (there was a history of consumption in the family). On calling three days later, he found that the woman had _gone out and had walked a mile and a half down to the town. ‘Next she received two doses, one drop of Thuja @, 24 hours apart, On calling at the end of the week the woman met the canon at the door saying that she had had s discharge from ‘the womb. The discharge continued for a week and the ‘tumour in the abdomen, with outside swelling neatly as big as a football, slowly subsided. “But as the woman appeared so weak and prostrate with the discharge, I got frightened and judged it well to antidote the Thuja, so administered Pulstailla 30, one dose”. Next day the discharge ceased and the tumour immediately began to swell up again, Tt must have been a difficult problem as to what to do next, but the canon decided, purely on homoecopathic grounds, to give her three drops of Bellis Perennis @. A week ater he found the woman washing clothes. On being asked ‘how she was, she replied that she was quite well, and when asked: “How’s that?”, she replied: “Well, sir, three days after you gave me that last dose, Thad a great bearing down as if I was going to have a baby and that thing alll came away, 4 1b. of it, and T and my husband buried it in our garden”. _ Now this is not a case of pure homocopathie prescribing in the rigid sense. First, as the canon wrote, two stone walls had to be knocked down, those of a tubercular strain and the effects of a previous vaccination, But the case does illustrate, as well as anything could, the miraculous power of the homoeopathie remedy when correctly prescribed. Homoeopathic literature is full of seemingly miraculous ‘ures, but the problem of determining the best remedy in HOMOEOPATHY ry its correct potency is a very difficult one and homocopathy, like any other system of medicine, has its inevitable failures. ‘We might ask ourselves at this point what the explana tion of homoeopathy is. The answer is not an easy one, and indeed the medical protagonists of homoeopathy have always based their claims on the assertion that, whatever the explanation, it works! But a consideration of the phenomenon of resonance may help us to understand. Everyone knows that if you strike a certain note on a piano, it can start a vase vibrating so that it may crack if the glass is thin enough, always provided that the vibratory” period of the vase is'the same as that of the note. Perhaps ‘the most easily understood instance of resonance is where soldiers are ordered to break step when marching over a bridge, for if they kept in step and the impulses happened to coincide with the natural period of vibration of the bridge, the amplitude of vibration imposed on the bridge might build up to such an extent that structural failure would occur. It will be shown later that the potentized remedy con- tains a high degree of energy by reason of its potentization. Its drug content is infinitesimal in anything but the lowest potencies, and its action must therefore be due to some ‘energy effect. We can in fact postulate a radiation which activates certain bodily tissues, or will eradicate microbes, toxins or poisons. Each potentized drug will have its own specific radiation, consisting as a rule not of one single wavelength or frequeney of vibration, but the summation of several individual frequencies, producing what we can refer to as a ‘specific waveform’. ‘To put it as simply as we can, if we have not one, but several frequencies of vibration imposed one upon another, the zemlt will be composite vibration with its own ific frequency, i.e. a specific waveform. A useful anal where one weve on the sea overtakes another to forma larger wave with its own distance between wave crests, i.e. its own ‘wavelength’. : If the reader has come with me thus far, he will appreciate ‘that the hornoeopathic remedy, containing a highly potent vibratory action transferred by @ specifie waveform, will50 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘only activate a material, be it human tissue, bacterium, toxin or what-not, of similar waveform, or of a waveform bearing a simple arithmetical relationship to it, such as one- half, one-third, ete., which we can refer to as a harmonic of the activating foree. ‘To return to the analogy of the soldiers crossing the bridge, if the bridge has a natural frequency of vibration X times that of the time between each step the soldiers take, where X is a whole number, each step of the soldiers ‘will augment the vibration of the bridge. In all such cases ‘we have the phenomenon of resonance. ‘This specific action of the homocopathic remedy is made clearer by taking one or two conerete examples. Just as we can take a herbal extract and potentize it, so can we take a ‘sample from a culture medium of a single colony of bacteria. such