Richard Webster was born and raised in New Zealand. He has been interested in
the psychic world since he was nine years old. As a teenager, he became
involved in hypnotism and later became a professional stage hypnotist. After
school, he worked in the publishing business and purchased a bookstore. The
concept of reincarnation played a significant role in his decision to become
a past-life specialist. Richard has also taught psychic development classes,
which are based on many of his books.
Dowsing is the art of finding something that is hidden, usually something
concealed underground. Dowsing is most commonly used for water divining, but
there appear to be virtually no limits to the number of applications it can
be used for. Over the years I have dowsed for water, minerals, arrow shards,
oil, lost objects, and even a parking space in the central city.
I learned how to dowse when I was ten or eleven-years-old. Every year, our
family rented a holiday home at a beach resort. We were having lunch one day
when a crowd of people gathered on our front lawn. We went outside to see
what was going on. A man, holding a forked stick, had wandered onto our
property, followed by a group of people who had no idea what he was doing.
Our next-door-neighbor asked the man what he wanted. "Water," he
replied. She fetched him a glass of water. This broke the man's spell. He was
embarrassed, and quickly left without answering any questions. My father
missed the excitement as he was out fishing. We spent all afternoon on the
beach waiting for him to return home so we could tell him about the strange
experience. Much to our surprise, he knew who the man was. He invited him
back the next day and over the following few days the man taught almost
everyone at the beach resort how to dowse.
I, and my friends, found it easy to dowse, but our parents found it much
harder to get started. Of course, they had no problems either, once they had
experienced the dowsing response. I have noticed over the years that children
are usually better than adults at picking up skills such as dowsing, as they
have yet to gain the skeptical attitudes of adulthood.
Some people are able to dowse with their hands, but most people find it
easier to learn the art using angle rods, a forked stick or a pendulum. Angle
rods are probably the most useful tool to start with, as the movements they
create are easy to see and interpret. My first angle rods were made from two
wire coat hangers, but any wire will do. You need two pieces of wire,
eighteen to twenty-four inches long. Bend the wire into an L-shape. One side
needs to be about six inches long, leaving twelve to eighteen inches for the
longer side. The longer the long side is, the more noticeable the dowsing
response will be. However, you will become tired more easily with longer
rods.
Hold the angle rods loosely in your fists with the longer section of the wire
pointing straight ahead. Your arms should be relaxed, and your hands should
be approximately your body width apart. The two rods should be parallel to
each other. It is a good idea to practice walking with the rods, so that you
get used to the feel of them, before starting to dowse. Keep your eyes
focussed on the tips of the rods as you walk. The rods are likely to move
slightly from side to side as you do this. The dowsing response, which starts
shortly before you are directly over the item you are dowsing for, is a
marked and distinct movement of the rods. Your rods will cross over each
other, sometimes ending up parallel to each other in front of your body.
Once you have become used to walking with the angle rods, it is time to start
dowsing. A good first test is to go outdoors and use the angle rods to find
the water pipe leading into your home. Think about locating the water pipe,
but remain as relaxed as possible. Any tension will prevent the angle rods
from moving. A few deep breaths before starting helps eliminate any tension.
Start walking slowly across the front of your property. Feel confident that
the angle rods will work for you, and will ultimately cross over each other,
when you are directly over the pipe. If you feel skeptical about the whole
process, try to suspend disbelief. The best results occur when you are
quietly confident of success, and maintain a feeling of positive expectancy
while you are dowsing.
If the rods produce the dowsing response by crossing over each other, make a
mental note of the spot where this occurred. Keep on walking across the
property, and then turn around and walk back again, this time about a yard
away from where you walked before. The rods should produce the same response
again when you are over the water pipe.
Many people are successful the first time they attempt this exercise. Others
need to practice to achieve success. The most common problem I have found is
that many people grip the wire too tightly, and this naturally prevents it
from moving. If this appears to be the case, place the short sides of your
angle rods inside short pieces of plastic tubing. The plastic casings from
ball point pens work well for this. You can grip these as tightly as you
wish, without affecting the free movement of the angle rods. Most dowsers
find it hard to locate still water. Moving water is easier to detect.
Consequently, if you find it hard to locate the water pipe, turn on a faucet
for a couple of minutes to get the water moving.
Your first dowsing session should be no longer than thirty minutes. Several
brief sessions will produce much better results than one long session.
Dowsing requires concentration, and it can be draining, both mentally and
physically. Once this occurs, your results will become erratic, and you will
start making mistakes. Even professional dowsers pause every now and again to
avoid this.
Children make excellent dowsers, but adults often make it more difficult than
it should be. The best advice is to relax, and allow the dowsing response to
occur. There is no need to fight, or help, the dowsing response. Relax, focus
on your goal, remain slightly detached, and allow it to happen. Dowsing is a
skill well worth mastering, and you will find many uses for it.
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