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The Wet Cell Rediscovered
Part 1
Undeterred, Becker continued his research and uncovered important clues to the role that electrical currents play in human growth and healing. Today, he is recognized as a leader in the field of "energy medicine"--a branch of the healing arts that looks to the "electric body" in diagnosing and treating illness.
Long before the work of these pioneering scientists, in the 1920's, Edgar Cayce proposed the same outrageous notion. As Dr. William McGarey, director of the A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, pointed out, "Cayce said, 'Electricity or vibration is that same energy, same power, ye call God.' [Cayce reading 1967-1] Since man is created in the image of God, he is also electrical in nature and this positive/negative activity creates an electromagnetic field in and around the body. When we are injured, or we have allowed ourselves to become unbalanced by our thoughts, cells become deficient in electrical energy. And this marks the beginning of physical weakness and disease."
Cayce recommended using an unconventional electrical appliance that gave the user a small electrical charge. He called it the wet cell, probably because it contained a liquid solution and performed like a storage battery cell. In several readings, he gave instructions on how to build the device. He initially suggested a stone crock or a glass container, but later recommended one "made of a composition, or rubberoid, that does not break or become changed by the contraction and expansion owing to the activity of the solution in same." [Edgar Cayce reading 1800-25] Wet cells today are made of ceramic, glass, or plastic.
The electrolyte solution uses distilled or spring water mixed with copper sulfate, sulfuric acid, zinc, and charcoal. Two poles, one copper and one nickel, are immersed in the solution and fitted with terminals to which wires are attached leading to two plates, one of copper and one of nickel. The plates are held against the user's body--the nickel near the navel, the copper against a nerve center along the spinal column. In most cases, the appliance contains one specified solution--gold chloride, spirits of camphor, silver nitrate, or Atomidine, among others--which supplies certain elements to the body. The small electrical current provided by the wet cell stimulates the growth of nerve tissue and balances the glandular system, Cayce said.
While unrecognized by mainstream medicine, the wet cell has been used to treat people suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritis, deafness, epilepsy, diabetes, mental disorder, and a host of other ailments. Cayce said it could be used in treating 150 disorders. After publication of "The Wet Cell Appliance" in Venture Inward (July/August, 1993), manufacturers and health practitioners were besieged with inquiries from people suffering with various illnesses.
"While in the past, we did well to sell one wet cell per month, by the end of last year, we had sold 56 appliances--mostly for people with multiple sclerosis," said Scott Grady, manager of the Cayce Corner, a store at the A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, that sells Cayce products.
Grady said many experienced positive results. "One woman who used it for MS called to inform us that after the very first use, circulation returned to various portions of her body, and she began to experience less pain. An elderly gentleman who purchased the appliance for diabetes also called to tell us that initially he was a bit alarmed, since he began feeling nauseous after using it. When his physician checked his blood sugar, he found it had dropped and he actually had to adjust his insulin levels downward to compensate for the beneficial effects of the therapy."
Bruce Baar of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, to whom the A.R.E. has often referred inquiries since he began manufacturing the appliance in the early 1980's, said he was in a severe auto accident in 1985 and found the wet cell "worked wonders on the neurological effects of this trauma." Baar sells the appliance and an educational video, and offers free consultations. His model is also sold by The Holistic Shoppe at Dr. Gladys McGarey's Scottsdale, Arizona, Holistic Medical Center.
Betty Olund, of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, purchased an appliance from Baar and began using it for a long-standing "neuropathic condition" for which doctors had offered no cure. Her symptoms included severe numbness of the feet and legs. "It is definitely improving. I can actually feel my legs and feet again for the first time in years," she said.
The Venture Inward article also brought to light a controversy among manufacturers and users over the construction of the wet cell. Baar, who makes a clear plastic model, said, "Cayce said to stay away from breakable materials and use a rubberoid container. I researched the glass version, and found it too dangerous and too expensive for the user, especially when better materials are available."
Concerning pole length, Baar notes that the early manufacturers used poles 8 to 10 inches long. They were Marsden Godfrey, who made appliances for Cayce, and Lester Babcoke, whose business Baar purchased from Babcoke's widow. Baar uses 10-inch poles and believes that this length was implied in reading 1800-25, which said it is determined by "whether the container is high or low," and they should be of "sufficient length to reach the bottom of the container and high enough above, through a plank or cover, for a wire to be attached to." Its size is dictated by the quantity of the solution, which was a gallon and a half, said Baar, which led to using 10-inch poles.
