Introduction

Dowsing is reported to date back approximately 7000 years but the exact origins
are as yet unknown. It is accepted, however, that the Egyptians used images of
forked rods in some of their artwork as did the Ancient Chinese kings. In Europe, it was known for dowsing to be used in the Middle Ages to find coal deposits. Since this time people have dowsed for everything from lost objects to missing people, some of them are reported to be very accurate although the scientific communities
as a whole have yet to decide if they support or refute this ability.

How does it work?

Good question! No-one completely understands why it works but the closest explanation we have found is as follows.

In our bodies we have the ability to tune in to conditions within our physical
environment, this we do using our sensory organs such as eyes, ears etc. The 5 sensory organs that you are aware of are nothing more than collections of nerve endings that interpret energies from the world around us and feed the info to the
brain in what we interpret as images, sounds, tastes and smells or how things feel.

These five collections of nerve endings however are not the only ones within the
body. Biologically we have 7 more of these groups known as plexi (plexus singularly) for example solar plexus. These plexi are sensitive to the unseen environment such
as the vibes that people spoke about in the sixties, earth energies or the energy
given off by underground streams or metals. Just because an object is not seen doesn't mean its not emitting energy look at Uranium for instance.

Spirits and paranormal phenomena can also be categorised as unseen energies that our plexus points pick up on. Each point is sensitive to different energies; for instance the heart plexus is sensitive to clairsentience, the throat to clairaudience and the brow to clairvoyance.

Similar to interpreting our visible world; wherein we don't notice the birds singing or flying unless we focus the appropriate sensory organs to notice them. When dowsing our bodies automatically focus our brain onto enquiring from the correct plexi, the energies from the unseen environment.

Some people in attempt to ridicule the art of dowsing laugh and say...

"Ha, you moved it yourself"

...how correct they are and yet they don't even realise it.

Not realising is exactly the way that the dowser moves the dowsing medium also; it is indeed minute muscular movements that cause the rods to cross or the pendulum to rotate. The way I like to explain is this. These movements occur in a similar fashion to the way you react to a car backfiring; involuntary motor reaction I think is the correct term. When we hear the bang, our muscles spasm uncontrollably and we jump, in a similar fashion our muscles spasm when the plexus points pick up the unseen energies that we are concentrating on.

These Plexus points are also known by another name that you may be more familiar with; the Hindi language calls them chakras.

Dowsing rods are generally used to find people, artefacts, and substances or to communicate with spirit by use of maps, pictures or physically being in a place. Most dowsers use two 'dowsing rods'. The rods, traditionally known as 'Wishing Rods', are formed into an L shape and are usually made of copper although the oldest known material was wood, usually forked Hazel branches along with Apple, Beech and Alder. The material for dowsing we believe is immaterial although there is some speculation that the metal might help in focusing the "fields" - magnetic, psychic or otherwise.

Everyone can dowse!

The best rods to use are ones with handles so that the hands are not in direct contact with the rods. This enables them to move more freely.

1) Hold the rods in your hands and get the feel of them. Get used to handling them, the weight of them and the way in which they move.