The Use of Radionic Technique

on the Farm and at home -

USPA Conference 2015 - Glenview, IL, July 18, 2015
By Lutie Larsen

Many years ago when I first learned about Radionics I was busily raising a large family
and had no time for “hobbies” But I decided that radionics could be a real benefit for
family emergencies and to help me in the garden. I realized quickly that there were
many practical applications and I love to learn so it became a great match.
We used radionics for Bumps and bruises, flu and sniffles and soon I had a set of First
Aid programs that were tried and family tested!
I next started applying tuning rates to the garden and my plants and soil responded!
They responded so well that I entered the Mother Earth News “Blue Ribbon Gardens”
contest in 1980 An I won a spot. The article I wrote spotlighted radionics and the various
techniques I was using. About that time I started speaking at the USPA Conferences.
That was back in the late 70s/early 80s..
In 1989 I purchased the 5.5 acre plot we called Little Farm and went about building my
radionic “laboratory”. We had 66 growing plots and a small greenhouse by the summer
of 1990. My plan was to use the farm to teach my children the value of work and
develop my skills and experience in radionics. The kids had a better idea and the next
summer we started the Little Farm Apprentice Program for children 8-18 and my kids
talked their friends into coming. It was a great program and we ran every summer it for
20 years. I learned so much and it became the foundation for my later work in
sustainable agriculture.
The great thin about using radionics, both to
monitor and to balance, in growing food is that
you can cut back on all sorts of things,
pesticides, weedkillers even fertilizer. These
things all cost us, not just money but they
weaken our plants and soil and we become
dependent and often over use them.
At Little Farm we started out with an organic
system. I didn’t want to expose the kids to any
harmful chemicals, and I really thought there
was a better way to work with nature even in a
family garden.
Most people look at radionics as a metaphysical science. For many the dowsing and the
“at a distance” evaluating/balancing is just too weird. The thing that gets you over that is
to experience it, to try it for your self. There are many things in our world today we don’t
understand, but we try them and they work, and work well for us and others. Like many
things your skillful use of radionic techniques is dependent your knowledge and
experience. This is where some training is valuable. As a teacher I define terms and set
some goals for my students . . .
“In a basic course I spend quite a bit of time defining the subtle energy we call subtle
bodies or layers. I use a simplified model that students can relate to and I include the
physical body as a subtle body. It is the last, the newest, and the most dense of all our
subtle bodies. It is also the one with which we are most familiar. The reason for this is
that our culture and lifestyle emphasizes physical activity and we have little time for
anything else. Other cultures have emphasized spiritual things and have more
awareness of the other subtle bodies.”
“In order to work in the subtle energy fields, a student needs a clear understanding of
the subtle bodies. The idea of subtle bodies may seem metaphysical in nature rather
than scientific because our cultural consciousness does not include an awareness of
anything more than the physical. It seems that with new discoveries in nuclear physics
our consciousness is changing. Scientists are becoming aware of subtle energy fields
and the auric fields are being detected with "scientific instruments" and procedures.
Back in the 60's Kirlian photography was first thought to demonstrate these fields.”
“I think a good definition for subtle body fields is "a set of primary vibrational fields
associated with, and necessary for the maintenance of, a physical form." Each subtle
field increases in density from the finest, which seems to be the spiritual essence, to the
most dense, which is indeed the physical form.”
“Whether all physical forms have the same number (or type) of subtle bodies is a
subject of discussion among researchers. These vibrational fields appear to be unique
to the kingdom (and possible phylum) of each organized form. Even a man-made tool or
machine seems to have a set of subtle bodies. The finest aspect being the "idea" and
the most dense aspect being the tangible physical form.”
Lutie Larsen • Tips and Techniques from Little Farm • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2008
Here is another important concept about the physical and subtle fields I like my students
to understand . . .
The basic concept in Radionics is that each physical form has a subtle field inherently
connected to it. This field contains the specific information needed to manifest and
maintain that physical form. It is often called the formative fields. Quantum theory says
that there is coherence and communication between the implicate (formative field) and
the explicate or physically expressed form. Simple physical forms have simple formative
fields.
The more complex the material form, the more complex the subtle information. Living
things like plants and animals have a complex formative field. Information found in the
formative field can be- come altered or distorted. Because there is communication both
ways with the physical form and the formative field disharmonies can become part of
the patterning.
I have been teaching Radionics for many years, since 1981, and have found that it is
important to review terms and definitions regularly because the energetic aspect of our
world is different than the physical and we often forget this. The physical is flat and
tangible, the energetic is multidimensional and expansive.
Definition - Plant archetype
 A plant archetype is like a
blueprint, or set of patterns
that is inherently linked
with a specific plant
species. The term
archetype usually refers to
the original creative
pattern. Over the years
these patterns have
become modified in
response to physical
conditions but they should
still resonate with their
original patterning. When
the archetypal patterning is
weak the physical form
shows that weakness.
In the 1940s and 50s the De la Warrs were able to photograph the I also like to give
subtle fields with their radionic camera. This camera linked to the subtle
field patterns and the film was exposed to the “shape of the waveform”. definitions of radionic
technique . . .

