Job Opportunities in Radionics

[ecosophia]

I had occasion earlier today to check up on the state of the art in radionics.  Radionics?  It's a weird hybrid of sorcery and technology, in which a variety of electro-etheric devices such as the Hieronymus Machine (an example is on the left) are used in place of the typical medieval technology of wands and star-spangled robes. Rather more than a decade ago I built a Hieronymus machine, collected all the necessary information to use it, and spent a while getting a good sense of its potentials for spirituality, divination, magic, and healing; I don't do a lot with it any more, but I've still got my endearingly clumky homebrew machine, and get good results with it when I do use it. 

I was pleased to find that my old friend Joseph Max has gone from creating his own finely crafted radionics devices to selling high-end radionics machines -- his site, Aetheric Arts Labs, is worth visiting just to wallow in the glorious dieselpunk esthetic of his products. (Here's an essay, lavishly illustrated, about the construction of his first Hieronymus machine.) I was less pleased to find that there's not much else available out there, and most of it is very pricey. Joseph's machines are expensive, but they're worth it because of the quality of the materlal and workmanship; a lot of the others are pricey because the manufacturers are charging what the market can bear. 

Me, I like to see occult knowledge and practice finding its way to as many people as possible, and that's difficult in this case when you have to shell out $1500-$3000 for a device that you can build for about $50 if you buy all the parts new. I have a lot of talented readers, a fair number of them can read simple schematic diagrams and build things, and it occurs to me that a lot of people just now are interested in finding a way to bring in money that doesn't depend on selling their time to an employer. So it occurs to me to wonder aloud if anyone out there is interested in learning how to make Hieronymus machines, which can sold via the usual online venues; there's apparently a substantial market, and a good practical model for a reasonable price (say, $200-$300) would likely fly off the shelves. 

I've got a very substantial collection of documents on the Hieronymus machine, including T. Galen Hieronymus' original patent, the schematic of a later transistorized version, and detailed instructions for manufacture and use, which I will make available to anyone who wants them and sends me a PM or a comment marked NOT FOR POSTING with an email address. What I ask in return is one of the machines you make. Interested?  Let me know. Baffled by all this?  Well, that's why my journal allows comments...

***Update**** -- I've received an enthusiastic response to this, which is great. One resource that might be helpful to those who plan on building their own Hieronymus machine using the transistorized circuit I've included is this detailed discussion by Joseph Max. The comments are particularly useful. 

***Update 2*** -- I'm temporarily suspending my offer as Magic Monday draws closer. Interest in this project turned out to be much higher than I expected; rather than the half dozen or so packets I expected to email, I've sent out close to 40, and I want to make sure I don't get a couple of hundred requests while Magic Monday is in process! I'm going to look into other ways to make information on radionics and building your own Hieronymus machine available to those who are interested; I'll post something here as soon as I've gotten that worked out. In the meantime, if you're frantic for plans, the Wayback Machine has something to get you started,  and Joseph Max's discussion of how he built one using the same circuit is not to be missed...

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Meeeee!

[(Anonymous)]

Hopefully didn't miss out on this...very cool...I've got to have a go at this, so waiting for further instructions on how to get my paws on the docs!

Thanks JMG...Really missed you btw!

JMac