Phil Thomas, whose ceramic wet cell contains 14-inch poles, disagrees. He cites two readings that suggested longer poles: 5485-1 said 14 inches, and 161-5 said 16 inches. "I believe Cayce specified pole length because the wet cell acts like an antenna. There's what's known as a 'sine wave' that has to conform to that length. If you don't have that minimum length, it doesn't deliver the vibration of the elements effectively. That's why, in my mind, over the past two or three decades, the wet cell wasn't as effective as it could have been because Lester, for example, had the basic ingredients, but not the right pole length. Only two readings specify pole length, and my feeling is that it has to be in that range to be effective. And virtually everyone who has used my appliance has had good results."
Thomas has been building the devices since 1987, and last year operated a wet cell therapy center in Virginia Beach for people to try using the device. Many of those who came to the center with a variety of ailments--notably, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and Parkinson's disease--reported beneficial results, he claims.
Astrid Scammell was one of them: "I was convinced I was experiencing the beginnings of MS. I was losing the use of my hands--in fact, it was getting difficult to grasp a pencil, my hands were so numb. Then the numbness gradually moved throughout my body to the point where I could brush against a wall and hardly feel it. My coordination was not good; my feet were so sore it was becoming painful to stand."
She began using Thomas' wet cell. "Today, I am more flexible, my energy is increasing, the numbness is slowly disappearing and my digestion is even improving," she says.
Dr. Paul Thompson, a Virginia Beach chiropractor who purchased a wet cell from Thomas to use on patients, received calls from people with chronic illnesses, as well as healthcare practitioners from around the world. He and Maybritt Hansen, who reports having overcome MS with the Thomas wet cell, have produced a video to answer patients' questions about how to charge the appliance, apply leads, find spinal locations and the lacteal duct plexus, and how to test for spinal placement by using kinesiology.
"In addition," explains Thompson, "we address how attitude and emotions affect healing--a major focus of Cayce's readings. In fact, this one issue is paramount when using the wet cell. Over the past year, I really came to appreciate that--perhaps because I began to deal with so many people with chronic conditions. What I found is how many people had some emotional problem that preceded their illness. When they gave up, the illness came on. The wet cell will strengthen the physical body, and this is important, since it gives one the will to conquer the emotional-mental nature. But unless you deal with your thinking, the results will not last. When people first began using the appliance, they were typically very excited. But in the cases where results were not instantaneous, they would start to go downhill." He cites a patient with a serious case of hives. "When we began using the wet cell with her, she began to recover. A few months later, during a particularly stressful time, the hives returned. It was only when she was finally able to make changes in her thinking, that she was able to make a lasting recovery."
The Heritage Store in Virginia Beach sells both a plastic (8-inch pole) and a glass (14-inch pole) model. Owner Tom Johnson says, "We have received innumerable calls from users of both models who report positive results with multiple sclerosis and countless other disorders." One Heritage customer, Sue Brewington of Miami, Florida, has used both. "I began using the plastic version eight years ago for numbness and tingling in my thumbs after a car accident. At the time, a neurologist told me I had a disintegrating disc, and suggested that I might have irreversible nerve damage that may require surgery to fuse the vertebrae. Simultaneously, I began working closely with a nutritional consultant who suggested I use the appliance. After a few weeks, my neurologist told me that it was reversible since there was a definite indication of recent nerve healing. Four years later, still working with the nutritional consultant, I began using the glass appliance. She maintained that the gains that I made--particularly with a very sensitive digestive system--were obviously more pronounced while using the glass version."
An added benefit of the Heritage wet cell, according to Johnson, is that "when the appliances are built, those responsible remain in a prayerful state during the process, and when each one is complete, a prayer is said over the instrument--an important step, according to the Cayce readings." The Cayce Corner has sold the two Heritage models, as well as one with 11-inch poles made by Joseph Myers, an engineer and A.R.E. member in North Carolina. Why an 11-inch rod? "It fits in the container," said Scott Grady. "We have observed excellent results using the 8-inch poles, as well as the longer ones." Their effectiveness is due to the "steady source of amperage in relatively low quantities that produces results," says Grady. He recalled that Dr. Becker, in his landmark book, The Body Electric, observed that "very small amounts of energy (three trillionths of an amp) resulted in physical healing of tissue."
As for whether a plastic container is as effective as glass, in Grady's opinion it is no more important than the length of the poles. The plastic models, however, are far more popular, he said. "Plastic is less likely to break and it has a fairly good seal, which insures that the acid solution will not spill. This is an important consideration for our patients since many are not steady on their feet and often have little physical strength. It also weighs less, so it is easier to carry and it is less expensive than the glass model."
Noting that construction details of the wet cell, as outlined in readings from the 1920's to the 1940's, differed slightly, he said that "different details of construction were suggested for different individuals and these cannot necessarily be universally applied."
Grady said the article led many to think that it was critical to have a chiropractor or physician to assist in using it. "The appliance can be used by anyone in their own home--in fact, it is far more convenient this way since it is often necessary to use on a daily basis."
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