Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

On a clear November day in east-central Nebraska’s Platte County, Hemmer dowses a small tract of farmland in search of a replacement spot for a collapsed irrigation well that pumped 550 gallons per ...

THE QUEST: Bill Muerdter dowses his Asheville property using a pair of L-rods. While the practice is primarily known as a way to locate water prior to digging a well, dowsing also has a long, rich ...

DEAR BONNIE: Recently, I came across a woman on YouTube using dowsing rods to get a yes-or-no question answered from spirit. Can you tell me how this works and if it’s a good tool to work with or not?

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Winemakers may claim there’s a bit of magic involved in their craft but few also claim to be a water witch. Marc Mondavi — son of Peter Mondavi Sr., — says he has the ability to dowse for underground ...

RECENT correspondents have not referred to the views that place the use of the divining rod in the category of ‘psychological automatisms’ like the use of planchette or divination by a ring suspended ...