
Dowsing (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radiesthesia, Rhabdomancy, Water Witching)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Do You Know What You're Doing?
Dowsing is a form of rove viewing, where you look at objects in an enclosed dark space. In this case the object was contraband that had to be found before it could be used for drug research. Dowsing involves drawing diagrams and then trying to feel what feels right about them. It's really hard to sign a kind of verbal description to these things because they're so kinesthetic.
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The practice of dowsing has been used for hundreds of years, at least, to find water, gold, oil, and more. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to an expert on dowsing to ask what it is, what we know about it, and how it works.
