Dowsing consists of scanning ground holding a Y or L-shaped twig or rod, or even a pendulum. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Skip to main Navigation; Skip to Search; Next.

Dowsers hold these “L-rods” loosely by the short end, one in each hand, parallel to the ground with the long end pointed forward and the short end facing the ground.

Larry Bird, another Northern California dowser, told me his grandfather had “witching sticks,” and he picked up the craft. He told me water has a current he can detect with his rods.

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday. Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an ...

Some Californians have turned to dowsers to help them locate scarce water. Skeptics say there are better ways.

When Dr. Browne tried to use the rod himself, he could get no chest blows unless the dowser was holding one end. The German dowser told Dr. Browne that powerful rays come from the earth’s centre ...

Getz, at the age of 4, had picked up the dowser’s sticks out of curiosity. The dowser saw it pull, and quickly approached Getz. “He said, ‘Don’t be afraid of it; you have a natural ability ...

Dowser Peter Taylor has gone digital, using Google Maps to track down water and other treasures (Picture: PA Real Life) A fisherman who became a dowser to save his local river has since forged a ...

You may have never heard of it, but the history of water dowsing can be traced back thousands of years. In fact, the earliest known record of water witching dates back to 6000 BCE. But how ...

At one dowsing convention he gave a presentation about healing people with arthritis by holding two pieces of titanium rock on either side of the arthritic area. ... Dowsing was popular in the ...