About Dowsing

Dowsing (Water Witching, Divining, Questing, Doodlebugging...) is the ancient art (skill) of finding water, minerals, objects, and/or information on just about anything you can imagine, including:

The dowser asks a question about the object or information he/she is seeking, and utilizes a dowsing instrument, such as a pendulum, L-rod, Y-rod, or bobber to amplify and interpret the "answer" that is received intuitively by the dowser's brain or body. Dowsing instruments are mechanical amplifiers of small neuromuscular reflexes that happen in the body when a person dowses.

Many studies have been done to demonstrate how the act of dowsing affects the body, and more interestingly, a person's brainwave states. For those of a scientific bent, you'll find the brainwave research by Ed Stillman (see American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Spring 1998) quite interesting, along with an exceptional book on the history of dowsing entitled The Divining Hand by Christopher Bird.

No one is really sure where dowsers are getting their information. It could be from the subconscious or superconscious mind of the dowser, it could be from some universal library in the sky, it could be from God. All we (dowsers) know is that the information does come if you know how to move your mind into a dowsing state and how to ask the right questions.

Anyone can learn to dowse. From there, mastery of the skill is just like anything else---it takes practice.

Another terrific source for learning how to dowse is a basic primer entitled Letter to Robin. This book, written by Walt Woods, is an excellent mini-course in pendulum dowsing. It is easy to read and will quickly teach you all the basics of pendulum dowsing and beyond. Walt Woods is an exceptional dowser and the past president of the American Society of Dowsers (ASD). You can print out Letter to Robin for FREE from this site. For other books about dowsing, visit the American Society of Dowsers Bookstore Online.