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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (622233)	9/11/2004 10:30:09 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Marcel Matley, according to his credentials had no formal training in document examination. He attended a few seminars, which are meaningless, unless lunch was good. His credentials indicate he was privately trained by Rose Toomey. A women that is known as a Medical Graphologist that hawks money from suckers that send her samples of their handwriting so she can give them a sysnopsis of their medical condition by examining the handwriting. Here is an interesting post of someone that used her. To me, she sounds much like the phoney Jamaican Tarot card reader that was ripped off the air. ;) I had my handwriting analyzed: wondering if my handwriting could reveal anything about my health, I sent samples of my scrawl to a medical graphologist. Here's what I found out - News and notes: test run Natural Health, Dec, 2002 by Ginny Flower At a Glance Ginny Flower, 28 The Practice: Graphologists analyze handwriting for patterns that signal certain health problems and personality traits (large loops, for example, indicate respiratory problems). They then recommend specific penmanship changes, which they say can heal the problem or alter the trait. The Cost: $75 to $200 an hour. My Motivation: Pure curiosity. Fear Factor: None. I'VE NEVER HAD PRETTY HANDWRITING. So when I was asked if I'd like to have mine analyzed for clues about my health, my curiosity was piqued. Following instructions, I dug out notes, letters, and phone messages from the past year and mailed four samples to medical graphologist Rose Toomey in Oceanside, Calif. The Analysis My handwriting has two extremes: hasty chicken scratch (for note-taking) and laboriously crafted penmanship (for letter-writing). Because my handwriting can look so different, I wasn't sure what Toomey would be able to determine. But when her report came back I was surprised by how much of it was on the mark. For example, Toomey deduced from my short i's and the uneven crossbars on my t's that I have digestive problems and that I'm sarcastic. In fact, my acupuncturist had given me herbs the week before to help me digest fiber more easily. And my friends can attest to my sarcasm. But I disagreed when Toomey said these issues indicated I was stressed; I don't think I am. Toomey also said that making a few tweaks to my penmanship would aid my digestion and curb my sarcasm. She told me to heighten the letter i and to cross my t's so that the horizontal bar is equally long on both sides of the vertical line. I was skeptical but agreed to follow her suggestions. Writer's Block Changing your handwriting is difficult. I realized that I don't write very much; I do nearly all my work on a computer. And the writing I do on a daily basis is hurried and brief, so it's not a great place to experiment with penmanship. I had to slow down to think about how I was writing. Often I'd give up and lapse into my speedy chicken scratch. But gradually my new i's and t's began to come more naturally. Four weeks after my analysis, I'm not sure whether these minor adjustments to my penmanship have affected my health or personality. My digestion has improved, but that may be from the herbs I took. And I'm making progress with my sarcasm, but I still have a long, long way to go. My Verdict The best part: Reading the analysis and picking out the uncanny accuracies. The worst part: Trying to change my handwriting. Fast Facts History: Using graphology to uncover health clues evolved in the 1970s and 1980s. Prior to that, graphologists looked only for personality traits in handwriting. Today: Only a few graphologists in the United States specialize in identifying health problems. For More Info: To find a graphologist trained to analyze health, contact the Association for Graphological Studies (760-722-7711; www.graphologyafgs.com). Ginny Flower is the marketing manager at Natural Health. COPYRIGHT 2002 Weider Publications COPYRIGHT 2002 Gale Group