Dowsing

Dowsing is a way to find things. You need a dowser, a sensitive object (such as a pendulum on a string, a balanced willow wand, etc.), and some sort of spatial representation of the space you’re dowsing (being on location is best, but maps work too). There are lots of theories about what sort of forces are employed, but the practical upshot is that you pinpoint what you’re looking for in the space represented. Dowsing is very useful for finding water, people, and lost objects. Very often in finding people and lost objects, a connected item is used; for example, you might dowse with a person’s wedding ring to find the person or the spouse.

See Dowsing^?

-- ChrisLehrich^? - 24 Dec 2004