Biotensor und Einhandrute (Tensor)

Colonel Karl Beichl – dowser in the service of the k.u.k. army [k.u.k. – royal and imperial (Austro-Hungarian empire)]

Dr. Manfred Curry – sailor and radiesthecist

Dr. Ernst Hartmann – Discoverer of the Hartmann grid

Käthe Bachler

Stierberg in Waldviertel and its healing strength:

How do I recognize a serious radiesthecist – and what skills should he have?

Archive for the ‘Radiesthesia’ Category

Biotensor und Einhandrute (Tensor)

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Tensoren (Einhandruten) sind ebenso wie Wünschelruten oder Pendel Anzeiger für verschiedene Schwingungen und bestehen aus einem länglichen Handgriff und einer Metallantenne mit einem Ring, einer Kugel oder einem Pfeil an der Spitze. Über die flexible Antenne wird die Tensorspitze in Schwingung versetzt, dabei sind vertikale und horizontale Ausschläge ebenso möglich wie Kreisbewegungen (links oder rechts herum).

Tensoren sind in vielen verschiedenen Ausführungen erhältlich: aus Metall (auch aus Gold und Silber), Holz und Kristall. Die Dicke des Handgriffs und die Form der Antennenspitze variieren ebenfalls je nach Anbieter und dem zugrunde liegenden theoretischen Hintergrund für das jeweilige Modell.

Die bekannteste Einhandrute ist der „Biotensor nach Dr. Josef Oberbach“. Der Biotensor ist mit versilbertem oder vergoldetem Handgriff erhältlich, die Tensorspitze besteht aus einem vergoldeten Ring. Dr. Oberbach ging von zwei verschiedenen Menschentypen aus. Dem Vagotoniker (rechtshirniger Typ, reagiert in Stresssituationen mit Passivität) wird der silberne Handgriff empfohlen, dem Sympathikotoniker (linkshirniger Typ, reagiert in Stresssituationen mit Aktivität) der goldene. Der Biotensor kann mit einer Abtastelektrode ausgestattet werden.

Auch Erich Körbler entwickelte eine Einhandrute, an deren Antennenspitze sich eine Kugel befindet. Körbler betont, dass mit diesem Tensor jeder Mensch umgehen kann.

Die Handhabung von Biotensor und Einhandrute:

Man umfasst den Handgriff mit einer Hand so, dass nur der Handballen und die Fingerbeeren aufliegen. Wie bei jeder Rutenarbeit ist ein guter Hautkontakt mit dem sauberen Handgriff des Tensors notwendig. Dabei ist darauf zu achten, dass die Finger einzeln, voneinander getrennt, auf dem Griff platziert werden. Die andere Hand sollte beim Testen in Form einer leichten Faust geschlossen sein, sonst können eventuell über die Sensoren andere Energiekräfte auf das Testgerät übertragen werden. Der Tester muss mit beiden Beinen Erdkontakt haben. Im Stehen soll der rechte Fuß ungefähr 20 cm vor dem linken Fuß bei offener Beinstellung platziert sein. Im Sitzen kann mit offener Beinstellung ebenfalls getestet werden. In anderen Positionen, wenn ein Bein angehoben ist oder in der Bauchlage funktioniert der Tensor aus bioenergetischen Gründen nicht.

Anwendungsbereiche von Biotensor und Einhandrute:

Tensoren können grundsätzlich statt einer Wünschelrute oder eines Pendels eingesetzt werden. Am gebräuchlichsten ist ihre Anwendung jedoch im Hinblick auf das Austesten der Verträglichkeit von Nahrungsmitteln oder Kosmetikprodukten. Dabei stellt man geistig eine Ja-/Nein-Frage, die Reaktion des Körpers wird nach außen durch die Schwingungen der Tensorantenne sichtbar. Weitere Einsatzgebiete für Tensoren sind das Erfühlen der Aura von Menschen oder Tieren sowie mittels einer Abtastelektrode den Zustand einzelner Akupunkturpunkte auf der Haut festzustellen.

Der Umgang mit dem Biotensor oder der Einhandrute stellt jedoch keinen Messvorgang im eigentlichen Sinn sondern lediglich eine Mutung dar. Die zuverlässige Handhabung von Tensoren erfordert Übung und Konzentration, um deren Anzeige nicht durch unbewusste oder bewusste Wünsche und Vorstellungen zu beeinflussen.

