Dowsing with Ged

updated 08/03/2022 As activities are suspended pending a return to normal life after the pandemic I have been considering what I believe I have learned thus far about dowsing. Dowsing or Divining - How and What? No Explanation I am unaware of any confirmed explanation of what is happening with Dowsing/Divining; However, something is happening, my mind is open and curious and results so far are exciting though as yet unproven. Dowsing or Divining? The terms "Dowsing" and "Divining" appear to be interchangeable. I prefer Dowsing as the word Divining suggests a supernatural of theological connection. My Dowsing My targets are underground services and linear in nature, e.g. cables, pipes, drains etc. I walk a study area with metal Dowsing Rods, recording locations where they cross and using GPS to mark-up on maps. I am not looking for water sources or isolated items. Dowsing Tools Dowsing with Rods I have not been a party to any experiments with anything other ...

Investigation Halted Covid-19 So, just as the project was getting its legs and the Moor was revealing its first secrets to the dowsers the first pandemic to hit the world for some time arrives. Initially there was some thought that we could continue in small numbers to explore the Moor but as the virus expanded in the UK the point was reached 22 March 2020 when the National Trust was forced to close Lyme Park, House and Gardens to all access. UK Restrictions On the 24th March the UK government introduced 3 weeks of heavy restrictions: One outside Exercise p day, Food & Medicine only shopping, Essential travel to work only if unable to work from home and providing an essential service. Initially three weeks but will almost certainly continue in some form for 3-6 months and possibly beyond; So, for the foreseeable future no further dowsing activities will take place. We will be back out there though we don't know when. In the meantime Stay Well .

Strategy As with the first week, two teams of volunteers were to head out on the moors; the Tuesday team which included me were to follow one of the gullies all the way up the moor to see how far the stone built culvert extended and the Thursday team would visit Cluse Hay, an extension of the moorland to the west so see if the same patterns were repeated. Tuesday - Eastern Moor Two of us explored the clough which continued up the moor from the first culvert discovery concentrating on how far this primary culvert extended. The dowsing rods consistently predicted the line of the drain which did not always adhere to the centre of the gully. Though we did not attempt any excavations, we encountered a significant number of collapses revealing the stone culvert confirming the line and exposing the high volume water flow. This primary drain was found to continue up to just below the summit of the moorland, further than expected. The weather was foul and terrain difficult so no investig...

Second Team Following our excursion on Tuesday and apparent discovery of a grid pattern of drainage, a second team went onto an adjacent moor section on Thursday. Chris deliberately kept them in the dark as to Tuesday's results in order to avoid prediction. Grid Pattern Continues "Thursday went exactly the same as Tuesday (despite being in a new area) apart from some difficulty in locating (or at least getting a consistent line for the 10 yd drains. We certainly got the 5 yd pattern and we decided to focus on one of those lines which we could see with the pins, we brought all other pins into this line and really focused on getting a solid idea of exactly where that drain was. We ended up with 20 pins in the ground in a dead straight line, ...." This report shows a separate team using dowsing rods to identify the same regular 5 yd separated drains intercepted by approx 10 yd drains and an arterial stone built culvert running below a dry clough. "... went down...