| Dowsing is definitely an intuitive art and one of the | | | | The first methodology involves using the pendulum to |
| oldest forms of divination in the world. Perhaps the | | | | answer a yes or no question. Some practitioners use |
| oldest and most familiar image we have a dowser is | | | | a chart or a map, usually a square of paper with a |
| what is called a field or map dowser. This person | | | | circle drawn on it with the words YES or NO written |
| walks over a landscape using a Y shaped or forked | | | | at the four quarter points of the circle. |
| stick (sometimes called a doodlebug) to locate | | | | Sometimes, a direct answer can be written on the |
| subterranean sources of water, oil or even precious | | | | four points of the paper as well. For instance if the |
| minerals. The stick vibrates, crosses or shakes when | | | | question is Who does Bob love? then you may |
| the substance is found. Some dowsers will use two | | | | have different options such as Me, His |
| sticks held in one hand, and when the sticks cross, it | | | | Wife, His Child or Nobody written on |
| signifies that a subtle astral or geopathic force has | | | | the four quarter points of the circle. The dowser holds |
| located the natural resource. This kind of dowsing is | | | | the pendulum over the center of the circle |
| also used to locate things such as buried treasure, lost | | | | concentrates and sees which answer the pendulum |
| persons, missing jewelry and stray golf balls! | | | | naturally sways towards. |
| However, the kind of dowsing we are concerned with | | | | There is also another direct method of getting a yes |
| in this article would be for the purposes of divination. | | | | or no answer. Hold the pendulum straight between |
| To do this you need to purchase or make what is | | | | thumb and forefinger. Ask the question. If it sways to |
| called a bobber or a pendulum. This is | | | | the right, the answer is YES. If it sways to the left, the |
| simply a pointed object made of metal, crystal or | | | | answer is NO. If it goes in a clockwise circle, the |
| wood that is attached to the end of a string or a rope. | | | | answer is YES: a counterclockwise circle — NO. |
| Crystals make excellent pendulums. To diagnose | | | | Healers, to scan a body for disease, also use |
| disease, use a rose quartz crystal. For general | | | | pendulums. The spinning in a counterclockwise circle is |
| divination, a silver, lapis, wood or hematite pendulum | | | | said to be an astral message that something is wrong |
| works well. A pendulum can be anything that appeals | | | | with that part of a body. Also if the pendulum is just |
| to you, that is personal, feels like it conducts energy | | | | very active it can indicate an energy disturbance in a |
| and can be hung from a chain or string. For instance, I | | | | chakra or an imbalance of some kind. There is an old |
| have a little silver acorn charm that works perfectly as | | | | wives' tale too, that if a pendulum is held over the belly |
| a pendulum. Some people use keys or talismans or | | | | of a pregnant woman, it is a boy if it swings to the |
| charms such as a crucifix or ankh. Pendulums can be | | | | right or clockwise and a girl if it swings to the left or |
| bought commercially online and in New Age or Occult | | | | counterclockwise. |
| Stores. | | | | Before you start dowsing, you might want to say a |
| There are no strict rules around the practice of | | | | little prayer, asking God or the powers that be for |
| dowsing, however there are two methodologies behind | | | | permission to dowse. |
| the purpose of it. | | | | |