Dowsing
owsing is a process to get information internally or externally.
Dowsing Thomasina. Dowsing Thomas. Doubting Thomasina. Doubting Thomas. Dowsing is a process to get information internally or externally. Internally, one can use the tongue on the roof of the mouth after establishing how it feels when you ask a closed or "yes” or “no” question. Fingers or the entire body can be used for dowsing. Dowsing can be performed with devices of different sizes and types such as rods and bobbers.
Crystal pendants that are used as pendulums. People select them for dowsing according their properties. These were photographed at the Aquarian Book Shop in Richmond, VA, USA.
Early Evidence of Dowsing
There are a few examples of ancient dowsing. "The following quote from the Hebrew bible (Numbers 20:2-11) may be considered dowsing by dowsers but not by the religious:
"...God instructs Moses on the technique of dowsing with a rod: “Now there was no water for the congregation; so, they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.” So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them.
"Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him.
"And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly,..." 1
Water did not come directly from the rock. The vibrations on the rock move into the earth to elevate the water from it.
Georgius Agricola wrote a book on mining in 1530 called De Re Metallica (On Metals). He believed the metals possessed a power to turn the Y-rod in its direction.Others thought if the energy was in the veins then anyone was capable of experiencing the action in the rod. See below a wood cutting dated 1556, of a man employing a rod.
Images and documentation showed dowsing, divination, or radiathesia in use were in ancient Egypt, China, Germany and France used for thousands of years.
Dowsing for metal ore from 1556 'De Re Metallica libri XII' book
Crystal pendants at the Aquarian Book Shop in Richmond, VA, USA.
Does Dowsing Work or is it Bullshit?
According to Wikipedia, it is. Wikipedia denounces all alternative therapies or anything method not approved by the American Medical Association.
Dowsing was reportedly used to find mineral resources. Dowsing WAS used to locate water resources for one specific corporation in the 20th century.
"Skeptic James Randi in his "Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural," notes that dowsers often cannot agree on even the basics of their profession: "Some instructions tell learners never to try dowsing with rubber footwear, while others insist that it helps immeasurably. Some practitioners say that when divining rods cross, that specifically indicates water; others say that water makes the rods diverge to 180 degrees." 2
I attended my first, and at this time my only, American Society of Dowsers (ASD) Convention in Danville, Vermont in 1994.I learned to dowse there and continued with mentor, the late Greg Storozuk.The mind is focused on the task at hand. The body is relaxed with both feet on the floor or ground and the arm used for
dowsing is on the table or held out from the body. I have seen people hold a pendulum low in front of the body and all different ways.What counted was they obtained the information to the question they were asking.
The issue is about not agreeing "...on even the basics of their profession..."Each dowser is different. None of them think the same way.I want to attempt dowsing barefoot on grass. What matters is the answer that is sought.
In Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder wrote dowsing, or radiathesia as in sensitive to radiations (or vibrations)was practiced for several thousands of years.
"...in the lethal jungles of Vietnam, engineers from the First and Third U.S. Marine Divisions are also using dowsing rods...to successfully locate tunnels, booby traps and sunken mortar shells."3
Unlike the United States, Russia is seriously studying dowsing with geologists, geophysicists, and physiologists under the name "Biophysical Effects Method."
Names for Dowsing
Cultures have created their own terminology for dowsing, dating back to its earliest use. Divining is a term referring to information that is from a Higher source.
Water-witching was a term used to describe the process of using a pair of branches, joined at one end, terminating in a point. When searching for water, the pointed end will turn and point to the source.
Doodlebugging might suit people's attitude about the subject because it sounds as woo-woo as the subject itself. "Dating back to 1940s America, the a “doodlebug” initially referred to devices that were said to be able to locate oil deposits, although in the day, they were mainly just scams as miraculous oil detecting technology did not actually exist. The snake oil salesmen who peddled such devices came to be known as doodlebuggers. However, as the technology progressed, and more reliable methods of finding underground oil actually emerged, doodlebuggers came to mean people who head out into the wild and use actual methods (usually seismic mapping) to try natural resources trapped underground." 5
Other names include teleradiesthesia, which explores the subtle energies surrounding us. Radiesthesia is the ability of a person, with the aid of a divining rod or pendulum, to detect things. (such as the presence of underground water, the nature of an illness, or the guilt of a suspected person),or measure a person's energy emission (aura).
