Originally Posted by
yngldy
My Dad could, and showed us when we were little kids. Had to have wood from certain trees and crook just right.
I asked the question because I taught dowsing at the American Society of Dowsers for over 20 years and always enjoyed meeting people and introducing them to the concept. I always thought it was just for water (my father did that for people). Then I went to a convention and discovered you could dowse for any thing and the race was on. The fascinating thing is that you can dowse for anything WITH any thing. Sticks, rods, pendulums, blade of grass, pencil, etc. we worked with the British Society of Dowsers and others around the world. There was so much to learn. It all gets down to what you believe and don't believe and what and how you were taught. My father would only dowse for water. He didn't get into the other stuff' " as he put it and would refer people to me. Some feel strongly about it religiously but it has been used forever for water from sheep herders to all animals. Some have a natural "instinct" for hunting, water, survival etc. It is fascinating and I love to teach it.