Since ancient times, people have felt the need to find something hidden in the earth, be it a treasure, water or ore deposits. For the search, various methods were used, one of which is dowsing, or the method of dowsing. Dowsing itself is the ability, which scientists have not yet figured out, to find various objects hidden in the ground using a simple fork-shaped branch of a vine.
Dowsing history
For dowsing, branches of willow, elm, maple, lilac and hazel are used. The vine is made in a V shape with an angle of approximately 50 degrees. Holding a flyer in his hand, a person walks along the ground, concentrating thoughts on the object of search. When the branch begins to vibrate or rotate, it means that the desired object has been found. In addition to wooden vines, metal frames in the shape of the letter G, made of steel, copper or brass, are often used.
The first mentions of dowsing can be found in the Egyptian papyri. Chinese Emperor Yu, who lived in 2205-2197 BC, was famous for being able to find underground water.
Discussions about dowsing are also found in Pliny the Elder, Para-Celsus.
Looking at Western Europe, we will also find references to these techniques there. Miners in Germany were looking for veins of metal ores using vines back in the 15th century, later dowsing came to England, where it was brought by German miners who worked on the development of coal mines.
However, the outstanding scientist Giorgi Agricola, who published his fundamental work “On Mining and Metallurgy” in 1556, was very skeptical about dowsing. These methods of support were not found in the church either. Christianity condemned the method of dowsing as a magical practice, associated with communication with demons and demonic possession. In 1626, the alchemist and astrologer Baron Jean du Châtelet, who was engaged in dowsing in France, at the mines of Louis XIII, was convicted on charges of witchcraft and intercourse with the enemy of the human race.
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But despite persecution, dowsing techniques continued to be used in geology until progress drove them out of mining.
In the domestic application of this technique, the Frenchman Jacques Vernet became famous. In 1692, he tracked down the murderer who committed the atrocity in the city of Lyon. Accompanied by a crowd of curious people, Vernet often walked about the city with a vine and identified houses; in which adultery took place.
Rumors of a clairvoyant capable of catching a criminal or an unfaithful wife reached the royal court. The prince of Condé became interested in the dowser. He ordered to take Verne to the palace, where a test was prepared for the master. By order of the prince, several holes were dug, some of which were then covered with earth, others with gravel, and others with metal objects. The locations of the pits were carefully camouflaged. According to Conde's plan, Vernet was to locate the pits with metal contents with the help of a vine. The dowser suffered a shameful fiasco, but already in 1703 it was he who was brought in to identify the Huguenots with the help of the same vine.
However, Condé's experiment called into question the reliability of the results of dowsing in general, so these techniques were not seriously considered until the 19th century. Only in 1852, the English psychologist William Carpenter gave an explanation of the phenomenon of dowsing from the point of view of psychology. In his opinion, the dowser determines, for example, the occurrence of groundwater not with the help of a vine, but by an unconscious reaction to a complex of signs indicating their presence underground. In other words, Carpenter defined dowsing as biolocation of the desired object by the person himself. Later, a living confirmation of this theory was an employee of the General Motors company, K. J. Becker, who had the unique ability to find water without a vine: he walked with crossed arms until he began to shake. So, having received a certain scientific explanation, dowsing began to develop with renewed vigor.
Dowsing in the modern world
The active use of dowsing was revived at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1911, the first congress of dowsers was held in Hanover. Later, the International Union of Dowsers was even organized. Currently, there are several national dowser unions in the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and other countries.
The dowsing method is based on the ability of the human body to detect radiation from various substances. The more powerful the radiation of the substance, the more the vine deflects. Scientists claim that it is not the vine itself that reacts, but the person attuned to the object of the search. The techniques are being actively studied, and quite interesting results have already been obtained. In 1980, Australians D. Randy and D. Smith offered 40 thousand US dollars to anyone who will demonstrate the wonders of dowsing. They installed 10 pipes with a diameter of 10 cm, buried in the ground up to half their length. Water was run through one of the randomly selected pipes. The dowser's task was to determine in which of the pipes the life-giving moisture flows. The results were not impressive - out of 111 attempts, only 15 were successful, so no one got the prize money. A little later, in 1984, Professor J. Iorish and his assistant B. Turobov set up the following experiment: in a large room, they set up three cabinets with empty, tightly closed numbered boxes. The experimenter randomly pulled out one of the three numbered tickets, and put a piece of lead in a box under this number. The dowser, under the supervision of an experimenter, examined all the boxes with a rod, after which he called the number of the one where he found the metal. The effectiveness of the experiment was 85%! However, if the experimenter who put the lead in the box was not in the room at the time of the search, the results were not as impressive. The dowser, under the supervision of an experimenter, examined all the boxes with a rod, after which he called the number of the one where he found the metal. The effectiveness of the experiment was 85%! However, if the experimenter who put the lead in the box was not in the room at the time of the search, the results were not as impressive. The dowser, under the supervision of an experimenter, examined all the boxes with a rod, after which he called the number of the one where he found the metal. The effectiveness of the experiment was 85%! However, if the experimenter who put the lead in the box was not in the room at the time of the search, the results were not as impressive.
In the meantime, scientists set up experiments and interpret the results, dowsing has found practical application in archeology. Recently, in the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery, the famous dowser A. I. Pluzhnikov, using a copper frame, revealed the location and dimensions of the completely lost foundations of the southern and northern porch of the Assumption Cathedral of this monastery, its gallery and refectory.
Clairvoyant university
Currently, dowsers are trained specifically. For example, the Archaeological Department of the University of Southampton in England has short courses in geophysical methods of archaeological research in which students are tested for dowsing abilities. High sensitivity, powerful bioenergetics, as well as the ability of mental self-regulation allow a person to master this method in 2-3 weeks. Such people know how to find water and minerals much better than the most modern devices. In addition, dowsers are used to detect damage to pipelines, cables and other underground communications and archaeological sites. Specialists can search for people who are currently hundreds and thousands of kilometers from the operator. For those lost in the forest, the vine will help determine the right direction. With the help of the frame, it is also possible to determine the anomalous and geopathogenic zones of the Earth. But the presence of such zones, for example, in an apartment leads to dire consequences - people are more likely to get sick, including cancer, and medicine cannot help them. Popular rumor says about such places - “a lost place”. The only way out is relocation from the geopathogenic zone. Alternative medicine did not stay away from dowsing: with the help of a frame, parapsychologists can diagnose human diseases at a distance of 5-7 cm from the surface of the body. The only way out is relocation from the geopathogenic zone. Alternative medicine did not stay away from dowsing: with the help of a frame, parapsychologists can diagnose human diseases at a distance of 5-7 cm from the surface of the body. The only way out is relocation from the geopathogenic zone. Alternative medicine did not stay away from dowsing: with the help of a frame, parapsychologists can diagnose human diseases at a distance of 5-7 cm from the surface of the body.
The nature of dowsing, like many other mysterious abilities of the human body, has not been explained by scientists, but perhaps in the near future it will receive its scientific explanation and recognition.
Marina STIGNEEVA