What is the E-Meter and how does it work?
E-Meter is a shortened term for electropsychometer. It is the
primary tool
used in auditing and is a highly sensitive electronic instrument which
indicates changes that occur in the mind.
As noted above, the mind is made up of mental image pictures which have mass and energy. When a person thinks a thought, looks at one of these pictures or re-experiences some painful memory, he is moving and changing the mental mass and energy of the mind.
What makes the E-Meter react is the impingement of these mental image pictures against the body. A person receiving auditing holds two plated cans which are hooked up to the electronic components of the meter. The meter sends a minuscule electrical current (approximately half a volt) through the body, about the same amount of current as in the average battery-powered wristwatch.
Changes in the mental masses of the mind affect the tiny flow of electrical energy generated by the E-Meter and this change is registered by movement of a small, sensitive needle on the face of the meter. A reaction which causes the needle to move indicates an area of upset or trauma and this guides the auditor in locating what should be addressed in auditing.
The E-Meter by itself does nothing. However, as a guide, and because it can react on things that are just below the conscious awareness of a person, the auditor is able to help an individual readily locate the areas in his life that need to be addressed with the appropriate auditing procedure.
Because of its indispensable role in the religious service of auditing, the E-Meter has been deemed a religious artifact by courts in the United States.
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