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OWSE FOR BETTER HEALTH DOWSING FOR MEDICINES HOMOEOPATHY & BACH FLOWER TRADE, FOOD ALLERGIES DISTANCE HEALING

ARTHUR BAILEY Phd, MSc. Past Scientific Adviser to and Past President of the British Society of Dowsers

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Any inform ation g iven in th is hool,' is not in tende d 10 he tahen a s ct rep luce men t (or tncdicn l aduice, Any p er...·vn wi th a condition req u iring medical attention shon ld c OIISU lt u qu alified p ractitioner or th erap ist .

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an casy thing to accept! It is important that yo u keep an II p t ' lI mi n d , The hook begins with an introductioll showing how my own dll\\'~i llg: started and how I discov ered, against all my scien tific "Ic'l'lid slH , that it was a reality. It describes how I re lu ctantly pllll'('('ded t o loo k further and further into it, and fina lly how I IIn', IIl U: invo lved with the healing aspects of dows ing, This is I"How("tI hya brief histo ry of dowsing, wh ich is important as it ~ h c 's ;l linn backgrou nd from which modern dowsi ng G ilt he ......lu.ucd. Nex t, the basics of dowsing are co ve red: ho w 10 start, pitfalls I II ;1\'01 (( and how to keep things simp le . Th e re is no need wh.u r-vcr for so me of the \ve ird and co mplex ways of working 1" ;11 so me.: people usc l T he pra ct ica l health aspects of dowsing arc looked at next , 1',1I1i('ulady diet and ho w it call affect o ur health . From there It tl' hook leads in to dowsi ng for vitam ins and o ther

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' I'he la te r ch a p te rs cover su ch d ive rse aspects as th e l,illlll('lllic remed ies, flower re medi es, hom eop ath y, geopathic 1iII 11l"'l'i and radio n ics - the wide areas of healin g techniques in whhh I have been privileged to work. The inte ntio n throu gh ou t has bee n to give an insigh t in to wh,.1 lies behind d owsin g a nd it, a p plica tio n to he alth , ra ther 111 ,111 just give a series of 'do this - do that' exercises. My " I'I" , ,,,eh has been to 'demystify' d owsin g as far as possibl e , I 1 . 111 'ice 110 virtu e wha tever in llsing over-co mplicated metho d s .u u t il u-ories that simply d o not h old wat er. In thi s Lacccpt th at . " " ,,' of the thi n gs I say m ay we ll upset some peo pl e . For th is I .n .,k. , no a pologies, as thi s is wh at is really in c ant hy scien tific lIhjc'c,tivity: speaking the truth as yO ll find it, without fear or 1.1\'1 urr; Tru th lies in simplic ity a nd in kee pin g an open mi nd . The text contains many exa mples taken from my OWII " 'I"-d e nee. ! ho pe th at th ese will not o nly illustrat e th e su bjec t uu uu-r, hut also give support and e ncourage me n t to o the rs to II y th in gs o u t fo r th emselves. It is o ne Ihing to re ad abou t th ing s, someth ing quite diffe rent 10 ta ke your co urage in both h ..nels a n d expe rie nce th em for yo ursel f! T h is a pplies

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parti cu la rly with some.~. th ing as ofT-beat as dowsing, even tho ugh it is now more accep te d than wh en I start ed in the early 1960s.

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Arthur lIai ley , a ll sta rted wit h Asia n ' llu . Un til tha i lime I h ad be e n a very o l lhodo x c ng inc c ring scie n tist teach ing' c lcc uo n ics at 1I1'... II'ml U n ive rsity. I h a d o n ly a mild sceptica l in te rest iu 01 I 1111 u ratt crs. Not h ing: was further fro m my mind than gcUillg 111\'11 1\,(' 11 with fringc su b jec ts like dowsing, llu-n th e ' Ilu st r uck. I h ad o n ly on ce bef o re be e II so ill , a 1IlIIH lim e previous ly, I had 110 e n e rgy , even when th e virus had dl ' l' ,II It'd , It was di agnosed by my doctor as Post -inf luc nzal pll ll o lll C, (T he c u rre n t names for th is arc Chron ic Fatigue '> ' "1'1''"''' or Mya l/{ic En ccpalopa thy - M.E . fo r short) . A pll.lIl11arist friend of mine to ld m e that 'synd rome ' me ant tha t Ih" r di rlu 't really know why _I was stil l ill : indeed I shou ld be 111' 11" 1 - hUI I wasn 't! I fell terrible , T he least exe rt io n put me 11,11 '" ill bed, So I watched televisio n in thc eveni ngs (th is was 111'1111 (" a il-day tel evision ) and read many ho o ks. I be ca me dl '''I Il ' la l e for th in gs to rea d an d fin ished lip by rea d ing all sorts II I houk s that p re viously I wo u ld h ave rej e cte d. It \.. . as one of 111 1',,1' hooks th at sta rte d th ings o il". ~ ly m othe r Ie II I m e a ho ok hy Beverley N ic ho ls ca lle d II 11n,ld,, ',[ Roo],' It was largely a u tobiogra p h ica l and in it the ,,"Ihu l' me n tio ned how a wate r d iviner had found him a mu ch 1"'''1'1 WOl le r s u p p ly J{JI' h is co u a ge . It so u nded ta r-fetched hut 011 11 hael a s tra nge ri ll/{ o f trut h . I asked at th e lo cal library to see II lIu')' ha d a hoo k O il dowsin g - th e name m entioned i ll the 111 10 '" lo r wa ter div in ing . T hey finally man aged to o btain o ne for 11 11' hUIII the Hal ifa x library, but it did Ilo t h illf.t 10 give me li n. dq Nil hnl \ , .1 '/ h"t,.h,.,/ U//f,/,.Iull;tllM Il Cap(', 19:1:t

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con fide nce. It was a tra nslation from French. In it there were

pictures of bearded Frenchmen in stove-pipe ha ts, and one picture I ca n still rememher we ll was o f a tall , bearded man holding a pendulum in one hand and a tall cylinde r labelled Trnu.' in the o ther, It all loo ked rathe r eccentric to say the least. The hook did , ho weve r, have a 'd o-it-yo u rse lf' sect ion at the end. II m e n tio ne d the usc of the pendu lum but a lso recommended that begin ners often obtained bet ter results wi th angle-ro ds, For this they suggested making two Lshapcd pie ces

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of fencing or weldin g- wire , T hese were the n d ropped in to sho rt bamboo handles m ad e from ga rde n ca ne . I decid ed 10 try it o ut a nd mad e my first pa ir of a ng le-rods, I had proh le ms gelli ng the ro ds 10 move fre ely u ntil I di scovered l hat it was impo rrant that th e bott om of the hand les he cu tj ust hel ow a ' node ' in the ste m . T ha t wa y, whe n th e wires a rc d ropped int o th e handles, the y pivo t on the solid ham boo node al th e bo ttom of the rube. T his can be seen fro m the illu stra tion above: th e vertical pan of the wire that fits inf o the ham boo holde r is lo nge r th an th e holde r into which it d rops,

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unsta ble a nd tend ed to fly abo til in a ll dire ctions. Indeed, I foun d Iha t th e se nsitivity of the ro ds was con trolled by ho w ncar th e top a rms o f the Lxha pes were 10 th e ho rizon tal. Accord ing to th e book. walkin g over nea rl y any undcrg-rolllld cha nge - 1I0 t just wate r - would m ake the rods

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1II 0ve. Very sceptica lly I tried o ut the set of ro ds th ai I had mad e by wal kin l( slo wly ro u nd Ihe honse . I fe ll very, very foolish : It was difli cult 10 p re ven t 1II0vinl( th e rods acc iden ta lly a ud th e least bre a th of wind tend ed to blow th em a bou t. H o wever, I persevered . Mu ch to Illy su rp rise I found rluu the rods ac tua lly di d 1II0Ve inwards as I walked o ve r th e gas pipe where it ran to war ds th e house unde r th e path . T hey also 1II0ved when I walk ed OVe r th e path of th e d rains. But I was still no t co nvinced . Ag reed , th e ro ds had 1II0 ved , but I kn ew that th e pipe and th e drain s were there. I knew e no ug h abou t auto-suggestion 10 realise that I mig ht ull consciously he making the rod s move by Illy th oul(h lS. As far as I W:LS co ncerned , nothing had yet been p roved . I sta rted d owsinl( furthe r a fie ld , into th e garden. To my surprise, the rods kept movinp togeth er as I walked o ver ecruain places in th e ga rde n. T he re was ' nothing 10 be see n at these poin ts, so I sta rt ed ptlllinl( d own old half-bricks as markers. T he re a ppea re d 10 be no real patte rn to th ese marke rs until I saw that abo u t ten of them were in a straig ht line which cut di agonally from one corne r of the house o u t towards th e front

gal e . In credulous but exci ted , I checke d it out. There was no doubt ab out it Every time I cfosse d the imaginary line running betw een the bri cks , the rods moved. The water and electricity supplies both came into th e house a t that co rn er - could it be eithe r of th em ? I checke d beyond my lin e , on th e oth er side of the wall, by th e front ga te. I picked np m y lin e again. It ran straight out into th e ro ad a nd stopped abo u t three-quancrs of th e way across. There was nothing to be seen wh ere it ended. I checked it ag ain and carne up with exac tly the same result. I marked o n the road wh ere m y lin e e nded , th en went into th e house to Ihink about what I had found . I had never found th e co ld-wa te r Slop-tap o u tside th e house . I kn ew where it sho uld be as I h ad a set of plans o b ta ine d from

