THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

TREASURE HUNTING MANUAL FOR DOWSERS

CATS, DOGS & PEOPLE

BY LOUIS MATACIA

You will learn, unless you already know, how true the following words will become your axiom!

"The more you begin to know about people, the more you are going to LOVE YOUR DOG!" The reason, "DOGS DON'T LIE ABOUT LOVE!" (Read the book with the same title). In fact, if you haven't already developed a self-educational program, I.E. the natural sciences formatted in: Videos, CDs, cassettes, books, etc. Then it is never too late to begin. You will find this information fun to learn and will possibly help you survive the problems and surprises you may encounter in the treasure hunting adventures.

Review those morning ideas (especially treasure oriented one), for the knowledge they contain to guide you through your present and future life. Many times, I will wake in the night, my thoughts like the projections of an old movie flicking through my mind. At times like this I immediately get up and start recording my thoughts before they are lost to time. These early morning thoughts are answers to the questions when you went to sleep.

Anyone who is going to walk in the woods, the plains, mountains, beach, swamps, along the river, must accept this inner thrust for knowledge of secrets, accelerated by the desire to know the answers. The knowledge is there for you to receive and absorb. YOU CANNOT ATTEMPT TO HUNT TREASURES UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO EXIST WITH THE BEINGS THAT ARE ENCOMPASSING AND WANDERING ABOUT YOUR FIELD OF SEARCHES OR DISCOVERY. If you think you are going for a Sunday Walk in the woods, then you are going to suffer many human assumptions. The best way I know for you to accept the explorer haunts is by true life examples and experiences.

CATS

Before specifics, I hope you are at the age of the outdoors person. That is you enjoy the outdoors by the way of hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, canoeing, skiing, boating, trail riding on horseback, even taking your dog for a hike in the mountains. Large cats do exist in the forest, and they know immediately when you enter their domain. They are exceptionally psychic by nature. In fact, one hunter was tracking a large cat and before he knew what was going on, the cat was stalking him! He turned his head in time to see the cat and shoot before the cat was upon him. Be alert and attentive on the trail and stop often to observe 360 degrees to receive and absorb feelings from the land, visible and invisible. 

Treasure hunting will take you into and among the animals that inhabit the region: You must be acquainted with the HABITEE or you will become the VICTIMEE from the Grantor's sacred home place.

One of the best ways to find information about the region during this trespass, it to begin at the internet or the library and check out all subjects. Any large parks in the region will have printed materials of life within the park area. This will provide immediate information on the area you are to visit.

Now you are ready for the second phase of your chose activity. Collect information through travel, talk to friends with outdoor field experiences. This will prepare you for treasure hunting, to be enjoyed to the fullest and without surprises. Without a plan of action, many people will become bored with the wilderness very quickly. Once you begin this self-study of nature, geology, history and all the sciences, then you will absorb the full life in the fields, streams, and forest. Life in the woods is a non-ending educational study. Accept and give this to yourself at any cost. What is stored upon the MIND is permanent forever.

DOGS

There are so many dogs in the nation, that you naturally place "dogs" on the top of your "get to know list." Without a doubt, this will be the most encountered domesticated creature that you will run into in every phase of your treasure hunt. Dogs have become a real nuisance and out of control in our American way of living. I have estimated that not a part of the day ever passes that you do not encounter a defense of the dog by your senses, good or hostile. They have been invited into your way of life to a very high degree and all treasure hunters WILL ADJUST to the dog 100% of his entire life. Sooner or later, you will experience many of the positive, negative or iterations of these animals during your daily or night recon trips. 

I personally encounter many breeds of dogs throughout the day while land surveying. Once, while surveying a townhouse, they owner had three dogs locked in his home. All three dogs barking and exhibiting a great delight in clamping their jaws, (all 750 Ibs. per square inch) onto any portion of my body.

