01/17/10

This page is intended to provide any news that comes out of a continuing effort to understand the phenomenon of dowsing and the ongoing tests that are expected to be conducted in the future.  Selected new inputs from the visitors to this site will also be published here.

On December 4, 2009, There was a  book signing at the Horsham Quaker Meeting (see the page on the Quaker Meeting from the Research page).  The book was written to cover the history of the meeting which dates back to the building of the first meetinghouse, in 1714.  Prior to that meeting a question was asked as to whether the trustees would allow the marking of the outline of that first meetinghouse.  Tentative permission was given at that meeting by the Clerk of the Trustees.  The Board of Trustees confirmed with their approval, which was received on January 15th.  We will plan the task to begin sometime in April, 2010.  We will again locate the outline using a dowsing rod.  It has been two centuries since the meetinghouse stood on the site.  We will use archaeology techniques to remove the soil that is necessary to allow us to install Belgian blocks, which will mark the outline.

On November 2, 2009, An interested visitor to the site left the following message that addresses an area of dowsing not covered by this site.  With the visitors permission, the message is posted for the interest of other visitors to this site.

"I’ve always been a science nut, and when I began experiencing dowsing for the first time, I was struck by the strength of this unknown power.  This has to be investigated! Who knows what other uses there are for this force.  I've done lots of dowsing using wires, but if you want to really feel the force, try a green willow dowsing rod.  I was first taught dowsing by an old hillbilly with a worn, pointy hat and jugs of elderberry wine in the back of his truck.  (Talk about a cliché come to life!). He had an assortment of dowsing twigs from different trees.  He said willow was best, but fruit trees work as well. When I saw him dowse, I thought he was twisting the twig. Then I tried it.  The end of the twig pulled down so hard that there was no way to twist it back up.  I then held it to maximize my ability to force it up, and it twisted until it split!  That's when I knew this wasn't something trivial. The hillbilly also showed me something I haven't seen documented anywhere. After finding the spot to dig a well, he took another stick of willow about 5-6 feet long, and held it next to his leg over the spot.  The end of the twig began bouncing, then stopped.  It repeated the same number of bounces over and over. He said you could use the number of bounces to determine how deep the water was. I don't remember what the calculation was though. All the others in my party tried the dowsing, but were unable to get it to work. This is the weirdest force to try and pin down. I've gone on to use it now and then to find sewer pipes and such."

On February 21st, 2009, I was on a mapping job at Moland, around the house.  At a point, I took a break and went down to the creek where we had found ruins of other structures.  An associate had told me last September that she and her friend had found something new.  Being a bit curious, I took my dowsing rod along.  Going to another location by a support for a bridge that crosses the creek, I noted a rubble pile that I had seen before, but now in a new light.  The support for the bridge is at least 50 feet in length.  I scanned the area and found a line running parallel to the support and beyond its ends, with two right angle ends to the line that go towards the creek. Walking beyond the bridge I found another rubble pile.  Within this rubble pile is a rectangle of about eight feet square.  On the side away from the creek are lines that always seem like a walkway. These walkway lines turned towards the bridge and went to the area where the long line was found by the support, where they made a right angle turn into that line.  The support, put there in 1966, is almost to the edge of the creek and must have disturbed whatever had been there.  If the long line is from a long ago structure, it was about 60 feet long and was built right on the edge of the current creek bed.

On February 18, 2009, I was continuing with my efforts to understand what causes a detection with different materials and physical forms.  I was again scanning in my basement where I found a sensitivity to the water lines above my head.  I performed several scans and then went to the first floor to verify that the pipes could be detected at that level.  I began detecting lines at six inch intervals across the floor. The pipes in the basement could also be detected.  I went down to the basement and the lines of six inch intervals were not there.  Back on the first floor I noticed that there were dark lines in the the pattern of my off-white vinyl floor covering.  The pattern is a grid.  I then checked the cross lines and found that they could be sensed, as well.  Going to the second floor, I found that the pipes in the basement could still be sensed, but the flooring lines could not.  Any thoughts on why this could be, would be appreciated.

Whenever upcoming events are scheduled that are expected to broaden the knowledge of those interested in the use of dowsing in research of any kind, when known by the author, those events will be published here.

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