{"id":140,"date":"2020-03-31T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:58:24","slug":"a-dowsers-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/a-dowsers-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dowser\u2019s challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In one BSD journal (no 208), the Editor made the remark that\nmore communications were coming to them in which it was said that \u2018I have\nproved it by dowsing\u2019. The Editor added that \u201cDowsing on its own is no proof \u2013\nwe must have more evidence than this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This theme was picked up later by two experienced dowsers, in a short correspondence to the journal. I think they make important contributions. The first is from Mike Doney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No228_1990_p92.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many Dowsers have leaned that experience is enough proof\nitself. But he asserts that dowsing successes are not proof, and is sympathetic\nto the Editor of the BSD journal, for their efforts to exert some restraint on the\nclaims of contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an illustration of a dowsing \u201cbelief\u201d, he sets out a \u201cnutty\u201d\nchallenge to others, to confirm an idea of his own, or whether it was all in\nhis imagination; that calcium somehow flows through channels, nine feet apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The respondent, Dan Wilson, provides a considered and particularly interesting response to Mike\u2019s challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No229_1990_p139.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He asserts that the dowsing response is a reaction to artefacts created subconsciously within the Dowser\u2019s mind. These artefacts are created in response to the latter\u2019s speculations. His writing is a little difficult to follow in parts, but what he suggests, is that the Dowser\u2019s mind can create different \u201crealities\u201d. The real question, he suggests, is whether these are helpful. This is why proof is important. He argues that the calcium channels referred to by Mike are real but are not particularly helpful. Instead, he suggests, searching for \u2018islands\u2019 of Calcium would be more helpful. In so doing the islands, which did not previously exist, would come into existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the key point is not the Calcium, it is that the Dowser\u2019s\nmind is creating reality through their intention. He has come to this conclusion\nthrough his dowsing practice. But interestingly, parapsychological research has\nalso shown intention to be fundamental to reality.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An important topic for Dowsers are so-called \u201cEarth energy lines\u201d, which we shall cover in future posts. The ideas in this correspondence, I believe, have a great bearing on these. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In one BSD journal (no 208), the Editor made the remark that more communications were coming to them in which it was said that \u2018I have proved it by dowsing\u2019. The Editor added that \u201cDowsing on its own is no proof \u2013 we must have more evidence than this.\u201d This theme was picked up later […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}