This article by Enid Smithett is another from the same BSD journal\nof the mid-1970s, as that of the Scott-Elliott in the post of 08-04-2020. It is rather a long article, since it is a\ntranscription of one of her talks, but her dowsing experiences demonstrate some\nremarkable aspects dowsing. It is easy to miss these on first reading, and so the\narticle is well worth re-reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her speciality is map dowsing, and the description she gives\nof her work only confirms that dowsing has a mental basis. For her, the map\nbecomes a kind of doorway into a reality, which parallels the physical one in\nwhich we exist, but a reality that is amenable to her thoughts and intentions. In\nthis mental reality, she can free herself from things which might otherwise interfere\nwith here dowsing results, and thereby concentrate solely what she is seeking. She\nstresses that \u201cthe dowsing is always correct\u201d, however, she speaks of the\ndifficulty in transposing the results between mental and physical realities. This\nshe says, can lead to mistakes of interpretation, something that also affects\nother map dowsers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of confounding factors in map dowsing is diverse,\ninvolving other people, physical objects and even time. For example, in the same manner as the r\u00e9manence\neffect we have encountered in earlier posts, she finds that a map can retain\ninformation about those who have handled it previously. So, she uses a technique\nof map tracing to create a \u201cclean\u201d copy of the map, free from such contaminations.\nAnd if she personalises the map in some way, for example by writing a date on\nit, the map becomes a representation of the area covered, at that date, and consequently\nthe subsequent dowsing results also relate to that to subjects existing at that\ndate. As she says, \u201cin dowsing we are separated from time, this is the whole\npoint of it\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sees a map as a means of focussing, in the same way that\ndowsers use samples. When using samples, she is again wary of their contamination.\nFor example, an item of clothing might belong to one person, but be contaminated\nby the presence of a hair belonging to another. Another example is a photograph taken from a newspaper,\nwill have text on the rear, from the contents of the following page, and this can\nhave an effect. It seems that the sample is not acting simply as a passive aide-memoir,\nthe actual content of the sample is actively engaging with the dowser\u2019s\nintention to seek. Therefore for better certainty, she tends to create her own\nsample by writing down on paper, as much information as she can about the\nsubject sought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She gives some examples of the results that she has obtained\nby map dowsing. For example, when dowsing for underground streams, she never\ndetects the reaction bands parallel to the stream, which water diviners often\ndetect while dowsing on the ground. And she can obtain the depth of the stream.\n She can trace the movements of people in\nreal-time. And as already mentioned, can dowse back in time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She recounts an incident that illustrates well the effect of\na dowser\u2019s preconceived ideas on their dowsing results. This is where she is\nengaged in finding underground streams on a property. She detects three streams\nwhile map dowsing, but only one when dowsing onsite at the property. The\ndifference came down to how she defined the boundaries of the property. \u201cThe\ndowsing is always correct\u201d, but the interpretation can go very wrong. The\nsolution would seem to be to choose one\u2019s dowsing questions with great care. Furthermore,\nshe stresses the need to take responsibility for what you seek, without\nreferring to others for advice, and to focus attention on what really matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the dowser\u2019s tools and techniques. Some dowsers like herself, set great store by correctly orientating their map. This might be important to some, but probably just depends on any preconceived ideas. \u00a0She points out the problem depending too much on the tools, since the tool does not matter, it is better to use our hands. She and other map dowsers can get feelings in the hands when they run over the map, before dowsing proper begins. What is interesting here is that the hands can work in independent ways, each appears to contribute its own information into the dowsing mix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The article, entitled \u201cMap dowsing\u201d, is here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n