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"r1l{inal a rchi tect o f th e h ouse . T h ese plans showed th e he abou t 15 me tres (50 feet) away from wh ere my II,,, l'l uk, \. I had previous ly lo ok ed in the road at the place " l U ll ' th .. plans showed the stop-lap 10 be, h UI had fo und ' 1I111 11I IlH . I had been worried in case we had a burst o n the mains 1,1, " I ,h" sto p-ta p in th e house . Co uld the plans be wrong? I WI II I Uil l with a large hammer and thumped the road surface \\ 111 II " Ill y linc e nded. It sounded j ust the sallie the re as on the " '" ,",ulinl( road. Finally I plucked up co u rage. I got my wife to I, I I' ,I , harp eye open fo r ca rs and o flicial-looking pe ople an d, ",II II I{.1 lu m p ham mer a nd a co ld ch isel , ( p ro ceeded to dig my

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way into th e road . Ab out 2 cm (Yo in) down I hit th e sto p-tap cover that had o bvio usly been tarred over fo r m an y years! I d on 'I kn ow who was more shaken , m yself o r m y wife. I had neve r ex pected dowsing to wo rk . I had bel ieved the stop-tap to be somewhe re quite different, ye t by d owsin g I had fo u n d whe re il ac tua lly was! T he odds o f find in g it by cha nce were ex tre m ely re mot e - they must have he en thousands if not millions to o ne aga insl. Auto-suggestion woul d have had me lo o king mu ch further down the ro ad . This can be seen from lhe map of the garde n 0 11 page 15, showin g the po siti ons of the water pip e lines . It was then that I decided to investiga te furthe r into dowsing . I suspected th a i it '.. . o rked in som e way hy magn et ism ; afte r all, th e wat e r pipe to th e house co uld well be an iron o ne. I hoped to mak e a name for myself as the lirst person full y to explain th is age-old ph enomenon. In the hope o f ac hieving this, I con tin ued dowsing and e ve I): tim e fo und th at it re ally d id work . I found thin gs thai I never kn ew were there, and it work ed tim e and lim e aga in. T he slOry o f how I del ved deeper and d eeper into th e realms o f th e 'i m possible ' mus t be tol d els ewhere . Suffi ce it to say th a t I hav e always mainta in ed a very critica l app ro ach to my investi gations. It is all 100 easy to get ca rried away by o ne 's own beli e fs and e nthusiasms. A, I said at the beginn in g, I have always tried to maintai n m y scie n tific o bjec tivity, no mailer _what th e su bjec t, T he true scientist knows tltat it is th e ex perime nt that mail ers, not the th eory. T heories are ther e 10 try to ac hieve a un ifyin g undersr andin g fro m what o the rw ise wo u ld be seen as dis conn ected eve n ts. However, o ne call becom e to o ho ok ed O il th eo ries. It is all to o easy to become h yp notised by them a nd be led to believe ill th em . T h is is a fa ta l mi stak e . If ex perime ntal results cannot be ex plaine d by curren t theories, the n it may well be that th os e theories arc too lim ited. Ce rta in ly, on e sho uld always ch ec k a n d re ch eck re sults th a t di sagree with th eo ry. Fo r whe n the chips arc den-VII , it is the ex per ime nt tha t tests the valid ity o r th e th eory. 111 ce rta in circles, ex pe rime ntal re sults th a t do not fi ; the the o ries arc co nside red, virtually by definition , to be inco rrect.

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'I 1It-{1 1l1I . T he Validity of Dowsing ghi ng a lectu re at o nc an nual congress o f the lIo1d'h Soci e ty of Dowse rs o n the m edical a p p lica tio ns o r dltw"llIg. Aflcr wards I was accosted by a rathe r upset medical 111 ,11 ri ti on c r, He asked me how on ea rth so meone with my ,1 11\ Il ltl, ly imp eccable scien tific qu alifications was concerning " 'I'\I-U' with suc h quack ery . I told him that my experie nce Io " w,'c\ th aI d owsin g worked - as I had said in my talk. He I" ,,1"" I" over a quarter of a ce nt ury. No dou bt th is is why dowsing has contin ued to be more acce pta ble in France than Britain - a sta te or affairs which co ntinues to the present day. T he re were exce ptio nal dowse rs in Britain - th e ni nete enth-century John Mullins being one - but information a bo ut thei r ac tivities neve r reac hed th e Briti sh public in an ything like th e same way as did th e work of French dowsers. Early Scientific Investigations The first real scicntific investigation into dowsing in th e UK was ca rried out hy Barrell and Besterman in the early part of th e twentie th ce n tu ry, Their book, 17.. Div ining Rod', is still in print an d is a ve ry read able accoun t of d owsing. The investigations we re ca refu lly made. A number of Briti sh dows ers were tak en o ver to Ireland to dowse on a pre-sel ected site that none of th em had ever seen before . The results of thi s investigation were concl usive. T he d owsers, none of wh om kn ew ea ch o the r, gave virtually identical locations wh ere water was to be found. The results were th en verified hy drilling where the dowsers had in di cated, and by drilling elsewh ere o n th c site. T h e dowsers proved to be accurate iu finding th e water on th at site, th e other bore-holes heing virtually dry. In spite of this an d co un tless other ca refu lly co n tro lled investigations, th ere arc still people who claim that dowsing has been proved not to work! It may be worth noting at this point that setting up an experiment that docs not give positive answers means just that - there were no positive results _ nothing more. If th e co nd itio ns arc poor, then positive results may not o ccur. Barrell and Besterman tested dowsers in their 7 I

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In th e twentieth ce n tu ry, th e vast maj o rity of wate r find ers

,,, lu u.du used th e classic forked rod . Indeed, th e forked ro d ,1\. 11\'" u-uds to be associated with dowsers. It ,'" pears to have been French dowse rs who preferred to "" II". 1" ""lnlum. A forked ro d is, in fact. very diffi cnlt to hold I"" " II)' (see page 42), as it h as to he held 'spring-loaded' in

lor it 10 work. It is the tension that is initially PUl into thc "" I I,y Ih,' way it is held that causes it to move in th e hands of 110 , 01 owscr, Because or the difficnlty in holdin g the rod " " " ., ,iy, it was believed that o nly a few gifted people cou ld I" , ""II" wate r divin ers. T he old dowse rs p robably did not show I" "1'10' how to hold a fo rke'd rod co rrectly, sin ce if o ne is going I II ,I\,,,hl com pe tition, then keeping o ne's secre ts can be very I" ,,1il.,Iold O n th e whole, a fo rked rod is be tter than the I" ,,, 1,,1,,,,, fo r outdoor work as it is not affec ted too much by """II winds . This is why man y professional wat er find ers still " .. 110,. classic fo rke d rod . O n th e other hand, th e pendulum is 1'''1"01.,, tor those working in th e h ealth field. 11 11 1. I

1I"llling Applications of Dowsing II ,lpl",,,rs th at we h ave to thank th e French dowsers for "1141,,.lli " R many o f the healing applications o f dowsing. Not ""Iv Ih.,I, hut a large amount o f that healing work o rigin ated ,,," " with in the Roman Catho lic Ch u rch . This is really quite " ' I" I,I" R co nsid eri n g l113t,' as we have already m entioned, ", o"y.diRions have been firmly against divining, It was perhaps I It. k of the late Abbe Mermet in France th at convinced the I I,,, ,, h uutborities to reconsider their stance. He maintained 110 ,., oIow,ing was activated by natural radiations a nd co ined the 100 ,, 1 'm diesthesie' (radiesthesia in English) to explain his ,1",,"1 " 11 activities. 'Radiesthesia' means the deterntination of 110. p"',ence of things by their radiations. He firmly believed

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Suffice it to say that . to d a te , no such natu ral radiation s have, ill fac t, bee n di scove red ! For h ealing a p p licat io ns , the pen dulum h as m a ny ad vantages over the fo rked ro d. IL onl y requires one hand, leaving the o ther free. T he pendulum is no t res tric ted by simple u p-d own respon ses li ke the forked rod. It is also morc se ns itive - allhough this ca n he hoth a hl essing a nd a curse, as we sha ll see lat er, II was th e use of d o wsin g in heal in g th at reall y bro ug h t se rious o p posi tio n to th e art . Up to th at p oi nt, it h ad bee n com mo nly beli eved tha t dowsing was a direct ph ysical reaction - the disco veries of Kirchner rega rding muscul ar respo nse havin g hein g forgott en. It was suggestcd th at it was the result of the body reactin g to ~o mc t h i ng given o ff hy underground water or m inerals. This ' e ffluvia ' , as it was origina lly called , affected sen sitiv e pe ople . Even to day these id eas still h ave so me c urre ncy, o n ly n ow 'effl u via " is ca lle d ' elec tro magnetic

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case th e pendulum is givon sm all im pe rce p tib le ' p ush es' lru m th e h and a t th e sa me ra te as th e n atu ral fre q ue n cy of os c illatiuu o f th e pend u lu m , For Ih is reason, Illau y people fin d th ai ,I ce rta in length o fstr inJ.{ g ives th e heSl response for th em . A good way of dete rm ini ng th e best length is to start by usi ng a sh on th re ad of5-H e m (2-1 in) in length , T h e pen d u lu m ca n th e n h, successively leng th ened u ntil yo u o b tai n th e most scnxitivr res ults. One way of gett ing used to a pe n du lu m is to ' te ll' it wh ir h way 10 go, l lol d th e pend ul u m perfectl y st ill, th e n req uest th.u it ro tates in a c loc kwise direct io n . For ma ny people th r pend u lu m will beJ.{in to ro ta te in th at d irection without a ll) co nscio us act Oil th ei r part. For more speedy res u lts IIII' pe ndu lum can be swung ill a straight lin e befo re tel lin g it wh.u to do. T h is a c tio n of th e mi nd u nconsri o u slv to alte r th e S \\,j llJ.( of a pe nd u lum h as been known fo r a lo ng tim e , It h as On Cl 1 been use d as a ba sis I o r a rg u in g th a i dowsing is th e ref o re n othi ng more thao wishful Ih in kin g. This effect must always \", remembered . It sh o ws just how easy it is for the mind 10 intlucurc o n u's dowsing. This efl"cc i of th e mi n d ca ll 0 A I.Um.G IES ANn S EN S lT IV ITIES

