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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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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Y-rod

Dowsing rod in the shape of a forked stick or Y

(See also: Y-rod, Body Mind and Soul)

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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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 ...

Including:

• 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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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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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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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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Divination is the practice of ascertaining information from supernatural sources. If a distinction is to be made with fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, ...

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• Divination - Methods of divination incomplete
• Divination - For further reading
• Divination - Popular
• Divination - Academic

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

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

L-rod

Dowsing rod in the shape of an L

(See also: L, Body Mind and Soul)

Divining Rod:

A forked rod (or sometimes a pair of L-shaped rods) used in dowsing.

(See also: Divining Rod, 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 skill of divining for underground sources of water or other practical and spiritual matters by means of a divining rod or variety of other means, such as the pendulum, or even by deviceless techniques. Used to locate people, objects, or substances, and to diagnose illnesses. (See Dowsing)

(See also: Dowsing, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

dowsing (divining, questing, water witching): means of gaining insight into the diagnosis and treatment of physical and emotional health problems (see radiesthesia.).

Dowsing encompasses forms of remote diagnosis: one involving a recent photograph of the subject, another a stand-in (proxy) for the subject. Elementary dowsing tools include the forked branch (divining rod) and the pendulum. Dowsing's principle is that human thoughts transcend human bodies, species, and spacetime as usually conceived.

(See also: Dowsing, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Dowsing: (divining, questing, water witching): The skill of divining for underground sources of water or other practical and spiritual matters by means of a divining rod or variety of other means, such as the pendulum, or even by device less techniques. Used to locate people, objects, or substances, and to diagnose illnesses.

(See also: Dowsing, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

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)

As stated earlier, some believe scrying to be a wider practice and to include other mediums such as dowsing rods, which involves a "kinetic" process, tea leaves, or smoke. A few are listed below: Unknown origin: One of the oldest known forms of scrying is dowsing [1], whereby a forked or L-shaped rod made of wood is used to "point" to the wanted information. The art of scrying needed to perform this type of divination is called "Empathic Psychogenics," whereby one focuses on their internal energies, bringing unconscious information to the conscious. Dowsing has been reported to have been in practice fo ...

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Scrying, 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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radiesthesia (clairvoyant healing, medical dowsing, medical radiesthesia): Method of ostensible diagnosis and treatment selection. The word radiesthesia is the anglicized form of radiesthesie, an apparent euphemism for dowsing coined by the Abbe Alex Bouly in 1927. It literally means perception of radiation. Dowsing (see above; also called biolocation) is a clairvoyant art centered on finding water, minerals, animals, missing persons, lost objects, or hidden treasure, usually with an instrument such as a pendulum or divining rod (a forked rod or tree branch, or a bent wire).

Radiesthesia may refer to:

(a)   all forms of dowsing;

(b)  medical dowsing specifically;

(c)   dowsing and radionics; or

(d)  the ability to detect biological radiations.

Bouly and two other French priests - the Abbe Alexis Mermet and Father Jean Jurion - pioneered medical dowsing. Mermet's hypothesis was threefold:

(1)  everything emits radiation,

(2)  some kind of current flows through human hands, and

(3)  holding appropriate objects renders them revelatory tools.

There are two basic diagnostic modes of radiesthesia: In one, practitioners detect and diagnose illness simply by passing their hands over the patient. In the other, they hold an instrument (see pendular diagnosis) over the patient or over a sample of tissue or body fluids, a photograph of the patient, or one of the patient's belongings (e.g., an article of clothing). In the latter form of radiesthesia, practitioners base diagnosis on the movements of the instrument.

(See also: Radiesthesia, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)