How to Dowse or Water Witch
by Stephanie Yeh
"Water
Witching." The term sounds so delightful, mystical, and wonderful,
doesn't it? Water witching is the art of using a magical tool, such as a
pendulum or dowsing rods, or psychic abilities to find underground
sources of water. People, including some plumbers, have been practicing
water witching and dowsing for centuries.
Dowsing is actually a specific form of divination, which is the art of
accessing information not available to the five senses. Other forms of
divination include the tarot, water bowls, scrying in chalices, and Rune
stones.
According to Polly Cady, a master dowser of 14 years, one of the easiest
ways to get started with water witching or dowsing is to start with a
pendulum. You can make a pendulum from almost any lightweight object
suspended on a chain, string or thread. Lightweight objects you can use
include paper clips, small rocks, earrings, hairpins, pendants, small
medallions, crystals and talismans. If you choose to use a crystal, use
an amethyst because other kinds of crystals become too easily
contaminated.
To find underground water with a pendulum, here's a quick lesson from
the American Society of Dowsers.
"The dowser usually seeks flowing underground veins suitable for
drilling and pumping. The veins can be large and deep or small and
shallow. You can discriminate by focusing on a need, real or imaginary .
Ask mentally, either successively or all at once, for a 'vein of good
drinking water, less than twenty feet in depth, which will flow
uninterrupted at the rate of 5 gallons a minute or more.' Thus when you
receive a reaction, you will know that it is not a pipe, a polluted vein
or a source that might otherwise be too deep or seasonally unreliable
for the purpose at hand. When the dowsing reaction takes place, mark the
spot and approach it from the opposite direction. If the two points do
not coincide, the mid-point between them should be the center of the
vein."
According to Polly, a left-to-right pendulum swing indicates a
"no" while a back-and-forth swing (to and away from you)
indicates a "yes." As with all magical techniques, practice
makes perfect.
About the Author
Stephanie Yeh, co-founder
of the Esoteric School of Shamanism and Magic http://www.shamanschool.com
, helps clients learn magical and shamanic techniques. Her current
project, a free teleconference series on a variety of magickal and
shamanic topics with guest speakers, is designed to share information
and promote interaction between people of varying spiritual practices.
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