All ove rg rowlh o f th e natu ral yeast Candida albiamsunsv well be th e cu lp ri t he re . Aft er heavy doses of a lllibio lics, wh ich kill o ff lht: natural flora and ba ct e r ia in the ~U (. this yeas t ca n grow wi ldly o ut of co n rro l, It is the sa me yeast as the o ne t ha t causes thrush and at h lete 's foot . T h is yeas t ca ll pCllt'trat e th e ~1I 1 wall s .u rd ca use all sorts o f problem s. Ifyour dowsin g shows that you .lppear 10 have food SClis ilivilics rather th an a llergies. th en C:alldida is the prim e sus pec t, in wh ich case it is wo rth see king uu -dical ad vice . U nfc H"tllnatcly m all Y med ical p r..lClitioll crs seem lotally unaware o f j us t how devastatin g a Candida overgrowth ' . 111 he. If you meet an un symp ath et ic o r disheli eving response , tln-n blly a ~ood bo ok 0 11 Ihe su l~ect. T he re a rc se vera l ava ila ble .uu l all con ta in details of how 10 tackle and o verco me the 1" 11)))c m .

Allergies and Ad d ic tio n reslating lh al we arc o fte n a~ lcrgic or se ns itive thin gs th at we like the m ost . For instance , I am person aJly 1111 1 allerg ic to tobacco , at le ast in sm a ll am o u n ts I ca n smo ke a . IIIKle ciga re llC an d m y pulse ra te rema ins vir tually the same. ~1"l',lI ISe at Imo lrvels i am n ot allergic to nic otin e , I get no 'kick' 1111 1 o f smoking the odd cigare lfc. T he re is no alle rgic reac tio n 11. 1 th erefore no tcnden cy to wards adc lic lioll . Add iel ion and 1II ''1~ic response o f l en go hand in hand , A close relative of TIl li e' had ulcc rati w, co litis when he was a teen ager and was ,JII "ill cned with a possihl e co lostomy. FOrluna tcly we were ahle II . ",L ,hlish th at he was aller~ic 10 m ilk (a ll mil k, n otju sr co ws' II I~) and thi s was a m;~jor ca usa tive factor, C lIl'io usly, howeve r, II' wa, actually ad d icled 10 milk ! li e o fte n haeI an overwhel mi nf( 11"1 11' 10 drink mi lk cven Ih oll~h he kn ew it m ad e his co litis 1111 II worse . II I'" worth whil e

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be tween th in gs th at a rc of maj o r importan ce a n d th o se of m in o r e ffec t. Ra th e r th an relyin~ o n the s t rell~t h of th e d owsin g respo ns e , whi ch pa rti cularly lo r be ~illll ers call vary fro m day 10 day, a more ncc u ru tc m easu rement syste lll is helpful. What is n eeded is th e sim p les t p()s:~ibl e syste m th at will g ive accura te res u lts; o ne suc h sysle lJl is th e usc of a rul e. A m et re rule is ra ther to o long; somethi ng sho rter is much easie r 10 usc and about 2:) e m ( 10 in ) is a bo u t ri ght. Ta king a pi ece of paper or ra n i, draw a lin e O il th e pa per exac lly 25 em ( 10 ill ) 1 01l~. Mark rlu: haU,m y point with the number ze ro . th e n m ark off th e lin e ill I c m ( X ill) in cremen ts, m a rking each point to the right with n umbe rs in c reasing by 1 1 eac h tim e , so tha t the IlII111 ber Oil (h e tar righ t-ha lld side will be + 10, Repeal. goi ng- Ie fl from th e cent re , bUI Ihi s lime ma rkin g th e p oi n ts wit h a m inus S i~ ll so th e furthes t le ft-h a n c! point will be - Ill. T h is will be o u r II(.:W m easu rin g syste m, based 0 11 th e f OIH"Cp t rhat th c n earer o ur respo nse is to a read ing of + 10 , the bet ter th e food bdll~ tested will be fo r us. Put th e ite m o f fo od N EGA1 IV[

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Re fin in g your Result. to he tested just above th e ze ro ma rk and a sa m p le o f yo u r own h airjust to th e ri ~ht of th e + 10 mark. The la u e r is not a bso lu tely n ecessary as yo u a re dowsill ~ for yo u rsel f, hili a small lo c k of h air will help to fix th e id ea of wh at yo u a re dows in ~ for. Stan d owsin g with yo u r peud u lum from th e - 10 e n d of th e sca le, very slow ly movi n~ u p th e sca le towa rds th e +10 mz :k, Walch ca rdu lly for auy c ha n~e in th e pendulum swin g. All bdn~ well , tile pendulum will g-ive a maximum reaction at so me po int alo ng th e sca le. Ifit is helow zero, th en th at foo d is not good for yo u , a t le as t 1101 at p re sent. T he c l AI.I .ER G I I':S AN D SENS IT IV ITIES

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A Healthy Die t Overall, th e im po rtan ce o f a health y, ba la nce d d ie t ca n not be stressed e no ugh. Ily th is, I mean a die t tha t is right fo r yo u personall y, taking into acco u n t no t o n ly a llergic reactions but also yo ur age, level of act ivity a nd so on . There is a lot of tru th in th e o ld saying, 'We arc whaL we cat' . I we ll remembe r a farm e r talkin g to m e a bou t di e t. 'When I h ave a sic k beast and ca ll the vet, he always as ks m e , "Wh at have yo u been feeding iL o n?" 11\11 wh en I a m ill, my d octo r neve r asks me wha t I have bccn ea ting! ' We a rc m ore co m plex in man y ways than o ther a n imals; surely we sho uld be even m ore se ns itive to di et th an th ey a rc ? It is essentia l to have a general und e rstanding of what com prises a good diet. In essence, it should in clude adeq uate amo u n ts o f p rotein , ca rbo hyd ra te a nd d ietary fibre with no t too mu ch fat, b u t with adequa te int a ke of allthe essential vitami ns and mine ra ls. T he increased availability of p ro cessed foods and cha nging lifest yles over th e years h as m e ant th at th e requiremen ts o f the 'normal' Western d ie t have cha nged su bsta n tia lly a nd it is no longer safe to ass u me th at our 'normal' e1iet is perfectl y adeq ua te fo r all o ur need s. It is impo rtant to be aware of new informalion on di e t an d health , but the m o st important factors arc balance and wh at is app ropriate for yo u personally. For exam ple, a h igh-fib re d iet is now acce p ted as being necessa ry fo r good health , even in orthodox ci rcles. But how d o we get o ur fibre? ALone stage, hran was often suggeste d as hei n g one of th e best sources o f di etary fib re , b y which m o st pe o pl e m ean L wh ea l bran. Un fo rtu na te ly, a la rge numbe r of people arc alle rgic to wh eat b ran , so th ey m ay make th eir health wo rse by add ing it to th ei r e1iet! We also now know th a t so lu ble fibre, th e so rt fo u nd in oats, fo r exam ple, is n ot ou ly much more pala table bUL also m ore e ffec tive a nd better fo r o n r general heal th . As a sta rting point to good health , th e refo re , lo ok a t you r e1iet a nd lry Lo es ta blish a good heal th y balance in th e foods you

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o r many years the rc ha-;c been a large num be r of people who havc taken vitamins and minc rals to slI pplcmcH t thcir d iet. O rt hodox medical o p in io n has gene,ollly been that \l IC h sup p lements a rc to tally unnecessary. T he co m mo nly h eld view has been ' tha t a n adeq ua te ba lan ce d diet will co n ta in all lltal we need . Unfu fl ullalcly. there is a grow ing weig ht of rvidenc e to sho w tha t such ideas arc co mp lacent to say the least. Our Changing Die t Ild ' ,re loo king in to th e dowsin g aspects of d iet and health, we . ho nld ta ke a bri ef look at th e bac kgro und to the p roblem , lit e r a ll, in whatever field we usc d owsin g, it would be foo lish to h,"'!:"an in su flicient backg round kn owledge of the subjec t, In o rder to es ta blish wh ich vitam in a n d min e ral 1I11 pple m e n lS, if a ny. we need , we must firs t un de rstand what " .nstitutes a ba lanced d iet, an d to fin d o u t what ' ba lan ced ' " '.lIly means, we mu st look bac k into histo ry, indeed pre-hislo ry. In sp ite of what th e ra pid rise of mode rn te chn olOb'Y m ight ' II).( /o( cst, humans have evolved slowly over the cen turies . Our hodies and di gest ive syste ms arc still remarkabl y sim ilar 10 those people living many th ousands of yea rs ago. Since th ose tim es we re befo re th e days o f wriucn h isto ry, we l l l llll ' turn to the archaeolog ists to find o u t how o ur an cestors h I'l l, and it co mes as no surprise that the re were 110 f;lSI~fo()d

