DOWSING

[Dell Winders]

Your feedback wanted on dowsing.
I dowse occasionally, and I can tell you its an amazing thing to see the rods cross over metal objects and other stuff,I ve dowsed now for about 20 years now but never seriously.I would like to hear from anyone who has an opinion on the operation of what I call mineral rods.Thes are 16 inch lengths of 12 awg copper bent at a third of its length and tipped with 21 kt natural Black Hills gold beads formed by a master jeweler and soldered to the ends of my mineral rods.I hope I have described them accurately. They are held loosely in each hand ,tips leaned down at maybe 10 -15 degrees from horizontal, they will cross, over crystals of minerals ,and metals as well as point to hollows in the Earth,, really weird stuff I want to know about... how does it work?????

MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON DOWSING #1

Through out my years of Dowsing research and usage, I find that the general concept which is commonly used to define Dowsing is very broad and incorporates both the physical, and the mental aspects of the Dowsing experience.

Although as Dowsers, we all experience the same types of reactions in both the physical and mental aspects of Dowsing, interpretations and reasons for this vary greatly, and are usually described according to the experience and opinion of the individual Dowser.

Personal pride in a Dowsers own ability, and sometimes ego, or attitude toward Dowsing have to be allowed for in your evaluation of a dowsers methods. The bottom line is, that you should experiment and find out what methods, or beliefs, work best for you.

In my opinion, it is the lack of a universal agreement establishing parameters which would clearly define the term "Dowsing" that is the source of dissention, that tends to generate confusion for new and student Dowsers eager to learn the art, and perhaps help bring it into the realm of an understood Science.

So that you may understand my thinking on the subject and the manner which I utilize Dowsing to conform to the general broad definition is that, for my own research, field experiments and tests, I find it easier and more understandable to my students to seperate Dowsing into two categories, PHYSICAL DOWSING, and MENTAL DOWSING, followed by several sub-categories.

FIELD DOWSING: It appears to me that most Dowsers conducting "dowsing" in the field searching for Treasure commonly using L-Rod(s) or Y rods, integrate both the Physical & Mental aspects of Dowsing in combination.

The question that was asked relates to MAP DOWSING, which would include SKETCHS, PHOTO & INFORMATION DOWSING. In these types of Dowsing I am unable to isolate any physical effects on the Dowsers tool which can't be overcome by the trained mind/muscle ideomoter response of the Dowser. I contribute the accuracy, or failure of this type of Dowsing to the MENTAL ASPECTS category which would include the mental attitude of the Dowser and their own perspective towards Dowsing.

Accuracy in MENTAL Dowsing is subjective to, (1) an understanding of the mental process, (2) establishing "self" communication between the conscious and the sub-conscious part of the brain, (3) the beliefs of the Dowser, (4) the Dowsers correct interpretation of the reactions of the physical tool he, or she, is using.

Consider your brain as a biological computer with even greater capabilities, programming, and eccentricies than the physical computer in front of you. Many of the same rules of programming apply. "Wrong information in, Wrong information out".

Learning to Dowse is programming the best mental Dowsing program available into your biological computer, weed out the viruses and glitches, and delete any already installed negative programming.

Beliefs, are programming that can hinder a Mental Dowser's performance. These are just a few Examples:

*If you believe that you have to ask permission to Mental Dowse, then it will be necessary to ask permission.

*If you believe communicating with Spirts is involved in your Mental Dowsing, Spirts will surely be invited.

*If you believe your Dowsing is a "Gift" and that if you charge a fee to Dowse you will loose that gift, you have programmed yourself to fail if you do charge a fee.

*If you believe that you can only mental Dowse accurately when there is a full moon, your self programming will make that belief a reality for you.

*If you believe that certain weather conditions affects your ability to mental dowse, it surely will.

It's my opinion that You have the choice to determine your own parameters of ability to Mental Dowse. This is not to say that there are not a few guidelines you can use that help increase the probability of accuractly Dowsing a Treasure location on a MAP, SKETCH or PHOTO. Personally, I find there are, but it's possible these guidelines could fall into the category of my own "Belief" programming. I'm presenting a couple of guidlines I use if you wish to try them and learn for your self.

INACCURATELY DRAWN SKETCHES OR MAPS I find that if a Map or Sketch is drawn inaccurately, my Treasure location's will be accordingly inaccurate. Road maps fror example, only provide me general areas and possibilities.

SCALE Topo maps are usually drawn accurately but I find the opportunity for inaccuracy of detail and location is according to the scale of the Map, or Sketch. If the scale is 1 inch=1 mile, I may be up to a mile off the actual location. If the scale is 1 inch=1 foot, accordingly I can be as much as a foot off of the actual location. Scale also applies to aerial photos, or the viewing perspective to distant locations I make on a photograph.

I'll try to add more to my personal perspective on Dowsing as questions arise. Dell