My Search For Radionic Truths with Possibilities of Acceptance by Science and Medicine by R. Murray Murray Denning, Denning, M.S.F. M.S.F.
Foreward By tom October 20, 2011 Whilst reading this book I had to weigh and consider its implications on Radionics in general. Many books have been written on the subject but they mainly seem to have followed an official line, and there are many aspects that have been ignored, but which need an airing to provide a more comprehensive picture. For example, to my knowledge, few students are aware of Mme. Maury. I am a keen advocate of her dowsing and teaching techniques. Nor do they know anything about Darrell Butcher, whose Pegotty instrument is widely used. Indeed this is the first time I have, myself, seen anything in writing about his work. I consider it is very important that this and as much other forgotten material that is available be made known, so that students may properly examine the evolution of the subject and decide in which direction the future lies. The first part of the book describing the author’s ‘Path to Radionics’ is fascinating, and is something one rarely sees written down. What a familiar picture it is to many of us who, ourselves, have have been pushed into into Radionics Radionics by an unseen hand. I am delighted to see in the last chapter that detailed research is being undertaken, and undoubtedly the new material will cause great interest and comment. In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, particularly as it has a balance which which gives gives considerable considerable detail, detail, but without without becoming becoming too too technical. technical. The book provides a missing link in Radionic knowledge and should cause
quite a stir and enable many people to enlarge their thinking on the subject as a whole. Mike Hallas Former Member of the Radionic Association Council
INTRODUCTION By tom October 20, 2011 Another book on Radionics! That subject which is a scientific tease to those who work in it, and a scientific anachronism to those who work in the orthodox medical world. Why should I feel an urge to add to the already ample supply of literature on the subject? It all began in the Spring of 1980 when I received a telephone call from a leading Member of the Radionic Association asking if I would see a young man who was thirsting for factual information on Radionics. I was intrigued by the sound of his enthusiasm, and an appointment was duly made. The young man, in his early thirties, told me that as an Electronic Engineer he had become convinced that Electronics could be used to explain some of the phenomena of Radionics, but after much time spent in searching for facts, had been unable to find any answers which satisfied his intellectual needs on the subject. He obviously had a good brain, asking intelligent and fundamental questions. So I decided that I might be able to help his quest and we talked for a couple of hours, broadly covering the basic principles of many of the early pioneers. Much of what I told him was news to him, bu I when he left I did not really expect to see him again. However, just a week later he ‘phoned … ‘Could he come back for more talk?’ Another appointment was made and in due course he arrived. On this second visit we discussed books. I showed him my library and told him of the copious notes I had taken over the past 25 years. I explained that the growth from the inspired work of the early pioneers to the experimental efforts of a few brave technicians had been varied, but lliese early men and women, with considerable thought and knowledge, had laid foundations lasting for over 70 years, and I considered their basic principles should not be lightly discarded. I told him that after many years experience in the Radionic field, I still had faith in the possibility of its ultimate recognition as an accepted form of
Healing. Therefore, I had given much thought to the direction in which Radionics was turning. At this point my enquirer suddenly interrupted me, “Mr. Denning,” he said, “You must get all this knowledge on paper before you die!” A kindly thought for a man more than double his age. I thanked him for the compliment, and we had a good laugh. But there and then was born still another book on Radionics. As for the young man, a steady friendship grew between us from that time. We both had one important factor in common. We were both convinced that Radionics MUST have a scientific foundation if it was to survive. I agreed to write a book, and in the meantime to give him all the information I could, while he would supply me with advice from a scientific point of view. I knew that another book on Radionics must have