http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No265_1999_p331.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIt contains a survey of the pendulum responses of nine\ndowsers. For those unaccustomed to the use of the pendulum in dowsing, there are\ntypically three actions it will demonstrate. The first is the neutral<\/em>\nresponse, when the dower is posing the question. In many accounts that aim to\nteach how to use the pendulum, it is suggested to let it swing to and fro along\na line. In response to the question, the pendulum will give either a yes<\/em>\nor no<\/em> response. Again, it is commonly suggested, when learning to use\nthe device, to specify two differing movements that can be easily\ndistinguished. For instance, gyration to the left, or to the right are often\nsuggested, the operator being free to assign meanings to either. In addition to\nthe three basic movements, there can also be a fourth action, distinguishable\nfrom the others, here it is referred to as the idiot<\/em> response, because\nit occurs when the question is not well posed, and neither a yes, or no answer\nis appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the table, it is interesting to observe that each\nof the dowsers exhibits a unique set of the four responses, with no two dowsers\nhaving the same set. Perhaps another interesting observation is that for some,\nthe neutral position is a stationary pendulum, but none of the remaining three\nactions has this stationary signature, ie the response to the questioning is\nalways an active one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As alluded to above, when setting out, the novice\ndowser may specify the meaning<\/em> of the pendulum\u2019s movement, or\nalternatively they might just accept any movement the pendulum exhibits to\ntheir request to demonstrate the response to the four situations. Given the personal nature of the reaction, it\nseems again that the dowsing reaction is mediated by (unconscious) mental\nprocesses, which as has been commented on previously, is subject to a type of\nmental programming. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is a very short, but interesting letter to the BSD from Mr John Browne. http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No265_1999_p331.pdf It contains a survey of the pendulum responses of nine dowsers. For those unaccustomed to the use of the pendulum in dowsing, there are typically three actions it will demonstrate. The first is the neutral response, when the dower […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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\/333"}],"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=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}