Evaluating Subtle Fields

Evaluation of the subtle fields with rates gives us an energy picture of the subject we
are interested in. The measurement we determine through dowsing is a measurement
of resonance or coherence. Since this information must be clear (or coherent) to
maintain a strong physical field. Evaluation is essential to accurately pinpoint the
imbalance.
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Glossarys • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-8

A Personal Shift When we are measuring various rates we are not measuring the
physical form at all. We are measuring the subtle information that is responsible for
manifesting and maintaining the physical form. We are measuring the blueprint . . .
. . . Every form in the physical has an inherent set of information that maintains it. And
there is communication between the two. The integrity of that inherent information is of
utmost importance to our physical world . . .
. . . You are “the finest instrument”. I always tell my students that radionic equipment is
only a tool, just like a shovel is a tool. Without someone to put the muscle and the
purpose behind it a shovel can do nothing. You are able to perform tasks much more
complex than a shovel because of your consciousness. You can fine tune your
perception into the subtle aspects of our wonderful world and truly support the original
created patterns of your garden. This is the honored role of a steward.
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Changing your View • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-7
 There are many types of instruments for working
with subtle energy. Some of them cost thousands of
dollars. The important thing to remember is that
they are tools, Just like a hammer or a shovel is a
tool. They do help you do more and can save you
time by their automated features but the all need an
operator. That is you and the best tool for you is the
one you are most comfortable with.
A hammer can’t build a house by itself but in the
hands of a skilled worker . . . And remember the
importance in evaluating and planning your
program based on the measurements you get.
In the Basics Workshop Sunday and Monday
afternoon I will be demonstrating basic skills on a
radionic template. You will have a chance to try it
for yourself.

Why should I use radionics in my garden or on my farm crops?

This is a question I get all the time. I can list the benefits I value most.
I) I know what is going on with a crop and can take appropriate action. This saves
time and sometimes the whole crop. Evaluating also builds my understanding of
that particular crop. (This year at Little Farm I am growing cotton. I have never
grown cotton before and I expect to learn a lot as cotton is an interesting plant.)
II) I can increase my yields and the nutrient density of the produce by balancing at
appropriate times with appropriate rates
III) I can support both tilth and microbial populations in my
soils. This enhances the ionic nutrients coming off the
soil, feeds the plants and reduces the need for soluble
fertilizers.
IV) Radionics also helps me to speed up the growing
cycle. We regularly grow lettuce in 21 days as
compared to the usual 40-60 days.

