Sir,-There are two faults in the argue ment of G.L.S. about the use of diviners by the British Army. First, what if it did use them? The British Army is not scientifically infallible. Secondly, there never has been any official dowsing unit in any British forces. Odd water-witch-ers have tried unofficially with negligible success. — So disease is caused by sleeping over running water! Either the evil rays may be diverted by chemicals (e.g., lead), or
plants (eg., manuka), or else the patient’s bed may be moved off the evil spot! There is an interesting parallel in Maori lore. The old Maori knew that Mate atua (death due to supernatural influences) claimed many lives. In health he relied on the tribal Mauri (e.g., the famous Whakatane manuka tree) to keep him well. For the sick Maori, "removal from one part of the country to another was a favourite remedy, the object being to remove the patient from the sphere of influence of the afflicting demon, The malicious’ atua was confined to a definite place." (Goldie, Trans. N.Z. Inst.. 1904,
D: 7)
P. A.
ONGLEY
(Dunedin).
(This correspondence is now closed.--Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 386, 15 November 1946, Page 5
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