Another common use of dowsing is its use for medical\ndiagnose and treatment. Within the journal of the British Society of Dowsers,\nis an article by Philip Rogers, which is a reprint of a lecture he gave to the\nInternational Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1982. In this he gives a\nhelpful and comprehensive summary of the principle methods of psychic diagnosis\nand healing. Although his talk was delivered before vets, the methods apply to\nboth humans and animals. There is much written about healing within the dowsing\nliterature and this article is reproduced here, to help serve as an\nintroduction to the subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He begins with a description of some dowsing devices.\nApart from the Y rod and the pendulum, which we have met in previous posts, \u201cangle\nirons\u201d, which are L shared rods. There is the mention of the \u201cthe rubbing pad\u201d.\nHere the dowser rubs their finger(s) over a rubber pad, and the amount of\nresistance they feel, is a measure of the correctness of the answer sought. (Incidentally,\nin a manner similar to use of a pad, some dowsers practice a form of\ndevice-less search, in which they rub together their thumb and index-finger). The\nrubbing pad is a method favoured in some dowsing-based diagnostic instruments\nused in radionics. (Basically, radionics is diagnosis and healing using a\nspecialised instrument that \u201cbroadcasts\u201d some form of radiation to the\npatient). Dowsing devices though at not always necessary, as with practice,\ndevice-less dowsing, involving \u201cinvoluntary muscle twitches\u201d (blink dowsing), can\nbe used. Or the practitioner can just \u201cknow\u201d when they find something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The practitioner can use such instruments, or\notherwise, to divine the diagnosis, either in the presence of the patient, or\nremotely perhaps with the help of a photograph, or diagram, by systematically\nasking questions and waiting for answers. Interestingly, the range of possible diagnoses\nis much broader, using divining, than it would be using conventional methods.\nBut at the same time, if care is not taken to become \u201cdetached\u201d from the\nsituation, diagnosis can be influenced by any preconceived ideas held by the practitioner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Rogers specialised in acupuncture and he gives a\ncouple of examples applying his methodology to animals. In one, he mentions the\neffect caused by when underground streams cross. Many dowsers report that the\nhealth of living things, that spend too much time above such the crossing points,\ncan be seriously affected. Much is\nwritten in the dowsing literature about this effect and how it can be remedied.\nMr Rogers states that driving an iron bar into the ground directly over a steam,\nwhile upstream of the crossing point, can remove the effect. (Although used in\nthe search for water, this is reminiscent of a similar technique to cancel\nstream effects, in the post of 6th April 2020 \u2013 \u201cA different technique for\nwater divining\u201d). We will come back to the effect of underground steams in\nfuture posts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He makes some interesting observations on acupuncture\npoints and diagnosis through taking the patient\u2019s pulse. In summary he seems to\nsuggest that both are fundamentally mental exercises akin to dowsing reactions.\nTherefore, a good practitioner is one who has worked out their one technique,\nwhich they can believe in and therefore use with confidence. For instance, he\nuses a kind of remote viewing diagnostic technique. His comment that the manner in which children\n\u201csee\u201d, contrasts with that of adults, is particularly pertinent. It suggests\nthat we construct differing realities dependent on our mentalities, and it is\nthat constructed reality which is what we really perceive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He concludes with a review of common forms of healing\npractice. Homeopathy is perhaps the most recognisable, and is often used together\nwith dowsing, the dowsing reaction is used to infer the most compatible remedy\nand its dose for the patient in question. Laying on of hands is perhaps what\nmost people might think of when considering healers at work. But this proximity\noften seems unnecessary, as healing can be achieved remotely, with or without\nany kind of sample to represent the patient. What perhaps characterises all of these\npractices, seems to be the belief of the practitioner that they can<\/em> help, and therefore have the intention<\/em> to heal, often using some\nvisualisation technique, either mental, or symbolic. Also, many healers refer\nto an exchange of some healing \u201cenergy\u201d, citing results of Kirlian photography.\nOr in the case of radionics, the radionics device can both diagnose illness,\nand then \u201cbroadcast healing waveforms\u201d (energy). Though this method is often\nderided, because the device often has no working electrical component. However,\nthis is to miss the point, since it appears to be acting as a mental prop or\nsample to the practitioner who, as in all these methods, is healing with their\nmind. Finally, he seems to suggest, that the ability to diagnose and heal, is\nmore of an innate skill, only be available to a minority (though being wary of aware\nof \u201ccharlatans\u201d). Therefore, it remains\ndifficult for many most people to accept. But in the end, the efficacy of their\nwork, depends on confirmation by more mainstream methods <\/p>\n\n\n\n The article, entitled \u201cPsychic methods of diagnosis and treatment and acupuncture and homeopathy\u201d is here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n