Radionics uses energetic rate to balance organs and tissues. It developed from another method created by Dr. Albert Abrams, M.D., called Electronic Reactions of Abrams or E.R.A. Dr. Abrams developed equipment to detect and measure differential radiations emitted by organs and tissues of the body. Machines use witnesses, or organic tissue (such as blood, skin, or fingernails) of a person to detect and correct issues energetically.
Map dowsers use a pendulum to identify information with scaled representations as a base. Dowsers, like psychics, have used maps to locate missing people.Using maps and then visiting the site helps locate water veins, mineral deposits, crude oil, and natural gas. For example, I watched dowsers search locations to drill wells. They may ask while dowsing a map, depending on the scale, or when they are in the field. After locating the vein and walking with a Y-rod, a dowser may switch to a pendulum for additional information. Water quantity and speed rate determine the best site for the well. If there isn't enough water for the customer's purposes, it is senseless to drill the well at that location. If the speed or rate of water is not desirable, or it is too far from where it is needed, there is no reason to construct. The well's location must be cost-effective.
My pendulum was handcrafted by the Mountain Man, the late Greg Storozuk. The sides were sloped 51° 50' 40'' , or 52 degrees rounded off, like the Cheops Pyramid at Giza. It worked perfectly.
The Effects of Dowsing on the Dowser
Dowsing was supported by Albert Einstein, who commented, "I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. In my opinion, however, this is unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time." 6
A psychic looked at a dowser's hand as they operated a pendulum. The psychic described what she saw and drew lines of energy entering the dowser's hand.An energy "moves" the relaxed hand that holds the pendulum or rods, whether Y or L types.
I operated Greg Storozuk's long Y dowsing rod after he pointed to a vein he had located in the ground. My hands were holding, not gripping, the rod's handles. The tip of the rod descended to the vein as if it were attracted to it. It was a significant sensation, without a doubt, a force was working on the tip of the rod.
When dowsing, I ask questions in the void, in the aether where “everything” is known. Here is an issue here: I am working to develop a direct immersion into Spirit so I should not require dowsing tools. The need arises when I am locked, or severed from feeling or hearing answers through the energy centers.
I attended a dowsing convention, the American Society of Dowsers in Vermont, several years ago on my first spiritual journey. It was important to be among people to learn more about concentration, to meditate, all seeking to deepen and expand to access the All, where information is.
I used a pendulum for queries, and to mark time for a request's completion. For example, I’d ask, “Spirit, please neutralize all negative effects and affects that hinder the planet’s, its peoples, flora, and fauna healing.” The pendulum begins to circle one way, then reverses as many times as the request requires. The process continues until it completely stops. I close the request with, “Thank you, Spirit.” I learned this from a fellow dowser who wrote information from Raymon Grace.
Merge with Trees by Allison L. Williams Hill
Spirit, in particular my husband, shared that I didn’t need to dowse.
“You already know the answers.” There are many people who are capable of
changing energies with a spoken word or raised hands. Jose´ Silva did
it and upset studies with laboratory animals. He did it to a water
cooler causing surprises for all who drank from it.
Feminine Energy by Allison L. Williams Hill
Spock’s voice-over in Star Trek: Discovery spoke about his sister Michael after she made the trip into the future as the Red Angel. He said, ”I choose to believe…” Belief is the touchstone of this endeavor. The mind accepts the ability of the doer. I sometimes dowse because I think I cannot “hear” the information from energy. I sometimes think I am so shut down, that any information is unable to make it through my barriers. Mediation opens up the channels, allowing energy that is full of “stuff” we know not of but sustains us as the Creator intended.