as B. Coli, B. Typhosus Coli, B. Gaertner, ete., and shake a potency of it, Such potencies are known as homoeo- pathie vaccines and are specific to their own genus of microbe. Thus @ person suffering from a B. Coli infection ‘will be greatly helped, and probably cured, by taking one ‘or more doses of a B. Coli potentized vaccine, such vaceines ‘being mostly used in the 80th, or higher, potencies. To what extent such vaccines should be used in actual practice is a matter of opinion, but some homocopathie vaccines (or nosodes, as they ‘are often called), such as Bacillinum, Tubereulinum and Carcinosin—to mention only a few— are amongst the most valuable homoeopathie remedies we have. But often enough a homoeopathie remedy other than vaccine is preferred, which may be said to be in resonance with the infection in question. In cases of metal poisoning, it is often good practice to administer the metal in potency, which by having the-same vibratory rate as the metal in question, will eliminate it. ‘The remedy produces a specific stimulation in the system, which resonates with the metal in question and neutrali it, Metal poisoning will be considered in more detail later. In classical homoeopathie prescribing, as has already been emphasized, attention is given not to the determination of specifie pathogenic organisms in the system, but to the symptoms of the patient, These symptoms are treated with HOMOEOPATHY a remedies having the same, or similar, symptomatology, the homocopathie Materia Medica containing detailed records of the action of every drug on the organs of the body, of its effect on the mind, the emotions, the extremities, and seemingly irrelevant effects, such as whether it is suitable for persons suffering from heat, from cold, for those who feel better in the morning, the evening, at night, and so on. ‘These compilations were originally obtained by testing out different drugs on small groups of ‘provers i.e. normal healthy people, who noted with the utmost care what effects each drug had. It is often and truly said that Nature is the true healer, and that the life force within us is always trying to mai tain us in perfect health. On the other hand there are in- evitably factors in our lives whose tendency is to create imbalances in our system, whether these be of a psycho- logical, dietetic, occupational or environmental kind. A robust person in full health can usually surmount such influences, but there comes a time for most of us when the system is’ unable by itself to throw off the cumulative results of such influences, the consequence being an im- pairment of health, with perhaps the beginnings of a chronic condition of toxaemia and psychological strain. In such cases it is usual to find bacterial invasion, mal- function of certain organs and imbalance of the endocrine system, impairment of the nervous system and a general lack of tone. Sedatives and other crude drugs can often enough do little or nothing to help such cases, and to restore the system to normal balance. What is wanted is the right kind of stimulus to tune up specific tissues requiring it, to eliminate bacterial and virus infection and reduce poison toxins. This homocopathy can do. ‘Perhaps the most marked difference between allopathic and homocopathie treatment is that the former can do so little to eliminate disease conditions of long standing, where- as homoeopathy provides energy tothesystem, assists Nature in her attempt to throw off toxic material and restores balance to the nervous system—the seat of all physiological action. Too often allopathic treatment merely suppresses ‘the symptoms of a disease instead of curing it. Toxic52 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘material is thus forced deeper into the tissues, only to mani- fest itself later in some more serious condition, such as ‘asthma, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or affections of the skin. "No sensible person would belittle the good that new drugs like Penicillin and M. & B. have done, or the life- saving work that they have accomplished. For the treat- ment of acute diseases they have certainly proved their worth. But it is in the chronic cases where allopathic treatment leaves so much to be desired, and they do suggest to the homoeopath that many of them can be traced back to crude drugs administered in mass doses, with little or no attention given to their toxie propensities. : ‘When taking a case the classical homocopath will ask his patient in the first place what illnesses he has had, the treatment given, and to what extent inoculations and vaccinations have figured in his medical history. It is by no means unusual to find that 3 chronic condition has as its cause a vaccination, which may have been given years ago. Twill quote just one case, of