It is important to understand life cycles and anatomy of your

crop. There a certain times in the plant growth cycle when balancing a particular
process will bring amazing results. One of the key times for fruiting crops is the plant
process of “blooming”. As soon as a fruiting plant (or crop) is in the “mature growth”
part of it’s growth cycle you can add the blooming rate to your program and expect to
see results.
With lettuce we try to keep our plants in “early growth” as long as possible. Stress
pushes the cycle on so I reduce the stress energetically and physically if possible. What
are the stressors? Moisture balance, wind, heat and cold, Insect damage are common
stressors.
The Subtle Anatomy of Physical Form
In order to work with the subtle energy fields of plants and soil, a gardener needs a
clear understanding of the subtle anatomy of those life-forms. Because radionic
technique involves measurement (and tuning) of manifesting information, it is important
to expand your understanding of anatomy of these familiar life forms.
It is generally accepted that the subtle field responsible for maintaining the physical
form, whether it be a plant (or soil or a rock) is called the etheric field or etheric double.
This is the subtle field we are most often measuring and balancing when we apply
radionics to our gardening methods.
The subtle bodies are individual and distinct layers of energy. They have unique
vibrational frequencies and differ from each other in the fineness of this vibration. Each
of the subtle bodies has a particular function and influences the manifested physical life-
form in a specific way.
For example plants have an emotional subtle body. This specific energetic level stores
and responds to emotional subtle patterns. Some plants are more emotional than
others. This means some plant species have developed their emotional sensitivity more
than others.
Using radionic settings we can evaluate and tune these vibrational fields. This usually
results in an increase in vitality and a release of stress. Plants grow faster, have better
nutrient density and produce more when they are balanced.
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-2
During the 1990s I went to England and France many times to study radionics. I
obtained a horticultural degree from Keys College of Radionics in 1995. I visited some
of the early radionics pioneers, the de la Warrs, Lavender Dower and Malcolm Rae’s
Lab. It was a wonderful time for me and really broadened my understanding of
radionics. I visited the Findhorn Gardens in 1991 and again in 1998 where I attended a
Flower Essence Conference. I was finally beginning to understand the relationship
between energy and physical form. Here is a favorite quote about the manifestation of
energetic patterning into form from Findhorn Garden in Scotland.

“The Apple Tree speaks . . .

Early in the 90’s I became aware of a curious experience that happened to three
people in Scotland at a northern seaside community called Findhorn. They experienced
a unique interaction with the plants, trees and soil. I am including a short excerpt from
The Findhorn Garden Book. This particular communication came from the Apple Tree
speaking about the process of creation that takes place in nature time and time again as
plants grow, trees bear fruit and the growth cycles repeat themselves. Let’s listen to the
apple tree . . .”
“As from the seed a tree grows,
so from the seed idea a pattern issues forth from the Center, passed on by silent ranks
of angels - silent and still because that idea is still too unformed and unfixed to endure
any but the most exacting care.
Growing in strength and size the pattern becomes brighter until eventually it scintillates
and sounds . . .”
Lutie Larsen • SE-5 Workbook - Published by Little Farm Research
1992 p. 1-6

Another trip and training that added greatly to my

understanding and skill particularly with agricultural
application and soil management was a 10 day workshop
with the Luebkes CMC (Controlled Microbial Composting)
in Pasau, Germany in the summer of 2002.
I learned at this workshop how to prepare a
chromatograph using Ehrenfried Pfeiffer’s method (E
Pfeiffer was a German scientist, soil scientist, leading
advocate of biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophist and
student of Rudolf Steiner.) Ehrenfried Pfeiffer,studied soils
from an energetic , spiritual and
physical point of view.

“The creative process always involves choices . . .

