How Can I
Tell If I Am A Dowser?
Try one of the basic devices described below.
Hold it in the search position and walk forward, keeping the mind
focused on your potential target, i.e. underground flowing
water. If you feel you have covered too much ground, or
passed over a known stream without result, try one of the other
devices. Remember that with a little practice and some
patience nearly everyone can achieve a dowsing reaction. As
will all human skills, aptitude will vary. We believe,
however, that dowsing is a basic ability and that familiarization
with it is a simple matter for old and young alike.
Which
Device Shall I Start With?
L-Rods (angle rod, swing rod, pointing tool)
Shape: With or without a sleeve
handle. The top wire can be 4 inches to over 2 feet
long. The usual length is around 14 to 16
inches.
Material: Usually wire. A metal coat
hanger is a good source. Welding rod is also a very popular
material. You can use just about anything you can bend into
the L shape.
How to Use: Hold loosely in your hand
with the top wire tilted slightly downward. When one L-rod
is used alone, it acts as a pointer or a swing rod. It can
be requested to point towards a target or direction, or to swing
sideways when encountering a specified energy field. (i.e.
an aura or noxious zone. When using two L-rods, they are
normally programmed to cross for over target or "yes" or spread
for "no".
Advantages: Easy to make. Easy to
use. Very versatile and popular. Works well when
walking over rough ground. They are generally not affected
by mild winds.
Disadvantage: Not as easy to carry
or conceal as a pendulum. Although the small 4-6 inch ones
can be put in your shirt pocket or purse.
Pendulum (usually favored by beginners)
Shape: Can be anything that you can
hang on a string or chain. They can be any size, even as
small as a paper-clip on a thread. The chain or string is
usually about 3 to 4 inches long.
Material:
Anything you can find. Go by your feelings.
How to
Use: Hold down as shown in drawing. The usual
response is for swinging straight forward for "yes", sideways for
"no" and at an angle for ready for question. Feel free to
instruct (direct, program) your dowsing system to respond any way
you like.
Advantages: Easy to make. Easy to
use. Very popular. Small enough to go into your pocket
or purse. Quick response. Excellent tool for dowsing
charts or maps.
Disadvantage: Some problem in the
wind or when walking. This problem can be overcome by
requesting the pendulum to spin in a clockwise or counterclockwise
direction to indicate "yes or no".
Y-Rod (forked stick, talking stick)
Shape: Traditionally it is a forked
stick looking like the letter Y. They can be any size,
usually around 12 to 24 inches in
length.
Material: Can be wood, metal or
plastic. Plastic being very common for many dowsers,
probably because of its ease of storage.
How to
Use: Hold with pointed end down. Thumbs will be up
and palms towards center. Hold tight and spread Y-rod
outward while rotating your wrist outward. Your thumbs will
now be pointed outward and your palms up. The Y-rod will
flip up into a delicate balance. Pointing upward at an angle
of around 45 degrees is usually used for the ready position.
Swinging down from the ready position to point at a water vein or
target. This can also be used for the "yes" response.
Swinging up from the ready position is usually used for the "no"
response.
Advantages: Acts quickly, can point
directly towards a water vein or target. Works well while
walking over rough ground. Reliable in fairly strong
winds.
Disadvantage: Not as versatile as other
dowsing tools. It only has an up and down motion. You
will need to turn your body to find direction.
Bobber (wand, spring rod, divining rod)
Shape: Any flexible rod, branch or
wire. Can be most any length from one foot to over three
feet. They sometimes have a coiled wire and a weighted
tip.
Material: Anything that is
flexible.
How to Use: Hold it down at around 45
degrees. You can program it to simply mimic a pendulum, by
bobbing up and down for "yes" or sideways for "no", 45 degrees for
ready for question. Or you may simply request what you want
different bobber responses; to represent; like swing back and
forth towards a requested target and to spin when over
target.
Advantages: Can replace a pendulum for
field work. Most dowsers find it easy to
use.
Disadvantage: Won't usually fit in your
pocket or purse.
Dowsing
For Water ...
To start, choose a dowsing tool that seems most
comfortable for you to use. The dowser is usually seeking
flowing, underground, potable water suitable for drilling and
pumping.
To begin, assume the search position. Start
walking across the area of interest. Mentally ask the
dowsing tool to indicate when you cross a vein of potable and
palatable water which, for example, is less than 300 feet deep and
would deliver currently, year round, five gallons per minute from
a well to the surface. Therefore, you have limited your
search to exactly what you are searching for; excluding other
targets of all kinds.
You should indicate to your dowsing tool that you
wish it to indicate when you are over the center of greatest flow
and a suitable location for developing a well. To determine
approximately the depth in feet, with your dowsing tool in the
ready position, ask if it is greater than, for example, 10
feet. If the answer is yes, then ask about 20 feet,
etc.
Using the same system, ask about the gallons per
minute recoverable to the surface; for example, is it greater than
one gallon per minute, two gallons, etc. This method may be
used to determine other qualities or aspects; for example, pH,
temperature, etc.
How Much
Further Can Dowsing Take Me?
Dowsing will take you as far as your sensitivity
allows. As soon as you develop confidence in the dowsing
reaction, you automatically begin to develop selectivity. If
you can pass over metal pipes, plastic pipes and electric lines to
find a flowing underground vein of water, by inference you can
also eliminate the water from your search to find one of the
others. With practice and patience other targets, both
tangible and intangible, can be dowsed. Your information
could be greatly enhanced by attending chapter meetings or
conferences.
What is
"Map" Dowsing?
Map or remote dowsing is simply an extension of what
has already been discussed. Using a map or simple sketch of
the terrain and/or individual property, whether this is a house or
ranch of many acres, it can be dowsed by one proficient in this
method. Map dowsing is often performed using a pendulum and
a ruler or any straight edge that you can slide across the map or
drawing. With a pendulum in the ready mode, ask the pendulum
to indicate with a yes when the straight edge reaches the target
and you can then draw a line. Then place the straight edge
at the top and move it downward until the pendulum indicates, that
you are at the target where you can again draw a line. Where
these lines cross, it will indicate a target position. This
map dowsing system can be utilized for well site locations, water
veins, or any other object of search.
An interesting aspect of your map dowsing is that
distance is not a factor. The map or drawing can represent
property close by or n a country half way around the
world.
Many dowsers use the map dowsing technique before
they go out looking for water. We are not sure how it works,
but it is usually verifiable in the field.
What Makes
Dowsing Work?
There have been many attempts to explain dowsing
over the course of history. Various books have contained
theories and attempted explanations, but the fact is that the
pages of science are incomplete on this matter, and we are
dependent still on judgment by result. The facts, as we know
them, have been preserved in our quarterly Journal, to which we
invite all to communicate their experiences to further our
understanding. The Society maintains an open forum to this
end, with freedom of expression as a rule. We know the
results, we sense the potential and we hope for
understanding. In the mean time the Society holds no
corporate views on the nature of dowsing and does not favor one
technique or tool over another.