Re: The Wizards weekend

[Robin Duchesneau]

D&S,   The Radionics Wizard weekend must of been very interesting indeed.  The world of subtle energies certainly can spike our curiosity.  I have to admit, though, that I like to keep a grain of skepticism when it comes to certain subject.  Because, I'd only heard a bit about radionics, I decided to look it up on the web.  The WWW is packed with pages explaining the phenomenon.  Gosh... some will even sell you a PC version?!?   First I should say that I'm keeping my mind open to the technology, especially if it permits us to visualize the effect of biodynamics (as in the Kolisko research).  Having said that, philosophically, I feel the need to ponder the matter from various point of views.   Here is what I found and wish to bring to the debate.   - Seems like Dr. Albert Abrams started it all with the discovery that certain diseases have specific vibratory rates that can be detected by tapping on abdomen of spine.  Then a machine containing an ohm-meter, rheostat, condenser, and other electrical gadgets all wired together was developed to facilitate the process of reading "subtle energies".   - Then Dr. Ruth Drown tested the theory with experiments and even found that one could create X-Ray like pictures of patients from a distance- any distance- provided the operator had a blood sample.  Thus she "proved that it work".   Well...  hmmm... I think that one can never prove anything (or it is very difficult), but should try to falsify a theory.  It is much to easy to become bias when "proving" something... Call it a human fault...   - In 1950, the University of Chicago formed a committee to investigate Dr. Drown's methods (seeing she had great success...).  The official comment of the committee turned out to be: "...On the face of it, the Drown claims appear to be totally unworthy of serious consideration by anyone, least of all a university. However, certain friends who are members of lay boards that have been of great assistance to the university have urged that the Drown claims be investigated so that they may be repudiated if found unworthy or adapted to the benefit of mankind if they should prove to be worthy... " "...The machine is a sort of Ouija board. It is our belief that her alleged successes rest solely on the noncritical attitude of her followers. Her technic is to find so much trouble in so many organs that usually she can say 'I told you so' when she registers an occasional lucky positive guess. In these particular tests, even this luck deserted her. " I wonder if we are not facing a placebo effect, which is totally fine by me if it heals, or help humanity.  Or, is radionics really all that it promises to be, or yet another mystical phenomenon that only exists for those who already have faith that is works.  In any case, I judge not, keep my mind open, but give myself the right to question.  A good debate is probably needed...   What is your feeling on this subject having been to a recent conference?    Have you found a pragmatic purpose for this tool for biodynamic farmers?  For example, could we use the technology to ascertain plant health, or diagnose soil health conditions?  DO have an idea what kind of experiments we could perform to "test" the efficiency of radionics?   Finally to quote the father of radionics: ``The physician is only allowed to think he knows it all, but the quack, ungoverned by conscience, is permitted to know he knows it all; and with a fertile mental field for humbuggery, truth can never successfully compete with untruth.'' - Dr. Albert Abrams ----- Original Message ----- From: D & S Chamberlain To: BDNOW Sent: July 7, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: The Wizards weekend All: I have just returned from the Radionics weekend. What a wonderful and inspiring time it was, I saw things and people that I have only read about previously and it lead me to believe that radionics has one hell of a future, I need time to take in all I have seen and learnt. Cheryl Kemp, Hamish McKay and the BDFGAA staff are to be congratulated. 44 people from as far as the North of Western Australia attended. David C