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chains _ o nly me n running fast, trying to ca tc h thei r food! For rh o usand s 0 1' yea rs, pe ople live d prim arily as h unte rs 01' a n imals a n d ga lhe rers 0 1' vege ta b le fo ods - a way 0 1' life st ill prac tised by so me so-ca lled primitive tribes in isol a te d regio ns 0 1' the world. III terms o f evolutionary time , growing cro ps purpose fully and dom esticating animals has be en a ve ry recent devel opment , wh ile a ctua lly ma nufactur in g fo o d s h as been a ro u n d fi ll scarcely a ny lim e a t all. T he original hunte r-gathere r tribes lived o nly ill the warme r pa rts 0 1' th e world . T heir d iet d e pe nded o n th e clima te a n d what was available where Ihey lived or wande red in the sea rch for sus te na nce . We sho uld re me mbe r, of co urse, that the prese nt cli mates arc not the same as they o nce we re. \Ve know thai Bri tai n , for instance , was once much warme r than it is now. The main die t o f primitive peoples was veg etables - rOOL~, stems, leaves and seeds - fruits, nuts and whateve r animals co uld he ",u lgill. It is likel y th a t th ey also a te gru bs a n d insects a nd pe rh aps e ve n h ou ey from wild bees. In add ition, th e ir lives we n , p h ysically very ac tive . T hey h ad 10 sea rc h , ch ase or di g for every m orsel o f food, probably mo ving: quite lon g di stances as tln: seaso ns ch a n ged so tha t th ey cou ld . lind th e best food . Their IiI(, spans were also much sho rter. We can ha rd ly p re te nd that th e vas t maj o ri ty 01' us la ke anything like the a mou n t o f physicaJ exe rcise th at o ur ance stors d id , n o r Ihal the d iet 0 1' th e m a jority 01' th e world is a nyth ing like Ih ei rs. Since th e biologicnl ne ed s 01' o u r bo d ies h ave ch a n ge d lilli e sin ce pre-h istory, th e fact th at o ur foo d su p p lies a u d lil'e slyles h ave c ha n ge d so d ru m ari call y must a ffe c t o u r wellbeiug in a (;lirly ra d ical way. Wh a t arc likel y 10 be th e m ajo r cha nges in o ur di et ? T he first place to loo k is at manu factured o r 'conve nie nce' fo od s. A few ingre die nts make up th e main constitue n ts of many co uvc n ic uce foo ds: wh ite wheat flou r, saturated [a ts and wh ite suga r, T h es e h ave all bee n alte re d hy p rocessin g o r th e in clusio n o f che m ical add itives, a n d m ay e ve n be totally synth e tic, The)' ce rtainly bear 11 0 resemblance to the foods o ur ances tors ale. T h e y h ad no sliga r, littl e fat excep t a n im al fats a nd th at fo und ill nuts and se eds , and no refin ed flour. Th e meat in wild

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anima ls co n tains far less Ell than in our dom esticated animals, and a highe r p ropo rti on of unsaru n u ed as against saturated fat . Flo ur which primi tive l)c()I )les g nH l l l d 10 form ce reals co ntained mo re minerals, fibrc and pro tein and le ss starch than our p rese n t h eavily d e velo ped ce rea ls. Ba sicall y, 0 111' prcsen l average d iet co ntains 10 0 little fih re , too few vitami ns and m inerals, too III lIch suga r and too milch fat. II also co ntains syn the tic a d d itives a n d pesticides th at the human bod y has never had to m c tuh o lisc be fo re the twenti et h ce n tury. This II1m;t be a ca use for co n cc ru . In sh un , our diet Io r th e m ajo rity 0 1' peo pl e a t leas I - will he h ea vily u nbala nced co mpared wit h wh at o ur digestivc system was ge neti ca lly d eveloped for, So first o f all it will he ius truc tivc to dowse o ver a whole range o f food s, hearing all this in mind . Try d()\vsing over such lhin gs as refined white s u~a r, white flo 1I 1', b u tte r and m a rg a rin e to sec if they arc IlI ET A N I) I) I ET A H. Y SU I' I' LEMENTS

mi crog rams. yet so me mine ral su p p le me n ts con ta in o n ly 10 mi cro g ra m s fo r a daily close . T he British a u thorities h ave not e ve n sllggesled a n RDA. T he sa me th inl( a p p lies (ill' ma ny o ther mine ral s. '11lkin g in to accou n t th a i e veryo ne will h ave a d iffe re n t di e t a n d a di ffere n t m in e ra l rcq ui rcm c n r, ho w do we se t a hou t d ecidin g wh at wc n ecd? Again . d ows in g p rovides an id ea l so lu tio n, as m in e ra ls ca n he assesse d on a n in d ivid u al basis, rather Iha n o n p ublish ed figu re s or m a n u factu re rs' d a ta . T hai way you ca n kee p a c hec k 0 11 yo u r prog re ss and m a ke su re th at th e a mo u n t ta ken is correc t for you r n eeds a t th at pa rti cula r tim e . Il o w sho u ld yOIl gel sta ned? Firs tly c h ec k a n a u rho ri ra tive re fere nce book o n RDA 'i an d m anu fac tu re rs' recom mc n ded d oses of specific m inc ral s. You arc u nlikel y to ge t int o trou ble 1'r0 111 such su p p le ments if' yo u r d owsin g con firms d oses wit hin th e m anufa c tu re rs ' rccommcn d ed figu res. O ne vc ry g o od m e th od of d owsin g to check wh e th er yOll req u ire mi n era l su p p le me n ts d o cs re q u ire you to b uy th e wholc ran ge of m in e ral s. Yo u ca n do th e same tes t with vita mins w para lely o r a t th e sa me lim e. First o f all, h old yo u r pe n dul um over eac h boule in tu rn with th e m e n ta l question . ')) 0 I ne ed th is part ic u lar m in e ral ill ad d itio n to my food ?' This will sort o u t wh ic h o nes arc n eeded . Take a tabl e t o u t o f' o ne o f' th e ' yes' hottles a nd d owse ove r it with th e questi on . ' Is thi s su ffic ie n t su p p le me n t?' Ifrh e a nswe r is ' no'. th e n ad d a se con d table t a n d d owse with th e sa me question . Kee p o n ad d ing ta blets un ril a pos itivc 'ycs' is o b ta ined. T he n lo ok a t th e recom me n ded d o se . I, YOllr result less th an th at figure? If' it is th en a ll is wel l. If' it is , Iigh lly a bo ve, then th ere sho u ld be 110 prob le m . If' it is wel l .rbovc , th en yo u sh o uld read up o n th ai pa rti c u lar mi nc ra l TIny l aNflilly. Your d o wsin g ma y he corre c t. bu t always re me mbe r rh.u d owsin g acc u racy lakes tim e to d evelo p so. es pec ially wh cre he alth issues 01' safe ly a rc conce rned . yo u m ust always d ou b let he ck )'0 111' resu lts. You sh o u ld a lwa ys allo w fo r a possibl e varia tio n in qua lity h um dif fe rent m an ufactu re rs ' mine ral s as SO IllC lIIa y he slig h tly more bcn cfl cl a] than o the rs. So m e min e ral fo rms. like iron. a rc I II (l n~ easily ass im ila ted th an o the rs, You co u ld a h.vays d owse

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over th e bot tles in th e sh op if th e man age r permits it. In thi s way yOll ca n safely pu rch ase the min e ral s tha i yield th e stro ngest reac tio n . At th is poin: yOll ma y well be ag hast a t th e id ea o f d owsi ng o pe n ly in a sho p an d de cid e 10 dro p th e wh ol e id ea . There a rc . hov.. .ever. ways o f dowsing th at are not o bvio us to th e casua l on looker. I o f rc n lise o ne o f th em whe n 1 d o no t wish to draw a tte n tio n 10 m yself. All th at is needed is a littl e inge n uity. I lise a ke y ring with a sm all crysta l hall in it. This hall is o n a ve ry sh o rt cha in . If olding my keys in m y hand it just lo o ks as iI I am id ly ho ldi ng m y ca r keys. wh ereas in !:ICI I a m d owsin g. nsin g the ball as a sma ll pe ndulum . .JlISI gla ncing a t th c ball occasio nally is 'Illi te e no ug h; th e main th in g is not to draw a tte n tio n to th e l~l( t that yOll are in tereste d in its m oveme n ts. T h at way you ca n chec k bef o re yOll hu y, and perhaps save yo ursel f a lo t o f mOllcy in the pro cess. 1 rind that I usc ca lciu m , magnes ium, iron . zin c a n d sele n iu m m ost frequently. and things like ch ro m iu m and th c like less o flen . Re m ember. however, th ai dif ferent rcgions have diffe rent mine ra l di st ributions, so YO!lr re q u irements may wel l be diffe rent fro m mine . Vitamins

So far ' . . c have bc cn loo kin g at m in e ral s. Wh a: abo u t vitamins? Vita m ins we re first th ought to be vital am ines ( n itro ge n co m po u nd s) th at we re nccessa ry for hod ily fu nctio n . th e o rigi n 'o f th e name . No wadays th e list includes man y lion-am in e co m pou n ds like vita m in C, bill th e name h as stuck. Basicall y vitamins arc che m ica ls th , a t arc uecessa ry for h ealthy bodily fun ction . Minera ls a rc sim ple che m ical substan ces and the che m ica l form of th e re quired cle m ent call be associa ted with diffe re nt co m po u nd s. Vita m ins an.: quite sp ecific a nd ofte n co m p lica ted co m po u nd s. NOlie o f th em e xce p t vita m in Bl 2 (wh ich con tains co ba lt) inc orpora les a ll}' m et al . They a rc co m po u nd s o f ca rbo n . o XYf.{e n. hyd ro gen a nd oft e n n itrog-en. l uad cq ua n: a m oun ts of a ny vita m in will ca use p hysica l healt h problems. Bu t what is th e m inim u m a m o unt needed ? It is here th at we e n te r a mi nefiel d . Diffe ren t au tho ri ties

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qu o te di ffe rent amoun t" so it is a lmost im possible to kn ow the true minimum figures. Fo r th e RDA of a ny pa rti cular vitam in , it is not unusu al to find th a t th e Am erica n rigu rc is g rea ter th an th e British o ne (wh ere a Brili sh value is given ), T h is ca n no t he cl ue 10 any th ing ex cept di fferent interpret ati ons o f research d ata . as th e people in th e USA a rc nol basica lly an y d iffere nt (ro m th ose in th e U K. So metim es. as in th e case o f vita m in C. th e RDA m ay be hased o n ve ry dubious inf ormati ou . T he Br itish RDA is based on th e amo u n t n eeded to prevent sc u rvy - in o ther wo rd s, o n th e .issu m p tio n th at th e o n ly fun cti o n o f vitamin C is to p revent \C ll rvy. Hut vitamin C is now kn o wn to hav e a ho st o f valua ble tuuctions, in cluding assisting' the a u to-im m u ne syste m . Large doses have a lso been used to assist in re moving ha rd en in g (athe ro m a ) fro m a rt c ria l wa lls. 11II ilia I1S a rc o ne o f the very few .m imals wh ich ca n no t syn thesise vitamin C within the bo d y. If we co m pare the vita min C level in th e hlood o l' a pes and other an imals with o ur OW II, fo r hum ans 10 ach ie ve th e same bl oo d level would require us to take ahOUI ·1 g ra ms o f vitamin C p CI' d ay - ye t th e British RDA is o n ly about one-eig h tie th o f th at li ~ure!

