Originally Posted by
jetayre
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.
My grandpa dowsed for water and was sometimes called on to do it for other people. It was just a fact of living on a farm and a necessary skill. A Mississippi cousin on my mother's side of the family is retired from working for the
Federal Govt. and is sometimes called on to work with researchers in finding graves or documenting historical sites.
Where I live in a small NW community, water or sewage lines often cross the property of someone else, a leftover from a time when surveyors were seldom used unless there was a dispute when selling property. A city employee saves a lot of time locating these lines by dowsing.
Are you self-taught? I've attended massage therapy classes and seminars, looked around the quiet, hushed room and seen one or two people swinging a pendulum over someone on the table. Very interesting subject you have introduced.