Colonel Karl Beichl – dowser in the service of the k.u.k. army [k.u.k. – royal and imperial (Austro-Hungarian empire)]

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Colonel Karl Beichl – dowser in the service of the k.u.k. army [k.u.k. – royal and imperial (Austro-Hungarian empire)]

Karl Beichl was born in Vienna on September 14, 1874. After finishing the pioneer cadet school he became a military construction engineer and was promoted Colonel.

Karl Beichl was one of the most influential radiesthecists from Austria and also used his talent during World Ward 1 to ensure that the troops at the front in the karst area had water. Documents prove that Beichl had had 25 wells erected in Bosnia by the end of 1914, following his dowsing results, after enlisting on August 8, 1914. He was also commissioned to train other sensitive officers who had the talent as dowsers. One of his students was Major Friedrich Musil, who worked for many years as a dowser after the war.

Beichl was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph with Swords for his skills. Emperor Franz Joseph I. awarded him with a golden divining rod as a as a badge of rank, which he was able to put on the collar of his uniform. The emperor also asked Colonel Beichl to find the pocket watch that he had lost, and Beichl indeed found it within 10 minutes.

After the war had ended, Beichl furthermore worked as a radiesthecist, concentrating now on finding water. He was often commissioned for jobs abroad. The most important find was a water vein that ensured the water supply of Triest. Karl Beichl also compiled a thermal spring map of Vienna. In gratitude for his service, the city of Vienna named a street in Wien-Favoriten “Beichl Street” after him.

Beichl was also able to find up to 70 different minerals. He was invited to America to perform a radiesthetic examination in order to find gold. However, he had to decline due to poor health.

In his later years, Beichl also dowsed for earth radiation. He had planned on publishing a book about that, but died before he could finish it.

Karl Beichl died in Vienna on February 18, 1937.

Dr. Manfred Curry – sailor and radiesthecist

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Dr. Manfred Curry was born in Munich on December 11th 1899. His family had emigrated from the USA and Curry was a US citizen all of his life. His mother died when giving birth to another child, when Manfred Curry was seven years old. He and his sister Marion grew up at their grandmother Mary Abby’s in Riederau on the west bank of Ammer Lake.

When he was only 18 years old, Curry wrote the book “Sailing aerodynamics and the art of regatta-sailing”, which was translated into many languages from the 1920s on. He took part in about 1,400 sailing regattas, most of which he won. In 1928, Curry sailed for the American team in the Olympic Games.

He was considered an ingenuous tinkerer, whose success in sailing was due to the superior construction of his boats and his special talent of early detecting and tactically making use of changing wind conditions. Curry strived to improve the cut and profile of sails and optimize the current conditions, carrying out many experiments.

In 1930, Curry graduated from the medical university. In the 1940s, he founded the “American Bioclimatic Research Institute” in his home town Riederau. He wrote a comprehensive book on bioclimatics, the occupation with the emotion and health of people in connection with different weather conditions and changes. Based on the medical aspects of this, he started distinguishing types of people in order to better understand the health tolerances and requirements that are individual for everyone. According to Curry, the allocation of the type depends on whether one’s condition gets worse if a warm front passes or a cold front. The chemical composition of the air influenced the impact of weather, in his opinion.

Curry also occupied himself intensively with radiesthesia. He was the first one to describe the so-called “diagonal net grid”, which was named “Curry grid” after him. The direction corresponds, in contrast to the Hartmann grid (North-South, East-West), to the intermediate cardinal directions (North-West – South-East, North-East – South-West) and is arranged in the shape of a chess board. The Curry grid is an earth radiation grid and reaches up to the borders of the atmosphere. The width of the strips is 30 to 70 cm, and the meshes are 3 to 5 m. The course of this system can be influenced by various factors, just like the Hartmann grid. In residential places, the grid structure can be distorted through mirrors or other metal items with a huge surface, such as radiators. The Curry grid has a more uncomfortable biological impact than the Hartmann grid, which is mostly true for the intersections.