T h is ind icat e s th at th e o ffi cia l RDA ligu res fo r so me vitam ins are ve ry slispec lo O n th e ot her hand . so m e vitamins a rc to xic in large q uantities, partic ula rly vitam in s i\ a nd D. so it is l'ssc n tia l to be ca u tio us in o u r a pproach to ad d ing vitam ins to Ihe di et. Agai n 1 rc co uu nc nd re ferri ng to a n a ut ho rita tive Ilook ' ~ o n th c su bject so th at yo u r d owsing result s ca n be rhcckcd aga in st a reli able re fe re nce . Whi ch vitamins arc mo st likel y 10 he ne eded? T he m oSl co m mo n defici en cies th at I com e acro ss a rc vitamins B, C a nd I':. In particu la r. vitamin C a p pea rs 10 he a key fac tor in .u- tivating lIla n y o the r vita m ins and mi nerals in the body. Vitam ins in th e l\ gro up prese n t a rathe r m o re co m plica ted pic tu re . Man y o f the m arc in lcn k pe nd c n t. so vita m in BH, for insta nc e, sho uld n ot llo rtu:III}' be given in isol a tion . O ne safe WOlY is to usc ta bl e ts of th e who le B co m ple x. o the rwise it means

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havin g sto cks o f all th e se parate co m pou nds - a nd the re a rc quite a few of th em. We m ust also be ar in mind th a t so m e o f th e vitam ins need adeq ua te mi n eral le vels in the di et fo r them to he e ffec tive. so it is necessa ry to check hoth vitam ins and m ine rals. VVc can dowse fo r vitam ins item by item hu t, as h asjust be cn m e nti o ned, th ere a rc q uite a lo t o f the m . T h e simple r way for the begin ner is to start with vita m ins A, B co m plex, C, D a nd E. All o ne then need do is do wse fo r the num be r o f table ts to take pe r day at meal lim es. T his is not the most exac t m ethod, but it will givc goo d resu lts in most cases. Again, you can go into a health food shop and do wse over thei r stock of min e ral and vitam in su p p le me n ts. I have do ne that in the past, and it has saved IIIC fro m huying unsu ita ble ta ble ts. S u itab le S u p p le men ts Wh a t, yo u may ask , a rc unsu itable tablet' ? Without trying to be clever, th e answe r is those that do 1I0 t suit yo u ! Fo r instance. vitami n C tabl ets arc alm o st always m ade fro m synthet ic sources whi ch a rc not d e rived from plants.As vitam in C (ascorbic acid ) is a ve ry sim ple che m ical, thi s will m o st likel y be perfectly acceptable to yo ur body - j ust like th e natural che mica l. I Iowevc r, so me vi tam i n C table ts co ntain biollavon oids d erived fro m p la nts, Th csc arc m ean t to ass ist the ut ilisati on of the vitami n C by thc body. O n o n e o ccasion, however, I go t a very stro ng negative res ponse from an e xpe nsive make o f vitam in C tablet . I was puzzled until I realised th at I was probably alle rgic to o ne o f' th e bi otlavon oi d s. A", it turned o ut, that ind eed was the p roblem , I was alle rg ic to th e ros e-hip ex trac t in the table ts. So don 't he surprise d if y Oll find thai yo u ge t diff e re n t res po nses to diff erent manufactu re rs ' prod ucts, Trust Y() lIr do\'vsin g- rath er than the manu factu rers' "hype '. Mor e e xpensive is not necessarily beucr fo r yo u personally. Rem embe r also thai man y vitamins arc not natu ral products: they arc syn thesised ill che mica l processes. T h e hi ol o gical activity of such che m ica lly pro du ced vitami ns may he co ns ide ra b ly le ss than their natural co unte rparts. Te sts o n rats showed th at tile clfec tivencss of SO I1H ' synth eti c vitami ns was o nly a bo u t a third or the natu ral product.

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I re me m ber whe n a frie nd o f mine started se lling vitam ins in one of th e ' p yra m id' syste m s. She was very e n th us ias tic abo u t he r products aud tried to se ll m e some - they we re quite ex pe ns ive . I lo o ked at their advcrti sing 'hlurb ' which said how good thei r p roducts were. I asked he r wh ethe r th e vitamins were made fro m na tural source s. She d idn 't know, h UI said th a i she wou ld fin d o u t. To Cu i a loug slory short, all she could get o ut of he r supplie rs was thai they bought from the bes t so urces. They re fused to say wh ich, if a ny, of thei r vitamins ca me from natural so u rc es, m erely repeat in g tha t they bo ught the best avail able . lies I in whose bo o k? U nfo rt u na tely, n o t eve ry manufacture r o r sales o rganisatio ll 0p l~ l.ltCS with high e thical standa rds. The bu yer mu st be cautio us. So here is a n id ea l place to practise yo ur dowsing: chec k o ut mine rals and vitam ins and ariel the m to your diet , You may wel l be very pl easa n tly surprised by your res ults. I have in cl ud ed tables o f the m ost co m mon mi ne rals, vitami ns and o ther d ements th a t arc necessa ry in th e diet in Appen d ix I (page IHli) with th e offi cia l RDA. In cidental ly, it is worth remem bering th at not all the fac tors in food that arc vita l to goo d health may have been d iscovered . It is all to o easy to th ink that providing a ll the known m ine ral s, vita m ins, fibre, prot ein and so o n arc presen t, then o ur diet will I... sa tisfa ctory. T h is m akes a d ange rous assu mption th a t we know everything ahout di e t' and that nothing re m ains to he clisco ve re d , I well remem ber a lecture a t o ne of the Heal th a nd II ea ling r oufe rcnces run by the Wrekin Trust. This was given hy a t :a nad ia n specia list o n d ieta ry m auers . H e quoted th e I II ~ red i e n ts o f a tomato sa uce for use o n pizzas - a ll th e :{O odd I II~ red ie n ts were syn the tic! More wo rrying was what we were lo ld a bo u t a h rand o fs yn the tic egg yo lk. Ap pare n tly, a t that time tlu-rc was a glut of egg white in Ca na da a t egg-processing plant'. om eo ne h ad th e id ea of m ak ing a d ry, syn the tic egg yolk th at ' OI ,ld be packed up with th e d ried egg whi te. T he com hinatio n W,e. so ld as a d ried-egg su bstitu te for usc in cooking. At th e lecture r 's Ca na d ia n u n ive rsity they carried o u t so me 11" 1' on th is p rod uct. Raw eggs arc a ve ry good di et fo r ra ts a nd

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they ca n live well on e ggs a lo ne. So, fo r a con trolled experimen t, o ne grou p of rats were fed o n ra w eggs, th e others o n reconstituted 'Eggo ', o r whateve r it was ca lle d. We were sh own a photograph o f a specimen rat from each g roup afte r a fortnight. T he rat fed o n ra w egg was a fit and h ea lth y sp e cimen; the o the r lo o ked appalling: wizen ed, ill and o ld . The ex periment was to have run fo r six we eks but th ey te rm ina ted it afte r three . All th e rats fed o n th e a rtificial egg were d ead. Bear in m ind that th e arti ficia l egg yolks were meant to reprod uce exactly th e cons tituents in raw e gg yolk - p rotei ns, vitamins, minerals e tc. - and o ne is rightly concerned . In terms of food quality th e art ificial yolk fell very far sho r t of th e n atural counte rpart. T h is is th e unacceptable technol ogy ga p betw een what we th ink should happen and wh at ac tually do es happen in p ractice. So check o ver your foods and th ose o n th e supermarke t shelves. See if you r d owsing shows up recurrent ' no' reac tions fo r particular additives. Check over fresh foodstuffs like frui t a nd vegetables, They m ay be tain ted with sp ra ys of vari ous so rts. Pe rh aps, as I suspect is the case' with some imported strawberries, they may be ir rad iated fo r lo n ge r life (the strawberries' life , n ot yours!) Above . all, p rovid ed your results arc not obviou sly suspect, learn to trust your own dowsing. Assuming tha t your results d o not unnecessari ly res trict your di et (in wh ir h case you may well be trying too hard), it sh ould h ave a very beneficial e ffe ct o n your general h ealth .

