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.AI-powered
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Dowsing (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radiesthesia, Rhabdomancy, Water Witching)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Do You Know About Dowsing?
Some cave art is way older than 6000 years. What do we know about dowsing during historic times? When do we find records of it? Let's say the most reliable one started about 500 years ago. It really did get quite a boost in the 18th and 19th century so there's 1700s and 1800s references to it.
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