THE CALLIGARIS METHOD
Walter Last
This method is still virtually unknown, but is
included here in the hope of stimulating research
and experimentation. The Italian neurologist Giuseppe Calligaris
discovered a system similar to reflexology, or zone therapy, covering
emotional, psychic and organ reflexes. In addition to the lines shown in FIG. 1
there is one that corresponds to the outline of the two drawings.
If you press the tip of a
middle finger of a tested person by exerting a quick, light and alternating
pressure on pad and nail using your own thumb and index finger, a line will be
sensitized that leads from the tip of the middle finger along both sides of the
arm to the shoulder. With further stimulation, the other main lines will be
activated. Sensitive people may feel a tingling sensation along these lines,
while others may be able to feel them with the help of a cold metal spatula.
This may be used to retrace the lines or to rub lightly across them and they
will be felt with a distinctly cool sensation.
In addition to the main
lines, there are lines starting at the tip of each finger and toe, and also in
the webs between fingers and toes. Each of these digital and inter-digital
lines corresponds to a certain organ, emotion or mental activity as shown in
FIG. 2.
If you hold the tip of a
finger so that a light pressure is exerted just below the nail and at the
finger pad, the line starting at this finger will become sensitive. Again, you
can test this by lightly rubbing straight across the line with a cold spatula.
Alternatively, use the tip of a teaspoon or a small metal hammer, or apply a
weak electric current. A sensation of coolness should be felt along the line.
If the hand is brushed with a phosphorus solution, one of these lines should
glow in a dark room if the test person experiences the corresponding emotion.
If one of the hand lines is sensitive even without
holding the corresponding finger or web, we may assume either the associated
organ has a functional defect or the tested person experiences a certain
emotion. This effect is more pronounced if you strongly press the corresponding
organ. If the organ is healthy, the sensitivity of the line is low, while if it
is diseased, sensitivity is high.
FIG. 1 Calligaris Plaques
In addition, sensory impressions such as color, music,
odors, and also the weather and the moon, have specific influences on our
organs and emotions that can be tested with the corresponding sensitized lines.
Furthermore, all over the
body, but mainly along the reflex lines, are a multitude of small skin areas,
called plaques, usually 8-13 mm in diameter. These become sensitive with
certain bodily processes, emotions, mental or psychic activities. On the other
hand, these processes and activities can be induced by stimulating the
corresponding plaques. Calligaris found thousands of
different plaques.
Increasing Psychic Awareness
Following is a simple technique to increase psychic
awareness. Place the tip of either middle finger lightly on a flat surface or,
better still, on the south pole of a small magnet. The nail may protrude over
the edge. Another good method is to press or rub this spot with your thumbnail.
In this, as well as in the following skin-reflex tests, only the lightest skin
stimulation will lead to success. If the pressure is too strong, nothing will
happen. After five to 30 minutes of stimulation of the tip of the middle
finger, you may experience true visions of the present, past or future
(according to Calligaris).
The exact spot to be
stimulated is the crossing-point of the midline and a line representing the
outline of the finger. Some times sensitizing by rubbing with a needle is
successful when the other methods fail.
FIG. 2 Calligaris Hand
Lines
HOW TO
FIND THE PLAQUES
Find the approximate location on the body as shown in
FIG. 1 or as given in the following description. Mark the corresponding zone
line with a felt pen or cosmetic pencil. Search in the approximate location by
lightly rubbing with a cold metal spatula across the zone line, by tapping
lightly with a small metal hammer (approximately 12 mm in diameter) or by using
a light electric current. At the exact location of the plaque you should notice
a distinct sensation of coolness; mark this. It may be necessary to cool the
spatula or hammer from time to time in cold water.
Then take a metal cylinder
of the specified diameter and move it very lightly in a quick circular motion
(80-100 times per minute) on the marked spot. The cylinder must be very smooth,
with clean, slightly rounded edges. It must touch the skin completely, should
not dent the skin, and the amplitude of the rotary motion should be only a
fraction of a millimeter. Alternatively, you may use a 'Faraday brush' to
provide a weak electric current for stimulation. This is usually quicker.
After five to 30 minutes
the plaque is sensitized and the tested person experiences several sensory
reflexes, which should be reported to the tester. These sensations may be only
light, and it is preferable to tell the tested person beforehand what to look for. Usually
there are three reactions as in the following description, though sometimes
only two may be noticed. After experiencing one or two correct sensations, keep
the cylinder still, but continue to hold it very lightly on the plaque. Cover
the eyes of the tested person with a black cloth, especially if visions are
involved. Within a further five to 15 minutes the target sensation should
emerge. With continued practice, the indicator reflexes and the target
sensations will develop quicker and quicker until the whole procedure takes
only a few minutes. However, periodically, during some days or hours, the
plaques do not respond at all. The reason for this is not known.