There are three videos by the Discovery Channel, titled A Dog's Life: "A Dog's Secret", "Our Best Friends", "The Language of Dogs". This will introduce you quickly to the technology of the subject, but that is not enough. Dogs do and will interrupt your search for treasure more than any one animal besides the human! Do not TRUST THE DOGS you meet in the field. My dowser friend and teacher for three years, told me how dogs know all things. Ray knew a man that converse with dogs. A circle of friends had a meeting, whereby all the people would sit in circle in the living room and then bring the dog into the room. The dog would immediately proceed to lie down in front of the psychic or translator. A conversation began immediately between the psychic and the dog. The dog's viewpoint began to tell all that was seen and heard by all people. The dog’s paw was hurting, (unknown to the owner of the dog), and the dog said that the shop where he was taken, clipped his toenails too short and damaged the nerves in the nails. The owner was now super-heated with this discovery and called the shop. The shop owner finally confessed that they did clip the dog’s nails too short! I need not tell you how angry the owner of the pet was at this moment. The dog went on to discuss the girl who was going to be married. She was now going out with another man, naming that man who came to the house. DOGS DO KNOW ALL SECRETS. This session went on for over an hour with many fascinating facts about the dog’s view of people in the household. Try to make out with a woman with a dog in the same house! I will not give you the facts here, but Ray said, "Never dowse a water well with a dog running all over the site area!" Psychic information came to Ray this way, "It's like having to compasses on the same ship!" Same goes for too many people. Too many people, (even one negative person), are worse than dogs on a site. You, the dowser can extract information from a dog in private about anyone the dog has been in contact with during his activities.

When I go treasure hunting, I make sure everyone has dog biscuits ready and available in his pockets. Discover how to make friends with the dog to prevent him from barking, alerting the world you have just arrived from outer space!

Once I parked my van on the country site to begin the survey of the land. From experience, NEVER, EVER get out of the car when you arrive at any SITE, Treasure or otherwise. Just relax and absorb the feelings from the area, sensing everything that is present, no matter what, even if it is danger. And if you or anyone on the team receives an irritating feeling, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. This team agreement has previously been agreed upon. Escape while YOU ARE IN CONTROL, NOT WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO CONTROL YOU.

Well, here I sat in my van, receiving feelings of the land, animals, and people. Sure, enough a sniffing dog arrives. First, I don't trust dogs! So, I went to my large supply of dog biscuits, open the van door and deposited several of the food items for the dog on the ground. The dog checked out the food, ate one and then took one in his mouth and left the area. I remained in the van to see what was going to surprise me next! Well, shortly the dog returned with three of his buddies, SURPRISE! Now all four dogs heading for the van, barking, the alarm system. This is the major reason why I strongly favor never to step out of the van when arriving at any TREASURE SITE. Now the odds are not in my favor. So, I test the water so to speak! Reached into my bag of dog biscuits and begin to feed the new arrivals, thus hoping I am a hit with the locals of the area. Sure, enough they now begin to sniff me for approval. That is me (odor) along with the food supply. The dog is capable of at least 1,000,000 facts collected through his sniffer organs. Thus, I now wait to see if I am "in" or "out" with the locals! Well, after 10 minutes of evaluation by 4 dogs, I felt "IN" and I finally got out of the van and begin to tell the dogs how excellent their personality was, etc. Remember, you cannot LIE TO A DOG! I try to do this feat to the city dogs, but they all seem to want real fresh meat! Depending upon the key signs they do make, will impress upon my mind what is really going on. Oh yes, I have received bites by dogs a number of times and I have a lot of experiences when I delivered newspapers as a boy. Finally, I read where the dog could hear the newspapers moving at such a frequency, thus irritating the dog’s sensors. This caused the dog to go for fresh meat when it came to newspaper delivery time.

