This article, another from the very early editions of the\nBSD journals (in this case 1939), is written by a very experienced dowser,\nwriting under a pseudonym. His tackles one the most important aspects of\ndowsing, that of having preconceived ideas, which will affect the dowsing\nresponse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He gives an example. Traditionally, dowsing had been more of\na country man pursuit and he talks of the \u201cold village dowser\u201d. However, new\npeople, with new ideas were now beginning to take up the practice, such as our\nauthor. In his example, it is likely that the country dowser considered the\ndowsing reaction to be caused, at least in some part, by a flow of electricity\nthrough the body in\/out of the ground, therefore the wearing of rubber soled boots\nwould insulate one and prevent any dowsing. To our author, this was simply an incorrect\npre-conceived idea. The country dowser was inhibiting his own ability to dowse.\nBut by using his fake instrument, to fabricate a supposed dowsing response, the\nauthor was able to remove the dowser\u2019s inhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He states quite clearly his experience, \u201c\u2026 if one\u2019s\ninstruments, and oneself, are sensitive enough, nothing will stop radiation perception\u201d,\nand there was nothing he could not dowse for. (In fact, from today\u2019s perspective, you might\neven say that perceiving radiation, was also a preconceived idea, but perhaps\none that had little effect on one\u2019s abilities to dowse). He says that it is necessary\nto achieve the right mental state, \u201c\u2026 chloroform your imagination …\u201d, but the\nhardest part, he stresses, is understanding (\u201ctranslating\u201d) the meaning of the\ndowsing response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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