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o far we have co ncerned o urselves with cha nging o ur diet as a means 10 achieve bette r health. T h is is fine, provided our bod y is sufficie n tly well to be a ble to respond to these methods of treatm ent. But wha t h appens wh en we need SOmeth in g more th an the changes tha t an improved d iet ca n bring ? O nce we ente r th e area of m edicine~ and other thera pi es, we a re in a co m p le tely new area . To begin with, th e ra nge o f possibl e th e rapies is immense. Secondly, some of th e therape utic areas a rc very much with in th e p rovin ce of o rthodox medical practi ce . Certain ly I would never re commend th at anyo ne dowse on how to ca rry out brain surgery o n a fri end! If we are to make sense of th e th erapeutic area, we m ust proceed very slowly. It is all too easy to be ca rried away with e n th us iastic id eas and to lose track of reality. So let's have a loo k at just what we m ean by illn ess and d isease .

'!)pes of DIness Firstly, we ne ed to distinguish betwe en ac ute, tempo rary an d r hro n ic illn esses. Acute illn esses are those where life may well be threa tened in the immediate fu ture. Very ofte l) -th ese a re th e areas be st left 10 orthodox medicin e · an d Lrea tm ent. Acute illn esses,' like several bacterial infections o r in te rn al problems needing Im me d iate surge ry, arc n o t normally sui ta ble areas for purely ,om plementary techniques. Th is is not to say th at a lte rn ative

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me thods of treatmen t GUillot Il l' used at the same time . l Iuwevc r, in gen e ra l, compleme ntary met ho ds o f treatm ent work mo rc slo wly than , fo r in stan ce , ant ihio tics. I n lifeth re aleni ng situ a tio ns ,.. .'t' ca n no t afford to delay. I defi ne temporary illness 'LS illnesses whe re th e bod y's dc tc ncc systems will overco me the problem , givcn tim e , I n this : cast' we need meth od s of treatm ent th at will work in harmon y wit h Ihe body 10 speed np re cove ry. O fte n th is is qu ite easy 10 ac hieve. In th e thi rd catego ry, ch ronic ilh u-sx, we arc usu ally facin g a m nch mo re diflicult p roblem . Ilere we a rc lo o kin g a t a situa tio n wh e re , (' )1' whatever reaso n , th e body has gO I in to a ' lo cked ' state whe re it is unable to b rea k frec fro m the illness, This is the area where co n ve n tio n a l m ed icin e ca ll usually do litt le fo r the pa tient b ut a lle via te sym p to m s. O ft e n th e re is a stead y d ege ne rat io n of the health of the patie nt. Fo r such cases we need ke ys thaI will unlo ck th e syste m so th at reco ve ry is possibl e. In all illn ess we must re me m be r that ulti matel y it is th e body sysle m s that produce reco ve ry - what we d o with o ur th e rapies is give th em a helping hand . In Ch ina , hoth Western a nd tradi tional Ch inese m ed icines a rc p ra ctised side hy side. T he latt er is a bl end o f h erbal and acu puncture treatment . The Ch inese a ttitude is that acute illness res ponds 10 Weslern medicine, and shou ld be tr eat ed th at way as it is usuall y mo re eff ec tive. O the r classes o f illn ess lend to be treated with th e traditional m el hods, as th ese have oft en been shown to work where Western medi cine is in eff ectiv e . Dowsing ca n be used for both o rt hodox and co m plem eu uu y m ethods of trca u nc u t. Indeed , so me o rtho dox med ical practition ers use dowsin g meth od s in their prac tice . T his, ho weve r, is unusual. Fo r this reason O U I" e mphasis will he 0 11 com ple me nt a ry m ethods o f treatment, 'LS th ese will be th e o nes th at are o pe n In th e maj ority of readers. However, th e metho ds o u tlined ca n he used within o rt ho d ox m edicine just as easily. Wh en we sta rt 10 dowse , we will sian by looking a t mil d , or slow-acting ch ro nic ill nesses. He re th ere is no u rg ency and th eref o re no e mo tio na l presslll'e th a t co u ld otherwise affect the accu racy of o ne's d owsin g,

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Using Hair Samples So ho w ca n we lise o u r ha ir sa m p le? O ne wa}' is to lise a similar scal e to th at described earlie r. "Ve lise our ha ir sample as a 'witne ss' to represent th e patient. The ru le on ly need give us 'yes' 0 1' ' no ' answers in the first insta nc e , hut we will need to kn ow the dose rate late r, For this reason I sug-g:cst rh a t yO ll lise a sca le div ided in to ten eq ua l divisions, The wit ness is placed on th e left-hand sid e of the sca le , and th e medicin e to he tested on th e ri~ht-hand side. T he pendulum is then used to determine the point at whi ch a maximum reaction is ohtained. If the pend ulu m gives a m axim u m reaction about the zero point Oil the sca le, the n the medicine is no t needed . Readings of less tha n three normally mea n that littl e effect will he

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no t he th e o p timu m d o se for ea ch in d ivid ual. Ort hodox drll~s affc c i peo pl e in /{rc a tly d ifferin/{ a mo u nts a nd hom co parh ic med icine» arc no d iffe re n t. Peop le 's se ns itivity varies d epen ding 0 11 their body che m istry and sla te o f h ealth . ''\'i1 al we 11 ('('d is a method of es ta blish ing 1I0 w man y mblc ts to tak e at a time , a nd how often they shou ld he ta ke n . ' Vc have used a sca le 10 dowse fo r whi ch re medies 10 usc, so why 1I 0t use th e sa me syste m for th e numbe r of tahlets a nd the uumhcr of tim es th ey have to he ta ken? T he answer is th at we f a ll use tile sa me syste m: we d o not need to use a fo m ple tely dill c rcnt m ethod fo r th e c ha ngcd cirru ms ta nces. III th e past people used all so n s o f (;UH":y syste m s with ca lihrated tri angles .u id o the r m e thods; in fact, a nyt h ing to make i l lo o k as if a new ' yste m was heing used for the n ew type o f a ns wc-s re q uire d, Th ese co m p le x m ethods a rose fro m a be lie!' that dowsing for d iffe rent propert ies needed it diff e rent mel hod fo r each property. Adm ittedly, such com p lica led syste ms may help to k('cp th in gs scpanuc from a lo gical point o f view hu t, in fact, I hey are quit e unn ecessary. So nil', we h ave been using a sca le between a sa m ple fro m I I I( ~ p ati cru a nd th e m edicine. a nd lo o king lor a point of

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m aximu m reaction between th em . T h is h as bcen sa id to o perate because of a n affin ity betwee n th e IIlcdicine a nd th e pat ie nt's witness. T he p ro blem is th a t this is j us t n ot true . Do wsin g is no t a res pecte r of cosy thco rics, a n d we must always remem be r this. Wh a t m a tters is wh eth e r m ethods wo rk; h ow th ey work is a d iffere n t thin~ altoge ther, U nfortu na tely, la r too m any people , in clud in g' dowsers, feci th at if a p he noIllc no n ex ists , th cn it must h e e xp lir a h le in terms th e y und e rsta nd. It is a t th is p oint in o ur d o wsin g th at lo gical cx p la na tio ns m ay b cgin to fail. Let us replace o ur sca le hy another o ne calih l:a lccl fro m ze ro to ten hilt marked in large r a p ita ls ' NU MIIE R OF TAIIl.ETS PER DOSE'. Sta rt to d o wsc aga in , usin g a m edici n e th a t p rcviously gavc a stro ng positive re act ion . As bef o re , th c h air sa m p ic is p laced a t th e lett-h and e n d o f the sca le. This time we a rc dowsing for th e size o f I CI N E S

drops 0 1' a pa rti cul a r medi cin e sho u ld be take n at a lim e. I got a slig h t respo nse o n th ree drops, a slight response on four dro ps and no thi ng' else . I repea ted the process a nd obtai ned exactly th e sa me resu lts. Th is was stra ng e to say the least, as I had ob tained a very positive reaction fro m the medi cine itsel f. Fin a lly, I dowsed (" I' three a nd a hal l' d ro ps - a nd gOI a stro ng positive answer! Hut how O il eart h docs one ge t half a dro p? I tried dowsing for seve n dro ps of half-strcugth med icine - the answer was 'no'! Finally, in d esp era tion I d o wsed 1'01', 'Am I ask ing a silly q uestion? ' and gO I a vcry po sit ive 'yes'! Afte r q u ite a few a bo rt ive tests, I finall y d iscovered what I had been missin g: the med icine was not to he tak en a t a fixed dose rate. IL had to be taken at a high dose 10 start, red ucin g the conccn rra tion of dose in the following days. Even tually I l{ave the clie nt a c ha rt fo r the next fortnight, sho wing: the required dose Oil ea ch particular day. This d em onst rated clearly to me th e ab so lu te n ece ssity 0 1' leaving all esca pe route o pe n so that an incorrec t assumption can he de tec te d . As mentioned ea rlier, I do this nowadays by having: the ' yes-bur' and 'no-but' dowsin g respon ses available. T he Sc huess ler tissue saiLs are therefore a good and a safe way of e n te ri ng int o dowsing for medicines. My experien ce has been tluu th ey ca n he ve ry helpful a t tim es. These sa lts arc at a ve ry low co nce ntratio n of o ne part in o ne million, and there fore a hso lutely safe. However, th ere is a problem . How ca n it be th at a co nce ntration of o nly o ne part in a million of a simple sail such as Nat. Mu r, (so dium ch loride or co mmon salt) can have healing properties, when we lIlay use millions of times this dose o f salt on our fish and chi ps? II' one biochemic tablet ca n help us, salt ed lish a nd ch ips shou ld help us far more! In som e ways there is a co mmo n probl em in dowsin g a nd homeopathic-type medicines: logic sugge sL' th at neithe r 01 th em sho uld work but practi cal ex perie nc e shows that th ey do work and usually - in skilled hands - th ey work ve ry well in deed. i t is th erefore tim e to lo o k furth er into th e whole a rea 01 homeopath y and homeopathic tr eatm ent. This is a sui tab le meth od of medical treatm ent for th e dowscr, as thc resul ts alf' ea sily chec ke d. For the beginner, it has th e added adva ntag e,

like th e bioch emic rem edies, th at it is highly unlikely th at a ny harm will he caused to a patient if an in co rrec t re medy is prescrib ed .

