What is Radiesthesia?
Radiesthesia is the science of using the vibrational fields of the human body to access information about other objects of animate or inanimate nature by establishing resonance with their energy fields, using specially calibrated instruments and a scale of qualitative measurement to decode this information.
Radiesthesia, is a word of Latin origin meaning sensitivity to radiation. It is the science of using man’s sensitivity to vibrations to obtain information from the energy levels that are not accessible to our five senses. Simple instruments, like a pendulum, are used as indicators to measure minute vibrational interactions between energy fields.
Matter, from which everything in the universe is a form of energy, is an infinite arrangements of atoms made up of particles that are in a constant state of circular motion, i.e. energy interaction. The frequency at which this energy is vibrating determines the density of its expression as matter. These energy fields are unperceived only because the technology which renders them perceivable has not been developed, very much like X-rays and radio waves were not perceived so long ago.
In Radiesthesia, our body is the main instrument, because what we are doing is entering into a vibrational relationship with the object we are measuring and evaluating the quality of this interaction on our own body. When two energy fields are in resonance (either by proximity, selective focusing or any other method), they will modify each other. When two energy fields are in resonance there is an information exchange on a vibrational level.
A scale of measurement is needed to scientifically analyze the results of the interaction of vibrational fields. In radiesthesia we need an “aiming” device so we can selectively focus on whatever aspect we wish. We use a neutral pendulum as the device.
The pendulum works by ideomotor action: Which is an involuntary physical movement that a person makes unconsciously in response to a thought, idea, or expectation. The mind triggers a muscular reaction automatically without the person choosing to move. Ideomotor action is one of the key components of how a lie detector works.
Radiesthesia has its roots in Ancient Egypt, where it was practiced as a precise science. The German army used Radiesthesia for mine detection during the First and Second World Wars, as did the American military in Vietnam. Radiesthesia is currently used in water dowsing, geopathic stress mapping, and mineral exploration.
It was this science that led Wilhelm Reich to the discovery of Orgone energy, which, although much disputed during his lifetime, has lately been the subject of serious study. Today many institutions all over the world are researching different aspects of this science.