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	dowsing (a.k.a. water witching)
		Map dowsers use a dowsing device, usually a pendulum, over maps to locate oil, minerals, persons, water, etc. However, the prototype of a dowser is the field dowser who walks around an area using a forked stick to locate underground water.
		Despite this sage advice, dowsers continue to dowse, claiming that they have a special power and that what they are dowsing for emanates energy, rays, radiations, vibrations, and the like.
		The fact that this pattern of dowsing and finding something occurs repeatedly leads many dowsers and their advocates to make the causal connection between dowsing and finding water, oil, minerals, golf balls, etc. This type of fallacious reasoning is known as post hoc reasoning and is a very common basis for belief in paranormal powers.
	www.skepdic.com /dowsing.html (2197 words)

	Dowsing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dowsing, also called divining or water witching, is a generic term for practices which proponents claim empower them to find water, metals, gem stones and hidden objects, usually by fluctuations of some apparatus (typically a Y-shaped twig, rod, rods, or pendulum) over a piece of land or a map.
		In 1659 dowsing was declared Satanic by the Jesuit Gaspar Schott.
		Dowsing as practiced today probably originated in Germany during the 15th century, when it was used to find metals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dowsing (2420 words)

	Dowsing Test; Failure of the Munich Experiments (Skeptical Inquirer January 1999)
		Water dowsing ordinarily takes place out of doors, and this raises potential difficulties for meaningful experiments, because no two outdoor locations can be considered fully equivalent replicates; and the essence of proper scientific research is replicated testing to examine reproducibility.
		Most German dowsing practitioners, however, also claim to be able to dowse the location of water piping in a garden or within a structure, so indoor testing was decided upon.
		Suppose that they had always left their dowsing equipment at home in the closet, and had simply, in each and every test, just guessed that the pipe was located exactly at the middle of the test line.
	www.csicop.org /si/9901/dowsing.html (3979 words)

	Dowsing
		Dowsing is distinguishable from a related divinatory method radiesthesia because the latter method not only attempts to discover inanimate but animate objects as well such as missing person, and also is used in the detection of illnesses and prescribing their treatment.
		Dowsing as well as radiesthesia operate by the use of a rod, commonly a "Y" shaped stick, formerly a branch of hazel.
		Dowsing is still viewed by some with skepticism, but there seems to be sufficient evidence to show that the practice has some merits.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/d/dowsing.html (680 words)

	Dowsing
		Dowsing is reported to date back approximately 7000 years but origins are still unknown.
		Since this time people have dowsed for everything from lost objects to missing people, some of them are reported to be very accurate although the scientific community as a whole have yet to decide if they support or refute this ability.
		Dowsing, scientifically known as radioesthesia, is the interaction of the mind of the dowser and the energy of the object of interest.
	www.mystical-www.co.uk /dowsing.htm (875 words)

	dowsing (a.k.a. water witching)
		Despite this sage advice, dowsers continue to dowse, claiming that they have a special power and that what they are dowsing for emanates energy, rays, radiations, vibrations, and the like.
		The fact that this pattern of dowsing and finding something occurs repeatedly leads many dowsers and their advocates to make the causal connection between dowsing and finding water, oil, minerals, golf balls, etc. This type of fallacious reasoning is known as post hoc reasoning and is a very common basis for belief in paranormal powers.
		It may be true that in one area they had a 96% success rate using dowsing techniques and that "no prospecting area with comparable sub-soil conditions is known where such outstanding results have ever been attained." However, this means nothing for establishing that dowsing had anything to do with the success.
	skepdic.com /dowsing.html (2196 words)

	Dowsing
		The fact that dowsing is also increasingly accepted in the church as a spiritual practice adds to the need for an evaluation of this technique.
		Dowsing itself is a broad category encompassing many different forms, one of which is dowsing for water.
		They believe their dowsing stick or other device (often an occult pendulum) somehow "focuses" or otherwise identifies this energy so that one is able to find water or other substances or things that one is seeking -- including oil, treasure, and lost persons or objects.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/dowsing.html (5666 words)