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o meo pa th ic medicines ca n ea sily be used hy th e lay perso n , particul arly for first-aid situa tio ns , as th ey a rc tasteless, non-tox ic and there fore a very attrac tive ... me th od of tr eatment. Witli devel o ped dowsio g skills, th e field of appl icat ion in hom eop ath ic medi cin es opens lip much mo re . H om eopathic remedies arc much more powerful th an th e bioch emic remedies when d ealin g with dee p-roote d p ro blems, but th ey o fte n need to he used in conj unc tio n with co u nselling. When we a rc d ealing with 010 illness th at is roo te d deep in a perso n 's e motio na l past , th ere is often th e necessity 10 he a ble to give su pport and bTUida nce a t a personal level. So what arc homeopath ic medicines a nd how d o th ey work? Ra ther th an launch into co m p lex ex planatio ns at this poi n t, it would be bes t to look into th e o rigins of homeopa th y and sec h ow it a ll started .

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m uch dis tress as the illn ess, so met imes mo re so . Ha hnc mann decided to see what happene d if h e red uced th e dose of these h ighly toxi c malerials. If, with a red uced dose, the tox ic ellects reduce d mo re q uickly than the therapeutic effect, th e n he felt th at it m ight be possible to treat the m'\jo rity of cases with less roxi e side effects. If that was the case , he mig ht th e n he ahle to hel p patieu ts withou t severe side effects o n th eir syste m whic h, in turn, co uld ac t against th e th era peutic effec t of th e med icine. He carried out a series of tests and discovered that his assumptio ns were correct. In fact , the tox icity o f a mc dicl nc reduced much mo re rapid ly th an th e m c ra pcuuc efTect. He realised th a t he was ge lling good th e rapeutic effects with dil utions th at were less th an one-hund re dth o f th e accepted dose. In tr ue scie nt ific spi rit, h e decided - stra nge as it m ight appear _ to see at j us t wha t level o f dilution th e th erapeu tic effects stopped . He co n tin ue d to dilute hi s medi cin es further and further, bu t still they worked. Indeed, th ei r effect see med to become stronger th e more th ey were di lu ted. Fina lly, he W;LS working with medicin es that contained less tha n one m illion mi llio n th pa rt of ac tive ma terial - a nd still they wo rked! At th ese levels o f dilution th ere would be almost no m ole cul es of the

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Homeopathic Medicines There is strong o ppositio n to hom eopathic medi cine from the orthodox, drug-rien ted m edical professio n. Even th o ugh do uble.blind tests h ave proved time and aga in th at homeopathy works, stren uous opposi tio n still exists. The p roble m is that co m mon-sense logic di ctat es th at suc h h igh dil uti ons co uld not possibly work. O rthodox sources state th at th e double·blind tests must some how be flawed, even th ough th ey themselves use juS! th ose same methods to test d ru gs. They argue th at th e re is no possible ex planation as to why such dil u ted ma te rials can have a therapeutic effect _ th e refo re tJley ca nnot have a th e ra peutic effec t. The doublc-hlind text must have given false results. This is, of course, an incorrect usc of science. Science relic s on experiments 10 create theories. T heories are just that : theories, not absolute laws. If our experiments show that certain

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O ne part o f th e original su bsta nce is di ssolved in 100 parts o f water and th e wh ole is very lInuly sha ke n to gether (succ ussed ). T his c rea tes a l C dilution , O ne pan of th is is then m ixed with 100 parts of wat er a nd succ ussed a nd a 2C dil nt ion is mad e . O ne part of this i ~ tak en an d succ usse d with 100 parts of water to mak e a 3C dilutiou . Fin all y, o ne part of this is mi xed with 100 pans o f wat er and succ usscd to form the final ·Ie medicine. O ne th eory is that th e molecular ' Im p rin t' of th e o riginal m ale rial is impres sed on the WOlle r, a n d this repli cates down through the successive diluti on s. Perhaps so . Water is a ve ry se nsitive and rather an omalou s materi al, so it could happen. O ther people have o the r th eories. Ultim a te ly, al l th at matters is th at homeopath ic medicine works. In th e UK it is not gen erally known that o n the co n rinc n t of Euro pe about h al f of all medicines pres cribed arc hom eopathic. The re is, of co urse , o ne hasic problem with home opath ic medi cin es - th ey are very chea p to produce : no big profits for the large d rug com pan ies, no large slush funds to persuade people of th e value of prescribing suc h medicines. Indeed, it would appear that th e low producti on cost o f homeopathic m edi cin es is th ei r g re ates t d rawback - th ere a re no large profits to be mad e from th em . The typic:.1 prescription cost (full econo mic cos t, not subsid ised like conve n tio nal pre scriptions) of su ch medicin es rarel y exce eds a few pounds. T he pa tien t, o f cou rse , views it rathe r differently! The medicines arc inexpen sive, tasteless, non-toxi c and normally have few side effects. I would not suggest that homeopathic medicines can be used successfu lly in all cases of di seas e and illn ess, but th ere is no doubt ih at accurately prescribed they can be used for the vast majority of purposes normally treated by more expe nsive drugs. The abse nce of se rio us sid e effec ts is also .:nportant. Many hospital cases exist because the person is sl:l1e ri ng from ' iatroge nic illn ess' . This is a cove r-up phrase w.· jeh ~al1;' m eans th a i the patient is su ffe ring from the effects o f I ~. eir 1-' l'v: HACII

mind. I will wri te it all d own a nd th en we ca n se e wh at yo u get abou t them .' I felt quite di sturbed a nd threate ned by a n inn e r knowledge tha t I re ally d id know wha t th e esse nc es we re fo r. I had tha t uncom fo rtable feel ing th at Caro line knew that I knew the answers, and worse that she would no t let up un til I agreed to d o as she sugges ted! :'0 th at was th e way it was. I lay back with m y eyes closed a nd listened to he r read o u t th e names o ne by o ne . Mu c h to my surprise, word s came into my head: ph rases like 'coo ling warmth', 'comfortably bewitched ', 'breaking through into new level s o fcon scio usness' and so o n. When I saw the final list I was a m aze d. T h ey a ll m ade very good sense a n d co rr espo nded well with th e pati cntx I had seen. T his was th e first b rcakrh rough ill und erstanding the rem edi es . Mind yo u, I now had a fu rth e r p ro blem . It is o ne thi ng reading abo ut clairvo yance and perhaps half beli eving it; it is so rne lh ing qui te di ffe ren t to lind yo urself ac tua lly d o ing it! Once again I had ex pe rie nced so rnelhing that my logical mind fo un d tot all y unacce p ta ble . I we n t ho rne in a Slat e o f shoc k. I now had my list o f what the remed ies were for, but I was no t at a ll happy a bou t th e way I had o bt a ined it. I had n 't really bel ieved suc h th in gs co u ld ha ppen . Even worse, it had happe ned to m e. It is easy to writ e off ot her pe opl e 's tales as e xagg e ratio ns o r fi g m e nL.~ o f their imagination . It is qui te diff e ren t to experie nce so mc thing so extrao rdinary for o neself a nd know thai the a n.mJrr.~ llwre all correct. Ho weve r, O il the positive side I co uld now talk a bout the esse nces m ore freely with o ther people . I co uld tell peo ple so mc thing of what the essences were fo r, hut I did kec p ve ry qu iet abo ut ho w I had discovered the inform ation . I was rather e m ba rrassed by it all. If questioned to o d eeply, I spo ke of how dows ing co uld give answers. It was no t a true stateme nt, but at that lime there was no way I co uld co pe with this new info rmation . T here was no d oubt th at th e re m ed ies co uld help greatly 10 allevia te sym plo ms , to make peo pl e feel better - th at I kn ew fro m ex perie nc e . I a lso kn ew th at th e y o pe ra led in q uite a

d iffe re nt way th an by j ust casi ng p h ysical sym pt o m s. T hey also hel ped peo pl e a t a much d eeper or more sp ir itua l leve l. IL loo k so me live years' work with my medi tation teacher before the whole healin g pa ttern sudde nly hecame clear 10 me . The esse nces we re lo r a ttitu des of min d , fo r ho w we view the ex terna l and 'in ne r' wo rlds. T he y we re not for the e mo tional sla tes th emsel ves, like th e lIach remed ies, h ut for th e sta tes fro m which those e mo tio ns arose . I rea lised the rem ed ies were to hell' us to let go o f o ld and o u tm oded bel iefs, d esires and rigid ways of think ing - in fact, e ve ryth in g liable to stan d ill the way o f pe rsonal freedom to live a free a nd happ y lire. The Bailey Flower Essences At long last , I had found th e a nswe rs I had been lo oking for. I realised that I co uld n o t have arrived at those 'co nclusio ns before because such co ncep L' had not even e nt e re d Illy head . It was definitely a case of 'knowi ng in part ancl seeing in pan' . A full er d escription o f my in vest igati ons a p pears in th e [ ournal oj the Briti..h Society oj Doiosers , No . 222, Decem be r 1988. At p resent, th e re arc 48 bo ttl es of these esse nces. We have received lIIan y co m plim e n tary re po rts a bo u t th em, T hey d o not replace th e re med ies created by Or Bach ; th at has neve r been my intention . T hey trea t a t di fferen t and o fte n d ee per leve ls of th e pe rsonali ty. We make the esse nces with lovin g care, try ing a lways to honou r th e heali ng properties o f th e !lowers. I have dis covered that 'vibration al' esse nce s such as th ese are quite se nsi tive and, like foods, Ihey mirro r th e care and inleg ri ty ta ke n in their preparati on . To lind a name for them was quite difficult. I th ought of Yo rkshire Esse nce s, hut th e flowe rs co m e fro m a much wid er .uca. 1 fin all y se ttled on th e Bail ey Essences and I ..a ke full pe rsonal re sp onsibility for th em - as Bach himsel f had d one fo r his creatio ns. Twe lve o f the CSSCIl Cc:S are co mbinatio ns o f mo re than o ne llower. This was d ecided 0 11 to reduce the number of flower " "ences from a lmost 70. I realised th at m any of th e essences IIca red different aspects o f the sa me a rea of di fficul ty. Several