One of the most interesting stories given to me by psychic who wrote how dogs absorbed the negative aspect from the dog owner. For years, I researched through experience of associating the dog's negative attitude via the owner is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Each time I encounter a dog owner with the dog, I immediately talk TO THE OWNER TO CONFIRM THE ATTITUDE OF THE DOG, learning where I stand with the owner as well as my position with the dog.

I have very successful communications and business policies, knowing this one fact digested from the psychic's knowledge of owner and his pet dog.

There are too many breeds of dogs out there for you to be 100% accurate about what to do, but I suggest you treat all dog encounters with the highest priority, even if you are hiking on any trail. Dogs are very rarely restrained on the trails.

PEOPLE:

A woman asked me about men! I answered that all men were DOGS! And if you don't believe me, ask Stuart. And she did. Stuart agreed with me. Now you can take everything you learned about dogs and multiply it by a factor of 500 and now you know all about people!

My experiences tell me a dog can smell or hear at least 3000 feet. Not only can the world of smelling give complete information to the dog, but they can see in many ways like a bird. I want to be in control; therefore, I leave food along the trail for the animals of all kinds, hoping to fill their stomach, check me out before I am surprised with a serious problem. I treat bears with even more respect, leaving honey in the trees at times.

Like the Boy Scout's Motto, "Be Prepared". (I want to be in control too).

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST VOLUME

DOWSING GEOPATHOGENIC ZONES

BY TAFFY TODD

As with everything else in nature our mother earth has a balance. Running beneath her skin are water veins, mineral veins, fault lines, underground caverns and other areas which emanate electromagnetic vibrations. Some of these are beneficial to life and some are not. Those that are beneficial have been termed “comfort zones” by dowsers; those that are not have been termed “Geopathogenic or noxious zones.” 

A simple definition of a Geopathogenic or noxious zone is an area of earth energies not conductive to human living. The detection and neutralization of these areas has been of interest to dowsers throughout the world since the early 1900s when the German dowser von Pohl found a cancer correlation with dowsing zones that he related to a hypothetical radiation coming from inside the earth. In 1932 he published a book, Earth Rays as Pathogenic Agents, and the search was on for an “eliminator.” In Europe, over the next number of years, little wooden boxes with arrangements of metal strips were devised, and while marketed with some success, in the end it was shown that these eliminators actually did nothing.

 Today, the American Society of Dowsers In Danville, Vermont, is seriously researching the relationship of these noxious “rays” and zones to human discomfort and illness, abnormal and unusual tree growth and plant reactions, and animal disease and behavior. Methods of neutralizing underground emanations hurting or interfering with the flow of noxious veins, have been researched and used successfully for many years and are constantly being added to and improved.

The detection of Geopathogenic areas begins with a competent dowser. In recent years, as people have become more aware of the existence of these areas, it has become accepted practice in some European countries to dowse the location of a building site not only for a water well, but also for noxious emanations to avoid sitting a home or office over them. Extended periods of time spent over a Geopathogenic zone can cause discomfort ranging from an inability to concentrate to headaches, insomnia, arthritis and some believe cancer. Dr. Hans Nieper of Germany, who works almost exclusively with multiple sclerosis patients, in addition to other treatments prescribed, have their homes (especially their beds and favorite chairs) dowsed for Geopathogenic radiations.

Baubiologie Is a term used for “architectural biology” – the ecological study of the relationships between human beings and their indoor environments. This includes not only the detection of noxious stones, but also the use of natural building materials and awareness of the effects of electrical appliances, etcetera. Baubiologie Is beginning to be accepted in this country and elimination obnoxious areas already present under existing homes as well as proper sitting of new buildings is a primary part of this. What good does it do to avoid electrical loops, microwave appliances or synthetic materials when deep underneath the earth, flowing veins of water or earthquake faults are causing discomfort and illness?

When a dowser is called upon to dowsed a home for Geopathogenic zones, he or she will begin with a series of general questions, the first of which is: 

“Are there any radiations detrimental to health in, under, or through the building at any time of the day or night?” 

