ABBE BOULY’S SECRET

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1928, Page 3

ABBE BOULY’S SECRET

) itbrw HE DIVINES METAL. BOULOGNE, Jam 31. According to Abbe Bouly, who is credited with great success m the use ' of the divining rod, there is no such l tiling as wizardry. He contends that 1 the divining of water and minerals, and even of the presence of microbes in the human body, is a science that, can he acquired by anyone possessed oi the necessary gifts. Iho Abbe Bouly astonished the professors and doctors of the. Bacteriological Institute at Liege in Belgium, the other day by telling, by means of his divining rod, whether sample tubes submitted to him contained the same species of bacteria and indicating which of a certain number of mice were suffering front cancer. I saw. the Abbe in bis little country retreat at Condette, near Hardelot today. " The finding of springs and subter- : raueaii ..streams with the divining rod in the eiise of highly developed subjects is simplicity itself.” lie said. "Alany people are able to divine the presence of springs, and they could use their powers lor much more practical j purposes if only they were aware ol 1 lr secret they possess. AN ILLUSTRATION. “ Particularly is this true in ascertaining the presence of minerals ami metals, such as argentiferous veins ot lead.” The A bee took his divining rod. con sisting of two pieces ol . whalebone bound together at one end by coppci wire, and plated two largo pieces ot quartz containing veins of a rgen til crons lead on the table, lie then invited me to hold the end ol the rod and i, > prevent it from springing backwards while lie passed if between tbe two lumps of mineral. The rod Hew hack j with irresistible force. “ [ will take two ot tjie .strongest men in the world—two jbeavy-wergM boxers if you like,” said the Abbe, 1 “ and l defy them to prevent, the. rod from Hying hack when it, is in line • with the object I seek. “ Every object. partic.ttlarlv water and minerals, emits rays, similar to radium, all of which pass along a definite line between the object anal a luminous centre which iiauivally is the sun in principle hut which may be replaced by a powerful artificial luminous centre for experimental purposes. A person possessed ol a properly timed, brain—which is wluit all water diviners have—has only to pass across this line to perceive instantly that ho ha* found what be socks. “ In the ease of the divining of minerals, which has a valuable industrial use. I always carry with me a sample of the mineral which I am seeking. 1. have carried out meta.l divining lor a number of mining companies. I lieu f . set to work, and d it is present I am . sure to find it in a very briel space ol

"In exploiting the veins the mining engineers when they reach the point, of rupture are in a quandary to find where the vein continues. I hey generally find it in the long run but only alur lr.ui h labour and expenditure. 1 can "etierally toll them in five minutes.”