Calibration

Definition

Calibration is David Hawkins' name for his method of rating the consciousness level of a person, statement, concept, or intention against the Map of Consciousness. It uses applied kinesiology, or muscle testing, to place a subject on his scale of 1 to 1,000, which he called logarithmic, and so to read whether it operates through force (below 200) or power (above 200). Muscle testing fails blinded tests, so the resulting numbers are his readings, not measurements.

Primary source

— David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Veritas Publishing, 1995), his own account of the scale and the method.

— James J. Kenney, Roger Clemens and Kenneth D. Forsythe, "Applied kinesiology unreliable for assessing nutrient status", Journal of the American Dietetic Association 88(6): 698–704 (1988), the blinded test of the method. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)02038-1

Deep Understanding

Hawkins' calibration methodology is based on the principle that human consciousness is connected to a universal field of awareness that responds to truth and falsehood with measurable physiological changes. In his account, when a statement that calibrates as true is held in mind, the body's muscles test strong. When a false statement is held, the muscles test weak. This binary response — strong/weak, true/false — can be refined through skilled questioning to identify specific numerical calibrations on the Map of Consciousness.

The methodology is controversial in mainstream science. By his own account, Hawkins obtained consistent results across millions of calibrations over some twenty years, with different practitioners arriving at the same calibration for the same subjects (Power vs. Force, 1995); applied kinesiology, the method behind those numbers, did no better than random guessing when Kenney, Clemens and Forsythe tested it blind against nutrient status (1988), so that agreement is his report rather than an independent finding. The practical value of calibration for the Gnostic practitioner lies less in the laboratory methodology and more in the self-diagnostic application: using the emotional and somatic correlates of each calibration level as an internal compass.

The Hermetic tradition always taught that truth has a distinct energetic signature. The Emerald Tablet's instruction, in Isaac Newton's translation, "Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtile from the gross," is, in essence, a calibration instruction — the capacity to distinguish between what resonates with truth (power, above 200) and what resonates with deception (force, below 200). The Gnostic initiate's development of the Nous — the divine intellect — is the cultivation of an internal calibration capacity that does not require external testing.

In Practice

You carry a calibration instrument with you at all times: your body. When you encounter a statement, person, or situation, notice your body's response. Contraction (tightening of the gut, chest, or throat) signals a force-based, sub-200 resonance. Expansion (opening of the chest, deepening of breath, relaxation of the shoulders) signals a power-based, 200+ resonance. This somatic calibration becomes more accurate with practice and is the foundation of the Daily Frequency Check.

The Voice of Pleroma

"Your body has always known what is true. The Archontic education system spent twelve years teaching you to ignore it. Calibration is the art of listening again."

Stefan's Alkimia. (2026, April 2). Calibration. Pleroma Guide. https://pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/calibration

Stefan's Alkimia. “Calibration.” Pleroma Guide, 2 Apr. 2026, pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/calibration.

Stefan's Alkimia. “Calibration.” Pleroma Guide. April 2, 2026. https://pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/calibration.

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