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Below are the best articles we could find on Dowsing.

Dowsing is a type of divination that uses a forked stick, two L-shaped rods, or a pendulum to locate groundwater, buried metals, oil reserves, utility lines, gemstones, “malign” Earth energies, people, pets, lost items . . . or anything else of value. Dowsers believe that with the proper training and equipment—and intuition—they can sense magnetic fields in the Earth.

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The Magic of Dowsing Keeps Holding On

In West Texas, a century of scientific debunking hasn’t convinced well-drillers to give up old beliefs.

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Urban New Agers Have Taken Over the Art of Dowsing

Once an arcane rural art, used almost exclusively to find water, dowsing has been taken over by urban New Agers who use it to make any and all kinds of decisions, from what movie to rent to whether a person is a potential partner. For most, the forked stick has given way to a pendulum.

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Finding Water with a Forked Stick May Not Be a Hoax

One of the longest-running of these disagreements centers on dowsing, a supposed sixth sense that enables people to find underground water using a forked branch, pendulum or pair of bent wires. There is no scientific reason why dowsing should work.

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Dowsing: A Review

Dowsers have recently defined dowsing as ‘the art of knowing’.

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Why Dowsing Makes Perfect Sense

Last week, I went dowsing. Also known as divining, this is the ancient practice of holding twigs or metal rods that are supposed to move in response to hidden objects.

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In Defence of Dowsing to Detect Water

Guardian readers share their stories on the success of dowsing.

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