SOURCES
There’s a lot more to dowsing, and fortunately, there are some really good resources out there for further study:
• The American Society of Dowsers is a good source of information and a way to find other dowsers. (Dowsers.org)
“DOWSERS TRACE THEIR ART BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS. DOWSING IS ALSO CALLED ‘DIVINING,’ ‘WATER-WITCHING,’ ‘RHABDOMANCY’ AND ‘SCANNING.’ IT’S PRIMARILY A METHOD OF LOCATING UNDERGROUND WATER USING A FORKED STICK … .”
• An excellent, thorough book on dowsing is The Complete Book of Dowsing and Divining (published in 1980) by Peter Underwood. (Amazon.com)
What is “dowsing”? Isn’t it a discredited method for finding water? Is there anything valuable or useful in this skill?
• Periodic dowsing classes are taught at the author’s School of Self-Reliance in Eagle Rock, California. (SchoolofSelf-reliance.com)
In 1977, when I’d barely heard of dowsing, I was instructed by my sensei to take a course in dowsing at the nearby Los Angeles City College. This was a full-semester course given on Saturdays during which we learned the theory and the practice of the ancient art of dowsing.
Our class was held in a large science classroom at the college and was run by members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers. We were amazed that such an organization even existed. There were perhaps 15 students, and the teachers had placed prominent posters describing dowsing on the blackboard.