Chapter IV: RADIATIONS, TESTING WATER, SELECTION OF FOOD

By tom October 15, 2011

A certain lady had an inordinate “penchant” for fish and chips with plenty of fat, but she always “paid for” her pleasure in the form of a bad attack of indigestion. In a matter of 10 minutes we found that it was the fat and not the fish or potatoes that upset her; she can now eat them with impunity, provided they are dry. I know a considerable number of people who no longer suffer from the same complaint, indigestion, thanks to Radiesthesia.

W. H. Trinder in his “Dowsing” gives an interesting and, I am sure, authentic case. I am taking the liberty of quoting, verbatim, a letter he received from a third person, after a lecture on dowsing at the Conway Hall, London. “A woman in business near here suffered from headaches three times a week, so much so that she thought she would never hold her job. Her lady doctor told her that there was no known cure for that kind of headache, which comes out of the blue. She came to your demonstration and then tried a pendulum over all her food, with the following result: Clockwise — brown bread, boiled eggs, etc.; Anti-clockwise — white bread, fried eggs, sugar, etc. She promptly dieted accordingly. In a day or two she had lost her headaches and has had no return whatever. She told her doctor, who was curious, but noncommittal. She offered her the pendulum to try, and the lady doctor put it over her palm, whereupon it began to whizz round almost as rapidly as yours does. The doctor was rather scared and said: ‘What is it doing? I’m not doing this.’ The woman told her that she was evidently a well developed dowser, and if she tried it over her food she might find something of interest. So you can put down to your credit the cure of an unknown woman who had a fixed idea she was going to be forced to give up her job and is now as well as she can wish to be.”

Since my articles have appeared in print I have heard from the writer of this letter, and he confirms that the lady still enjoys the best of health and has helped other sufferers with her pendulum — a bead on a piece of cotton.

It is common knowledge that the human body is made up of, amongst other things, certain mineral elements. In order to keep the body in good shape it must be supplied with these minerals either in the form of food or drugs. Dieticians tell us that our food, particularly vegetables, contain all the necessary minerals, such as iron, lime, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, etc., but the difficulty is to know which we require and how much of it. I have often heard people say that we should eat spinach because it contains, I think, iodine; but how do we know that we need any? We may, for all we know, already have enough and really require more lime or iron. By means of Radiesthesia we can determine our bodily requirements in minerals, and the vegetable which contains them, thereby enabling us to work out our own diet. The minerals in the vegetables are assimilated by our bodies, provided, of course, that they are not boiled out of the vegetables and thrown down the sink as is, I am very much afraid, often the case.

Quite recently we had a friend staying with us. There happened to be some pears on the table and she volunteered the information that they always disagreed with her. I carried out a test and got a strong negative reaction which confirmed her statement. I then tried several pears on myself and got varying reactions which, at first, I did not understand, but found that ripe fruit gave a strong positive reaction whereas unripe fruit gave no reaction at all. The same tests can, of course, be applied to beverages and soups.

I do not for a moment suggest that a labour be made of this. Tests can be carried out in the privacy of the kitchen. Although you may have the digestion of an ostrich, as I have, nevertheless there may be some foods which do not suit you and if you continue to eat them your digestion may become impaired in course of time. Nor do I suggest that you take your pendulum with you when dining with friends, because, with the best intentions in the world, you might create the impression that you either mistrust the food placed before you or your hostess’s culinary abilities.

Prevention is better than cure, so a little time and trouble spent on this valuable branch of Radiesthesia may well be worth while as it may prove as beneficial to you, your friends and relations as it did to the lady who suffered from, apparently, incurable headaches.