It is as though we must go through the process twice, once when we plan and once
when we plant.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-1

Carey Reams’ theory of Biological Ionization as applied to soils and agriculture also
helped me understand soils from an energetic view. He was a great proponent of
“observation”, a skill we often overlook when our studies include natural settings.
Reams said, See what you are looking at, (and then look again . . .) Another quote I
have pondered over is, “The very best fertilizer is the farmer’s footstep.”
I try to teach students to learn for themselves, from their own experience. That
experience is the BEST teacher.
Another quote:
“There is a relationship between the Garden and the Gardener. If you are working
with the energy in your garden you will want to develop this relationship. As in all
working relationships, communication is a must. Some gardeners start out by talking to
their gardens, to a specific plant, and even to the soil. Your garden doesn’t need
audible communication because it can “hear” your intent, sense your attitude, and
recognize your wishes.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Garden/Gardener • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-8
Our cultures dominate perception of time is linear, like a timeline. One thing leads to
another. We plan projects in a series of tasks and move forward with it. But there are
other, very useable perceptions of time. In nature time is not linear. It is cyclic. It comes
back to a new but similar cycle each year. We can use that perception to our advantage
in the garden. Combined with observation we can correct our mistakes, improve our
strategies (and even change some of our old traditional habits.) When I realized this
concept my gardening skills got much better!
 The garden follows a cycle, not only within the year but year to year. Have you ever
noticed that certain vegetables do well one year and not so well the next? These
observations are good to note so you can get a sense of the larger cycles of your
garden.
There are smaller cycles too, like the growth cycle of a plant or the germination
process of a seed.
These stages can be monitored and supported radionically.
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Observations • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 1-8
When I was developing rates for supporting sustainable soil I came to the condition we
know as “tilth”. I found several definitions for this concept. One was that “Tilth to the soil
was what health was to the physical body”. This is definition that is clearly a condition of
the soil so I developed a Delawarr Condition rate for it.
The other definition had to do with the soil structure, the quantities of sand, silt and clay.
A plant supporting blend of these types of soil produced tilthy soil structure. This
concept was a state of the soil and needed an identification or recognition rate.
Here is a quote from my Garden Workbook to give more perspective into this important
quality of the soil we need to produce quality food.
Tilth - the soil health factor
“Minerals are an important part of your soil There are many minerals. Some are found in
the soil in abundance. Others play a minor role in the soil and are barely noticed in soil
testing. All are important.
Many gardeners are not familiar with the term “tilth”. It is a multi-faceted word. Just like
the word, health, has many aspects, so does tilth with relationship to the soil.
Tilth often refers to texture and the “feel” of the soil. Soil is made up of many kinds of
particles. Sand--roundish, often rough bits of rock, clay-- flat, overlapping colloids and
silt-- a refined mixture of the two. Add to this the organic material and the micro-life of
living soil and you have the complex medium plants grow in, you have soil. The feel of
this environment is what I call “tilth”.
A good gardener is a student of his/her soil for he knows it is the foundation for the
finest gardening. Understanding that soil is actually a living substance gives us a
different view.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Tilth • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 2-2
Another important key to vital “tilthy” soil is the minerals relationship to each other, the
mineral ratios. If the ratios are harmonic the soil and all the life living within it will be
synergistic. It will hold its moisture, and drain easily. Plants will grow rapidly without dis-
ease and residues will decompose quickly. So watch your mineral ratios.
One of the places I learned about the importance of resonant ratios from an energetic
point of view was in the compost pile. There are two key resonant ratios that affect the
composting process. One is the ratio of water to air, I call it the “moisture ratio”.It is
approximately 2:1 and the other is the carbon to nitrogen ratio.
Farmers always focus on the minerals in their soil. We have soil labs that test for
available minerals, the fertilizer companies sell various formulas of soluble mineral
additives. Until recently few spoke of the other necessary aspects of sustainable soil. So
first let’s talk about the major soil minerals.
“Learning about your minerals
I divide the minerals into two
groups, the macro-minerals,
which are abundant in the
soil and the micro or trace
minerals. I do not feel that
the macro minerals are more
important then the trace
minerals. We tend to forget
the trace minerals, or let
them take care of
themselves. Trace minerals
are most important in
creating resonant ratios
which provide the harmony
in the soil environment.
Let’s look at the macro
minerals first.
Nitrogen (setting 0.2493)
Essential for plant growth, abundant in the atmosphere, can be absorbed through the
stomata found on the undersides of leaves. (Balance during a thunderstorm to increase
plant absorption.)
Phosphorus (setting 0.34653) Necessary for germination, essential for flower and fruit
formation and plant growth. P is abundant in the soil on stable compounds that need a
balanced pH to become available. (Include this setting in your “blooming support”
programs.)
Potassium (setting 0.4548) Essential for plant metabolism, protein, sugar and oil
formation, adjusts water balance and increases winter hardiness. K is found in
compounds in the soil. It must be absorbed in its ionic form so active microbial
populations increase the availability of K. (Balance your soil vapor with this setting to
strengthen absorption.)
Calcium (setting 0.34204) activates enzymes and develops structure in plants. Calcium
is abundantly available in most soils. Again it is bound up in compounds and needs to
be absorbed by the plant in its soluble, ionic form. Microbial activity is the key to
releasing ions and increasing it’s availability. (Activating Ca by tuning it or including it in
your soil programs will make it more ionically available.)
Magnesium (setting 0.3877) Essential for chlorophyll formation, seed and nut
formation and activator for enzyme triggered growth processes.
Sulfur (setting 0.4433) Also essential for chlorophyll formation and enhances the flavor
of vegetables. Sulfur can be absorbed from the air and often is used in foliar feed
formulas.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Minerals • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 2-3