sound foundations, bul must also take the subject into the modern Electronic Era, and he could provide this need. In this book I have outlined some of the positive achievements of individual pioneers, quoting from their writings rather than from their histories. There have always been two distinct schools of thought on Radionics, whether it is a matter of Mind alone, or whether there is any factual evidence that it can be based on a physical level. In physical radionics, as practiced by the pioneers, the concept was thai I hey were measuring an energy, as yet un-named. This was the teaching on which radionics was founded, and it was expected that, on such a basis, il could become an accepted therapy. Since then, however, the idea has grown that the same results in diagnosis which are obtained by physical measuring, could be achieved solely through the use of the mind … a form of Non -Physical Radionics with no recognisable scientific backing. I have always maintained, and still do, that if one is working on a sustained campaign for universal medical recognition, the fact must be faced that it will not come about unless there IS a sound scientific background. Without this, recognition will not be granted and the whole issue will remain confused. I examine and enlarge 011 this statement in my book, explaining in which way I feel it can be achieved. My belief has been strengthened by an article in the September 1981 Radionic Association Journal addressed to ‘PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF RADIONICS’ by the Chairman of the School Management Committee where she writes:
“We, the School, are very aware that somehow, sometime — we hope in the not too distant future – Radionics will become recognised by the State and will be able to take its place side by side with the Medical profession.” Among the many pioneers in this field, Dr. Ruth Drown stands pre-eminent and I have therefore devoted one chapter to her work, quoting from her ‘Theory and Technique of the Drown Radio Therapy’ and also from her other books. It may occur to my readers that I have omitted to quote from any of the latterday writers and practitioners. My reason for this is that they are well known and have been widely covered in other publications. I have attempted to move away from their subjects and to include new and generally unknown fields of material which do not appear to have been written about before. I refer in particular to Prof. S.W. Tromp who PROVED that Radionics could be explained on a scientific, physical basis; to Dr. Geo. Crile, the eminent, highly qualified and internationally known medical specialist who was a contemporary of Lakhovsky; to Butcher, one of whose instruments is much used in treatment today and whose principles and theories have never been fathomed. These I have shown as being based on three fully acceptable scientific principles. Lastly, I have included Dinshah Ghadiali, a brilliant Indian scholar and doctor, who advanced his theories on colour therapy based on Light rather than on Pigments.
1 - My Path to Radionics By tom October 21, 2011 Once upon a time I had a dream, that Science would prove Radionics to be true. At last, after working in this field for many years, the dream is, I believe, within reach of becoming a reality. But in order to illustrate my journey along the radionic path, I must begin by describing my own pre-radionic experiences which led me to take up this work. Firstly, what is Radionic Therapy? It is a form of ‘Absent Healing’ by the use of a ‘Force’ or ‘Energy’ in conjunction with i nstruments. Wlial is this energy and how does it manifest? To the first part of the question Hie answer is that this is unknown. There are, however, some mon and women who, when they have reached a certain point in ‘inner development’ do know what it is, y et are unable to describe it in terms acceptable to science. Others accept its existance intellectually, though llicy too are unable to define it. Still more people can use it without experience or understanding. It has been given many names, e.g. Reichenbach called it Odyle; Reich, Orgone; Paracelsus, Munia; Eeman,