Dr. J. C, Burnett's, given in Dr. M. L. Tyler’s Homoeopathic Drug Pictures*: “Middle- ‘aged man: eczema for 20 years with @ pustular eruption on leg. The eczema dated from a re-vaccination twenty years before. Thuja 80x cured. The pustules at once began to wither, end patient ‘too busy to come himself, sent word ter that his skin was well”. Such cases in homoeopathic literature are legion. ‘According to Burnett, ‘‘the protective power of vacci tion is due to a diseased state of the body. One suffering from vaccinosis may not be ill in the ordinary sense. But he must be in a subdued morbid state, he has been blighted, or he is no vaccinate”. He also stated that some of his worst cases of vaceinosis were those in whom the vaccination did not ‘take’. It is not for me to argue for or against vaccination and, according to Dr. Tyler, Burnett was no anti-vaccinator. But it is as well to admit that vaccination can produce morbid conditions developing into deep-seated disease. (Gis Giondpathe Patching Company), °° Ans REPS. HOMOEOPATHY se It remains to be said that the homoeopath claims to have better means of protection against smallpox than vacsina- ion. ‘To those who have studied such questions, there is much room for concern over the moder tendency to inject all 00 readily morbid material of one kind or another into the bloodstream, thus contaminating the systems of not only the subject, but possibly his offspring. For it is within the knowledge of the homoeopath that psorie strains are passed. ‘on from one generation to another, which will more often than not manifest themselves in a subacute form, with no apparent connection with the original condition from which it stemmed. This is well illustrated in the case of the ‘woman with the tumour recorded earlier in. this chapter. ‘The homocopathic pharmacopoeia contains a great many remedies, and it is impossible to retain the leading symp- toms of all of them in one’s memory. But repertories are available in which symptoms of all kinds are classified, and through which it is possible to arrive at a drug whose symptomatology closely fits the case. Even so, it is often extremely difficult to choose the best remedy in a difficult case in which the disease condition is complex. There may in fact be several disease conditions, all of which must be dealt with in order to obtain a cure. One disease condition ean be suppressed by another, and this may become clinically evident as treatment proceeds. It is not unusual for skin symptoms to manifest themselves anew during homocopathic treatment, or for the return of a discharge in cases with a history of venereal disease, indicating that @ Previous disease condition has been suppressed rather than cured, In @ person with a bad medical history homocopathic treatment may be necessary for a considerable time, and if prescribed in the orthodox homoeopathie manner, remedies will be changed as new symptoms appear. Effective treat- ment can be carried out in this way with a limitation placed. fon means, i.e. by the practitioner restricting himself to perhaps 100 remedies, where actually 2,000 or more are available. Disease conditions, as they find their way into the patient's system, will be removed in the reverse order,54 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS ‘those contracted last being the first in the order of elimina- ‘tion. ‘Out of all the remedies available, we can postulate that there will always be one or two whose choice would bring great relief and rapid advance towards cure. We might hypothesize that such remedies syntonize in some way with ‘a vital foree within the subject, augmenting the efforts of Nature to restore equilibrium. But whatever the action, it seems that few have the ability to find the perfect simillimum, even admitting full medical training and long study of the homocopathie technique. I think one can say thet those with long experience of ‘homocopathy are fully convinced of the potential value of ‘the homoeopathie remedy as a therapeutic instrument, for ‘they will sooner or later have experienced, either in them- selves or in their patients, the truly amazing results that ‘can be obtained. But owing to the difficulty of preseribing, failures too often occur, and sometimes the failures seem to ‘be underlined in their totality. If great accuracy is required. in finding the remedy to fit the patient, so can failure be ‘complete if the wrong remedy is applied. It is all a matter of ‘tuning—of resonance. The vase must be closely syntonized ‘to the note of the piano if it is to vibrate. And incidentally, people could not be more wrong when they say that at any rate, if homoeopathy cannot do much good, it can at least dono harm. A badly prescribed remedy can upset a patient badly, even if it cannot produce the toxic effects of mass doses of crude