In July 1993, the British society of dowsers celebrated the society’s diamond jubilee, international congress, in York. There were several guest speakers from around the globe. But one I think stands out. It was delivered by Michael Bentine. Older readers might recognise him as a British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons. He was also keenly interested in paranormal, having psychic abilities himself, and knew many of the great psychics of the 20^th century. Although this talk only makes passing reference to dowsing, apart from being amusing, it includes some wonderful vignettes, illustrating that some individuals at least, are able to transcend reality in in simply extraordinary ways.  

His talk, entitled “From the ridiculous to the paranormal”, is here: 

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No241_1993_p305.pdf

Two very active and popular members of the British Society of Dowsers were, until recently, the late Christopher and Veronica Strong. Very much modern dowsers, they used dowsing to make most of the decisions in their daily lives. The autobiography of Christopher Strong was entitled “Autobiography of a sceptical dowser”, (Penworth Press, 2016), although on reading, it is hard to detect any scepticism.

He found that dowsing pre-defined, structured, lists of questions when tackling certain types of problem, could be a great time saver. I have included a short extract from his autobiography, so you can read about this practice in his own words. They held consultations for the public, at the College for Psychic Studies in London. People would visit them asking for help or information. Prior to the meeting, he would consult a pre-meeting checklist, which is included here. Also, in his book, he gives an example of the use of a list, by describing their use when buying and selling a house. http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/sceptical_dowser_strong_p61.pdf        

Here is a short but interesting set of observations by a member of the BSD. While dowsing on board two different ships during separate cruises, he detected “harmful” Earth rays. These lines, approximately 45 degrees to the long axis of the ship, were in fixed positions, irrespective of whether the ship was sailing, or in port. The “frequency” of the lines onboard ship was about the same as the “Earth rays” he has dowsed on land. Needless to say, the dowser could make no sense of his observations.

Here he first notes his observations of the lines aboard ship, “Dowsing whilst on a cruise in the Mediterranean” by Peter Pengilly:

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No241_1993_p330.pdf

In this article he includes further comments and a diagram of the ship. He also sets a challenge to readers to trace the energy one themselves and provides his own results in the following edition, “Dowsing aboard ship” by Peter Pengilly:

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No244_1994_p56.pdf

His results:

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No245_1994_p119.pdf

Although only one dowser’s account, it is such exceptional occurrences that beg the question, just what is the nature of these so-called Earth rays? Are they really of the Earth, or are they more a product of the dowser themselves?

I have just be informed about this by the American Society of Dowsers,
about the FREE Virtual 2020 West Coast Dowsers Conference, now on-going…

It is the 2020 Virtual West Coast Dowsers Conference.
July 3 – 7, 2020,(Friday to Tuesday)
A 5 day, 24 hour a day extravaganza, on a computer or smartphone near you!

see:
http://www.dowserswestcoast.org/