Dowsing is a controversial practice which proponents claim empowers them to find water, metals, gem stones, and hidden objects by carrying or waving a stick or other apparatus over a piece of land and watching for any movement. Repeated tests under controlled conditions have not supported this claim. Dowsers (sometimes known as diviners) may also use a forked branch of a tree, bent pieces of metal or plastic wire, or a small pendulum. Some people use no pointing device at all. Dowsing - Claims made. Most do ...

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• Dowsing - Claims made
• Dowsing - History of dowsing
• Dowsing - Dowsing equipment
• Dowsing - Proposed explanations
• Dowsing - Scientific studies
• Dowsing - Sydney
• Dowsing - Munich
• Dowsing - Kassel

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Dowsing: To use a divining rod to search for a thing, usually water or minerals.

(See also: Dowsing, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Most dowsers use simple brass rods bent in an "L" shape known as divining rods. According to dowsers who use divining rods, the choice of brass allows the rod to attune to the magnetic fields emanated by the target without the earth's EM field interfering, as would be the case with a metal such as steel. The end of the rod to be held by the dowser is often encased in a material that provides a constant electrical impedance, to prevent the dowser's own conductivi ...

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Dowsing, Dowsing - Claims made, Dowsing - History of dowsing, Dowsing - Dowsing equipment, Dowsing - Proposed explanations, Dowsing - Scientific studies, Dowsing - Sydney, Dowsing - Munich, Dowsing - Kassel

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In this article Arne Groth, an expert on Dowsing and Geomancy, describes the results of some of his research that has led to the so-called 'frequency ladder'.

The phenomena of dowsing has amazed and captured man both in the past and today. Many people have wanted to displace these phenomena to the world of fantasy. But this is not done so easily in our time as we find regularities and systems showing how the registered earth radiation appears and affects us. This article also briefly repeat some different types of earth radiation and associated phenomena that can be detected by the dowsing rod.

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Fortune-telling is the practice of seemingly predicting the future, usually of an individual, through seemingly mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. It often conflates with the religious practice known as divination. Common methods used of fortune telling include astrology, cartomancy (fortune telling with cards), tarot card reading, crystallomancy (reading of a crystal sphere), and cheiromancy (palmistry, reading of the palms). The latter three have traditional associations in the popular mind with the ...

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Geomancy (from Old French geomancie <Late Latin geōmantia <Late Greek geōmanteia< geo, "earth" + manteia, "divination") from the eponymous ilm al-raml ("the science of sand"), is a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground, or how handfuls of dirt land when you toss them. The Arabic tradition consists of sketching sixteen random lines of dots in sand. In Africa one traditional form of geomancy consists of throwing handfuls of dirt in the air and observing ho ...

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• Geomancy - Literary Background
• Geomancy - Western Methodology
• Geomancy - Astrological Geomancy
• Geomancy - Other uses

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A simple gravity pendulum (plural pendulums or pendula), also called a bob pendulum, is a weight on the end of a rigid rod (or a string/rope), which, when given an initial push, will swing back and forth under the influence of gravity over its central (lowest) point. A torsion pendulum consists of a body suspended by a fine wire or elastic fiber in such a way that it executes rotational oscillations as the suspending wire or fiber twists and untwists. Another variety of a torsion pendulum is a fixed elastic coil connected to a rod-like object; once moved off its resting position, the co ...

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• Pendulum - Analysis of a simple gravity pendulum
• Pendulum - Small angle approximation
• Pendulum - Arbitrary-amplitude period
• Pendulum - Applications
• Pendulum - Torsion pendulums
• Pendulum - Damped pendulum
• Pendulum - Pendulums for divination and dowsing

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A divining rod (also known as dowsing rod) is an apparatus used in dowsing. There are many types of divining rods: two brass "L" shaped wire rods (commonly made of brazing or welding rod) that are to be held one in each hand. When something is found they cross over one another making an "X" over the found object. Brass is used to prevent interference due to the Earth's magnetic field. A forked (or "Y" shaped) willow branch. The two ends on the forked side are to be held one in each hand with the

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Christopher Bird (May 11, 1928 - May 2, 1996) became a science journalist after serving in the U.S. Army. His special field of interest was the world of unconventional scientific phenomena. His works included: Secret Life of Plants (co-authored with Peter Tompkins, 1973) ISBN 0060915870 Nikola Tesla: Great Scientist, Forgotten Genius (with Oliver Nichelson, 1977) The Divining Hand (1979) ISBN 0924608161 a History of Dowsing Secrets of the Soil (with Peter Tompkins, 1989) ISBN 1890693243 The Trial and Persecution of Gaston Naessens ( ...