The questions a dowser asked are the most important part of the process. A question like the one above covers all possibilities. If a dowser were to ask only for “noxious rays,” this would cover only his belief system as to what a noxious ray is. (A noxious ray is generally considered to emanate only from water and mineral veins.) Therefore, he or she might miss other noxious Geopathogenic areas that exist, or that might exist for only certain periods of the day.

As the dowser narrows the questions down to how many areas are present, if any are two-directional, and what methods are needed to correct them, he or she then prepares for actual on- site dowsing outside the building. Using the original question, the dowser circles the house nodding and marking where each radiation enters and exits. After determining the location of each radiation, he or she then determines, by dowsing, the proper method to deal with each one.

In years past, only the bed and major living areas were dowsed from within the house and the main way of dealing with such areas was to physically relocate the furniture – move the bed to another area or change the position of a favorite sitting place. This method is still in use and will help to a great degree. Ideal methods of dealing with Geopathogenic areas today, however include: 

Diverting the water or mineral vein

The “stacking” of the vein with the rebar (a ½” x 18” Steel rod used to reinforce concrete)

Or in extreme or unusual cases, deflecting the energies through the use of copper wire

A diversion actually diverts the vein to another direction, while stacking interferes with the flow, allowing it to pass around the building and rejoin itself. Deflection is basically a method of shielding the entire house. Of course, no Dowser does any kind of dowsing without first asking: “Can I, should I, and am I ready?” In the case of diverting and staking, it is especially Important to ask for the correctness of the treatment for all beings concerned, not just for the human element.

Diverting a water vein (many noxious areas are caused by an underground water vein or crossing) is a simple process that can also be used to deal with wet basements or to replace a vein into an existing well that has lost its flow. A three-foot-long iron bar is pounded part of the way into the earth at the proper location and then hit with a sledgehammer on the side of the bar opposite from the direction you want the vein to go. The proof of the pudding is in the results – a dry basement, a fully operational well, or a good night's sleep.

Staking is done at exact locations and with exact numbers of rebar, both determined by dowsing. The rebars are generally driven into the ground 2 to 6 inches below the surface. Follow- up dowsing determines the success of the staking.

The deflection method requires a little more work. If it has been determined that the noxious energies running under the house cannot be corrected by staking or diversion, it may then be necessary to run a length of copper wire completely around the house. It is imperative, however, that a gap of an inch or two be left between the two ends (a full circuit of wire traps everything within the area being surrounded). Dowsers have discovered that leaving a gap causes trapped energies to be dissipated, while preventing further entrance obnoxious energies.

One of our researchers teachers has discovered that lightning- strikes, which commonly hit the earth where two or more water veins intersect, can increase the radius of the Geopathogenic area –an increase that lasts for an indeterminate amount of time period and dowsing trees that have been struck by lightning he has found that other disturbances in earth energies have been increased in such an area, out to a distance of about 35 feet.

This same researcher has dowsed the beds of numerous arthritis and cancer sufferers. In 100% of his investigations, where there is an arthritis sufferer in the house there is at least one water vein crossing under either the bed or the favorite chair. Most commonly it is the bed, and with strange accuracy these crossings occur beneath the exact area where the sleeper habitually places the afflicted part of the body. In arthritis sufferers there may be up to 5 or 6 crossings under the bed. Furthermore, he has found that there are many, many more crossings under the beds of cancer sufferers – a minimum of ten and up to twenty.

Once either of these diseases is existent in the sufferer, neutralization will not remove the symptom entirely, but it will greatly lessen the severity of arthritis symptoms and may help to slow the deterioration process in cancer patients. We do not yet know if Geopathogenic areas in any way caused these illnesses – some who sleep over water veins do not show any signs of arthritis or cancer – but to date it has been found, without exception, that those who are already ill are sleeping over crossings of veins.

