{"id":92,"date":"2020-03-11T18:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:58:25","slug":"welcome-to-this-dowsing-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/11\/welcome-to-this-dowsing-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to this dowsing blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to this new dowsing blog, I hope you find it of\ninterest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first post, I want to mention the British Society of\nDowsers (BSD), see https:\/\/britishdowsers.org\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This organisation was established in 1933, by Colonel A. H. Bell.\nThe early years of the society\u2019s existence attracted several former officers of\nthe British army, who either had, or presumably had, personal experience of the\nefficacy of dowsing, as practiced by those they commanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, the society has published a quarterly journal.\nThis began as \u201cThe Journal of the British Society of Dowsers\u201d, then for a brief\nperiod it became \u201cRadio Perception\u201d, before reverting to its original title,\nand finally in 2000 it was renamed \u201cDowsing Today\u201d. Throughout its history, the\njournal has contained accounts by members of their various dowsing experiences\nand experiments. It is a rich source of information relating to how dowsing has\nbeen and is practiced. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of that, I will be drawing heavily on content derived\nfrom the BSD journals. Digital versions of the journals are not currently\npublicly available, so currently this blog is the only place where this material\nmay be read online. But rather then full volumes, I will post individual\narticles of what I consider are of particular interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I have posted the editorial from issue number 1 of the\nBSD journal, 1933. Though short, it is a good introduction to some of the key\naspects of dowsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No1_p1-2.pdf\">http:\/\/www.dowsing-research.net\/blog_extracts\/BSD_No1_p1-2.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference is made to the various tools that a dowser might\nuse, while practicing their art. It also mentions that although dowsing might\nbe more familiar as water divining, there are many more applications of which\nmany people remain unaware. So for example, in addition to being able to locate\nitems underground, dowsing can be used for medical diagnosis. &nbsp;The example of tracing lost people is also\nreferred to. There is a curious reference to an object having a \u201cscent\u201d, that\nis leaving some invisible trace behind once the object has been moved. This is\nwhat dowsers often refer to as remanence, and from the dowser\u2019s point of view,\nit is as if the object is still in situ. Obviously, this can cause problems for\nwhile dowsing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dowsing mechanism might be thought of as being a\nphysical effect. But dowsers can search by dowsing maps of some distant\nlocation of interest. So there appears to be some anomalous method of\ninformation transfer at work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope to provide further illustration of these points at a\nlater time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this new dowsing blog, I hope you find it of interest. For the first post, I want to mention the British Society of Dowsers (BSD), see https:\/\/britishdowsers.org\/ This organisation was established in 1933, by Colonel A. H. Bell. 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