he foresaw a worldwide conversion to Catholicism after the great catastrophe, I believe that this means the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
In many ways these Prophesies , terrible as they are , are not half as bad as they might be. No mention of Radioactivity for instance and the Coming Invasion of the USA being a failure.
I don't believe so. If you or anyone else can indicate a Church Law or Teaching that points to this I will be happy to change my mind. There have been occasions, for instance when Religious Communities have used Dowsers to find water water on their lands on no one ever said boo to it. I wish I could do it, sounds like fun. The fact that people call something witchcraft does not make it so. There was a time when people flying through the air was called witchcraft but now people fly about the place all the time. The fact that we cannot understand something does not make it evil or magic. One of the major accusations against Jesus was that He used magic. It's the along the same lines as other psychic abilities such as telepathy or prescience. Its just a Gift. Everything cannot be put into one box or another. As Shakespeare has Hamlet say,
Well, Padraig, there isn't much about written dowsing and the Catholic Church these days, although there is lots about divination in general. I found a few snippets online: "In fact, there is only one direct reference to dowsing in the Bible. And here the practice is specifically condemned by God: “[My people] consult their piece of wood, and their wand** makes pronouncements for them; for the spirit of harlotry has led them astray; they commit harlotry, forsaking their God,” Hosea 4: 12. **Wood… wand: an idol used in divination, New American Bible. "The Bible condemns divination. God tells His people, “There shall not be found among you anyone who…practices divination…” Deuteronomy 18: 10. Because dowsing is a form of divination, it is also rejected. "Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible into the Latin vulgate in the fourth century referred to the divining “staff” of Hosea’s time and says it was cut from Myrtle wood. Saint Cyril, in the ninth century made the same reference. “In 1362 a Papal Bull against the ‘use of a ring to obtain answers in the manner of the Devil’ (pendulum dowsing) was issued by Pope John XXII… Today, the Roman Catholic Church takes somewhat the same stand as reflected in its works on Moral Theology, stating that dowsing is ‘practicing superstition’ which is a serious sin. The Catholic Information Service of the Knights of Columbus classifies dowsing as ‘rank superstition’ and breaking the first commandment. From: https://ephesians511blog.com/ “The Catholic Church in 1853, declared that dowsing worked because it was the devil his very self that pulled and twisted the dowsing rod to give the accurate results.” Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3373175 .
I hope you are right. But I think in the Vatican document about the new age practices it was included. Also it is often listed in deliverance prayers when denouncing occult practices. I hope I am wrong....I will try to find out for sure.
Yes, I remember when I was very young one of my Uncles used dowsing rods to find a well beside the house where I grew up. And he's certainly not into New Age or Witchcraft. Very far from it! Now I did see a programme some time ago where a group of ghosthunters used similar rods to contact the dead, which is very dangerous, so I think it depends on how they are used. Dowsing was used in the past to find water and having witnessed it myself it seems to work as there was indeed a well beside the house if my memory serves me correctly . I don't know how it works but there was no incantations said etc. I'm sure there may be a scientific reason for it.
I think some people are just born with 'Gifts'. In Ireland we have the legend of the Seventh Son of the Seventh son having healing powers. Also the old legends of the , 'Fairy Child', the human child being stolen away by the child stolen away by the Little people and replaced by a fairy baby from the cradle. This to explain how certain children who are 'Fay', or have certain powers sch as healing, or 'Seeing'. Some cultures appear more open to these Gifts, the more simple and rural peoples like the Shamanistic cultures like say the Romany Gypsies of the North American Indians , being more open to this. The more materialistic and modern cultures become the less open they appear to be to this. But in many places in the East such as India and Russia they are far more open to it. Tibet used to be a hot spot for this stuff and I used to read a lot of books on Tantric Buddhism in Tibet and the emergence of various , 'Gifts', there. There was one in particular that drew my attention. Monks could walk huge distances without pausing at high speeds. I tired this myself and it actually works. So if I am on a long walk , far from base I try it from time to time and I kind of go into auto pilot with my feet fairly humming along. I believe it is a kind of psychological effect that fixes the mind on moving the feet regularly and quickly, a kind of mental automation.
It would be a pity to throw the baby out with the bathwater and dismiss all such things as evil, I think.
Shamanistic practices and clairvoyance and dabbling with unapproved "prophecy", for example, means to engage with demons. The bible and exorcists are clear about this. True prophecy does exist. But it's rare. For example Akita. A conservative approach to prophesy is good. Not a wide approach which opens us to the influence of demons. I looked into Irlmaier over ten years ago. Got carried away with it for some years. Unapproved prophecy is dangerous, it's binding our energy. Some things are simply not for us to know, that's why the word "occult" (meaning hidden) has a negative connotation. Irlmaier had a gift of seeing certain things at a person-to-person level, that much is certain. But his political prophecy is nonsense. It's a copy-paste of a lot of bogus unapproved European folk tales, such as "the seer of Prague" etc. Irlmaier has not written any of that, it comes from his publisher Adlmaier. This has been meticulously examined. A recommended read is Huebscher's book "Die grosse Weissagung". This book describes in a scientific way (History, Etymology) how prophetic fairy tales have always existed in Europe since the middle ages, how they are tied together (meaning copy-pasted), and how they have been adjusted every time to the current political situation. If one follows this stuff, one becomes an internet junkie, always keen to read the next new scary thing. One is kept in a perpetual state of 'near-expectation' (as Huebscher puts it), always waiting for events to unfold soon, very soon. One misses the things that we are actually called to do via approved prophecy, such as to put on ashes and to pray a penitential rosary daily. I hope you don't mind my views. I enjoy this forum very much, but I am also keen that people stay calm and focused and sane. This forum is like my spiritual home. I draw a lot of strength from here, especially in times of deep personal crises. Thank you profoundly for this forum.