It makes sense not to sleep over noxious areas anywhere. For example, a year ago, I was returning to Vermont from a dowser’s regional conference in North Carolina and stopped for the night at a motel in Virginia. Intuition said to sleep in the bed closer to the wall, but I habitually chose the one near the window, ignoring my intuition. If I had not been so tired at the time I might have listened and either slept in the other bed or dowsed the one, I had selected; but I didn't and paid dearly for it the next morning. I was barely able to lift my head from the pillow. My head ached, I could not keep myself awake and I wondered how I would ever drive be 600 miles ahead of me that day. After I was able to get out of the bed and spend some time away from the area of the room, I felt better and was able to think straight. I dowsed the bed I had just slept in and found a strong, jagged and noxious earthquake fault directly under where my head had been while I slept. It was so strong that it had affected me very badly in just one short night.

At that same regional conference, which was held in Asheville, North Carolina, many dowsers complained of feeling disoriented and not being able to find their way about. This needless to say, is unusual in the extreme for dowsers. Some of the more expert dowsers took out their maps of the college campus and discovered that it was heavily crisscrossed with energy leys and that there were a number of both positive and negative energy vortexes. (This is not surprising since Asheville is fast becoming an area to which “new age” people find themselves drawn.) The energies were basically positive, not noxious but they had a disorienting effect on the dowsers who are sensitive to the earth vibrations – especially so when they are dowsing or have opened themselves up.

It is also possible to employ the same techniques used in removing Geopathogenic energies, to bring beneficial energies to your environment. This, however, takes extreme expertise and dowsing. You must be totally competent at the art to be certain that you are truly dowsing the beneficial energies – and that they are not only beneficial in general, but also beneficial to spend much time with. (For example, energy leys are beneficial in many ways, but it is extremely difficult to live over one for long periods of time.) It would be all too easy for the novice to make a mistake and bring in noxious energies instead.

These techniques can be used in the garden as well as in the home. If there are specific areas of your garden where plants don't grow well, it might be due to Geopathogenic causes. You can see the effect on trees located over noxious areas when they are spirally twisted, deformed or have cancerous growths. (It is generally believed that the height of the tumor on a tree is in direct relation to the depth underground water will be found.)

Animals, too, are susceptible to Geopathogenic areas. A dowser who was dowsing a well at a farm in Vermont was asked to dowse the barn, having been told only that there was an area in it where six cows had sickened and died. Much to the farmer's surprise, the dowser pinpointed the area... which turned out to be affected by numerous crossings of water veins. The veins were diverted, and the problem never recurred.

What does all of this mean to you? We are all trying to live in balance and harmony on this Earth. We feel, as dowsers, that we have been given the chance to interact with the Earth in ways that can be more beneficial than those normally employed or understood. For example, when the dowser determines a well site only one hole is drilled not many; and if the dowser has asked for the water vein that is correct for the situation, then those that are to remain undisturbed remain undisturbed. Moreover, while many of you have been in spots that either felt uncomfortable or where you felt a heightened sense of well-being, dowsers are more concerned with those areas that are too subtle to be felt except over a long period of time spent in them.

One final reminder: You are working with subtle yet powerful energies; a novice needs the help of a dowser who is experienced in working with Geopathogenic zones. It is important to do everything in correctness and not to misuse the ability or mistreat the Earth or any other beings who might be involved.

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER SKILL BUILDER

With Optional Raffle Entry (4/1/26-4/30/26)

Creating a Labyrinth is creating a sacred space. It is what our ancestors did thousands of years ago, it is what they have done in every civilization and culture throughout human history.

Labyrinths are encoded into our DNA making them unforgettable. We find the oldest ones built on sites with the highest earth and spiritual energies present.
Combine this with at least one Ley Line running thru it, these labyrinths are very powerful. It is felt that when someone is walking one their prayers, questions, and requests are transmitted thru the Ley Lines to other Labyrinths and sacred sites.

Many times someone will walk out of the Labyrinth with the answer they needed.

