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.
