There are certain factors that I claim should be considered in dowsing and healing.
As regards dowsing what our President stated during our last Congress is
of paramount importance, namely, that success depends on the need to know
and on the use of working method that is simple and devoid of gadgetry.
In the engineering field, for instance, all the best inventions were
simple in design, thereby ensuring trouble-free operation and producing
reliability. This is also the aim of dowsing.
In my opinion there are too many people trying to fit everything in dowsing and
allied subjects into clearly defined boxes with labels saying,
When I first started dowsing the burning questions were "How?"
and "Why?". Of all the books I read on this subject, the ones
taht gave me the most satisfactory explanations of dowsing and healing
were the seven books written by Max Freedom Long about the
Polynesian priests,
their healing methods and their believes, and the books written by
Edgar Cayce,
the noted American psychic.
The Polynesian priests, known as
Kahunas
or Keepers of the Secrets, seem to have
had what one might call a very practical philosophy of life and how to lead it.
If you were not satisfied with it you could change it with a little help
of your friends, trying to understood the rules. Cayce, on the other hand,
was not only practical but has a mine of information, both forward and
backward in time, that is a man-made time, and he seems to have filled in
all the gaps which may have been left by the Polynesian ideas.
Reading them, in conjunction with each other, one gets a pretty complete picture
of the purpose of life on earth by Cayce, and how to lead it according to
the Polynesians.
For our requirements it is only necessary only to find a small
object use as a weight when it is swung by about three
inches of thread or cord, preferably of silk. The bob, as the weight
is called, may be a large bead, a round button, a small
crystal such as the one is used on chandeliers, or any other small object
which can be strung on the thread. You may use a finger ring as well as
a cross on a thin chain. Hold the pendulum by the thread at about three
inches from the bob.
Pendulums may be of almost any shape and, within reason. any
size. Personally I use a pendulum not unlike a miniature mason's plumb
bob, weighing about 10ozs. For ordinary purposes they should be
made of wood or plastic or any material that is a non-conductor of
electricity. Pendulums should be either black or transparent.
Metals and bright colors are not suitable, as they may produce special
effects by acting as "sample themselves" instead to act
as a medium between the operator and the specimen of the person under
examination.
The string or thread must be pliant and strong; I use thin nylon
fishing line of , about 5ins. long and with a small bone ring at one end
to prevent its slipping through my fingers. I have seen any kind of
object used as pendulum, all serving the purpose equally well;
it is the person using the pendulum that matters, not the pendulum itself.
The pendulum itself can do nothing, you only have to suspend
it from some inanimate object to prove it; it will remain
stationary even if a railway engine is placed under it, but once
the pendulum comes in contact with a human hand, also a piece of metal
no larger than a pin's head, will came to life.
Usually the pendulum will do one of this five things:
- remain stationary,
- swing or oscillate,
- turn clockwise,
- turn anticlockwise,
- under certain conditions, it will move as an ellipse.
The pendulum only deals with the fourth-dimensional matter.
By means of a sixth sense it deals with things which have not been
intended to be understood by the other five senses, and uses the brain
as a computer. The brain was never designed for dealing with these
fourth-dimensional affairs, or if it was, its functioning has been
largely smothered by the pressures of the modern time, which pays
too much attention to the other five.
The sixth sense belongs to what the Church describes as the world of the
Spirit, but which I prefer to consider it as a higher level of Mind.
Of course this is a theory and not a statement of fact. However, it
seems that no one, at the present, is in a position to refute it.
The dogmatic materialist may say: "There are only five senses. Mind is inseparable
from brain and brain dies when the body dies." The Church says there is body,
soul and spirit, but it seems completely incapable to explain the
meaning of soul and spirit. In fact much of its reasonings appear to
be fifteen hundred years old.
When it tries to be modern, it leaves out those miracles, on which its
whole purpose depends, because science cannot find a place for them in
its three-dimensional approach.
There are several methods all equally good, but the one I am
going to describe has the advantage of being self-applicable,
and therefore allows periodical checks at various times and
under various conditions.
Stand erect, facing the West, and relax yourself as much as possible. Place
the left hand over the solar plexus, palm inwards with the
fingers closed. Suspend the pendulum with the right hand, using
the full length of the twine, so as the pendulum is opposite
to the center of the left hand and about 8ins. from it. The pendulum
will start to turn clockwise.
Count the number of rotations carefully. If the rotations are weak
and less than 15 your chances of getting any reliable results from
radiesthesia are remote and I suggest you no go further with it.
The degree of sensitiveness is indicated by the number of rotations
made by the pendulum, and although they vary considerably
for each individual; they can be grouped as follows:
- 15 to 30 weak,
- 30 to 50 medium,
- 50 to 100 good.
These values represent the total number of complete rotations
and are not so many per minute. Personally I vary from 45 to 55,
so I probably am slightly below to the average.
Getting acquainted with the low self may be a delightful
occupation as many HRAs (Huna Research Associates) discovered
early in our work. We discussed the ways and means of getting
acquainted with it, and fell into the habit of speaking about the
low self as "George."
