Individual Polarity
This is a subject of the greatest importance to the radiesthetist, for ignorance of his own polarity may falsify all his results.
Concerning it we can state two theorems:
1. The human body may be polarised either positively or negatively.
2. The results obtained by a radiesthetist are a function of his own polarity.
To begin with, how can we discover the polarity of any particular operator?
This can be done by observing his reactions towards a magnetic field, as provided by a magnet or compass needle, and for this purpose we may use a pendulum or a rod.
When a neutral pendulum is held in front of an ordinary bar magnet two different reactions may take place: the pendulum may gyrate clockwise over the positive (north-seeking) pole and counter-clockwise over the negative pole.
If this happens we say that the individual is of normal polarity, that is to say that he reacts normally in the presence of magnetic fields, and we can interpret the value of his pendular movements in respect to all other bodies accordingly.
It may, however, happen that the pendulum will gyrate in the opposite direction, that is counter-clockwise over the positive pole and clockwise over the negative. In this case the operator’s polarity is inverse in the magnetic sense, and in all his detections this negative polarity will have to be taken into account. Knowing his own polarity, he will make few mistakes, and these will probably be due to errors of interpretation rather than mistakes in detection.
When the operator is using a rod he will find that it will dip over the positive pole and lift over the negative, if he is of normal polarity or, if he is of opposite polarity, the movements will be reversed.
A further proof that the radiesthetist is affected by magnetic fields is provided by the fact that when we hold a pendulum over an ordinary magnet covered with a sheet of mumetal, which acts as a perfect screen to a magnetic field, all pendular reactions at once cease.
Again, all tests and all laboratory experiments have clearly demonstrated that when an operator is placed before an electro-magnet with alternating current and the current is turned on without his knowledge, his rod will lift or dip alternately, but when the current is stopped suddenly without the operator’s knowledge the rod will at once cease to react. This experiment and many others have convinced us that the
operator is directly influenced by a magnetic field; the effect varying with the biological constitution of the individual concerned.
It will be clear from the above that the reactions of the radiesthetist are conditioned by his polarity. When a radiesthetist is searching for water, if he is of positive polarity his pendulum will gyrate counter-clockwise over water, that is negatively, seeing that water usually gives out a negative emission. On the other hand, the pendulum of a radiesthetist of negative polarity will gyrate clockwise for the same reason.
Knowledge of his own reaction is of primary importance for the operator, in fact it is essential for accurate detection. The principles of polarity which we have just stated depend on the use of a neutral pendulum, such as Lambert’s white pendulums, Béasse’s black pendulums, or pendulums of plastic and pendulums green in colour.
We must, however, remember that a black pendulum sometimes reverses the results, so before starting any work you must always test your reactions with the pendulum you intend to use, for they will vary according to its nature and colour. With metal or coloured pendulums almost all reactions will be reversed, and in a later lesson dealing exclusively with colours and their influence, we will describe how they affect the radiesthetist’s reactions.
For the moment we will only emphasise that individual polarity is of primary importance and that every operator must take it into account in all his searches.
This curious phenomenon of polarity continually crops up whenever trials are made in the identification of simple bodies recognised by Physics as being of either positive or negative polarity, for we find that an operator will respond in one way to a body possessing positive polarity and in the opposite way to one of negative polarity, in accordance with his personal polarity.
We insist on the fact that polarity is in no way dependent on the sex of the operator; the theory that all women are necessarily negative and all men positive is a mistake which has led many radiesthetists to false conclusions and rendered their results generally unreliable.
In reality, polarity only expresses the electromagnetic charge of the human organism, which is independent of sex, but depends on the individual type. For example, very often it is found that women who are positively polarised are business women—or could be so. On the other hand, many artistic men are negatively polarised, which is understandable, for this quality, or rather their electric condition makes them what they are.
Having put forward these ideas, we ask you to go on with the exercises described below; you will thus from the start acquire a sufficient knowledge of your own powers.
EXERCISES
1. Put a bar magnet on the table and bring your pendulum to a distance of 2–3 inches in front of each end in turn and observe the reactions. Then check the polarity of the ends with a compass.
If the white (north-seeking) end of the needle, which is positive, is repulsed by one end of the magnet, that pole is the positive one. If the rod dips or if your pendulum gyrates clockwise at the same end of the magnet you are normally, that is, positively, polarised.
If the opposite takes place you are polarised negatively.
2. Put a compass on the table. Repeat the above exercise at each end of the magnetised needle and note your reactions.
3. Take a small zinc plate and a small copper plate. Note your reactions over them, and you will find that they conform with the electrical properties of each plate.
4. Take a basin full of water and note your reactions. Water at rest is negative.
5. Assuming that water causes the reactions you have noted, take three cups of the same size and fill one or two of them with water. Cover the cups with a saucer and get another person to arrange them. Find out which of them contains water.