X Force; Alchemists, First Matter; Theosophy, Fohat; Alice Bailey, Cosmic Fire. It is the Energy that manifests itself through all forms of expression on Earth; through physical form with all its complexities — physical, chemical, biological, electrical, magnetic etc, and through the Etheric and subtle fields of which life is composed. It is the Energy that flows Ihrounh I In- hands of a ‘Healer’; which is released through the shape of I lie (ile al Pyramid; through geometrical and numerical patterns. It is, in fact, Cosmic Energy. It is the manifestation of this immeasureable Life Energy that is measureable. What we are interested in here is how this Energy can be effectively used for the benefit of mankind. Let us begin where I began. By the time I was 45 years old, I had been the victim of Ankylosing Spondylitis for more than half my life. I looked 65, and life was not worth living. I was a misery to my family and myself, and although I never contemplated suicide, in moods of depression I would often wonder why it had to happen to ME. This incurable complaint is a painful disease of the spine which causes the sufferer to become gradually more and more bent forward until his spine is fixed in such a position that he is looking permanently at the ground in front of his feet. My doctor father naturally tried every possible treatment for a cure, but without any success or even relief… Heat … Light … Drugs … Serum Injections … Massage … all these had th eir turn, including the removal of all my teeth, one at a time, over a period of 32 weeks. Each week I would attend the surgery bent and in pain, yet, half an hour later, one tooth less, I walked away down the street erect and in comfort. The reaction was so severe that my dentist, a family friend, would not proceed in any other way. Nobody explained why the sudden removal of the symptoms after each extraction occurred. But by the following week, I would go crawling back to the surgery as crippled and uncomfortable as ever. Life indeed was intolerable. For twenty years I was in and out of hospitals and clinics, always in pain and with my condition deteriorating. Then something happened. One winter while I was alone at home, my family having gone for a holiday, I picked up a magazine called ‘Everybodys’ and idly thumbed through its pages. Suddenly my attention was caught by an article, and I found myself reading about ‘wonder cures’ for people with every kind of diseased condition. I was fascinated, but did not immediately relate it to myself. However something made me go back later and re-read it, and I began seriously thinking about these ‘wonder cures’ … surely they were meant for people like me? I hardly dared to think of myself as ‘cured’ — and
in any case, the pain I was enduring was too great for me to make the effort of following up the idea. I had ‘learned to live with it’, in and out of hospitals for more than 25 years, and nothing had changed its inexorable progress. But the thought kept nagging at me … Suppose a miracle of this kind were possible for me? My thoughts began to race and back to the article I went. Where was this clinic? In the City of London. That was not too far away. Dare I go? After all I was on my own, with nothing to do. I might as well make the effort as just sit around moping. It could not do me any actual harm, and certainly I had nothing to lose. The magazine said the next session was that very evening. I made up my mind even though it was obviously a chance in a million. I would go without undue optimism and with no direct anticipation of a miracle result. My destination turned out to be a large house in Russell Square in the West End of London with a clinic on the first floor. I went in and found myself in a reception room where some 30 people were sitting patiently waiting. I gave my name to the receptionist and she said that I would have to join the others and wait my turn. I took a seat and watched what was going on. The proceedings seemed routine. One by one people would be called and would disappear behind a curtain where they would remain for 5 to 10 minutes. They then went into cubicles round the room, in which they were received by men and women wear-inn white coats. After a further 20 minutes or so, they would emerge .ind depart. For an hour I sat waiting for my turn, by the end of which time I was in such pain that I felt I could no longer stay. I went up to lln icieptionist and explained this, and she said kindly, “Right, we’ll take you next”. So a few minutes later I wa s ushered behind the large curtain.
2 - Extra Sensory Perception: A Natural Function By tom October 21, 2011 My investigations of seances, described in the preceding chapter, made me realise that there were forms of consciousness that were, phv’.H .illy speaking, abnormal and unusual phenomena. Having experi-rui < il |hem I wanted to know if they were truly abnormal, or if they could be realised on a more rational and down-to-earth basis. Much publicity has been given in books, on the radio and television, but usually surrounded by an aura of mystery and scepticism. I asked my-.11 ( .in ESP be a normal faculty of life? Several experiences of mine pi .mini in such being in the realm of fact, not fiction.