Curry published 12 books. Next to various books on sailing, he also wrote “The beauty of ice-skating” (Schönheit des Eislaufs), Paul Franke, Berlin 1934, “Bioclimatics. How the healthy and sick organism is steered by the atmosphere” (Bioklimatik. Die Steuerung des gesunden und kranken Organismus durch die Atmosphäre) (2 volumes), Oldenbourg, Munich 1946 as well as “The key to life. The secret of attraction between two people“ (Der Schlüssel zum Leben. Das Geheimnis der Anziehungskraft zwischen zwei Menschen), Schweizer Druck- und Verlagshaus, Zurich 1949.

Dr. Manfred Curry died on February 13th 1953 in Landsberg am Lech. After his death, his widow Maude Hester-Curry continued to run the “American Bioclimatic Research Institute” as “Manfred-Curry-Klinik”.

Dr. Ernst Hartmann – Discoverer of the Hartmann grid

Friday, February 17th, 2012
Dr. Ernst Hartmann was born in Mannheim on Nov.10th 1915. A trained physician, he worked as a staff surgeon in World War II, during which time he was captured by Americans. After he was discharged from war captivity, he established his own surgery as a general practitioner, which he ran for more than 40 years.
From 1948 on, Dr. Hartmann and his brother Robert developed an interest in radiesthesia, geo-biology, homeopathy and also construction biology. Together, they developed the model of the so-called “global net grid according to Dr. Hartmann”, which is commonly called the “Hartmann grid” in radiesthesia: it refers to cosmic radiation that surrounds the earth. The direction of the strips is North – South, East – West, the width of the strips being between 20 and 50 cm. The width of the meshes is about 1.80 to 2.50 m in North-South-direction and about 2.50 to 3.30 m in East-West-direction. The course of this system can be influenced by different factors. In residential areas, e.g., the grid structure may be distorted by mirrors or metal items with a large surface such as radiators.
Hartmann assumed already during his time at university and later on as a practitioner that illness is related to the immediate surroundings of a person, especially the sleeping place. He coined the term “geopathy” in radiesthesia. This term refers to factors making people ill, based on “geo-pathogenic zones” such as intersections of earth radiation, water veins or faults. He also used the term “relocation reaction” to describe changes in a person’s state of health after changing the sleeping place. He often observed that health problems disappeared after a radiesthetic examination of the bedroom and a subsequent relocation of the bed.
From 1951, Ernst Hartmann held seminars and conferences on the topic of radiesthesia in Eberbach. In 1961, he founded the “research group for geo-biology Dr. Hartmann”. He was the first chairman of the group for almost 30 years.
Dr. Hartmann was also involved politically in the city and district council. After discovering a well of healing water he played an important part in the city of Eberbach’s success in becoming a spa town. He was also a co-operator of the spa stud farm Mülben and developed regenerative cure treatments from mare’s milk and “kumys” (naturally fermented mare’s milk). Polyxene preparations are also based on the ideas of Hartmann and the pharmacist Derschum. These are homoepathic remedies made from three different kinds of grasses, the types of sedges: Carex alongata (longstanding sedge), Carex Flava (yellow sedge) and Carex Vesicaria (bubble sedge). The grasses are planted in geo-pathogenic irritation zones and processed homeopathically. Polyxene remedies are supposed to influence the vegetative nervous system in order to produce location-specific antibodies. Hartmann also published a few books documenting his research. The standard works include “Illness as a location problem” (Krankheit als Standortproblem), Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1964 and “On the constitutions Yin Yang and types of reaction” (Über Konstitutionen Yin Yang und Reaktionstypen), published by the research group for geo-biology, Münsen, 1986.
A holistic view of human beings was crucial to Dr. Hartmann. In his opinion, the interplay of body, mind and soul was in a continuous interaction with a person’s surroundings.
Dr. Hartmann died in Waldkatzenbach on October 23rd 1992. Up to his death, he remained the honor chairman of the research group for geo-biology.

Dr. Ernst Hartmann was born in Mannheim on Nov.10th 1915. A trained physician, he worked as a staff surgeon in World War II, during which time he was captured by Americans. After he was discharged from war captivity, he established his own surgery as a general practitioner, which he ran for more than 40 years.

From 1948 on, Dr. Hartmann and his brother Robert developed an interest in radiesthesia, geo-biology, homeopathy and also construction biology. Together, they developed the model of the so-called “global net grid according to Dr. Hartmann”, which is commonly called the “Hartmann grid” in radiesthesia: it refers to cosmic radiation that surrounds the earth. The direction of the strips is North – South, East – West, the width of the strips being between 20 and 50 cm. The width of the meshes is about 1.80 to 2.50 m in North-South-direction and about 2.50 to 3.30 m in East-West-direction. The course of this system can be influenced by different factors. In residential areas, e.g., the grid structure may be distorted by mirrors or metal items with a large surface such as radiators.