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Healing Ourselves I a lways dowse for th e a p p ro pria te esse nces to pre scribe for a clie n t. Like Dr Bach , I find tha t intuitive m el h ods tend to he the m ost a ccurat e. a ll hough it is possibl e to pre scribe th e esse nces purely from co u nse lling the pati ent. I find it easie r to d owse first , th en di scuss th e m att er with th e patien t. Helping a clien t to se e th e p ossihility o f c h a n gin g their lives for th emselves ca n he o f g reat benefit. The essences will be a help, hut to hel p a pati ent m otivat e th cmsel fis alwa ys benefi cial. I feel th is is a vital part o f th e h ealing process: helping o the rs 10 become selfe m powe re d , se lf-h ealing. Man y people have co m e to bel ieve tha t h ealin g is so me th ing th at is don e to us , rath er th an a process th at o cc u rs within us , wh e re th e heal e r o r h ealing age n l is merely a ca ta lyst. Deep within eac h o ne of us th ere is a b ri ght poin t of illumin ati on a nd insi ght, whi ch is o u r sp iritual birthrigh t. I n eve r used to beli eve in su c h th ings, ye t my e xperiences o n so me intensive medi tati on wo rksh ops c h a n ged all th at. T h is

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in n e r spIrit h as bee n ca lle d ' th e kingd o lJl of God th ai lies \.. -ith in ", T hi s is th e area wh e re e ve ryth in g- we n eed to kn ow is ava ila b le to us. U n fo rt u n a tely. we tend to he so b usy with life a nd 0 111" o pi n io ns tha t we ne ve r g ivc o u rse lves su fflcic n t tiu u: an d space to become awa re o f wha t it call tell us. lktw(.-en th is inner knowing a nd a ll o u r o ut er life - D ill' a ttit ud e-s. des ires . h opes, n m d itio lling a nd bel ief str uc tures - th e re in evita bly fo rm s a cred ib ility ga p . It is thi s ga p tha t crea tes e mo tio n al st res s - believ in g- o ne thin g yct kno\\'ing- d ee p down tha t we arc in some way d eludin g o u rse lves. Em o tio n al stress ca ll ca use a wh ol e va rie ty of sym p lOlIls. T he re a rc c ha nges ill body c he mi stry whi ch ca n serious ly afrcf! o ur immun e sysu -m, as wel l as virtuall y all o u r bodily fu ncti o ns. T h e e mo tio n a l .u id m en ta l st re ss c rea tes c h ro n ic m usc le te nsio ns th a t will a ffec t 0 111' breat h ing . p o st ure, facial ex pressio n a n d h ow we ha ndle o ur hody. Fina lly co me a ll th e p h ysica l symp tolll s th a t we m ay co m p lain o f: Ag rced . so me o f th es e ca ll he caused by th in gs like in co rrect di e t. hu t I have n o d oubt th a t th e m .~jo ri t )' o f O U I" illn ess es ste rn fro m the m in d a n d its a tt it udes to things. T h ese Ihings ca ll he o bjec ts , e ve n ts or peopl e. It is fro m th ese rel at ionsh ips th at m an y o f 0 111' 'dis-cases' stem . Mind a nd body a re int e rlinked . indeed , in som e ways th e y sho u ld b e called ' ho dy m ind ' - a tot al e n tity. I "'alin g a t a n y level o f th e bodymind will help th e o th e r a reas . O fte n. if o n e ra n d ea l direct ly wilh the main problem, results will be m ore ce rta in a n d more rapidl y achi eved. A had back ca n be tre at ed hy flower essences, b u t fo r m o re rapid reli ef. m assage o r ost eopath y will most likely he th e best co u rse - a t least in th e first inst ance . There may be m ore to o u r bad ba rk than m ee ts th e eye. It llIay originat c fr om c m o tio nal tensions: wc ma y havc se rio us diffi culties in so me rela tionsh ip and those te nsio ns have fin ally mirrored in th e spinc . \ Ve a re VCI )' co m p le x bein gs an d th e symptoms we present m a y he far re moved from th e o rig inal ca use. It is h ere that d owsin g ca n be very helpful. It ca n help us to d et erm in e th e best co u rse o f trcaunent to sta rt with , a n d h ow to progress th e healing process. Fo r in stan ce , it m ay he tha t so meo ne els e with other skills would be th e best sta rl ing- p oi nt.

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Eq ua lly. il may he Ihal a fter we have done so me ea rly 'spade work' a nother p r.lCtitione r should take o ver. We sho uld never get in to Ihe way of th i nki n~ that we sho uld be a maste r or mist ress of all tra des. Indeed, if we only acted as a sig npost, directin g c1 ie nL~ to the most sui ta ble practition e rs, we would provide a ll invaluable se rvice, I lavi ng said th at, th e re is no do ubt that flower essc nces can for m a very valuable meth od of h ealiug, hel pin~ peo ple to hecome mo re whol e . T hei r ge n tle ness bel ies th e ir po wer. T hey car. ind eed 'move moun tains' whe n co nditions are favourable. If we ca n help people 10 live a t peace with th emselves a nd th e world, th en th eir hody and health will re flec t that peace . My pa nicul a r esse nces h ave be en my teachers. I have learned much from my struggles 10 unde rstand th em. Often, the discovery of an esse nce has come at a time when I was in need of h ealin~ mysel f. Origina lly I doub ted them, not kn owin g if th e healing th ai took place occurred as a res u lt o f my o wn heali ng e nergies ra ther th a n e nergies fro m the flowe rs. I now kn ow th at th e esse nces th emselves possess great healing p owe rs. Many o thers now usc th em a nd gain help fro m them. Ulti mately tha t is all that ca n be said fo r any system - 'Docs it wo rk?' I now know beyond all shadow of doub t that th e answe r is 'yes'. T he fac t Ihat we ca nno t say fo r sure why flower essences work is merely an in te llec tual p roblem . We ca n all too easily fo rge t th at th e patien t is mainly co ncerned with being helped; the ac tua l method e m ployed is of minor im porta nce. Like homeopathy, the ac tual o peratio n of th e h eal ing p ro cess is open to debate. We must never allo w suc h debates to ge t in th e way of the real, holistic object: hel ping people to become heahhy and whole.

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The rates were compiled quit e simply from findin g th e instruuu-nt sel1in gs that n -suln-d from a patient \vith a known ill ness , T hes e.: \Ve IT c ross-c hecked with res u lts from o ther pati cnts a nd the ius uu mc n t settings wen: th en re corded, This reco rd 1(}r11lCd th e sta ndard set of d ucs [or th e in strument. Ikca llse the inst ru m e nt was m an ufactured with a hlack eh ollil e lron t panel (t ypi cal of scientific in strt u uc rus of th e lime ), it bcrunu: kn own as the 'black box ' . This was III a 11)' years hefore air craft fliglll re corders a p pea re d that were to be g ivc n the sa m e nam e. At this stagc , th e hlack hox was basicall y a di agn o stic instruuu-ru that co uld he used when sym p10 ms \..'e re co nfusing . Provid ed that the rat es had been com p ile d c a re..-' f l .lly. the results o luaincd wen- normal ly \'cr)' go od. It was assume d that lire iu struru cut was so me ho w ill tun c with th e illness, the circui ts resolla till J,t with th e p.uicu t. T he next stage was to remove the n eed for th e patient to tou ch the in strunu-ut . A sample holder was co n nec te d to the ('n e! o f th e box circuit remote from tire Slick pad , It was Iou url that th e- in strument worked just as we ll when a sam p le from l!Ie pali ellt (spuu uu , urine o r hlood ) \\'as pla ced ill this container . Distant dia gnosis was 1I 0\\' poss ihh-; the in strument had 110

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with selecto r switc hes so that its mod e o f o pera tion ca ll he changed , For instance , it can he switche d from an alyse to tre atm ent mod e without resetting: the ro ues, as they are the same I" r both (to save looking things np ). This has th e added advantage that yo u d o not even need a ho ok o f rates (unless yOll wish to kn ow what th e paticnr 's problems a re ). O ne sim ply dowses for th e se lt ings o f eac h of th e ninc di als in tu rn , with th e pa tient's witn ess (ha ir sa mp le et c.) in the sample holde r. Wh e n all th ese arc set , o ne simply exte nds the ae rial rod and changcs th c switch from ' a na lyse ' to ' trea t'. It wo rks very well. There is j ust o ne problem . T he re is nothing insid e it! No pot cutiometers. no wiring. nothing! I was no t th e first 10 d o thi s. I discovered a few years afte r I made the box that an American woman had been prosecuted in co u rt for se lling black box es with nothing in th em but sawd ust, Th e fact th ai Ihey apparently worked was immaterial. 11 wasjusl as well for th e De La Warrs th at th eir box looked more scie n tific anclthercfore more cred ible . Yet th c De La Warr boxes mad e in

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