Darrell Butcher – Discovering his Concepts
Pegotty
We must now centre our attention on his Pegotty Instrument.
Darrell Butcher - Pegotty
This consists of a black perspex box frame with a white perspex top marked with a rectangular design 6″ x 5″ and divided into 120 squares. Each square has a small hole to take a round black peg. There is a double dividing line down the centre and the two sets of squares adjacent to this line represent the number 5.
“It has been found that if a surface made up of black and white is placed in a convenient position and a transverse beam of light is reflected across it, then a message, or whatever it may be, can be reflected onto a nearby sample. And that very briefly speaking is that.” B “Nothing much more to be said except to get down to the form of message.”
“And we find that, if we again obey the laws of light by saying that white reflects and black absorbs light, and therefore put on a platform a mixture of black and white, our message will be made up of those waves which have either been attracted or vice versa.” B “Pegotty, of course, has been designed on those very broad principles. There are ten white lines in the ‘message’ portion which are divided up by, if necessary, ten black pegs and it has been found that the waveforms already used throughout the Radionic world do apply, react and cure, or treat, whatever the word may be, in a most satisfactory manner.”
“For Pegotty you don’t necessarily want a bright light because a bright light won’t necessarily bring any more of the force. The amount of force that is present in a room is at the control, or the ability of the operator. And that is very important. (Underlining by Butcher). An even light is what is wanted. It is not an advantage to have a light coming in at 45° or some other angle, because the Fundamental Force comes straight down, and why put a beam of light across it and interfere with it?”
Pegotty + Meter
Butcher also made an instrument incorporating both the meter and Pegotty as illustrated. Although not mentioned in his notes, Butcher used this instrument by putting a ‘rate’ on the peg-board, for either a gland, organ or disease and watched the reaction of the meter for response. I was able to see this in operation.
“Why it works is a little difficult, in as much that it seems to be completely dependent upon the operator. Yet, a set, with Meter, has been observed from outside the window, and has been found working 20 minutes after the operator has left the room, but after that it does appear to weaken.
“Whether this is the set or the Meter that is in need of a human presence I do not know. It may be that the patient’s etheric is fully charged.”
“It has also been found that the operator is not required so much as had been necessary in the past, because the machine is capable of working by itself.” (My comment AUTOMATIC).
Straw Hat
“Gadgets called ‘Straw Hats’ were manufactured and used, and proved to our satisfaction at any rate, that there was such a thing as the Radionic Wave, and I believe that up to now this has been in question, or might have been by quite a few.”
“Having accepted the working hypothesis of Pegotty it Was found that almost the same effect could be obtained by small bits of paper cut out to 12 squares by 10, and punctured, 1/16th holes in all the lines where in the ordinary way a peg would be placed in a Pegboard.” B “These things having been made were then mounted on a rim of an article which we called ‘Straw Hat’ because that’s just what it looks like. It was placed on a needle, freely supported. It has a lamp underneath it, which gives a beam of light coming outwards through the side of the ‘Straw Hat’ in a horizontal direction.”
“The lamp also gives rising heat to the top of the ‘Straw Hat’, which because of the flutes revolves it in one direction.” B “All things being equal, once the ‘Straw Hat’ is revolving in accordance with the rising heat, it should not stop. But it has been found that if a patient’s sample is placed close to the rim of this ‘Straw Hat’ when it is revolving, and when the symptom from which the patient is suffering comes by on one of our bits of graph paper, the thing hesitates and stops. Sometimes it goes past and comes back again, but whatever happens it stops.”
“This is quite revealing and can be useful. It is a form of diagnosis over which we have no control, and with which we do not interfere. (Underlining by Butcher. My comment AUTOMATIC). B “It is especially useful as regards toxins and hormones and we also use colours for treatment in this manner. Here again we have the story of the cones. It is the Downpouring.”
“When you get a really good ‘stick’ the ‘Straw Hat’ goes round in the opposite direction, because you get a downpouring from above that sits on the back of the flutes and instead of the air from underneath pushing it one way, the downpouring pushes it the other. It’s incredible it should have this amount of power.”
“One little instrument was evolved which is rather puzzling and it has bothered a few scientific types, and that is three paper cones freely supported, something like a windmeter. It has been found they go backwards, i.e. that is towards their bases when in a room where there is resonance with a patient, meaning by that, when we have what would be known in ordinary parlance as a ‘stick’, then we find this incredible breeze coming along that blows these things round in the opposite direction to which they should go.”
“This puzzled us for years, and after further checking, it was found that when we placed a piece of board above the cones all this stopped, so it rather looks as if this is another example of the Fundamental Force being brought down and accelerated by the fact that we have attained our objective, and impinging on the outside of the cones, which are at an angle of 45° and pushing them forward towards their bases.”
“People have been puzzled because cones have been placed on a window-shelf, near air coming in and have been gaily going round in the normal direction, which is to their apex, blown by the wind. And it is very strange to see them stop, stagger, struggle and eventually go in the opposite direction.”