	Dowsing - Science or Humbug?
		By writing this article, I hope not to disprove dowsing, which in a strict sense would be naive, but indeed shed a little light upon the inconsistencies and the irrationalities that are plaguing the subject and its disciples.
		A dowsing rod is traditionally a forked stick which is held firmly in one's hands in a way that allows the rod to swing up or down at the slightest impulse, supposedly indicating the presence of the sought-after material.
		Dowsing rods are said to be efficient tools in detecting auras, the imagined multi-layered energy field surrounding every living creature.
	www.lysator.liu.se /~rasmus/skepticism/dowsing.html (5490 words)

	Dowsing
		Most dowsing is used to find water and minerals.
		Novelist Kenneth Roberts stated in his book, Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod (1951): "Not all the derision of all the geologists in the world can in any way alter the unfailing accuracy of the dowsing rod in Henry Gross's hands.
		However, subsequent analysis of the data by other scientists raise the argument that the results could reasonably be attributed to chance, rather than any kind of unknown psychic ability to find water or hidden objects.
	www.unexplainedstuff.com /Prophecy-and-Divination/Dowsing.html (462 words)

	Library, The Matter of Dowsing
		Dowsing is as strictly defined the claimed ability to discover underground sources of water or metals by means of a "dowsing rod." Another term used is "divining." However, this terminology and its scope have been expanded and is now used with a far greater range of meanings.
		An indication of that is that a great number of scientists mostly physicists have embraced belief in dowsing, in spite of their superior knowledge of how the world works.
		As a result of some imagined or real hint from nature water dowsers are often familiar with the topological or geographical signs or conditions that indicate the probability of water in any given spot the operator unconsciously tilts or impels the device, and believes that it is indicating the presence of the sought-after material.
	www.randi.org /library/dowsing (1447 words)

	Dowsing
		I suggested she bring me some maps of the area and together we could dowse for a new building.
		Now dowsing for the source of this strong emotional imprint, I found myself in a back bedroom upstairs and asked the owners if there were any articles belonging to the pervious occupier in the attic.
		It was confirmed that boxes containing hats of the old lady who lived on her own there before it was sold, were indeed in the attic and sitting over this bedroom.
	anamspirit.com /artdows.htm (842 words)

	Dowsing
		This is exactly the method used today except the rod answers in feet, and it does not have to be addressed in the name of the Father etc. Hitching goes on to say that one of the problems of the Church at that time was that so many of their priests were natural born dowsers.
		It gave dowsing another boost toward the scientific, for here was an instrument that had every appearance of a most professional, scientific device (with a gleaming front full of dials), and though it took no power to operate it, it did everything the pendulum used to do.
		By 1975 enough serious scientific investigation of dowsing had been done that it was suspected by some and stated as a certainty by others that there was an unknown force field tapped in the dowsing act, and that it could be measured.
	www.sdanet.org /atissue/books/dowsing/d01.htm (6606 words)

	Dowsing - Crystalinks
		Dowsing is a searching tool that has been used for thousands of years by those who have tried, with the help of a Y shaped rod, to locate underground water, ore bodies, oil and other important resources.
		Scientists have tried to understand the physical basis of dowsing; what factors link the movement of the rod in the dowser's hand to underground structures.
		Dowsing, also called divining or water witching, is a generic term for practices which proponents claim empower them to find water, metals, gem stones and hidden objects, usually by fluctuations of some apparatus (typically a Y-shaped twig, rod, rods, or pendulum) over a piece of land or a map.
	www.crystalinks.com /dowsing.html (401 words)

	DOWSING -looking at scientific evidence
		In Germany, where water dowsing apparently originated sometime in the sixteenth century, a divining rod-- the tool of the trade-- is called a "Wunschelrute" (literally a "wishing rod"), a term which seems to imply a similarly skeptical attitude.
		The objective of their study was to determine whether careful scientific research on water dowsing could lead to convincing evidence for or against the existence of real, reproducible effects: an experimental examination of whether dowsers really can somehow detect water with a success rate greater than can be accounted for by chance alone.
		As these quotations demonstrate, the investigators had become thoroughly convinced by their results that dowsing is reproducible phenomenon; that something truly extraordinary was involved in the performances of at least some few of the water dowsers investigated.
	www.phact.org /e/dowsing.htm (5883 words)

	Dowsing, Spirituality, & the Kabbalah Connection
		Dowsing can be used to find many things besides water, such as pipes, wiring, lost objects, and buried treasure.
		Dowsing, especially with L-rods, can be a powerful tool to explore the world of subtle energies and learn more about how we are intimately tied to these energies.
		Dowsing combined with prayer and blessing is the most powerful spiritual tool I've ever found.
	www.dowsers.com (691 words)