Imii example, a lady in her early forties was sent to me because she li.nl i niosl unusual and unpleasant complaint, about which doctors had lii-en unable to help her. At certain times she would ‘give off’ a highly unpleasant odour. It was not a recognisable smell, and its pungency was mi t.lrong that people had to leave the room where she was sitting. It was mil ii icfiilar occurrence, and she never knew when it might happen. When -.lie told me the story I was pretty sure from my seance experi-. in i-s that lliis distressing complaint was a psychic phenomena. On her net ond visil I asked her if she could give me any clue or time when it iiii|.|11 In triggered off, or when it began. I lei reply was illuminating and profoundly interesting. “()li yes,” she said, “I can tell you exactly when it began. I was on hi iIhIiis’ il I hi’ seaside and had just come out of a cafe and was walking i.. Hi. Im’iii Ii some .100 yards away. Just as I reached it I heard a thud behind inc I turned to see what it was, and saw that an old lady whom I hml seen in the cafe had fallen, and what I can only describe as a iiliii k thing’ left her and came and landed on my back. Ever since then I have liiul (his trouble.” AI lei hearing this story I was sure that I was on the right track, .mil began treating her radionically with some slight success. But I was iinl happy that I had found the best treatment, so as I am not clairvoy-nil myself, I called in an experienced Seer, and asked her if she would . nine and meel my patient. She came, and when we were settled down I explained, “This lady has a persistent problem from which she cannot get relief.” I hat was all the information I gave my friend. Without hesitation In replied, “This lady has a black entity on her back which is causing llu - trouble,” and she went on to describe in detail what she ‘saw’. My patient agreed that her description was absolutely correct. Between us we were able to treat her effectively and she had no more I rouble. Another experience that impressed me was when I was living in a bed-sitting room in Kensington. My room was on the ground floor of a large house run by two Swiss ladies who lived and ran their dressmaking business in the basement. One afternoon I returned to my room and, to my horror, found it filled with smoke. Instinctively I rushed to the window and threw il open, llien down a flight of stairs to warn the ladies that there was a fire in the house. Naturally we all ran back to my room to check how bad the fire might be, but when we got (here the smoke had vanished! Mystified, the ladies went downstairs again and I went out.
Two days later my landladies received a letter from Switzerland telling them thai their brother had died, and it turned out that his death had occurred at Ihe exact time that I saw the smoke. They told me that on the last occasion on which he had visited his sisters he had slept in my room! One further example was when I was walking to a meeting one evening and I suddenly found myself’walking beside myself’. I had not experienced ‘getting out of my body’ before, but knew that this was not unique. At the time I was so scared that 1 jumped back into my body pretty smartly! My final conversion to the existence of a psychic world came in the writings of Dr. S. Karagulla, MD, in her book Breakthrough to Creativity, and in particular in some short stories in the chapter, ‘True Stories of Fantastic People’. These convinced me that psychic experiences could be accepted as a part of ordinary living. I quote a few examples from her book: “On one occasion Kay invited me for the evening to the home of a physician who was interested in Higher Sense Perception. There was a young scientist present who was making a reputation for himself in the scientific world. He already had a number of developments and discoveries to his credit. Both the scientist and the physician were interested in force fields, both those that could be detected by present instrumentation and possible fields that had not yet been detected. During the course of the evening I learned that the scientist was engaged in research dealing with space platforms. He finally told me frankly, but off the record, that he had received some of his very best ideas from an individual with Higher Sense Perception. He had no hesitation about consulting individuals with HSP ability. He had found that some of the ideas given him by these people were found to be of gr eat value when I est i’d in the laboratory. Such information had saved him much time lh.it might have been spent in trial and error methods of investigation. “The ideas given him enabled him to find a correct line of investi -iMlion and proceed with it at once. He attributed some of his excellent process in his research and discoveries and his rapid promotion to in-Iiiiiii.iInin given him by those with HSP.”