Hartmann assumed already during his time at university and later on as a practitioner that illness is related to the immediate surroundings of a person, especially the sleeping place. He coined the term “geopathy” in radiesthesia. This term refers to factors making people ill, based on “geo-pathogenic zones” such as intersections of earth radiation, water veins or faults. He also used the term “relocation reaction” to describe changes in a person’s state of health after changing the sleeping place. He often observed that health problems disappeared after a radiesthetic examination of the bedroom and a subsequent relocation of the bed.

From 1951, Ernst Hartmann held seminars and conferences on the topic of radiesthesia in Eberbach. In 1961, he founded the “research group for geo-biology Dr. Hartmann”. He was the first chairman of the group for almost 30 years.

Dr. Hartmann was also involved politically in the city and district council. After discovering a well of healing water he played an important part in the city of Eberbach’s success in becoming a spa town. He was also a co-operator of the spa stud farm Mülben and developed regenerative cure treatments from mare’s milk and “kumys” (naturally fermented mare’s milk). Polyxene preparations are also based on the ideas of Hartmann and the pharmacist Derschum. These are homoepathic remedies made from three different kinds of grasses, the types of sedges: Carex alongata (longstanding sedge), Carex Flava (yellow sedge) and Carex Vesicaria (bubble sedge). The grasses are planted in geo-pathogenic irritation zones and processed homeopathically. Polyxene remedies are supposed to influence the vegetative nervous system in order to produce location-specific antibodies. Hartmann also published a few books documenting his research. The standard works include “Illness as a location problem” (Krankheit als Standortproblem), Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1964 and “On the constitutions Yin Yang and types of reaction” (Über Konstitutionen Yin Yang und Reaktionstypen), published by the research group for geo-biology, Münsen, 1986.

A holistic view of human beings was crucial to Dr. Hartmann. In his opinion, the interplay of body, mind and soul was in a continuous interaction with a person’s surroundings.

Dr. Hartmann died in Waldkatzenbach on October 23rd 1992. Up to his death, he remained the honor chairman of the research group for geo-biology.

Käthe Bachler

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Käthe Bachler is the most well-known Austrian radiesthecist. She was born into a family of mountain farmers in Abtenau / Salzburg in 1923. She trained as a primary school teacher in 1942/43. While she was teaching at a primary school, she also trained as a secondary school teacher, graduating in 1946. Up to 1973, Bachler taught at the secondary school in Hallein / Salzburg.

In 1969 she started occupying herself with radiesthesia, dowsing. As a teacher, she found it vital to point out the negative impact of a study place exposed to radiation on students. She focused on both the children’s desks at home and their desks in the classroom. Due to her profession, she was able to gain many practical insights with regard to this aspect, which she collected in her book “Experiences of a dowser – geo-biological influences on humans”. In the book, she suggests, among other things, a “rolling classroom”, in which the pupils move one seat further every two to three weeks. That way, no child would have to sit in the same place exposed to radiation for the whole school year. Bachler also received a research assignment of the Pedagogic Institute Salzburg.

It was important to Bachler as a radiesthecist to find a “good” sleeping place, workspace or desk, i.e. a place exposed as little as possible to radiation, and not experiment with shielding devices. She has performed thousands of radiesthetic examinations over decades and compiled a multitude of records about them. Having a scientific approach was very important to her.

The recognition of radiesthesia in medicine is an important matter to Bachler. As a religious person, she included Catholic beliefs in her later books. Because of that, she has found a lot of recognition in church-based circles too.

Literature index of Käthe Bachler:

Experiences of a dowser; Veritas, Linz 1981, 5th edition
Geo-biology and location-related illnesses, Neubeuern: Institute for construction biology and ecology, 1989, 7th edition / 1989
Prayer as a lifeline, Veritas, Linz 1998, 4th edition
Is there a spiritual shield?, Landesverl., St.Pölten 2000
Freed from fear, Landesverl., St.Pölten 2003
The good place, Residenz, St.Pölten 2007, 11th edition
Searching for the good place directly, Residenz, St.Pölten 2008, 6th edition

(see German version of blog for original titles)

Stierberg in Waldviertel and its healing strength:

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The Stierberg (= literally: bull’s mountain) in the Waldviertel area is located between Langschlag and Weitra and is an unusual point of strength. Along its crest, there are numerous cup-marked stones. The main source of strength is the formation of stones at the mountain’s highest peak. In this place, there is a certain point that is only about two square metres big, but from experience I feel that it has a very positive impact on human beings.