drugs. A study of homecopathic history makes it clear that ‘exceptional cases of cure were almost invariably procured by men who had made a life study of homoeopathie Materia Medica and had an exceptional aptitude for applying it. Such men exist today. But to expect that their achievements could be emulated by the general run of medical practitioners, or even by more than a relatively few specialists, would be expecting too much. The trend of medicine today, as of yesterday and the day before, is to try and find a specific remedy for every disease—the very anti- ‘thesis of homoeopathic philosophy. Only diligent study and exceptional skill can produce the best type of homoeopath. HOMOEOPATHY 35 ‘What, then, of homocopathy in the future? To those radiesthetists who pin their faith on the homocopathic remedy, radiesthesia, and all that the term implies, seems the answer. Through radiesthesia we can ascertain with confidence a remedy (or remedies) which will go some way to clear up a case, even if it is unlikely to be the simillimum. ‘The method is very different, though in no way antagonistic, to classical homocopathic prescribing. As much as possible is found out about the patient through a radiesthetic or radionic analysis (ic. with the help of radionic instruments), and remedies are found to eliminate on test the disease conditions, to tone up deficient organs and balance endocrines. ‘Vitamin and mineral deficiencies have to be attended to and due attention paid to nerve function, the condition of ‘the blood, bone, circulation, and so on. If the remedies tested are selected in the first case after a close study of symptomatology, so much the better. In thet way a good remedy from the rigidly homoeopathic point of view will be found. To what extent the practitioner will rely on his Knowledge of hornoeopathic Materia Medica and on his radiesthetic tests must depend very largely on his experi- ‘ence and personal proclivities. But radiesthesia can do an enormous amount in helping to give him an accurate picture of his patient, and ensuring that important disease conditions needing individual attention are not missed. ‘How to go about these tests will be described in later chapters.Cuarren 6 ENERGY CONTENT OF HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES Tr has been shown in Chapter 2 how the presence of a species of bacteria in the system cen be demonstrated ‘radiesthetically by means of a specimen of the subject or, ‘patient, a witness of the bacterium, and a rule. If the system’ isnotinfected with that particuler bacterium, the pendulum will balance at 45 em., or below. But if the system is so infected, the pendulum will balance at 50 om., or above. The higher the reading, the more acute the infection is. It will be understood that radiesthetic tests for bacterial invasion depend in some way on activation of the offending material, And in order to deal with pathogenic organisms homoeopathically, it is known that the more acute the infection, the higher the poteney required, subject always to clinical considerations and the general condition of the patient. ‘Whereas a crude drug is chosen according to its specific action on the pathogenic organism in question, we can say that the drug is toxic to the organism and so destroys it. ‘The exact action is in fact often obscure. But when we use potentized homoeopathie remedies, toxicity is in no way involved. A 80c potency entails a dilution of the pure remedy of 1 in 1 followed by 60 noughts. Even a 6e potency has @ dilution of 1 in 1,000,000,000,000. A 200e potency has a dilution of no less than 1 in 1 followed by 400 noughts! ‘We are in fact reaching a subatomic scale of quantities, and ‘we may well infer that potencies enable us to employ some form of subatomic energy. At any rate, if we admit that potencies have any action at all, we must assume that some form of energy is involved. I showed in my book* that an indication of the energy content of a potentized remedy can be found by arranging #4 Ratienhatic 4 ‘and Ht ‘i pak Ritetatc Approach to Heath and Homoeopathy (Beth Society of 56 ENERGY CONTENT OF REMEDIES or the rule lying east and west, so as to neutralize tellurie magnetic influences, and finding the pendulum balance point. The tests were made with myself facing south, with the samples placed at 0 om. on the rule. Thus a sample of Aluminium @ gave a reading of 26 em., while at the other end of the scale one of Aluminium 200 gave 40 em. Potencies within this range gave proportionate readings on the rule. Thave lately been able to use another method of demon- strating the energy content of potencies by employing 2 Maury Compensator. But first, I must describe what T came to name as my ‘Vial Connection’. This consists of two glass vials, preferably 2-drachm or 4-07, connected by a fine