The headaches have not returned. If they should, there are other things Ken can try. In Africa, healers have good results using drums. The different rhythms are said to affect the flow of blood and the functioning of various organs. The idea that the whole universe is made up of sound and rhythm, and that once you tune in to this rhythm you become one with the perfect working of the universe, lies at the heart of certain sects of Buddhism.
Devotees find that through chanting, their lives are put in rhythm with the spheres.
When that happens, everything goes well, they say. If Ken suffered from arthritis, he might see a dowser. Dowsers, with their divining rods, are more typically employed to locate underground water supplies. The divining rod need be nothing more than a twig, but in the hands of a dowser it will virtually come to life when the dowser stands over a subterranean body of water. The dowser sometimes has to hold tight to keep the divining rod from jumping out of his or her hands.