I have examined Stierberg a few times as a radiesthecist and have found that this special point holds strong healing strength in it from a radiesthetic point of view. Since I work as a spiritual healer full-time, I know that such a place of strength can support the recovery from different illnesses.

The bull has been considered a symbol of fertility since ancient times and was worshipped in many ancient cultures. Many couples come to me because they are unsuccessfully trying to have a child. As a spiritual healer I work with them also from a distance and always suggest to them to use the special place of strength on top of the Stierberg as a support.

Spending time in that place also has a positive impact on people suffering from multiple sclerosis, e.g. Clients told me that they felt very well after going there and that their illness became insignificant for a few days.

The Stierberg is part of a hiking trail around Langschlag, that leads past several places of strength, such as the Kamelstein (= camel stone), the Augenbründl (= eye well), the Familienstein (= family stone) and the Mutter-Kind-Stein (= mother-and-child stone).

Usually you don’t meet many people at the Stierberg and are able to have it impact you without interruption.

How do I recognize a serious radiesthecist – and what skills should he have?

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

I myself have been working as a self-employed radiesthecist, in common parlance called dowser, since 2003. I acquired those specific skills of radiesthesia through two educations in Austria and Germany. In addition, I attended a training on electric smog in the high and low frequency area.

I also work as a spiritual healer and take care of many clients suffering from very different kinds of health problems. Those include back pain, migraine, tinnitus, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and cancer. In many cases, it makes sense to perform a radiesthetic examination of a person’s sleeping place. There is a double-blind study of the European Centre for Environmental Medicine in cooperation with the Lower Austrian Regional Medical Insurance, that shows that 90 % of humans who fell ill with cancer had their sleeping places on geo-pathogenic disturbance zones such as water veins, aquiferous faults, faults, Benker grids, Curry grids, Hartmann grids or projected radiation through mirrors or radiators. I know that the immune system can be weakened by those geo-pathogenic disturbance zones. I sometimes find out that another radiesthecist has examined the sleeping place before me, but the bed is still in a place exposed to radiation, at the radiesthecist’s recommendation. How can this be explained? Many dowsers have never taken any education and never taken the time to occupy themselves with the complexity of radiesthesia. Also, there is no homogenous education containing certain norms. Because of that, the radiesthecist’s work is sometimes prone to mistakes due to partial ignorance.

What skills should a serious radiesthecist have in regard to examining sleeping places or premises?

Radiesthesia distinguishes between the following types of radiation:

Water veins, aquiferous faults, faults (geological rock faults), earth rays (Curry grid, Benker grid), cosmic radiation (Hartmann grid) and projected radiation through mirrors, radiators, metal items or crystal chandeliers. Every serious radiesthecist has to know these kinds of radiation. Unfortunately, many dowsers believe that it is enough to only look for water veins. This belief is definitely false. A dowser who looks for all of the above-mentioned kinds of radiation will take about one hour to examine a room that is 20 to 25 square metres big.

Electric smog: A serious radiesthecist also has to be competent when it comes to electric smog in the high and low frequency area and have suitable gauges. Electric smog is always measured by means of appropriate measuring devices and not the dowsing rod.

Dowsing from a distance: Some dowsers offer to examine a sleeping place from a distance using a drawing of the room, usually at very low prices. The quality of dowsing from a distance is rather dubious, considering that the challenge on site is big enough, when the dowser has to look for eight different kinds of radiation.

Shielding devices: unfortunately, many radiesthecists try to make extra money by selling so-called shielding devices. These are devices, contraptions or simply cardboard platelets with certain symbols, which are supposed to make the sleeping places free of radiation. I have spent a lot of time investigating shielding devices and have found out that there are no long-term studies on the impact of those devices, and neither is there evidence of the actual efficacy. The only expedient and serious method is to put the bed into a place as neutral as possible, when there is indeed exposure to rays in the other place.