dowsing (a.k.a.) water witching, radiesthesia
Dowsing is the action of a person--called the dowser--using a rod, stick, or object hung from a string--called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil), divining rod, or pendulum--to locate such things as underground water, hidden metal, buried treasure, oil, lost persons or golf balls, etc. Since dowsing is not based upon any known scientific or empirical laws or forces of nature, it should be considered a type ofdivination and an example of magical thinking.
The dowser tries to locate objects by occult means radiesthesia in 1927 and founded The Society of Friends of Radiesthesia. The term 'radiesthesia' certainly sounds more dignified and scientific than 'dowsing.' The Latin word 'radius' may refer to a rod or a ray and the Greek 'aesthesis' may refer to sensing or feeling. Bouly apparently believed he and others had a special ability to sense emanations of some sort being released from underground water, buried bombs, and vibrations from microbes in test tubes.
A French priest and dowser, Alex Bouly (1865-1958), coined the term .
. These special feelings, however, apparently require the use of a rod or pendulum to be felt by the dowser. Legend has it that Bouly could not only locate unexploded shells buried in the ground after World War I but that he could identify whether the shells were German, Austrian, or French. Apparently, different emanations flow from different manufacturers. Legend also has it that Bouly could identify cultures of microbes in test tubes with his pendulum as well as those who used a microscope
. These special feelings, however, apparently require the use of a rod or pendulum to be felt by the dowser. Legend has it that Bouly could not only locate unexploded shells buried in the ground after World War I but that he could identify whether the shells were German, Austrian, or French. Apparently, different emanations flow from different manufacturers. Legend also has it that Bouly could identify cultures of microbes in test tubes with his pendulum as well as those who used a microscope
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