Autoscopy and Heteroscopy
In the method previously described, the tester tries
to induce certain phenomena noticed and reported by the tested person. This is
called autoscopy. For this it is
important that the tester sits at the side of the tested person. There are,
however, receiver plaques on the body that are mirror-symmetrically placed to the
sender plaques. If the tester sits exactly opposite the tested person and
stimulates a certain receiver plaque on himself or herself, he or she can feel
whether the corresponding sender plaque of the tested person is hypersensitive.
This in turn can be used to test different organ functions of a patient. This
is called heteroscopy.
In healing practice this latter technique will
usually be used.
The tester or an assistant can with training become
sensitive and respond very quickly, while a patient would initially have quite
weak - if any - responses.
In order to induce heteroscopic reflexes, the tester must first sensitize the
'heteroscopic master plaque' in the assistant, then
the specific plaques. Autoscopic vision, especially
of the organs, will be easier if you stimulate beforehand the corresponding
organ line (see FIG. 2), for example, with light
alternating finger pressure. In addition, you may stimulate the 'neuro-vegetative master plaque' at the middle of the left
kneecap.
Visions generally
appear in a vague, nebulous form and gradually become clearer, sometimes
remaining fluctuating. It is important to view in a relaxed way and to not
consciously try to see something.
Diagnosis
with the Hand
In the patient, sensitize a plaque that is about 3 cm
below the right kneecap, 5 mm to the right of the midline. The patient should
watch for the following reflexes.
1 Automatic movement of the lips
2 A feeling of burning in the back
3 A feeling of stiffness in the joints of
hips, knees and feet
In this sensitized
condition any diseased organs will emit an increased amount of radiation that
can be felt by slowly moving the left hand (left-handers use the right hand)
about 20-30 cm over the body. A diseased organ will be felt as coolness or
tingling in the hand.
Projection
of Microbes
These are perhaps the most fascinating, but also the
most difficult of the Calligaris experiments.
Pictures of microbes responsible for an infectious disease may be projected on
to the skin of the patient. Sensitize a plaque at the inside of the left
wrist-fold, from the midline slightly towards the thumb. The expected reflexes
are as follows.
1 Pain in both ears
2 Pain in both lower arms
3 A feeling of heat
A picture, several
centimeters in size, may appear on the back of the right lower arm of the
patient. Another projection plaque is 1 cm above the middle of the outside of
the right lower arm, on the midline, slightly towards the side of the thumb.
The reflexes are as follows.
1 Heaviness in the shoulders
2 Tickling or tingling in
the edges of the upper ears
3 Coolness in the left knee, while the right shin may
go to sleep
The projection may appear
on the middle of the right upper arm, covering an area of about 9 X 6 cm. The
picture may appear clearer if you use an astringent cream or lotion. Cancer is
indicated by a sphere covered with hundreds of prickles, which Calligaris called spherula dentata. Sometimes
the picture of a microbe or of another disease-causing agent or residue appears
in stylized form. These skin pictures can be photographed.
A large amount of
dedication and perseverance is required before the Calligaris
skin reflexes can be easily evoked and used in healing work. Books about this
method have been published in French, German and Italian.
GENERAL
PLAQUES
Some of these plaques are included because they are
of general interest and others because they are easy to find and sensitize for
beginners. The following compilation gives first the identification number of
the plaque as shown in FIG. 1, then the name or main effect of the plaque, its
size in millimeters (which is also the diameter of the cylinder needed for its
stimulation), and the provoked reflexes to watch for (usually three).
1.
Compassion
11 mm; tapping in the back;
sore chewing muscles (especially when opening and closing the mouth); feeling
cold
2.
Happiness
12 mm; psychological weakness; sore upper back; tendency
to move the mouth
3.
Anger
12 mm; anxiety; tendency to frown; feeling sick in the
stomach
4.
Skin
vision 15 mm; sore hand; cold
neck and mid-back; impulse to bite or lick the lips. During sensitizing, the
tested person looks at a picture, not more than 1 m away. After sensitizing
cover the eyes and put a simple drawing on the back, facing the skin. Rule out
telepathy by selecting one of several drawings without anyone seeing which one
it is
5.
Telepathy
(receiving) 10 mm; fullness in
the stomach; a feeling like ants crawling on the forehead, knees and back of
feet. A third person, concentrating on a thought, sits 1-10 m in front of the
tested person. Initially, no observers should be in the room; the correct
thought may evolve from a chain of thought associations
6.
Telepathy
(sending) 12 mm; moist eyes; burning feeling, especially in the
lower abdomen. Works over distances up to 50 km
7.
Aura
vision I 12 mm; tickling in the
nose; sore inner sides of the feet, right shoulder and left clavicle. A third
person sits up to 5 m opposite the tested person
8.
Aura
vision II 10 mm; soreness on a
line from the left nipple to the groin, in two regions in front of the lower
arm and along the right side of the face. Third person sits 1-10 m in front of
tested person
9.
Reducing
hunger or appetite 12 mm; sore
right biceps and right buttock; dislike of color purple
10.