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Cyclomancy is the practice of divination where one consults a spinning object, like a wheel, bottle, or top. One form of consultation is direction. When at a crossroad, take a bottle and lay it horizontally on the ground, and spun. When it stops spinning, the neck of the bottle will point to the road where your destiny lies. The popular party game "spin the bottle" is based on this concept. Dowsing sometimes makes use of cylomancy. This parapsychology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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Radiesthesia is a practice similar to dowsing that is used for medical diagnosis. It uses a pendulum suspended above a patient. The nature of the swinging, and direction of rotation, is thought to indicate the person's ailment. It was first developed in Europe in the eighteenth century. Later it was used to locate underground minerals and treasures. Dr. Solcol W. Tromp wrote about this phenomenon in his book Psychical Physics, a 534 page book published in 1949. 700 titles in the bibliography of ...

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Albert Abrams (1863–1924) was a San Francisco doctor who employed the practice of electricity therapy (as ERA, or Electronic Reactions of Abrams). This practice is most commonly referred to as Radionics. Usually it this processes involves the use of dowsing. Albert Abrams - Early days. Dr. Abrams was born in San Francisco in 1863. He received a medical degree from the University of Heidelberg while still a teenager. He became chief pathologist at the Cooper Medical Institute, later the Stanf ...

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• Albert Abrams - Early days
• Albert Abrams - The devices
• Albert Abrams - Investigation
• Albert Abrams - Debunking

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Uri Geller (born December 20, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a famous but controversial alleged psychic and television personality. Originally a magician in Israeli nightclubs, he then became well known for a number of years for performances featuring claimed paranormal abilities such as telekinesis, dowsing and telepathy; metal objects were bent and watches were apparently stopped or made to run faster without any apparent physical force being applied to them. Although many people believe he is a psychic, he also has numerous cr ...

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• Uri Geller - History
• Uri Geller - Controversy and criticism
• Uri Geller - Parallels to stage magic
• Uri Geller - Disagreements over measuring success
• Uri Geller - Controlled testing
• Uri Geller - Litigation

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Scrying is the occult practice of using a medium, most commonly a reflective surface or translucent body, to aid perceived psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. The mediums often used to "see" are water, polished precious stones, crystal balls, or mirrors. Scrying, in this context, uses a "visual" process. There are some who believe the art of scrying is not limited to the use of "refective" or "translucent" bodies only, but includes other mediums (see "Other forms of scrying"). Scrying has been used in many cultures as a means of seeing the past, present, or future; in this s ...

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• Scrying - Etymology
• Scrying - Art of scrying
• Scrying - History of visual scrying
• Scrying - Scrying terms
• Scrying - Other forms of scrying
• Scrying - Historical figures
• Scrying - Ideology
• Scrying - Recommended reading

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dowsing

Practice of locating water, minerals, or other objects through the use of a rod, pendulum, or other object

(See also: Dowsing, Body Mind and Soul)

Dowsing:

See Rhabdomancy.

(See also: Dowsing, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Dowsing:

The paranormal detection of underground water or mineral deposits (or lost persons and objects) using a divining rod or pendulum.

(See also: Dowsing, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

A Christian theological definition of Dowsing according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Dowsing

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Dowsing - The act of using a pendulum or stick to locate a person,place,thing, or element.Dowsing can also be used to answer yes or no questions.

(See also: Dowsing, Pagan, Wicca Pagan Dictionary)

DOWSING: The divinatory art of using a pendulum or stick to find the actual location of a person, place, thing, or element.

(See also: DOWSING, Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dictionary)