Dowsing and Earth Energy
The power of earth energy influences, or geomancy, achieves a greater
level of completion when applied to Architectural design, interior
design, landscape designs, and environments.
It is the
positioning of physical objects in strategic locations on land,
properties, in structures, homes and work environments in relation to
energy leys to stimulate optimal wellness, wealth, and happiness.
Residential geodesic dome model with knee wall submerged below grade, L5 Associates built by Allison L. Williams Hill
The art of divining puts the practitioner in a place where the body and the mind are united with Spiritual Forces to access knowledge about site conditions. Several levels of energy leys can affect space beyond the ability of our senses.
Studies of this kind permit the use of beneficial energy and the correction of energy that is not beneficial. Geomancy in Middle English is geomancie, from Medieval Latin geomantia, from Late Greek geomanteia, divination by signs from the earth : Greek geo-, geo- + Greek -manteia, -mancy; in Arabic: rhamplion or rabolion; khatt al-raml; darb al-raml.
Josiah's Bay Villas model and floor plans. L5 Associates, Allison L. Williams Hill
Geomancy is "divination of the Earth" and uses earth materials of soil,
sand, stones, pebbles, or seeds. Gravity, wind contribute to the
elements that are thrown. The shape, position,and pattern of the
material are interpreted. Over time, interpretations of the material may
have developed definitions but intuition plays an important part in the
process.
Prospect Reef site plan, Tortola, VI (UK)
Different cultures developed geomantic practices. The Chinese developed
feng shui or wind and water which focused on humans' relationship with
nature. Color, space and object orientation with the surrounding
landscape, the property, and furniture are all important in energy.
Using
geomancy when divining a property is largely intuition to improve or
confirm one's relationship to the existing forces. Humans are spirit in
bodies. This process increases that already present bond.
In Africa, Ifá is Yoruba, West African divination with verses of the
Odú. Orunmila, the deity of Wisdom, brought
Ifá
to the world.
In
an Arabic Hermetic text, Idris, or Hermes Trismagistus, received the
geomantic words from an angel named Jibril. The figures that Jibril drew
in the dream were the sixteen figures: 4 rows each, up to 2 points per
line, in two positions- either in the middle or the extreme sides.
Each
line represented a physical body part and an element: Line 1: head and
fire; Line 2:neck and air; Line 3: body and water; Line 4: feet and
Earth.
Dowsing is a form of geomancy. The site is walked or map dowsed and evaluated according to the scope of work.
Tropical Affordable Housing. L5 Associates
Dowsing is used to locate water sources: potability, quantity, and
the speed rate, and the number of gallons determine if a well is worth
constructing.
We use it to identify sacred spaces within the
property using our own Psycho-ecological Design for the creation of
environments that reflect the multi-dimensional existence of spiritual
origin.
References
1 Reviving The Ancient Intuitive Skill of Dowsing
2 Dowsing: The Pseudoscience of Water Witching By Benjamin Radford, published May 17, 2013
3. Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, Bantam Book, New York, 1970 page 187
4. Ditto pg. 190
5 What the Hell is a Doodlebug? by Eric Grundhauser January 13, 2016
6 The Archaeology and Metal Detecting Magazine History, Metal Detecting, Mythology and Folklore?DOWSING RODS – FACT OR FICTION ? A BEGINNERS GUIDE
https://archmdmag.com/dowsing-rods-fact-or-fiction-a-beginners-guide/
Dowsing Resources
The Dowsing State of Mind article by Greg Storozuk.
Raymon Grace provides informative resources online including videos. Mr. Grace is also the author of Seasons of April about his life with his daughter.
When I became interested in dowsing Walt Woods' book Letter to Robin was highly recommended by other seasoned dowsers. I like the way this particular download was set up at Creative Mystic. It shows the basics of dowsing, centering and asking specific questions.
Videos
Raymon Grace Dowsing 101
How to - Pendulum dowsing
Remote Dowsing and the Earth's Energy Lines - Rory Duff - FULL LECTURE
Learn about Dowsing with Hamish Miller ("Diverse Dowsing")
The Ancient Art of Dowsing
Links
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