Reducing
thirst 12 mm; same reflexes as
for hunger
11.
Pain
relief 10 mm; view turns towards
the right; pain in ear; euphoria. Pain is reduced in a third person opposite
the tested person or in an absent person on which the tested person concentrates
12.
Seeing
in darkness 12 mm; coolness in
eyes and mouth; seeing profiles of many faces; pain in feet and upper teeth or
gum. After sensitizing the plaque, lead the tested person with covered eyes
into a totally dark room. Remove eye cover. Blind people may see as well
Autoscopic Plaques
With these, the tested person sees his or her own
organs or problems. Cover the eyes with a black cloth. The examiner must sit
sideways from the tested person. Paraesthesia, as
mentioned occasionally, is a feeling as if a leg goes to sleep.
13.
Circulation
system 12 mm; paraesthesia
over the neck and shoulders; feeling of a digestive problem; feeling of a light
brain concussion
14.
Digestive
system 10 mm; paraesthesia inside the
lower part of the right thigh and of the front part of the tongue; neck cramp
15.
Intestines
10 mm; a strip of paraesthesia
from the left eye to the left corner of the mouth, tightness in the head, left
hand feels cold
16.
Kidneys
10 mm; paraesthesia of the
lips, cold around the head, pain in the right shoulder
17.
Liver
10 mm; strip of paraesthesia
along the left hand; feeling of spasms in left forearm and at right forehead
18.
Nervous
system (brain, spinal cord) 10 mm; paraesthesia in the middle of the groin and at the
inter-digital spaces of the left hand; feeling of a foreign body under the left
upper eyelid
19.
Pancreas
10 mm; paraesthesia under the
right foot; pain in the right kneecap, elbow and neck
20.
Respiratory
system 10 mm; feeling of emptiness in the brain and of a hole
in the middle of the forehead; spasms of the lips
21.
Sexual
organs 10 mm; paraesthesia at the
right back; stomach cramps; feeling of suffocation
22.
Spleen
9 mm; pain in the ribs and lower right back; difficulty
in moving the head to the side; difficulty keeping eyes closed or open
23.
Sympathetic
nerve 12 mm; hardness of the right gum; swelling of pharynx;
feeling of missing right foot and paraesthesia across
the upper forehead
24.
Infectious
diseases I 8 mm; reinforces the
secondary effects of a disease, for example, pain, pressure
25.
Infectious
diseases II 10 mm; reinforces the
feeling of sickness or infection itself
26.
Microbe
vision I 11 mm; pain in the back and middle fingers; paraesthesia in the legs, left face and front of the neck.
If successful, the tested person sees a picture of the infection causing
microbes. A negative result of all three plaques 24-26, if properly done,
indicates the disease process is not infectious
27.
Microbe
vision II 10 mm; pain in the left-side top of the head; warm
streaming inside the limbs; tic of the lips
Heteroscopic Plaques
The tester or a trained assistant sits exactly
opposite the tested person, eyes covered with a black cloth. First the heteroscopic master plaque is sensitized in the person
sitting opposite the patient. After the corresponding reflexes have been
observed, the other plaques may be stimulated and the tester or assistant sees
the diseased organs or systems.
28.
Heteroscopic master plaque 11 mm; vision of a violet color; pain between fingers; paraesthesia of all body scars
29.
Circulation
10 mm; tremor of the chin; pain
along midline of the body; feeling of diagonal cuts over the body
30.
Digestive
system 10 mm; pain in the right
wrist; lower right cheek cold; paraesthesia of lower
abdomen
31.
Kidneys
10 mm; dislike of metals; desire for darkness; feeling of
drumming in the intestines
32.
Liver
10 mm; warmth in the right ear; pain in the back of the
right foot and front of the left foot, also in the upper cervical vertebrae;
'ants crawling' in the fingertips
33.
Nervous
system 12 mm; paraesthesia under the
eyes; body feels smaller; body feels as though it is being bitten
34.
Pancreas
12 mm; pain in the left little
toe; 'heavy weight' on the right skull with a feeling of falling to the side;
general indifference
35.
Respiration
10 mm; trembling in the stomach;
desire to bite; tendency to vandalism
36.
Sexual
system 12 mm; pain in the right front of the body; paraesthesia in left arm and inner arm; left side of nose
cold
37.
Spleen
12 mm; feeling of electric shock
through the body; dry throat; pain in right thorax
38.
Organ
infections 13 mm; trembling in
the left shoulder; burning of the esophagus; vision of a rose color. The first
part of the vision shows the diseased organ, and the second part shows the
infectious agent or microbe
39.
Microbes
and residues 12
mm; slight hoarseness; slight
pain at the right side of the top of the head; warm streaming along the upper
part of the throat and neck; slight paraesthesia of
the forehead, neck and outside of the right leg. Microbes, uric-acid crystals
and other disease-causing residues may be seen.