{"id":263,"date":"2020-10-07T21:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2020-10-07T21:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:42:47","slug":"oral-dowsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/oral-dowsing\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral dowsing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article (extracted from a longer one) from the\nearly journals of the BSD, a member, Dr J. A. Simpson Emslie, applies his\nmedical expertise to assert that dowsing reactions are purely a result of\nreflex actions.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No10_1935_p106.pdf\">http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No10_1935_p106.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says that normally the brain controls these, but\nduring dowsing, this control is relaxed, permitting the dowser\u2019s experience. He\ngoes on to make the claim, but it is not clear how this is substantiated, that\nhe knew two dowsers who had suffered damage to those nerves that control reflex\nactions. The resulting loss of control meant that their dowsing reactions were\nvery much more exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He points out that a dowsing reaction can be obtained\nwith one\u2019s tongue, \u201c\u2026if it held midway between the roof and the floor of the\nmouth. You will find that the reaction will make it rise towards the palate.\u201d What\nme might refer to as \u201cOral dowsing\u201d, was the subject of &nbsp;a very interesting study into the dowsing\neffect, undertaken at Guy\u2019s Hospital, London, by a Dr Lintott. It was entitled \u201cSome\nobservations on so-called water divining\u201d and published in Guy&#8217;s hospital\ngazette, June 24; 1933. A summary of the work was published in the first BSD\njournal:&nbsp; No1 p9-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study involved recording the changing tension in\nthe jaw muscle of the subjects as they traversed a water pipe. This was\nachieved by having the subject hold a rubber bulb in their mouth!\nInterestingly, \u201call the experiments were carried out in a strong spirit of\nscepticism and under critical observation, and, where possible, control\nexperiments were made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was found that the subjects fell into three groups:\n1) those who were completely insensitive; 2) those for who had some\nsensitivity, but this could vary over time; 3) those with constant and marked\nsensitivity. In addition, they noticed how the subjects\u2019 attention was\nimportant, suggesting \u201csome action of the higher cerebral centres\u201d which\nprevented them from \u201ctuning in\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No1_1933_p109.pdf\">http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No1_1933_p109.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, many dowsers would most likely agree with the Doctor and a lot of evidence seems to support this. However there are some documented instances of what appears to be psychokinetic influences at work. This will be the subject of a future post.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article (extracted from a longer one) from the early journals of the BSD, a member, Dr J. A. 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