string fastened round their respective necks, with the string ends leading inside the vials so as to increase the infiuence. It is advisable to give the string several turns round the neck of each vial before tying it. It was in trying to find some means of conveying @ radiation off my rule to one end of it that I discovered this simple arrangement, and have made every day use of it in my radionie work. Amongst other things, the radiation of something lying on the table in front of me can be brought through this con- nection to one end of the rule. ¢ ‘After acquiring a Maury Compensator, I found that I could carry out certain novel experiments with it in con- junction with the vial connection. But I should first explain briefly of what the Compensator consists. There is a box, 6 in. by 4 in, by 2} in. deep, into which can be plugged a circular insulated coil of 8 in. diameter, through which very small currents can be passed from a single U2 battery and the necessary resistances inside the box. A microammeter reading from 0 to 500 microamps is arranged on top of the box, and the necessary current within this range passing through the coil can be provided by an On/Off switch. Furthermore, a second switch enables one to step up the current in four stages. For currents up to 500 microamps it is set at “1”. Stepping up the current in four stages is accomplished by tuming this switch to “2”, “3”, “4” and “5”, As Iam not aware of the current passing through the coil of my instrument with the second switeh at positions98 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS Todem, Compensator ving RULE <= — Vial connection Ocm. ‘Fig. 4 Compensator box and ring arranged to left of rule with val connection to left-hand end of rule ENERGY CONTENT OF REMEDIES 50 “g"—"'5", I will restrict my observations to currents up to 600 microamps, i.e. with the second switch set at “1”. ‘To show how a radiesthetic indication of the field strength within the coil can be obtained, T arranged my Compensator on my table opposite the 0 om. end of my rule so that the coil was immediately opposite the 0 om. mark, with the Compensator box well to the left, as is shown in the dia gram, The distance from the centre of my rule to the nearest point of the coil was 15 om. I then placed one vial of my vial connection in the centre of the coil, with the other vial at 0 om. on the rule, so that the string between the two vials was stretched fairly tight and did not touch the table. ‘With the current switched off, I found the balance point on the rule with my pendulum, Tt read 21 em. I then tured the first switch to the “On” position, but with no current showing on the microammeter. It still read 21 em. The readings I then obtained, when the current passing through the coil was increased in stages to 500 microamps, were as follows:— Cm. Switch at “Om” 21 Switch at “On”, no current showing on meter 21 100 microamps 22 200, 24 800 264 4000 28 500, 30 We can deduce from these readings that the vial con- nection does enable us to obtain some indication of the fd strangth within the coll, ov prodaoed by the eurent passing through it. (See diagram opposite. T nck arranged she Compensetr tote vight of the rule so that the coil was opposite the 100 em. mark, with the Compensator box well to the right of the rule, as in the second diagram. I then placed in turn samples of Sulphur in different potencies at 0 om. on the rule and found the pendulum readings. As is my custom, I placed a sample of liquid adrenalin close to the vial on the rule with the idea of stabilizing the readings as much as possible. The results were—eo ‘MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS . 3 7 = oar 3 ST F é Zs a a8 25 33 s -Vial connection to diagram < Po g = 3 3 3 z z az a 5 £ S wk => = #e x : Pa & é lO they ave placed at Oem. ‘Fig. 5. Arrangement of rule and Maury Compensator for finding energy conient of various substances and for tests ‘on diagrams ENERGY CONTENT OF REMEDIES ox Cm. Sulphur @ 38 Ix 88 ax 40 6c 45 800 52 200 60. Ie will be seen that the higher the potency, the higher the reading on the rule: In other words, the magucuheld of ‘the remedy was increased as the potency was increased, ‘thus bringing the pendulum balance point eloser to the vial connection. It is simply a matter of balancing one magnetic field against another. This test may be taken as con- firmation that the potentization of a remedy conveys energy to it. ‘Hahnemann, in his Organon of the Healing Art, wrote: “In the healthy condition of man the spirit-ike vital foree, the dynamis that animatés the material body, rules with un- bounded sway and retains all the parts of the organism in admirable harmonious vital operation as regards both sensations and functions, so that our indwelling, reason- gifted mind can freely employ this