The Women of Grace blog posted an article on dowsing just this past January. The show runs on EWTN. Divining the Future with Pendulums and Dowsing Rods Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2021 by Susan Brinkmann CS asks: “What do you know about a technique called dowsing or water witching, supposedly to locate water under the ground, but also to locate things with a rod in a Y shape? It does not seem like something harmful to be in search of water. However, there is also something called dowsing with a pendulum made out of a metal like brass or other materials that is attached to a string. Apparently, you would tell it that if it swings in a circle, this means 'yes' and if it swings in a straight line, this means 'no'; and then you ask it a question and your answer is the direction that it swings. I have seen this done and it seems like something one should not be doing. I am not sure if I should tell the people that are doing it that it is wrong or not.” CS, you would be performing an act of charity if you asked the people using the a dowsing rod or pendulum to stop because they are dabbling in the occult and are exposing themselves to spiritual danger. These practices are one of many pagan divination tools which are forbidden in Scripture. And for good reason. All of them are used to divine the future. For example, when trying to divine the location of water, a person known as a “dowser” walks across a stretch of land with a dowsing stick and waits for it to be forcefully thrust downward at the location where water is said to be found. According to Elliot Miller, the late former editor of the Christian Research Journal, dowsers are thought to possess some kind of special ability or “divine gift” that consists of a natural sensitivity to alleged earth magnetism, water “radiations," or some other natural phenomenon. “They believe their dowsing stick or other device (often an occult pendulum) somehow ‘focuses’ or otherwise identifies this energy so that one is able to find water or other substances or things that one is seeking -- including oil, treasure, and lost persons or objects,” Miller writes. He goes on to report that many Christians also believe in dowsing as a divine gift and attempt to justify the practice by appealing to the Bible. Unfortunately, the scripture passages they cite refer only to digging wells or searching for water - never dowsing – which they claim is because the verses were mistranslated. If they were correctly translated, they would supposedly mention dowsing. However, there is only one direct reference to dowsing in Scripture and it's hardly an endorsement. "My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner's wand informs them; for a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have played the harlot, departing from their God" (Hos. 4:12). Dowsing, in any form, including the pendulum CS mentions in her e-mail, has always been considered an occult art, and one that is often associated with witchcraft, which explains the alternate term of “water witching.” Practitioners who possess this gift tend to be involved in other psychic practices as well. For instance, many dowsers put themselves into a trance before dowsing. They are also called to “have faith” in the power behind the dowsing rod and to have a personal interaction/response with it. These and other facts about dowsing “suggest that the force behind this practice is personal, intelligent, and desirous of human interaction,” Miller writes. “If men were only dealing with an impersonal force, it would never require respect, or faith, or personal communication. But these responses are exactly what spirit guides require and demand of their human mediums. Many illustrations of this kind of spirit-human interaction could be cited from those who use Ouija boards, the I Ching, rune dice, tarot cards, or who employ ceremonial magic and other forms of the occult.” CS describes people who are using a pendulum to discern “yes” or “no” answers much like what is done with the planchette of a ouija board. She is correct to discern that this is also form of divination. A partial list of other practices that fall into the same category as dowsing would be horoscopes, tarot cards, ouija boards, runes, I Ching, divining rods, pendulums, palmistry, crystal-gazing, geomancy, and any derivative thereof. The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives a very specific and easy to understand explanation of the dangers of all of these methods of divination in Sections 2115-2117. It is well worth taking the time to read. © All Rights Reserved, Living His Life Abundantly®/Women of Grace® http://www.womenofgrace.com
Or even all the boys in the country side with different cures for various ailments. I see these as gifts bestowed according to God's good grace. Was thinking of this prophecy and it reminded me of your dream Padraig concerning the Inundation of belfast etc with water. Your boy talks of an explosion of some sort north of England that creates a massive earthquake leading to a tsunami of sorts. What do you think?
I think John of the Cross is right to caution us against apparitions and locutions. I am very leery if all occult phenomena---the devil can deceive anyone! That is why the guidance of the traditional magisterium is so important. Padraig is right about "gifts"---it can be in families.. it is in my family on both sides. It concerns me because it was a trap for me when I was young. Our Lady lifted me out of it. Maybe gifts are neutral but I give everything to the Holy Spirit. I don't want these "gifts" ever again.
Dear Malachi, You asked "what do you think". Since you posted this question, I take it as a public question. I think it's nonsense. It stems from Adlmair/Irlmair (the idea of a bomb dropped into the North Sea, flooding Britain). This is the kind of stuff that keeps people in a perpetual mind-loop of near-expectation. It can lead to insanity. The reality is that we are facing biological warfare. It's clear that the times are dire. But clinging to nonsense doesn't help, it makes it worse. I appreciate your views Malachi, I have read some very deep thoughts from you, I hope you don't hold this post against me.
