Page 30 RAIN September/October 1984 LETTERS We recently received the following question, which no one on the Rain staff could answer. So we decided to submit it to our "panel of experts"—you, our readers. Ifyou have any helpful information on this, send it to us and we'll pass it on to Mr. Dipiero. Some time ago, maybe two or three years, I read of a nonprofit cooperative group—I'm fairly certain it was in Oregon or Washington—that was planning to distribute automotive carburetors, highly fuel-efficient ones that aren't commercially available. Unfortunately, I don't remember the source of this information. Does anybody at RAIN know of this group, or can you refer me to someone who might? Joe Dipiero Darby, PA Kirkpatrick Sale's "Bioregional Vision" (RAIN, May/June 1984) was a hit with us. The desperate need for such vision was apparent recently as we bicycled 500 miles through five or six Northwest watersheds. Noisy, smelly, dangerously fast motorized vehicles are a terrible violation of the bioregional vision, a curse of blindness to the participants, and a menace to those who prefer transportation on a human scale. Participating in the petroleum economy is a personal choice. Abandoning one's automobile is an important step toward sharing the bioregional vision. The path is obvious when we consider that "our best wisdom does not come from without, but arises in the soul and is an emanation of the earth- spirit, a voice speaking directly to us as dwellers in the land." Larry and Marge Warning Oysterville, Washington The April/May issue has arrived and been perused completely—excellent articles and reviews. Anent the review of Well Body, Well Earth and the diagram of water and waste: Members of the American Society of Dowsers (ASD) are locating water that is uncontaminated, as they are working from a different conception. Jack Livingston of Newcastle, California, for example, speaks of "living water," and says it originates or is created deep in the bowels of the earth in the form of steam. It then arises through cracks in the mantle of the earth, cooling into water in the process. It finally forms "domes," sometimes high up in a mountain. Then the water percolates down in branches, sometimes near the surface, sometimes very deep.To visualize a dome, think of an upright octopus with its tentacles spread out. Jack, who is one of the oldest and best dowsers in the U.S., is finding uncontaminated water all around the Los Angeles area, where there is said to be none. Wayne Thompson, of San Diego, is another expert dowser who is successfully finding uncontaminated water for various municipalities. Expert dowsers cannot only tell where to drill for water, but also the depth at which it will be found, the number of gallons per minute, and whether the water is contaminated. The late Abbe Mermet, in France, could tell what strata the driller would go through in reaching the predicted water, and also the iron and calcium content. To learn more, you can attend a meeting of the Oregon Territory Chapter of the ASD. Contact Bob and Rita Fryer, secretaries, 1931 West 113th Avenue, Portland, OR 97229. Edwin Todd Costa Rica I have just read your review of Ralph and Lynn Miller's reprint of Ten Acres Enough in the March/April issue. I was amused to discover the book's author was "anonymous." Far from being unknown, the author is Edmund Morris, a well-known New Jersey businessman, editor, publisher, and land developer. Morris and his book are well-known to historians of American agriculture. For details, see my 1976 bibliography. Environmental Values: 1860-1972. Loren C. Owings Davis, California I've just looked through my first issue of RAIN. As a historian of religions concerned with how a people find meaning in a functional cosmology, I see your magazine as an opening to a new image, new symbols of who we are. John A. Grim Elizabeth Seton College Yonkers, New York I don't read the newspaper or watch television. I listen to "All Things Considered" and subscribe to Communities, Sojourners, and RAIN. I consider your publication a great resource guide for good solutions to Spaceship Earth. Keep it coming. Michael Geigert Pomfret Center, CT I want to applaud your efforts. RAIN is always a source of new ideas and connections—items I can't seem to find elsewhere, despite the "information age." Paul Lander Boulder, Colorado
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