Divining. Dowsing. Witching. Switching. These strange words all refer to the same thing, an ancient method of finding ...

The practice of using a branched wooden stick (a dowsing rod) to locate underground water or buried minerals is known as dowsing or divining. In some areas of the United States, this practice may be ...

For the past decade, Faye Elder has helped to decode the secrets of the Earth. The Arlington resident teaches dowsing, an ancient technique that she says can detect unmarked graves, to groups as well ...

DEAR BONNIE: Recently, I came across a woman on YouTube using dowsing rods to get a yes-or-no question answered from spirit. Can you tell me how this works and if it’s a good tool to work with or not?

Richard Warburton takes a wire coat hanger, cuts the hook off, cuts and straightens the wires and bends the metal into two “L” shaped rods, also known as dowsing rods. He walks with one rod in each ...

In these times, most of the old superstitions have fallen by the wayside, but dowsing’s many believers robustly defend this ancient practice. I am acquainted with scientists and engineers who have ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two L-shaped metal rods slowly spin in Greg Storozuk’s clenched fists as he gently steps through the grass near Sloan’s Lake. “The answer is already known,” ...

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