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Anna Kettle wrote:
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:

No, but I know of a very convincing person who has done it.

It's nonsense. What's the explanation for dowsing in terms of the known
laws of physics ?

An underground stream will affect the vegetation above it. An
underground pipe would do too cos the earth has been dug up and relaid
unlike in the surrounding areas. It is possible to read from a map the
likely places to find water eg in a valley

I would think that a lot of the success of dowsing is because the dowser
subconsciously picks up on these clues.

Same with old buildings - if you work in them long enough you pick up a
sensitivity to things which have been done - which show as
discontinuities and changes however well they have been made good.
An old trick - more interesting than dowsing and more useful, is to
hold a torch against a wall and shine it across the surface. It can
show up all sorts of bumps where pipes/cables have been installed, or
openings filled up etc. not to mention the crudeness of the apparently
flat plaster work!

cheers

Jacob