The design of the labyrinth pathways create a calming effect as well as a balancing of our nervous system. This allows us to then receive or be open to receiving information. 
The 7-Circuit Classical Labyrinth relates directly to our 7 Chakras and our bodies flow of energy. As such it also relates to the chakra colors and their frequencies. The 7 notes in Music, etc.

The 3- Curcuit Labyrinth (which is the center of the 7-Curcuit) relates to the Trinity in all its incarnations.
Creating your own Labyrinth is a wonderful co-creative process that can lead you to greater spiritual connection to all of creation and help you on your own personal journey.

LABYRINTH PLACEMENT

Using a Pendulum or Other Dowsing Method Find the Center of Your Labyrinth by using Yes or No Questions:

ASK the Land (Plants, Trees, Insects & Animals in the area for their help and permission to build this Labyrinth)

ASK the Spirits (Fairies, Sprites, Gnomes & Guardians for their help and permission to build this Labyrinth)

Example Question:

"Where is the best place to put the Center of the Labyrinth for the highest and best good of ALL?"

LABYRINTH MATERIALS

Your Labyrinth Can Then Be Outlined By Household Items Such as Stones, Spray Paint, Building Materials or Chalk depending on how long you wish your Labyrinth to last.

Alternatives: If you do not have access to an acceptable and welcoming outdoor space follow the above and dowse the room and the materials to use like packing tape, blue painters tape (which will not harm floors or carpets), pebbles, leaves, pinecones, legos, etc.

LABYRINTH DIAGRAMS:

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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR SKILL BUILDER:

By making your own Labyrinth this month and sharing at least 2 and up to 3 progress photos that show the creation of your Labyrinth HERE your name will be entered into our Raffle to win your ticket to next years, 2027, Conference.

An approx. $450 Value.

*Your Name and Email are Required to Enter

Entries Open from 4/1/26-4/30/26

Please also feel free to share anything interesting that happened while creating or after walking your labyrinth in the submission form.

For More Information on the Raffle and Other Ways to Enter Visit the Raffle Page HERE

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER SKILL BUILDER

With Optional Raffle Entry (3/1/26-3/31/26)

Practice, Practice, Practice!

As dowsers we all know that we need to keep honing our skills to get better and better at DOWSING! 

This month's Skill Builder is a great way to do something that you probably have done very little of in your dowsing career…..or maybe not if you are a water dowser.

Finding this treasure will be very rewarding , I promise!

In partnership with Ferry Beach our Skill Builder this month is Map Dowsing!

What is Map Dowsing?

We have a great featured article this month:

which describes the many map dowsing techniques choose one or try out a few to complete this exercise and find the target.

Here is a MAP of Ferry Beach, with which to locate the "Treasure" AKA. “Larry the Lobster.” Find where “Larry” is located on the map.

Download the Ferry Beach Map HERE

Download a photo of Larry HERE

THE REWARDING PART:

WIN YOUR TICKET TO

CONFERENCE 2027

Complete our Map Dowsing Skill Builder with the correct answer and be entered into our Raffle to win a 2027 Ticket to Conference! 

An approx. $450 Value.

Find Larry the Lobster and circle where he is on the Map and submit your findings HERE

Entries Open from 3/1/26-3/31/26

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST VOLUME 56, NO. 2 SUMMER 2016

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE

BY TOM MEADE

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) was developed by Gary Craig in the early 1990s. Unlike many healing modalities, an original training manual (75 pages) and an instructor's manual (125 pages) were free online. Today, many free websites offer tutorials and thousands of examples of how to address specific issues. Many years ago, Earl Nightingale created a motivational tape program on "The Greatest Secret." It is so simple and you have heard it before – "You become what you think about." We all know that everything is a frequency (or vibration) and Einstein said, "Thought is energy" (i.e., frequencies). Bruce Lipton, a bio-quantum physicist, has stated that the real brain of a cell is not the nucleus, the DNA or the genes. You can remove the nucleus and a cell will continue to live; it just can't reproduce. The real "brain" of a cell is the cell wall, and what it allows in is what impacts the body. While the initial impact of a stressor on the body may only be on a small portion of cells, all cells of the body communicate with each other and can thus be negatively affected. These stressors could be environmental (toxins), physical trauma, nutritional, spiritual and/or emotional. Therefore, one stressor, such as our emotions, can impact all the cells of our body.

