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The Stilled Pendulum No.15 The Stilled Pendulum No.15 Progress in fighting the terrible disease Covid 19 is still very slow, the only sensible control being to try and ensure not catching it in the first place. A Vaccine still seems a long way off, because of this we do not intend to hold meetings this year at all as it is doubtful if we would get many people willing to risk being in a small Hall with lots of others. Barbara Head will issue an official newsletter (The Stilled Pendulum is not the official newsletter), fairly soon giving the results of a zoom meeting between the Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary giving their decisions on our immediate future, meanwhile the Pendulum will continue monthly from now on, just to keep you interested in the sort of things we cover in our monthly talks. We have follow-on articles this time from Glan Jones and Hilary Boughton. Church fonts: One phenomenon in support of the persistence of an arcane knowledge of siting churches over water line intersections is that the fonts of old churches are sited right on the crossing of the two water lines, which thus generate an energy spiral up through the font. The effect of such a spiral on consciousness is to extend and open up the baby’s aura to the divine powers invoked by the priest at the baby’s baptism, thus strongly suggesting the position of the font was deliberately chosen with a knowledge of how to work with underground energies. You can verify this effect by dowsing: having confirmed the presence of the water lines under an old font, dowse the normal size of a friend’s aura well away from the font by walking towards them until you get a reaction to mark the extent of their aura. Next, get the friend to stand next to the font and dowse it again. The aura will have expanded to about 7 or 8 times the original size. If the font of an old church is not now situated on the axis of the nave, more or less in line of sight with the entrance door, it will have been moved. Many were moved because when pew seating was introduced, it created a central aisle and so fonts on the central axis line immediately then blocked this. Check for the crossing water lines. If they are not there, you can locate the original position of the font by entering the church on the church line which runs in through the entrance door, checking the width of the church line inside, then following it to where it meets the central axis water line. Somewhere on that axis, between one edge of the church line and the other, the second water line will cross the axis. This was the original font position Glan Jones The following is the second half of last edition’s article from Hilary, who has strong views on many aspects of Dowsing, I disagree with some of them (D. E.) please let me have your views, as Hilary says, please disagree if you want to, anonymously if you prefer, it would be nice to get a discussion going. Dowsing requires faith, respect and a personal interaction with the dowsing tool. Raymond Willey is quoted by Hester as saying, “Anything that causes the dowser to question the act, or lose ‘faith’ with it, immediately renders himself incapable of performing.” I don’t agree that faith is required for successful dowsing. I have met several non- believers, who have laughed at me when I tell them that it’s possible to find an underground water pipe with a couple of bent coat hangers. On each occasion, I have given the sceptics (who most certainly had no faith whatsoever in what they were doing) a pair of rods and told them to walk and see if anything happened. The look of disbelief on their faces as the rods cross and they insist, “I didn’t make them move! I honestly didn’t!” proves to me every time that faith is not required. I feel that all that is required is the ability to subconsciously interact with the information field, or spirit entity. This information is available to us all, though some people are able to access it easily and others struggle to make a connection. It isn’t always easy to rediscover the natural powers and abilities that our early ancestors took for granted. Dowsing is linked to some other forms of the occult, such as astral projection and remote viewing. It’s true that dowsing, in common with various methods of divination, uses a principal object that becomes the vehicle through which spirits etc. work when connecting with the enquirer. Examples include: Astrology – the horoscope chart, Tarot – the card deck, I Ching – sticks with hexagon imprints, Runes – dice’ Ouija Board –an alphabet planchette, Radionics – the ‘black box’, Crystal gazing – the crystal ball. These items cannot supply unknown information of their own volition. The knowledge is presumably passed from a supernatural force, through the divination tool, to the enquirer. Christian activities such as conversion or prayer hinder dowsing powers. Ouch! That may not be a popular statement! Hester and Koch (in ‘Occult ABC’) refer to cases where this has occurred. They therefore argue that dowsing cannot be a gift from God. Whilst Hester and Koch may be correct, as someone who does not believe in God, I would point out that the information field that we tap into is an integral part of the Universal Life Force (ULF) and is completely separate from religion. However, people have different interpretations of what ‘God’ actually is, and some may see their God in the same way that I see the ULF. In such an instance, the connection that I consider to be a gift from the ULF, may be interpreted as a gift from God by others. I don’t pray, so have no idea if it diminishes my ability to dowse! Dowsing is condemned in Scripture: Hosea 4:12: “My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray, they are unfaithful to God.” Deuteronomy 18:10-12: “Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritualist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord,…” I do not have a strong opinion on this subject and the above are the results of my research for this article, rather than a personal view. My overall feeling is that we should differentiate between belief in God (or any other higher power) and religion. We do not need to follow a religion and be controlled by rules written by other mortals, in order to spend a meaningful and useful existence on Earth. Nor do we need to follow religion to have the ability to connect with spirit entities. The condemnations of dowsing in the books of Hosea and Deuteronomy are rules written by men who sought to control the masses. It may be that dowsers were so powerful in those times that the Christian leaders needed to crush the dowsers to create and maintain their own power base. Men, or women, with ‘special powers’ who the population looked up to, would have been a serious threat to the new ruling Elite. Dowsing power is uncontrollable and therefore supernatural. If we decide to accept that dowsing has a supernatural power behind it over which we have little or no control, then it cannot be classified as a human ability in its own right. Dowsing ability can be present at one time, and absent at another time. It would seem that the ability to connect with the information field is influenced by factors beyond our control. It may simply be that we are not always in a suitable state of mind to interact. For those who feel that they dowse through a spirit guide, perhaps the guide is not always present? I do not subscribe to the theory that a rod moves as a result of imperceptible muscle twitches in the arm of the dowser. The tiny force from such a slight twitch would be insufficient to cause the sometimes violent thrust up or down of a hazel fork. I have experimented with a hazel fork and, when it moves, I am usually unable to apply sufficient reactionary force to stop the movement. Dowsing has the ability to recall past events or foretell future events. I think we’ve all tried this, with varying degrees of success! Dowsing is associated with psychological, spiritual and physical ailments that may also be seen in those taking part in other psychic or occult activities. There are many anecdotal reports of dowsers feeling unwell after dowsing at a particular place or after giving healing. Symptoms experienced include nauseas, dizziness, convulsive pains, fainting, and headaches. Some of the above statements are potentially controversial and you may disagree with them; or you may agree and have further comments to add. Either way, please share your views with the newsletter. They can be added anonymously if you prefer. Hilary Boughton .
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