A water witch, also known as a dowser or diviner, is someone who claims to have the ability to locate underground water sources, such as wells or aquifers, using a divining rod or other similar tools. This practice is most commonly associated with rural areas and is often used as an alternative method to traditional scientific techniques for finding water. The technique involves holding a tool, typically a Y- or L-shaped rod or a pendulum, and walking slowly over the ground until the tool's movement indicates the presence of water below the surface. The water witch may then mark the location and advise on where to drill a well. The concept of water witching dates back centuries and has been practiced in many cultures around the world. Despite the lack of scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness, many people still rely on water witches to find water sources in areas where professional hydrologists are unavailable or expensive.
You love working with sea salt in your home magick. Pebbles and seashells are some of the things that you’ll find in abundance when you pay a visit to the beach, and can usually be found on your altar.
But if you find that aside from swimming, you also exhibit most of the other signs in this post, then there shouldn t be any doubt in your heart that you are called to be a Water Witch. Water witching, or dowsing, is the process of locating underground water as well as other objects and materials , using a rod, stick, or an object hung from a string.
Despite the lack of scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness, many people still rely on water witches to find water sources in areas where professional hydrologists are unavailable or expensive. In some cases, water witches appear to achieve successful results, leading to the continued popularity and usage of this divination method. However, skeptics argue that any positive outcomes may be attributed to chance or skilled observation rather than supernatural or paranormal abilities.
Water Locating / Water Witching / Dowsing -- can it be scientifically explained?
The subject of water dowsing was brought up and the idea of it not being scientific bothered me as I've learned otherwise.
I want Paul and everyone to be aware of this explanation. It should makes sense.
Please watch this short to-the-point scientific explanation:
Water Locating, Water Well, Water-Witching, Magnetic truth
Water Locating, Water Wells Part 1 of 4 "Where Should I Drill"
Website:
WaterLocating.Com
I don't have time to watch the videos in full now (but skimmed them), so can't comment on the accuracy of the explanations. But thanks for posting this info. It is interesting to hear that there might be some science behind the dowsing.
I look forward to coming back and giving the videos a watch in the next day or 2.
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Posts: 9002 Location: Victoria British Columbia-Canada- 4
The longer I listened, the more convinced I became that he doesn't really have a clue. Humans aren't able to sense the big magnetic pull from the poles. It seems even more fantastic, that someone would be able to feel a very slight variation from the rock in a given location.
I think it's a confidence game. They try to tell you that they possess some natural ability that others do not. Whether it's mind-readers, or ghost hunters, there will always be those who try to convince us that they have some special ability.
His next video begins with a statement that having a well-drilled will cost somewhere between $15,000 and $50,000. I had a 300-foot well drilled. It cost $3,500. My neighbor spent less than $1,000, drilling a relatively shallow well. This is highly variable by region, and type of rock.
Posts: 404 Location: Stone Garden Farm Richfield Twp., Ohio- 10
The American Society of Dowsers is the national organization of dowsers. Across the U.S. there are many regional groups of dowsers. One such group is the Ohio Buckeye Dowsers. This group has been meeting at my farm in Richfield in N. Ohio the fourth Sunday of the month for the past 29 years. Some of the members of the present group belonged to the earlier Jim Perkins Dowsers that met decades ago near Mansfield, Ohio. In the forty plus years I have been dowsing I have been fortunate to know some of the best dowsers in America. I originally learned to dowse at Cattaraugus Reservation in N.Y. (Seneca). There I also met some of the best dowsers from England and Europe. In that time I have learned that dowsing is an art and skill that can be taught to anyone, --except of course those who make the simple choice not to learn.
Dowsing at one time was nearly as common as breathing or sleeping. All ancient peoples made good use of the ability to dowse. There is no limit to how you can practice the skill. Some folks use L. Rods, some a forked stick, others feel hot or cold on the palm of their hand, some use pendulums. I tend more towards sight or sound. I see on the ground, usually by differences in colors or vegetation, what I am looking for. And sometimes I hear a voice that gives an answer. These are all common methods used for thousands of years. It is still commonly used by some native peoples of this land (who have not lost their teachings). There is also no limit for what dowsing can be used for. Any question you can ask that has a yes/no answer can be answered by dowsing.
Unfortunately, such an ability gives a great deal of independence to the practitioner. If you can seek and find answers for yourself, you have less need of authority. This the early Christian Church did not care for. So dowsing, along with many other traditional skills and knowledge, was banned. But the church also realized that that some of dowsing was useful, particularly the finding of water. So the early church allowed that one form of dowsing to continue. But, just to make sure it did not empower folks too much, the church made it sound slightly dirty or wrong, so the great and useful and common skill and art (of a limited part) of dowsing became to be called water witching. People could still seek water, . but you better be careful or you might be named a "witch" and suffer for it. To me it is somewhat amusing that the folks who most loudly declare for science often unknowingly find common cause with the church. They simply declare it is not so, so for them it is not.
Over the years our group of dowsers have practiced this skill. And we have proven it over and over by any number of tests. Because dowsing can be used for anything, you don't need to drill a well for proof (although through our findings many successful wells have been dug). Among the tests anyone can do is to line up five or six buckets. Have someone put things under the buckets. You could put a glass of water under one, wine under another, orange juice under a third, milk under the fourth and maybe nothing under the last. Or you could use coins, or tools, or plastic/paper/glass/tin foil. Or nothing at all under all of them. Then dowse what is there (or isn't). For those science minded folks it makes a rather quick and noticeable test. One time we had a skeptical newspaper reporter come to do a story. He hid his car keys high up in a tree far across the farm. It took one of our better dowsers less than five minutes to find them. The "science" based reporter was dually impressed.
My point in writing all of this is simply, there is a great deal more in this world than our minds can comprehend. There are connections that can be made, things that can be known, other lessons that can be learned, far beyond what our temporary thoughts would limit us to. At one time it was thought that cars would be unsafe because the human body could not tolerate such speed, . and that was then current "science". At one time the Sun revolved around Earth and Earth was flat, . and that was the "science" of the day. It has turned out that those ideas were more prejudice than science. And, I suspect, that much of today's "science" will be found just as wanting. Because, as the advanced physicist was heard to say, "the more I learn, the more convinced I become there is God.". Please consider not confining yourself to the mere limits of the brain. There is so much more to know. So many "fantastic" things some of you have trouble imagining.
Come visit us in Ohio anytime. Come to a dowser meeting. We'll be glad to show you something you've always wanted to learn, or show you something you did not think possible. We love the teaching, and we're sure you'll enjoy the experience.
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Do you like to hang out close to bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or oceans? Or do you have a strong connection to the Element of Water? Well, you are not alone. In this post, we’ll take a look at some Water Witch spells and signs that you may be Water Witch, and have been called to serve and commune with the deities and spirits of Water.
Regardless, the practice of water witching remains a fascinating and controversial subject in the search for water sources..
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