Apple faced old ladies

Another article by Dan Wilson, who we have met in recent posts. In this short article

“The Pure Source or the secret of apple-cheeked little old ladies”, in

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No269_2000_p16.pdf

He discusses the difficulty of errors in dowsing in a rather light-hearted fashion. He thinks that perhaps we can never get to the bottom of what causes problems in dowsing. He suggests that analysing why failure occurs, might actually prevent finding a solution. The psychology is too complex, and anyway, as he points out, we don’t really know anything about the nature of reality.

He reflects on a certain class of lady dowser and members of the British Society of Dowsers, whom he encountered when he joined the organisation in the 1970s. He recalls that their dowsing was never affected by talk or expectation of failure, which would have undermined their confidence. Consequently, he claims, they were always successful. He contrasts them with another class of member, mainly male, who were also successful, but only because they “walled off” areas which they knew from experience, did not work for them.

With these observations in mind, he suggests that to improve dowsing, one must give oneself permission to be “fallible, but in ways, which will not affect the accuracy of the dowsing response to our very next question.” And follow the way of the ACLOLs.