3 - The Case for Diagnosing by Measurement By tom October 21, 2011
When one considers the work done by the early Practitioners of 11ii past. one is impressed by the fact that all of them, in their different wmvn weic hiking measurements. Their electrical theories may have hi • n IiiiiikI wanting by modern research, but the fact of measurement i i luii Whether we are talking about cellular structure, electrical phenomena, colour radiations or any other aspect of our work, we are mm upahly dealing with radiations that are measurable. i lit’ic aic ii number of groups teaching Radionic Therapy. They all pmli ihlv have different ideas of how it should be presented. But one nut I It ink beyond their different concepts and consider what will take N milt uilc Therapy itself into an acceptable position as a fully recognised ill’ inpv I laving been involved in the movement for many years, I have tin lime passes, become more and more certain, that with very rapidly ……using technology, scientists and doctors WILL find the answers for whit Ii wr have been searching. In I lie meantime it behoves writers in this field to be precise in llii’ii I no Is and specific in their terminology. A theory expressed fre- ■ 1111 it 11 v is often accepted as a fact. In truth very few facts really exist, luii in.iiiv theories in need of change are often well entrenched and dllllt nit to update. < Irar thinking will have to emerge. Certain myths will have to be i “ill…..led and, if found wanting, be discarded. Myths dissolve in the liiii -.It light of truth. Hie first and most important myth I will examine is that Radionics i i |mi,i psychological therapy having no basis in physics. This has been disproved and illustrated with extensive experiments by Professor S.W. I lump, Professor of Geology, in his book Psychical Physics published in I’M ). 1
ili’ second myth is the belief that Radionics and Esotericism are in. in’ nlilf I contend that they are two completely separate subjects mil iillhoup.il it is perfectly legitimate to use them as complementary Hi’ v should not be regarded as inseparable. One can be an excellent l’ i.Iiuim Practitioner without touching Esotericism at all. A In ;iins, Drown and other pioneers certainly knew about such ilnnr us ‘Inner Planes’ and ‘Hidden Force Fields’ but they considered II in I these were not for public consumption lest they raised confusion mill misunderstanding. I lie third myth is the simple belief that one can write all manner i iniiccurale statements and terminology, and still hope for universal …..(Million by science and medicine. Words are vital for intelligent communication, and if Radionic Therapy is to be taken seriously, both facts and terminology must be capable of withstanding examination. One example will illustrate what I mean. “Nearly all radionic instruments have a magnet in them and this acts as an accumulator, transducer and radiator and both holds and sends out the energy pattern set on the dials.” Let us examine this statement. Firstly it is extremely complex and contradictory. Most radionic instruments do NOT have magnets in them. If an instrument does have a magnet, and still works, the rest of the statement is invalid. As one radionic writer has put it, “The object throughout is to get the truth whatever it may be.” 1 agree entirely. The natural sequence to this must be to ask how measurements are arrived at. There are only two methods. The first by what is known as the ‘stick - pad’ method. In a Drown Radionic instrument two metal plates 4%” x 2%”, separated by a thin card are set into the instrument and connected with the circuit. This is covered by a firmly stretched piece of thin rubber. According to Drown instructions, a rubber fingerstall is worn and occasionally dipped into a fine white powder. Thus the pad is quite smooth. However, when the dials are set to a number representing a gland, organ or disease in the patient, and the measuring dial turned up from zero, at some point one clearly feels the pad ‘stick’. This indicates the normality or deficiency of the gland, organ or disease in the patient. In later instruments other materials were used.
The second method is by swinging a pendulum. In both cases Extra Sensory Perception comes into operation. By using his or her faculty a trained and competent Practitioner can discover diseased or unbalanced conditions within the living system of a human being, animal or plant. The first method implies that one is measuring a purely physical energy, under which heading come such experienced people as Abrams, Drown, Lakhovsky and others. They all considered each cell or organ of the body to be a living entity, and that with a calibrated rheostat or similar piece of mechanism, they could measure its function by the vibratory rate or number which had been set on the instruments. The other method, i.e. swinging a pendulum, implies the gathering of information by posing a question to which the Practitioner wishes to find the answer. By observing the nature of the swing of the pendulum the Practitioner assesses whether the answer is YES or NO. The former took their readings, deduced the results and treated and cured their patients by this means. They arrived at their theories and conclusions by using their intellectual knowledge, often by long and tedious hard work. The latter rely on the swing of a pendulum to i-iK |lu-m the information they require. I’ll is question of physical and non -physical radionics poses a pro-i>li in hut it i’. one which Dr. Aubrey Westlake, MRCS, LRCP, makes i in 11 ntiinouI in his book The Pattern of Health, where he writes, I In ii i in lu- no doubt, I think, that we must accept the fact that we hiivi tlrllnlle physical forces operating in dowsing. There have, of i mica , .ilways been the two schools of thought on that subject; those who think it can all be explained by the ordinary laws of physics — the pliVMli nl m liool, e.g. Madame Maury, in her book How to Dowse, says,
