To dowse is to search, with the aid of simple hand held tools or instruments, for that which is otherwise hidden from view or knowledge. It can be applied to searches for a great number of artefacts and entities. It is most commonly known by most people in association to find the causes of ill health

What is more difficult for the newcomer to accept is that dowsing can be carried out at a distance and, moreover, the distance itself has no bearing on the results; dowsing can be carried out for something in the next room or the next continent. This is of immense practical use for site dowsers who save themselves and their clients valuable time by initially, at least, dowsing at a distance to seek the direction of the nearest source, for example, or actually dowsing over a map of an area to determine more precisely the target of the search.

Uses

The best results are obtained when the dowser has expert knowledge of the field in which he or she employs their dowsing skills. Apart from the subtle interaction between exoteric and esoteric knowledge which may assist success, a scarcely need be said that in many areas, particularly when dowsing the causes of ill health, such a level of knowledge is vital.

The uses of dowsing are many and include the following:-

Healing and Medicine Dowsing is widely used to detect and seek the causes of imbalance leading to poor health as well as determining the most suitable remedies. Food intolerance and allergies is another area where dowsing has been of help.

For Architectural Use - Earth energies The study of the energy patterns associated with standing stones, circles and other ancient sites can be greatly assisted by the use of dowsing. How these energies interact with more modern buildings and the people who dwell therein can be determined with the use of the dowsing faculty and advice given on how to minimise malign effects

Missing Objects although a difficult and problematic area for many dowsers, success in this area has been clearly demonstrated. Again, expert advice should be sought.

In the spiritual path dowsing can also help.

Spiritual Dowsing

With the resurgence of interest in dowsing, there has been an expanded awareness of its potential. Now people dowse not o­nly for tangible targets like Holistic Healing, ill health, positive/negative energy in human body, water, oil, treasure and lost objects but also for intangible targets like the energies at sacred sites, the human aura and healing also.