Guest guest Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 When I was knee high to a grass hopper, I visited my grandparents' farm in Hew Hampshire quite often in the summer. One year, my Grand Pappy showed me some dowsing. What I saw, changed some core perspectives in my life. He used a Y shaped willow branch, inverted his hands and walked across the land. Sure enough, the branch tilted down at some point. I said, your just making that happen. He said, nope and did it again. This next time he held on so tight I coudl hear the grinding of the bark on his callased hands as it twisted tawards the flow. Wow. That was intense. Quite a demonstration of the power of nature. I can't explain how it worked. But from what I saw, it sure did. Chris In a message dated 5/31/2004 8:40:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: (a) the " Divining Rod " . This is a V- or Y-shaped rod, twig or bent coat-hanger, held near the ends of the V or Y in an unstable position, just on the brink between stability (balance) & instability (imbalance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Hi All, & Hi Laura, > Hi Phil, can you tell me about dowsing? I have a patient that I > feel strongly needs a more spirit-oriented approach. Thanks! Laura Laura, dowsing (divining) is an ANIMAL (6th-sense/intuitive) sense. Animals can sense (outside of the 5 usual senses) where their young are, where to find food & water, where predators are, etc. Therefore, there is nothing specifically human or spiritual about it. It is a survival instinct, more commonly expressed in the wild, and in dangerous situations. However, many people have the dowsing sense in a low form - i.e. poorly developed because they are far away from nature, and do not need it as much in modern society. Also, some people have dowsing instincts more highly developed than others. They can increase its accuracy by training and use of the facility. Water divining is the most commonly known form of dowsing. The seeker divines over the search area (in-situ dowsing - physically walking over the area), or over an accurate MAP of the area (distant dowsing). Most dowsers use a tool to amplify their involuntary muscle twitches when they pass over the " searched-for " location. The common tools are: (a) the " Divining Rod " . This is a V- or Y-shaped rod, twig or bent coat-hanger, held near the ends of the V or Y in an unstable position, just on the brink between stability (balance) & instability (imbalance). (b) " Angle Irons " . These are L-shaped iron rods with a handle circa 4 nches and a search piece of 12-18 inches bent at right angle to the handle. Once can make angle irons from a wire coat-hanger. Cut 2 lengths of circa 22 inches, and bend a right angle on each, circa 4 inches from one end. Use the barrel of a cheap biro as a sleeve for each handle, to allow it to move freely. Hold the sleeves in each hand and adjust the angle irons so that they point horizontally forward, about 15 inches apart and parallel to each other. Then start the walk or mental dowse. A " Hit " is registered when the arm muscles move involuntarily to cause the tips of the angle irons to swing together, or to swing away from each other. © The " Pendulum " : [My preferred tool; see below] (d) There are other tools (rubbing pads, bob-sticks, etc). (e) No external tools: Some dowsers use no external tools. Instead they programme their bodies to register special sensations (tickle, itch, eye-twitch, finger-twitch, etc) as the " Hit " . The Omura B-DORT (Bi-Digital O-Ring Test) is an example of subconscious dowsing. It uses one's own, or the patient's, or a surrogate's thumbs and index fingers in inter-locked Os. One dowses for Channel Blockages, allergens, etc. by comparing the force needed to pull the interlocked Os apart. This method is also used by some kinaesiologists. Some dowsers do " Mental Scans " , visualising the search area in their mind's eye; they programme a flashing light, or colour change, as the hit " when they locate the dowsed-for location, or " Yes " answer to a specific question held in their mind.. PENDULUM: I prefer the pendulum for medical/veterinary diagnostic use. I am right-handed, so I hold the pendulum (in my case, a gold chain, circa 3 inches long) between the tips of my right thumb and index fingers) and start it swinging in a direction to and away from my solar plexus. That is the " Neutral " (or " No " ) movement or swing. I programme in the following mindset before I begin the Dx dowse: " This pendulum (now moving to and away from me) will change its direction from its neutral movement and gyrate in an anticlockwise circle as my search hand passes over abnormal areas, or relevant AP points to treat " . Then, I move my search (left) hand slowly over the search area, say the BL line of the animal or human, with the tip of my left index finger gently touching the hair/skin. I note precisely where the pendulum changes its swing and gyrates in the " Yes " mode. One can check joints, vertebrae, organs, etc in this way, by touching them (or the skin over them) and observing the reaction of the pendulum. One MUST not have preconcieved ideas here - but dispassionally OBSERVE what happens. There are many other ways to use a pendulum or other search tool. For more detail, read a few books on dowsing, or see my paper on Psychic Methods in Medicine at: http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/vet/psyche1.htm and linked files: http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/vet/psyche2.htm http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/vet/psyche3.htm etc] The dowsing instinct can be used in infinite ways. For example, an adept can use it to locate lesions, or blockages in the body, which Channels are in Excess or Deficient, etc. From Are Thoresen, I learned to use the Pulses to fnd the WEAKEST Channel. Are believes (and I agree) that most chronic problems have their ROOT in DEFICIENCY (Xu). That Xu allows that Channel to be attacked or blocked by external or internal factors. A Root Xu, or its subsequent secondary stasis/blockage/excess, can impact on the Son, Grandson, Mother, or Controlling Channel via the Five Phase Cycle. It can also impact on its Paired CHannel in the Yin-Yang Pairs, or its preceeding or following Channel in the Qi Cyclw (24-hour body clock: LU-LI-ST-SP, etc) When I Dx the weakest Channel (by the weakest Pulse), I then do a pendulum dowse, touching the Ting (Jing-Well) Point of each Channel with the mental question: Is THIS the weakest Channel? Very often the Pulse and Pendulum Dx agree. In that case, I will needle the Mother Point of that Channel, for example KI07 (Metal) Point if KI is the weakest Channel. A word of warning! Some people go overboard on dowsing. They use it all the time, become lazy re history-taking and standard examination methods, etc. They often diagnose crazy/implausable things, ignoring evidence from the OTHER FIVE senses. I use dowsing ONLY when evidence from the other five senses does not allow me to reach a satisfactory diagnosis. Also, beware! 6th sense Dx (at least in my hands) is NOT as reliable as Dx by conventional methods. If there is conflict between 6th-Sense (Irrational/Intuitive) and Rational methods, use the Rational first. If that fails to produce good clinical results, maybe try the Irrational. 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