Practically all physical illnesses and diseases have an emotional basis to them. Even diseases that are genetically caused can be triggered by negative emotions. Not everyone who has a genetic structure for diabetes, breast cancer or sickle cell anemia, for example, develops the disease. But why not? Doctors call this the "placebo effect", as the medical profession is not ready yet to recognize stressors outside of viruses, bacteria, amoeba, parasites and fungi that open you up to illnesses and disease.

Too many people look for the physical healings; they look for the quick fix from the outside. But if the emotional basis is not addressed, the illness too often returns in another form to affect the body. A healer I know tells the story of a woman he was helping who went through a hateful divorce and came to him because she developed cancer. After several treatments the cancer disappeared, but she retained emotional issues of hatred for her ex-spouse...she refused to let go of these feelings. A year later she returned to the healer for further help. Her cancer was arrested (again), but. (again) she refused to address her hatred for her ex-husband. Even though he was no longer in her life, she was going to let her unresolved feelings ultimately kill her.

Too often, people chase healing modalities – wanting someone to heal them rather than taking ownership of their healing themselves. Healing modalities are wonderful "tools," but an individual must set their ego aside and become part of the healing process. People need to know they have the power within themselves to heal.

EFT, and other healing modalities such as Reiki, reflexology, Recollective Healing, Touch for Health, acupuncture, acupressure, qi gong, The Emotion Code and dowsing, all work with the meridians or energy channels of the body. I always make sure these channels are open or clear and perform a "meridian wash" of a client's 14 primary meridians. The technique by Mo Wheeler and Rebecca Garland called the "Less Than a Minute Energy Fix" (see the ASD Digest Fall 2015) is a great way to clear, balance and strengthen your own energy. This is also an important first step by the client prior to starting EFT.

Before I see a client, I always dowse for them using a list compiled from the work of Raymond Grace, John Butler and Mo Wheeler of issues one might have that need to be cleared. Clearing these issues is essential and ensures two things:

(1) It prepares the client for their session

(2) It protects the practitioner from "picking up" anything negative or detrimental from the client.

I also use the "Emotional Toxins" charts (from the Pendulum Dowser's Chart series by Anne Williams and available through the ASD Bookstore) to clear emotional stressor(s) that the client is ready to release.

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

MAP DOWSING – ARMCHAIR TREASURE HUNTING

BY BOB ATER

December, 1980

Map dowsing is quite simple if you know the proper techniques and practice doing it until it becomes a part of your mental habits. Readers of Lost Treasure have seen that the basic requirement for dowsing is to learn to relax and let your mind become calm. When you have accomplished this, you can think of only one thing - the object you are seeking.

For successful dowsing you need:

1) A calm mind

2) A picture thought of the thing you are seeking

3) A map of the area where you know or suspect the thing may be located

4) A dowsing device which can give you a "yes" or "no" answer when you ask your subconscious mind, "Where is it?"

It is also necessary to have a strong desire to locate the object – not a tense urgency but a relaxed, strong desire. This attitude triggers appropriate brain wave patterns in the alpha, delta and theta range of your subconscious which seems to be involved in most psychic activity. You don't have to understand any of this. You just do it and it works. 

In this issue of Lost Treasure I want to show you how to use a Y-rod, and L-rod and a bobber, or wand, to dowse a map. Always remember that any kind of dowsing, including map dowsing, is simply asking a pertinent question of your own subconscious mind which can be answered by a prearranged signal from a hand-held device. The subtle movement of the device indicates "yes" or "no." You believe the reaction and proceed accordinly. Experience promotes success. Success builds confidence.