With radionic evaluation we have the opportunity to look more deeply into the
interactions of sustainable soil, soil that is able to sustain, even regenerate, itself.
I think David Tansley has a a good definition for subtle fields,
“-a set of primary vibrational fields associated with
(and necessary for the maintenance of )
a physical form."
“Each subtle field increases in density from the finest, which seems to be the spiritual
essence, to the most dense, which is indeed the physical form. We are usually
measuring the etheric field. The etheric field is responsible for manifesting and
maintaining the physical form . . . .”
Sometimes we are measuring conditions such as pH or germination. Again there is
information associated with that condition and we are measuring it’s intensity.”
“. . . PH is a measure (or rather index) of the hydrogen ion activity in the soil solution
(the active zone). A physical measurement is like a snapshot, a single frame in a range
of movement. A radionic measurement is an intensity measurement. It includes the
range in its point of resonance. Intensity includes strength (clarity) and resonance. pH
measures the degree of presence of hydrogen activity. We interpret it as acidity or
alkalinity.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Soil • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 2-3
This is probably the most valuable reason to learn to use radionics and apply it to
growing food, for yourself or for the masses. This ability to accurately measure the
strength (coherence) of the manifesting/maintaining fields of matter. Soil is so much
more than minerals. Soil has life and soil’s role in nature is to nurture life and growth.
Taking time to study it, to “get to know “ your growing soil, is part of the gardener’s/
farmer’s job and it will pay dividends.
Sustainable farmers talk about the bio-life of the soil as an important factor in
maintaining sustainability. Microbial supplementation is fast becoming a way to improve
soil and help conventional farms recover their inherent soil fertility. The spreading of
compost, incorporation of crop residues and use of green manure crops all build the
fertility of farm soil. They also feed and increase the
microbial life in soil.
All of these practices can be used in the garden on a
much smaller scale. At Little Farm we apply microbial
foliars and soil drenches when needed. I always
incorporate plant residues, lettuce roots, grass
clipping even blended food scraps in my growing
soils. I grow buckwheat as a salad green (and chop it
into the soil when it starts to taste strong).

“Microbial life is an aspect of your soil you cannot see.