	Dowsing: A Review of Experimental Research by George P. Hansen
		Dowsing is a term commonly used to denote the practice of locating underground water with a forked stick; however, in practice its use is really not so restricted.
		Dowsing is also used to determine answers to other questions such as the sex of an unborn child, and the location of pipes, or for foretelling the future.
		During the periods in which dowsing was attempted the respiration became irregular, the skin resistance decreased, the pulse pressure increased and the pulse rate slightly increased.
	www.tricksterbook.com /ArticlesOnline/Dowsing.htm (12815 words)

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		They believe their dowsing stick or other device (often an occult pendulum) somehow "focuses" or otherwise identifies this energy so that one is able to find water or other substances or things that one is seeking — including oil, treasure, and lost persons or objects.
		The fact that dowsing can lead to the development of psychic abilities (such as telepathy and clairvoyance) is mentioned by Hester and many practicing dowsers.
		There is easily demonstrated evidence that the force which moves the dowsing device is independent of the searching-out ability of the dowser....These facts...have been given little weight by most students of dowsing....many who could create this movement [are] reluctant to do so in public because there were supernatural implications....
	www.equip.org /free/DO015.htm (5851 words)

	Dowsing
		Dowsing, also known as rhabdomancy, witching, divination, doodlebugging, radiesthesia - an art and a science that allows you to expand your abilities beyond three-dimensional limitations.
		Basic dowsing pendulum consists of a weight suspended on a flexible string, chain, etc. It could be made out of metal, wood, crystal or any material.
		You are not left to yourself after you get one or more of our dowsing tools; we keep the communication door open - you can contact us by e-mail, phone or fax.
	www.diviningmind.com (1000 words)

	A Mini-Course in Pendulum Dowsing
		Dowsing System some mutually acceptable, pre-established, agreements and understandings about words, phrases, conditions and what is meant by different pendulum or dowsing tool movements.
		When using a map or drawing, some type of dowsing device, and with or without an additional pointer or straight edge, the dowsing system is to indicate when the pointer, straight edge or dowsing device is indicating the present map represented location of the object, subject or target specified by the dowser.
		If our dowsing system is tapping into our subconscious, higher self, superconscious, etc., then it may be possible that we have access to information about ourselves that is not available through what might be referred to as normal means.
	www.lettertorobin.org /RBN_html/RBN_10_4_English.html (11447 words)

	Dowsing and Pyramid Power
		Bill Cox has been a leading Dowsing and Pyramid expert for forty years, with world wide experience.
		If you want to learn about Dowsing and Pyramid power, you have come to the right site.
		Please explore our many pages that include a wide variety of Dowsing and Pyramid Products, books, articles and extensive research data by Bill Cox and others.
	www.dowsing.com (60 words)

	Discover Dowsing Feng Shui web page
		Bill Cox is a Dowsing professional and a Feng Shui trainer and consultant.
		For some time now I have been encouraging Bill and Devi to write some material on Feng Shui and now that time has come.
		Feng Shui Energy Flows are invisible, can one actually detect their presence, actions and qualities with a Dowsing instrument?
	www.dowsing.com /Feng_Shui/index.html (103 words)

	Dowsing Shamanism Angel Readings Tantra Courses Geopathic Stress
		Information on celtic shamanism, shamanic healing, angel readings, dowsing, divining workshops, geopathic stress and land practices in Ireland - also focusing on tantra courses, holidays and celtic sacred site guided tours.
		And the ANAM Center - a rural retreat offering time - out and therapies, from shamanic healing through to angel training with angel therapy practitioner.
		ANAM is a resource focusing on practices, discussions, courses and holidays concerning dowsing, divining, shamanism, angels, earth healing, tantra yoga, manifesting prosperity, and working with sacred space.
	www.anamspirit.com (197 words)

	Llewellyn's On-line Bookstore: Dowsing for Beginners: How to Find Water, Wealth & Lost Objects
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		Explore basic and advanced dowsing techniques, beginning with methods for dowsing the terrain for water.
		Find how to dowse anywhere in the world without leaving your living room, with the technique of map dowsing.
	www.llewellyn.com /bookstore/book.php?pn=K802&affiliate=CQW33 (112 words)

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