This short article was written by an Australian dowser\nand describes a few dowsing practices he has observed in use there over his 30\nyears as a dowser. It seems that the L shaped dowsing rod, made by bending a\nlength of wire through ninety degrees, seems to have been in common use there,\nalthough sometimes of unusual shape. It was common at that time to use samples\nwhile dowsing and the dowser might suspend a sample form the end of the rod,\nbut as he points out, it does not matter where the sample is located. It is\nsimply an aid to the unconscious mind. Interestingly he mentions the more\ncommon practice of asking a \u201cdirect question\u201d. Thi is clearly a time of\ntransition in dowsing practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is inclined to think that the dowsing reaction has\na physical basis but works through the unconscious and makes reference to\nWilliam Barret\u2019s conclusion in his book the Divining Rod. Note also that he\ndescribes the reaction lines that lie parallel to the course of the underground\nstream and he finds that the distance from the centre of the stream to the\nparallels is a direct estimate of the stream\u2019s depth. (See the post on\n22-09-2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thinks that dowsing is a \u201clatent\u201d ability in most\npeople and he himself only managed to get a dowsing reaction with the L rod\nonly through practice. But then not in all cases, since he finds that he can\nnever obtain a reaction with a Y shaped rod. Is this an example of a\nsubconscious mental block perhaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The article is by H. Busby, entitled \u201cSome dowsing\nmethods\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n