This came, of course, from the saying, "Let George do
it," which is so well suited to the low self, since it does at
least nine-tenths of the work of the physical man.
However, like an "old dog," it can be taught
"new tricks" only by the persistent effort of
the middle self.
Many of us started addressing our low selves as "George"
or as "Georgette," only to discover
that the low self has very definite ideas of who and what it is
and what it prefers with regards to his name.
But let me start more or less from the beginning and to tell the
story; it is greatly worth as it will show the method
that you, the reader, may test in your turn, and made a good use of them.
First of all, one must believe that there is a low self, that is really
there to be contacted. Secondly, one must sit down in a quiet place and
invite the low self to introduce itself (...)
It often pays to hold a long one-sided conversation with
George during the first sitting. Tell him you have decided that both
of you should get better acquainted, and should have fun
learning how to play games together. This may seem childish - but the
low self is something like a very precocious child. It can be
whimsical, clever, obliging, wilful, stubborn or eager -
according to its particular nature. Two are not alike, as well as for
the two middle selves, and there is no knowing about one's
individual low self until one takes time to get acquainted with it.
As a rule, nothing happens the first time. But, with a little
explanation, one of the new games can be begun soon. The low self
almost always likes to play games, and it likes the same games you do
(otherwise you wouldn't like them). (...)
A set of rules for the game (called by the water dowsers
"a convention") must be decided by the middle self
and carefully explained to the low one, so that George will be able
to respond correctly.
These rules vary among dowsers and other operators of the
pendulum. My personal convention is that a swing, crosswise to the body,
means "no," one back and forth from the body,
"yes." A swing diagonal to the body means "in doubt."
A clockwise circling swing means "good,"
and an anticlockwise swing means "bad."
A right-handed person will hold the pendulum with the index and
thumb of the right hand. The person who are left-handed will use the other hand.
George will often understand better if a sheet of
paper is taken and two five-inch lines are drawn on it, marked
with "YES" (vertical) and "NO"
(horizontal) in order to corrispond to the swinging directions.
Suspend the pendulum in such way that is above the point in which
the two lines are united. Support your elbow on the table and maintain
a very relaxed arm.
When ready, tell George to watch while you demonstrate how the
game is to be played. Hold the pendulum over the paper, and say,
"This is what you do to say 'YES'", and swing the pendulum
yourself vertically showing him how it goes. George learns quickly,
and unless he has a hindering reason, will join in the game at
once.
Now stop having the pendulum swung and gave it a slowly
rotatory movement in clockwise direction. Ask George: "Please,
do oscillate the pendulum and say me 'YES'".
Give him time, and if he cannot do it, demonstrate again, or several
times, or perhaps rest until later and do it all over.
You might also tell George that he is really a very important fellow,
and that it is therefore important that you two learn to converse
in this way so he can give his views on things that come up.
Great care must be taken not to swing the pendulum with the
voluntary muscles.
If George gives you the answer, thanks him for the collaboration
furnished, say him that you are very happy for him having learned
what you have taught him.
When George has learned to answer "YES"
teach him how to answer "NO". Oscillate the pendulum yourself along
the horizontal line and say him, "This is the movement that
you must do to say 'NO'."
Stop having the pendulum swung and gave him a slow rotatory movement
clockwise direction.
If George gives you the answer, thanks him for the collaboration
furnished, say him that you are very happy for him having learned
what you have taught him.
In the first conversations, you will have the opportunity to know
George's taste. If it is necessary, change him the name or choose an
other type of pendulum.
At this stage, and until one is sure that he has become well
acquainted with his low self and its inclinations, we have found
that it is well to go slowly, act circumspectly - and above all,
avoid letting the feeling of impatience with the low self, or
with the entire training project, get the upper hand. (...)
As soon as the low self has learned how to use the pendulum
and responds accurately when you ask for the swing in a specified
direction, simple conversations can be commenced. You ask the
questions and George answers with the pendulum. The questions
must concern things which you are sure the low self knows well
and understands. Of course you will both know the answers at
first, and this enables you to check on the accuracy of them, and
judge the progress made. Soon the questioning can be shaped to
ask George's opinion on simple matters or to ask him to guess
about it.
Above all, avoid as a pestilence the temptation to ask George
to predict future events, or to get in touch with the spirits of
the departed and give messages from them through the pendulum.
Such operations are dangerous as well as useless at the primary
stage of training, and, if indulged in at any stage of the work,
come only in what may be called postgraduate work. This cannot be
stressed too strongly.
George is usually very obliging. He often wishes very much to
favor when you ask him a question concerning the future, or
perhaps someone at a distance. Reluctant to disappoint you, he
will try to oblige by inventing the answer, and in almost every
case will give you the answer he thinks you expect, whether it be
because of fear or hope. This effort to accommodate not only
gives you false information upon which you may act unwisely, but
has resulted many times in getting poor George or Georgette
branded a most unreliable low self, and a liar of the first
water.
