His experiments with the pendulum show how easy it is
"to mistake illusions for realities, whenever we are confronted by phenomena in which the human sense-organs are involved under conditions imperfectly analyzed."
In 1853 Michael Faraday, while studying table tipping, concluded:
“that honest, intelligent people can unconsciously engage in muscular activity that is consistent with their expectations.”
Faraday obtained the cooperation of participants who he knew to be "very honorable" and who were also "successful table-movers." He found that the table would move in the expected direction, even when just one subject was seated at the table.
The ideomotor effect ("ideo-motor reflex" or "ideo-motor response")is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously. The term was first used in a scientific paper discussing the means through which the Ouija board produced its results, by William Benjamin Carpenter in 1852, the eminent Victorian physiologist and psychologist, whence the alternative term Carpenter effect. In the paper, Carpenter explained his theory that muscular movement can be independent of conscious desires or emotions.
Tears are an ideomter response to emotions. In a similar manner, pain may cause involuntary muscle movement.
Carpenter, in 1852, wanted to show that a variety of currently popular phenomena had conventional scientific explanations rather than the widely believed supernatural ones. The phenomena he tackled included dowsing , the magic pendulum, "table turning," and the "Odylic force."[ http://goalhypnosis.blogspot.ca/2012/03/illusions-for-realities-fantasy.html]
William James elaborated upon Carpenter's ideas, asserting that ideomotor activity was the basic process underlying all volitional behavior:
"Wherever a movement unhesitatingly and immediately follows upon the idea of it, we have ideomotor action. We are then aware of nothing between the conception and the execution. All sorts of neuromuscular responses come between, of course, but we know absolutely nothing of them. We think the act, and it is done; and that is all that introspection tells us of the matter."
A planchette, from the French for "little plank", is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood that one moves around on a board to spell out messages or answer questions. Paranormal advocates believe that the planchette is moved by some extra-normal force. The motion is due to the ideomotor effect. In occult usage, a pencil would be attached to the planchette, writing letters or other designs on paper to be later interpreted by a medium.The most common use of the planchette is with a Ouija or spirit board. In this instance, it is sometimes referred to as an "indicator" or "pointer" to show where something is etc., like a Dowsing board. Used since the beginning of the Spiritualism movement of the mid-nineteenth century, planchettes predate the invention of spirit boards.
The Ouija board also known as a spirit/fire key board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, the words "yes", "no", "hello" and "goodbye" and various symbols and graphics. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood) or movable indicator to indicate the spirit's message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. Participants place their fingers on the planchette and it is moved about the board to spell out words. As already noted, many scientists relate it to the ideomotor response, Various studies have been produced, recreating the effects of the Ouija board in the lab and showing that, at least under laboratory conditions, the subjects were moving the planchette involuntarily. It’s been noted that the messages ostensibly spelled out by spirits were similar to whatever was going through the minds of the user.
William James and Albert Einstein, both argued that most of us are using only ten to fifteen percent of our natural ability 99% of the time. In other words, think of yourself as an automobile with ten cylinders. Only one is working.
Back around 2004 I bought a piece of sacred geometry jewelery($300) and some buttons($20 each) that were supposed to neutralize the hazardous effects of microwaves, computers and cell phones. The proof of authenticity was someone walking around with Dowsing Rods. No actual instrument to show a change.
Seems somewhat ludicrous now in lieu of the ideometer effect.
There devices now, however, that do measure DE.Dr. Magda Havas, a leading researcher in the area of DE, from Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) conducts research into Dirty electricity, EMR's and ELFR.http://pvrguymale.blogspot.ca/2011/12/smart-meters-and-health.html http://pvrguymale.blogspot.ca/2011/03/welcome-to-dirty-electricity-de.html
But don't rely on a Dowsing Rod as scientific proof.
George Washington wore a "Perkins Metallic Tractor" and swore by it. This was proven false when someone carved pieces of wood and painted them to look similar to the original device. Similar results were obtained to the Perkins devices. Which further demonstrates the power of the mind to be deceived. http://pvrguymale.blogspot.ca/2011/01/quack-remedies-and-placebos.html
Have FAITH in God.
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