living, healthy instru- ment for the higher purposes of cur existence”. It stands to reason that where parts of the physical economy are disturbed, energy may be required to restore normal balance. Again, Dr, Herbert A. Roberts has written*: “The nature of energy is dynamic, and this dynamis penetrates every particle, every cell, every atom of the human economy. ‘Any disturbance of this vital energy or force results in a disfigured or disturbed development of the whole human economy. Such a disturbance may come from pre-natal influences, such as the effects of sudden fright; it may be caused by indulgences on the part of either or both parents at the time of conception; the cause may lie in excessive worry during gestation; it may be due to hereditary stigma of either one or both of the parent cells, which may perhaps bbe due to hereditary diseases or miasms. Like an indelible s Herbert A. Roberta, MLD.: The Princip Hromeco- atay Gaamepute Budlihing Gospuny, So ed Tok pO62 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS brand, the warping of this dynamic energy is a stain that ‘will not out’ And he continues: “On the other hand, after the separate individual life has been established, we Know how terrific are the consequences of fright; the fright of the mother who transmits the effects to the nursing child, with a consequent disturbance to the vital energy long after the incident is forgotten. Or the mother’s vital force may be disturbed by worries, or by sudden fright, and she herself may suffer from the consequent serious disturbance. These are but a few instances where there may be serious disturbances of the vital force”. Itis a singular fact that in homoeopathie Materia Medica ‘the mental symptoms are considered of paramount import- ‘ance in prescribing, and there are many remedies whose symptomatology is primarily mental. Homoeopathy offers ‘a fertile field of practice in mental cases. Thus, in employing hhomocopathy, we are dealing not only with physical qualities, but with the totality of man’s make-up. There is reason to suppose that the high-frequency radiations of high potencies act primarily on the aural bodies, and through them to the physical. ‘Subatomic physics has shown us that matter is not dense, but consists of myriads of protons, neutrons, electrons, atoms and molecules, arranged in complex patterns of ‘energy fields, where the distance between the particles is of ‘an order many times that of the size of the particles them- selves. Dr. Raynor C. Johnson put it graphically thus*: “Wf all the nuclei and electrons f.e. of the atoms] in a man ‘could be somehow collected together, they would con- stitute a speck which might just be discerned by the naked sve. The substantiality of matter is thus an appearance _ Tt is time we gave up thinking in medicine of gross effects and concentrated on the pattern of energy systems which constitute life. ‘To penetrate and correct imbalances in these energy systems, the application of radiant energy of carefully selected amplitude and frequencies is required. {Raynor , Johaion, MA. (Oxon), PhD. D.Ss. (Lond: The Im- risoned Splendour (ocr & Stoughton, 1059) pan OEY 7M Carrer 7 ‘THE PRELIMINARIES OF CASE-TAKING. ‘Tus frst object in taking a case should be to find out as much about the patient as possible. Not only the patient's medical history, but that of his family, should be ascer- tained. That is to say, any history of cancer, tuberculosis or venereal disease in the family should be noted, or lesser diseases or ailments sustained by his parents, such as malaria, theumatic fever, ete., or diseases where such organs as heart and skin have been affected. Hereditary taints often play a basie part in the manifestation of disease. Zt should also be borne in mind thet chronic states of ill- health are sometimes derived from vaccinations or inoeu- lations, or infections acquired during the mother’s preg- nancy. German measles may even leed to stich serious conditions in the child as harelip or congenital heart disease. Homoeopathic treatment of the mother might “obviate these consequences. Admittedly it is not always easy to ascertain facts of this kind from a patient, but fortunately the medical radiesthe- tist has other means of doing so. Or rather I should say that he has the means of finding out by his tests whether his patient reacts to psoric diseases, and latent disease con- ditions which are hereditary. The orthodox homoeopath, as we already know, will not only make records of this character, but will go fully into the symptoms of his patient. He will then match the symptoms with a remedy, ‘whose symptoms in Materia Medica agree with those of the patient. If the disease condition is not complicated, a cure ‘will follow. Otherwise benefit should be received, certain of the more superficial