There are few accurate physical test that can give you a
picture of the life in your soil. But you can have a sense of it when you evaluate it
radionically . These tiny creatures are by far the hardest workers on your farm. Until
they and the work they do become real they will remain invisible to you.”
Lutie Larsen • Garden Workbook - Soil • Published by WiseWoman Ventures 2010 p. 2-3
The last thing I would like to discuss (from a radionic point of view) is the subject I get
the most questions about, pest and weed management using radionics.
There are several radionic techniques used to discourage pests and to weaken weed
cycles. The early researchers in agricultural radionics used what they called “reagents”
to drive away or even kill pests. It was radionically “broadcasted” to the entire field at the
time the farmer would spray his pesticide. This was an energetic attempt to duplicate
the physical pesticide and herbicide application and usually the reagents were actual
physical samples of these products. The attitude of the operator was to “kill” the pest
and thus be rid of it and save his crop. I call this the “kill” technique and I don’t think it is
the best way to resolve pest problems for several reasons.
The second technique I call the “repel” technique. I used this technique for many years
and have refined it extensively over the early use. I realized that insects have stages of
growth. They have an egg stage, a larval stage and an adult stage. The plant damage
comes from the larvae most of the time but the adult lays the eggs which begin the
cycle in the area.
Through research and observation I found that these stages all responded to different
rates or tunings. So if I wanted to measure the intensity of a given pest larvae in a field
or garden I would use one setting and if I wanted to know the intensity of the adult pest
in that same area I would use a different setting.
When I set up a repelling broadcast I would still use the field (or garden witness) but my
setting would target only the pest, and only that stage of the pest’s cycle. For reagents I
would use cedar oil or salt, cayenne pepper, marigold leaves. I would the reagents that
would drop the general vitality of the life form below 15. And I would leave my broadcast
on for several days.
My attitude was not to kill but to repel, or make inhospitable, my field or garden to that
particular pest. If they flew in they would immediately find their manifesting fields
weakened and leave. The cycle would never even start.

Over the years I have come to look at pests and

weeds as indicators. I even call them messengers
and I try to “get the message”. Usually I will find
imbalances in my plant and/or soil. To me the
important thing is to correct those imbalances so my
focus shifts. I have learned many things from nature
about correcting imbalances.
“There are distinct indicators in nature
corresponding to the level of fertility—health and
vitality—of the soil. Let’s start with insects. Most
people are taught to believe that insects are just
pests, and as such are just there to be pests.
Insects have a very distinct and important task: they
devour. Each species of insect has in its genetic
structure a specific food for it to devour, and that food is deter- mined by frequency.
Dr. Philip Callahan of the University of Florida, a USDA entomologist, explains that
“insect antennae are actually like small semiconductors, and, as they are coated with
wax, are also paramagnetic structures. They receive various wavelengths in the infrared
spectrum. Once the information is received, the insect’s brain deter- mines whether the
frequencies correspond to a mate, food, water, or something else. Everything emits
infrared radiation, and each thing has its own specific range of vibration. The vibrational
frequency of all the component parts of a thing makes up its composite vibrational
frequency. This is what the insect perceives and processes.”
Lutie Larsen • Tips and Techniques from Little Farm • Chapter 10 p153 Published by WiseWoman
Ventures 2008
There will be time for questions . . .

Lutie Larsen works as a consultant for farmers wishing to use radionics and move
toward a sustainable growing system. She specializes in market growing systems and
multi crop integrated systems and has researched radionic setting and programs to
compliment these systems. Lutie has taught agricultural radionics for more then 30
years and maintains her own research farm in northern Utah. She is a popular speaker
at the USPA conferences and holds basic to advanced courses in developing radionic
skills.
Lutie will be teaching two workshops for USPA attendees. The first one is Sunday night
and is an overview on the basic radionic skills needed to evaluate and balance subtle
fields. It will be good for the beginner or just curious and it will be a good review for
those who have already taken a class.
Monday afternoon I will be presenting and demonstrating techniques I use at Little Farm
and teach in the consultations and classes. You will have a chance to work on a
template and can bring your own samples to work with. You may also choose to watch
and observe. I will address many questions by demonstrating. It will be interesting and
informative.