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become commonplace, but during the period the books were writ- perhaps "soul"), and I suppose you could consider them as the ten, 1919-1949, they must have seemed like the last word in essential being of a person, whereas the lower vehicles are the arcane obscurity. becoming of a person—the deeper objective of life being to align Bailey proposed a model of (ultimate) reality as being the soul's purpose with that of the personality. comprised of seven planes of energy, each with its concomitant The link point between the transpersonal self and the personali- forms of consciousness. Each plane is comprised of seven sub- ty is the higher ego or causal body. This is the vehicle found on planes of increasing quality and fineness, the whole blending into the Mental plane, through which the individual manifests his or a continuum. Each of these planes also manifests in us as a her purpose in existence. It is primarily friction" resulting from corresponding energy body, e.g., the etheric body, astral body and conflict between the different objectives of the higher and lower so forth. selves which creates illness and hence most"! of the illnesses of Briefly, the 7th plane is the Physical, which is subdivided into humanity. the solid physical, then liquids, then gases, then four superior lev- Compare this concept with §9 of Hahnemann's Organon: "In els of etheric matter. It is the energy the healthy human state, the spirit- (prana) of the Etheric plane which like life force (autocracy) that vitalises the physical form. Tansley enlivens the material organism as states that the "miasms" reside in the dynamis, governs without restric- etheric body, and that when activated Tansley states that the "miasms" tion....so that our indwelling, rational by an appropriate (morbific) stimulus reside in the etheric body, and spirit can freely avail itself of this they will taint the energy reaching the living, healthy instrument for the physical body, with results that that when activated by an higher purposes of our existence." Hahnemann described at length. appropriate (morbific) stimulus Without arguing the finer points, it (Hahnemann spent 12 years trying to could be proposed that radionics and understand why chronic disease they will taint the energy homoeopathy share a broadly similar exists, and concluded there must be reaching the physical body _ central concept of the nature of some underlying disturbance which human health. interferes with the vital force, produc- Embedded in the subtle bodies are ing chronic disease symptoms. Such a number of energy transmission and miasms can be inherited or acquired.) circulation centres known as chakras, I should also note that energy is also distributed through the ether- which have their counterpart on each plane.” As the individual ic body via a system of pathways known as nadis, and it may be develops and consciousness reaches a higher level, so the chakras considered that these in turn externalise as the nervous system.* "open" and become receptive to energy flowing from higher and The 6th plane is the Astral (or Emotional)—the seat of emo- higher sources. Radionic analysis is principally concerned with tions, desire and illusion, and also, with the Etheric, the place of the seven major chakras—the Base, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, origin of the greater number of diseases. The 5th plane is the Throat, Brow and Crown—although certain minor chakras, such Manasic (or Mental), the plane of mind, which ranges from con- as the Spleen, are often taken into consideration. Each of these crete rational knowledge on its lower subplanes through to spiritu- chakras, in turn, externalises as one of the endocrine glands, e.g., al knowledge on its higher levels. the Throat chakra corresponds with the thyroid gland, and the For the purposes of this article, it is not necessary to deal with state of the chakra is considered to condition the functioning of the four higher planes—Buddhic (Intuitional), Atmic (Spiritual), the associated gland and local anatomy. Monadic and Logoic’—as they are not involved with the disease Seen in this context, the physical human is a precipitation of process. Tansley refers to them as the "transpersonal self" (or higher energies into form, and, as such, the quality of each Tansley states that the "miasms" reside in the etheric body, and that when activated by an appropriate (morbific) stimulus they will taint the energy reaching the physical body ... Endnotes noticed that some pendulums seem to work sample, and IJ think that the pendulum is now 1. The best history of radionics is Report on etter than others. I put this down to the fact more widely used than the stick pad; it cer- Radionics, by Edward Russell (C.W. Daniel that the material from which these are made tainly gives a far greater range of responses. & Co, 1973, ISBN 85435-002-0). This is may be incompatible with me in some way. I 5. See The Drown Homa-Vibra Ray and essential reading and includes fascinating ave also noticed that pendulums get "tired" Radio-Vision Instruments and Their Uses — material on agricultural radionics and the gen- _ and do not react as efficiently after continual Radionic Rate Book. This and seminal works eral techniques of weed and pest control with- _ use; which suggests that if a crystal gets over- _ by Abrams and others have been republished out chemicals (suppressed in the USA in the loaded, you will too—so in other words, be by Borderland Sciences Research Foundation 1950s by the chemical companies, according _careful not to fatigue yourself. One recently (BSRF) in California; see website www. to Russell). Those of you who are against ublished book recommended for beginners borderlands.com. genetically modified (GM) foods and chemi- is Anyone Can Dowse for Better Health, by 6. For the sake of brevity, I am obliged to cal agriculture, read it and weep. Arthur Bailey (1999, ISBN 0-572-02461-4). omit comment on important researchers such 2. Dowsing, sometimes known as radiesthe- 3. Abrams also developed electronically as George De La Warr (UK), T. Galen sia, is a vast field of study predicated on the based treatment procedures, but this promis- Hieronymous (USA) and Dr W. Guyon idea that everything has a unique energy sig- ing line of work has, for the present, fallen Richards (UK), to name but three. The trend nature which can be detected by a human sen- _ into neglect and is outside the scope of this of their work, however, does not materially sitive using a means such as the divining rod article. Nevertheless, it may bear some rela- affect what I am describing. or pendulum. The technique used merely tion to what Dr Jacques Benveniste is current- 7. Bailey's work covers 24 volumes and is serves to amplify the dowser's subconscious ly researching; see his website, www.digibio. _ not a religion, system or dogma. The intro- reaction which is transmitted to his or her arm —_ com [and refer to Science News in NEXUS duction to each volume basically says "Take muscles. Although the pendulum is consid- 6/05. Ed.]. it or leave it", or even "Take what you want ered to have no intrinsic power, I have 4. Present-day practitioners tend to use ahair and leave the rest". A starting point for those JUNE — JULY 2000 NEXUS 49