disease conditions may be removed, and a new set of symptoms will supervene. These will be taken due note of for the next prescription, ‘Homoeopathy has provided many cases of remarkable cure, often with the employment of only one remedy. We 6864 MEDICAL RADIESTHESIA AND RADIONICS might assume that in all such cases the patient had a Jalerably good constitution, which was affected by one ‘asic factor of disease. Remove the basic factor and the patient returns to a normal level of health. Often enough, Rowever, we have to deal with cases which have been eom- plicated by years of ill-health and divers treatments of the Tuppressive kind, where the constitution has been seriously impaired end the reactive power of the patient is limited. Tn such cases it is a difficult matter indeed to sort out ‘ding symptoms, and equally difficult to decide what Srivediea to apply. There may indeed be no disease state in the ordinary sense of the word, but gross debility and @ ral malaise. Some people seem to be permanently Sander the weather’, although never really ill! Or again, you have the occasional patient who believes in homoeo- pathy, but enjoys a fair share of normal health. When not Feeling well, he will at times consult his homoeopathic practitioner and expect quick and satisfactory results. But it is not easy to ensure in such cases quick satisfaction by ‘hhomoeopathie case-taking alone. ‘Some practitioners have a quite extraordinary aptitude for taking a case on the method laid down by Hahnemann, but such practitioners will always be in a very small, and probably dwindling, minority. To become such as they re~ ‘quires much individual study, intuition and resource, where routine treatment finds no place, and every ease requires an ‘entirely new approach. For they know that no two cases are the same, whatever names their particular diseases may ‘have. Moreover such case-taking takes up a lot of time. ‘Radiesthesia provides a kind of half-way house between ‘the approach of the orthodox homoeopath and the cut-and- dried empiricist, though the radiesthetie practitioner should be much nearer the orthodox homocopath in both outlook and method. But he does depend to a great extent on routine testing. And he has the great edvantage that no remedy should be prescribed by him which does not do good. Certain means are open to him for determining in advance whether a remedy ean effect a certain change in ‘the patient, even if it is not a very good remedy for the patient as a whole. But he has also the means of finding ‘THE PRELIMINARIES OF CASE-TAKING 65 whether a remedy is well indicated and will be of general benefit. The radiesthetie practitioner working on homoeo- pathic lines will have to pay equal regard to his tests and his knowledge of homocopathy. Medical radiesthesia and homoeopathy should be regarded as indispensable allies, each to be employed in degree to suit the knowledge and experience of the practitioner. ‘The medical radiesthetist will first find out what factors ‘are contributing to his patient’s ill-health. He will test for infections, the state of the nerves and endocrine glands, the condition of the various organs, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and so on. With two standard boxes of ‘Turenne witnesses he will be able to test for forty infections, or disease conditions, and forty organs. That is a fairly comprehensive list. He will have available a witness of urie acid, but should also obtain a sample of urea (I favour ‘2 1x poteney) from a homoeopathic chemist. Other samples can be added to as necessary. Witnesses of “Great sym- pathetic” and “Nerves, minor” are included in the Turenne box of witnesses, but samples of liquid adrenalin and ace~ tylcholine might well be added, preferably in 4-07. vials. Ampoules of acetylcholine make good witnesses of the parasympathetic nervous system. I am confining myself in this chapter to pendulum methods of diagnosis and treatment in conjunction with witnesses and samples. Work with radionic instruments ‘will be dealt with later. It cannot be emphasized toostrongly that positive reactions, i.e. pendulum readings above 45 ‘om., may be obtained for an infection, where clinically that infection does not exist. In a grossly toxic case some indication of a number of infections may be obtained, but in such cases most attention will naturally be given to those infections showing a high reading. As the case proceeds, it will become clearer as to what importance should be attached to the lesser infections. A certain amount of soreening is implicit in this work, and after treatment an infection may give a higher reading than it did before. ‘Lower positive readings may be related to the toxins of the disease, rather than active viruses or bacteria. Or again, they may be related to ‘soil’ condition.