Ha ha, search me, I'm no scientist. Here's more of a quote, prior to that last bit, from Principles and Practice of Radiesthesia:

Now, according to Lakhovsky, the density of matter is not due to the atoms in a molecule, nor to the electrons, protons, positrons and other particles composing the atom. He con­ siders that the density of matter is due to the nature of the intermolccular space, and that this space is not the same for different kinds of matter.


According to Lakhovsky the compression, to a greater or lesser degree, of the molecule of any substance, gives rise to a radiation which is characteristic of that substance —a radi­ ation that is propagated to infinity.


Furthermore he puts forward the theory that our thought is also a vibration, which is propagated to infinity at the rate of 300,000 kilometres per second.

This stuff interests me, incidentally, as to the possible connection to talismans etc. as expressed in Medieval and Renaissance magical lore. Again, random observations here, perhaps not germane to your initial post on time...