Merla Barberie wrote:
"There's a lot of questions there, more than I could answer over a coffee," the dowser man said wryly. "Mind you, I don't know all the answers either." He paused to sip his coffee, looking at the old church up on the hill opposite, wondering how Amanda knew he liked his coffee black and if he could explain without going through everything point-by-point. He thought he could. "There are nuances to 'knowing' something. There's knowledge that comes through reading or school or work or doing something, and that sort of knowing begets research which produces more. That's where all the numbers come from, I guess; someone sat down one day and calculated the percentages of this and that nutrient required to produce this and that standard. Then of course he/she had to have a name for it which was then shortened to CEC."Amanda Higgins sat in the car for a few seconds to gather her wits about her. She had so many questions to ask the dowser man. Here was someone who not only knew about soil tests and right-of-ways, but who had a spiritual connection to the universe so that he could get information seemingly "out of thin air." She closed her eyes, sighed, and then turned on the ignition.
Charles fell silent again for a moment. "I don't mean to denigrate anyone's efforts when I say that, I know (there's that word again!) that research is valuable. But the figures don't mean much to me either. There's a reason for that, I think.
"I want to take you back a bit. In 1611 a guy called Lawrence Pye established a farm near the confluence of two streams in Wyresdale in Lancashire, England. The old english for confluence is 'eahomotu' or some such and he named the farm Emmotts after it. That was ten generations ago; I'm a direct descendant of Lawrence, I have that descendancy on computer. Now it may be that before then he wasn't in agriculture at all, maybe a tanner or fisherman or gamekeeper, but I think he was a farmer because the farm is still there in (Over) Wyresdale today, still farmed by my Pye cousins. All that has changed in four centuries is the name (to Lower Emmetts), the ownership (the modern Pyes are tenant farmers) and mechanisation.
"Now what I know about agriculture in the sense of knowledge learned or acquired this lifetime would get lost on the head of a pin but knowledge through racial memory is something else again. I believe we all have that but unfortunately in most people it gets swamped by modernity and day-to-day nitty-gritty. The indigenous tribes had agricultural racial memory which went back almost to the dawn of time, certainly back to Cro-Magnon when they were hunter-gatherers as the Australian aborigines were when they first came here somewhere between sixty and one-sixty thousand years ago. To survive they had to know where and what to hunt, where and what to gather. Over time they came to learn what the majority of us have forgotten - that it is the soil that dictates what plants grow where, not that plants grow where they do because they 'like' or dislike the conditions.
"Like time, numbers are a man-made phenomenon. To a soil physicist working in a laboratory funded by an agri-business multinational company, the parts per million ratio of calcium to magnesium may be crucial to maintaining the bottom profit line - or even to keeping his/her job. To a person directly reliant on the veggie patch for sustenance, that importance isn't there - one doesn't need to know how much Ca the soil has to grow carrots provided the instructions on the packet are followed.
"It has been known for centuries that dowsers work with tools which detect, receive and amplify or focus energy. Some have the ability to transmit it as well. The devices they use may be as simple as the forked wooden stick or as complex as the latest radionic machine - or even their own bodies. In theory, sticks, stones and metals are inert substances. In practice, nothing could be further than the truth. The Universe is composed of energy, so are we, so are they. Everything gives off energy; whether it is measured in parts per million or percentages or pendulum swings is relevant only to the person detecting it or the reason for so doing.
"The soil in the draw beside Rapid Lightning Road is acidic and has been for many many years so the medium maintains conditions which ensures that plants will grow there which will dilute or absorb enough of the acid for it to survive. Treat (spray) the area with BD500 and BC followed up with a bacterial compost tea at a minimum rate of 150 litres per hectare to neutralise residual chemicals in the soil. Wait until the plants have seeded (thus ensuring 'cover' for the next season) then slash them to six inches high. Leave the slashings as mulch. Repeat the spray treatment adding BD501 to begin to release nutrients locked up in the soil and substituting a fungal compost tea for the bacterial one to encourage growth. Direct drill seed competitive 'acid-loving' plants there which are (more) beneficial or attractive to the general populace, let them grow to a few inches high then slash the existing 'weed' growth down to that level before seeding. Repeat the second spray treatment every 10-12 weeks for the next year. By then the acidic condition should be well on the way out, the soil will be happier and will allow a greater variety of plants.
"I suppose what I'm saying there is that if we substitute the soil's needs for our own, we throw up a whole new variety of answers. Or maintain the condition the soil has initiated or adapted to whilst changing it to one we can handle easier. Or compare your own condition with that of the soil to find answers - what do you do for acidity in your system? I take chamomile tea - it works for me so it should also work for the soil.
"The spiritual aspect is simple or difficult or even impossible depending on one's perspective. I'm not talking about religion or religious dogma here. In terms of belief I don't think it matters what a person believes in so long as it's good. I believe there is one Source which goes under many, many different names; I call it the Power of the Universe, it visualises as a woman or a tree, certainly it speaks with a woman's voice. It has guided me fully for seven and a bit years and the only times I have gone wrong have been when I tried to go my own way. I've met a lot of wonderful people and learned many things in these short years and I wish so very deeply that I had come to this Truth earlier in my life. Maybe next time it will be.
"When I apparently talk to the rods or the pendulum, I'm really communicating directly with the energy but the words are for my own or audience's benefit. So out loud I might be saying 'What is the nitrogen component of this soil, is it more than 6, 7 etc' when in reality the actual communication is more direct and probably very different - just not understandable without translation, I guess.
"The energyprint is something else again. It's the abstract columns - untitled on the sheet you saw - which contain the heart of the print, not the nutrient levels. They record such things as environmental commitment, indigenous quotient, empathy, compassion, love - dare I say that? There needs to be a physical element as well, like a photograph. I have the pebbles you handled.
"You spoke about field broadcasters. With the energyprint I have of you and as long as we both have a pyramid like James makes, I can use you as 'witness' to any condition anywhere you happen to be and provide an answer to it either direct or through your device.
"I'll stop there for now. I'm interested in your thoughts on those few things . . ..
Roger
