Have you heard of dowsing?

@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Many people can do it even if they know nothing about it. The wires just take on a life of their own and turn in without you consciously doing anything.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

3 Nov 24

I have never personally seen anyone do it, but my grandma told me about it. I believe people can do it.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

It certainly works but I guess it doesn't meet scientific criteria when they try to test it.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

5 Nov 24

@JudyEv Some things are hard to explain.

@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Nov 24

@Tampa_girl7 They are indeed. I would never deny that some people just have certain gifts.

snowy

@snowy22315 (208823)

• United States

3 Nov 24

Yes, I know about dowsing. I have never seen it done in person though.The pioneers used that alot to know where to put wells and such. There were certain types of branches they favored.

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@Fleura (34957)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 24

Traditionally hazel.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

I've mostly seen it done with two lengths of wire.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

3 Nov 24

I have heard of it, sounds suspicions to me but I have never seen it in action to say one way or another. The closest I can get is metal rods, earths center is one big magnet, meaning it shifts and moves and magnet parts move up closer to surface making metal rods respond. I still do not know what that has to do with water, but there is a lot of metal in water. I do not know if there is enough to make metal rods move, but maybe people are so calm they can just feel that crap.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Enough on here have seen it done that I feel better about having written about it.

I don't feel it is hocus-pocus although it sounds like it.

Four Walls

@FourWalls (86628)

• United States

3 Nov 24

That shows up in a lot of old movies, people with a Y-shaped stick looking for water. Personally, I’m a fan of drowsy-ing.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Yes, I'm definitely with you on drowsy-ing.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135664)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Nov 24

I believe some can do it. Scientists won't admit anything they can't fully explain.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

I guess the authorities have to be very careful about what they endorse as true.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120670)

• United States

3 Nov 24

I totally buy that. I am used to seeing the charlatans in the Old West though, with wood sticks. What you’re talking about though, sounds really cool.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

There are enough here who have said they know about it that I don't feel silly admitting I believe some can do this. I've really only ever seen it done by those looking for water or water pipes.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

4 Nov 24

Facts speak louder than eloquence.The crux of the matter is whether the dowsers can find water.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

That's so true. It's like some believing that wearing a copper bracelet helps with arthritis. If you think it helps you, then that is all that is important.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

3 Nov 24

OH YES! I remember those who walked with a Y-shaped twig or rod, searching for water, gems and grave sites under the ground. Here in Europe it's always a Y-shaped rod.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

4 Nov 24

@Fleura - I have seen them in this area with the traditional Y-shaped hazel twig, we call them Rabdomanti and I think it's Rhabdomancy also in English.

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@Fleura (34957)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 24

@LadyDuck So it is! Never heard of people with dowsing rods being called rhabdomancers before!

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@Fleura (34957)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 24

Traditionally a Y-shaped hazel twig, although often nowadays a pair of L-shaped rods, often copper.

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rakski

@rakski (156303)

• Philippines

3 Nov 24

not familiar with it

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rakski

@rakski (156303)

• Philippines

5 Nov 24

@JudyEv we have a lot of water here

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Perhaps the need to find water isn't so great in your country.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97954)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

3 Nov 24

I love the photos, I never heard of the term, Oh, wait you mean look for water with a diving rod? Now that I have heard about,

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91064)

• United States

3 Nov 24

I didn't know the technical term for that but I've seen those rods and people looking for water ( not in person but on tv)

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91064)

• United States

5 Nov 24

@JudyEv it's amazing how they find water isn't it

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Some here have a name as being able to find water and being able to tell at what depth the water is. Mostly they are spot on.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Nov 24

@Marilynda1225 I don't think you can deny it works but it is amazing.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21503)

• London, England

3 Nov 24

I tend to be on the skeptical side, but sometimes there is no denying the results

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Nov 24

@Ronrybs It works too often to be luck every time.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

That's the crux, isn't it really? Whether it works or not.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21503)

• London, England

5 Nov 24

@JudyEv Luck or spooky skill?

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222319)

• United States

3 Nov 24

Yes, I've heard of dowsing. Great pix. Hope you have a good day.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Some get quite a name for themselves for being able to find water.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

3 Nov 24

We have water diviners here and we used one who helped find our well water

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Some are very gifted in this.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148731)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Nov 24

From what I have heard they do actually find water.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Nov 24

Yes, I've known it to be successful in many instances.

@Fleura (34957)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 24

Lovely photos by the way. Top right reminds me of my horse, love of my life

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@Fleura (34957)

• United Kingdom

4 Nov 24

@JudyEv Sure are - irreplaceable.

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@JudyEv (381960)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov 24

Thanks. I often take photos of a really nice head. Some photos I really take just for me, rather than with a hope that they'll sell. Our horses are very special, aren't they?

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