Witnesses

Many successful map dowsers use witnesses such as a small piece of material similar to that being sought or a photograph or a name written on a piece of paper. These are all useful in aiding visualization. I personally doubt that they do anymore than that. Learning to visualize clearly will work just as well. In the long run it may work even better, but for the beginner, witnesses are helpful.

Y-rod Methods

1) Scan the map with a moderately small Y-rod operated in the usual searching position. Focus on the tip of the Y-rod while asking it to snap down over the object being sought.

2) Extend a wire from one hand as illustrated in the picture. Scan the map back and forth with the tip of the wire. Expect a reaction from the rod when the wire is pointing at the location of the object. 

L-rod Methods

1) Hold the L-rod upside down so the long part is close to the map. Hold it near the edge of the map. Ask for it to point to the exact location of the object being sought. Draw a line on the map under the long part of the rod. Do the same from another edge or part of the map. The object should be at the intersection of the two lines.

2) Using two L-rods ask for them to cross over the target as you move them over the map.

3) Extend tow L-rods in front of you with a pencil or pointer held in one hand. Scan with the pinter. When the rods react with an outward swing or cross, the pencil is on the target.

Wand Method

Make a flexible wand from a long spring or switch. Scan the map with a pencil. When the wand, held in the other hand, bobs up and down on its end you should be on the target. A Cameron Aura Metz can also be used. 

These are only a few of the possible variations that can be used. The "magic" of all this is in no way in the devices used. It is all in your mind. Some may disagree but I must stick to my statement. It is all in your mind. The device is simply an indicator which provides a visual response to a question. The actual locating is done in the range of your own mind's processes. We do not understand what makes it work, but it does work.

Do not make it complicated. Keep it simple and you will succeed. And practice! practice! practice!

Pendulum Method

Tune the Pendulum

Every successful dowser has learned to rely on the subtle reactions of his or her chosen dowsing device a reliable "yes" reaction is the key to correctly reading your subconscious mind by dowsing methods. TO establish a reliable pendulum response, you must adjust your pendulum string to the proper length so that it responds without any conscious effort on your part.

1) Hold the string as indicated in the drawing.

2) Let the weighted end of the string slip slowly through your gingers until it volunteers some movements by itself.

3) If the string is long enough there will be several points along it where this subtle movement will occur. To mark these for future reference you can tie knots in the string at those places. Another person using the same pendulum may find the movement occurs at a different spot.

Establish Your Yes and No

Now that you have a subtle subconscious response established, ask your subconscious mind to show you how it is going to tell you "yes" in response to your question. You may get a clockwise rotation of the pendulum or a counterclockwise rotation.

It could also simply swing back and forth like an affirmative nod. Learn to believe your reaction and become comfortable and confident with it. Above all, be very objective in not consciously influencing the movement of the pendulum in order to simply confirm your preconceived ideas. Let it tell you yes or no, not the other way around. 

A response for "no" can also be established in the same manner. Now you are ready to apply your dowsing skills to a map.

Triangulation

This is the simplest and probably the best method. Hold the pendulum over the map at the edge, at a corner at the center or over a major land mark such as a building, hilltop or the like.

Ask the pendulum to swing in the direction of the thing you are seeking. Draw a line on the map under the path of the swing. Do the same from another point on the map. If what you are seeking is located in the area depicted by the map, the two lines should cross. The thing you are seeking should be at that location.

Grid Method

Divide the map into two or more parts with lines or anything else. Number the parts. Ask, " Is the thing I am seeking in space Number One? Space Number Two? Number Three?" etc. If you get a positive reaction to your question when one particular space is mentioned, you can subdivide the the space and dowse again until you get a very precise area. You may also hold your pendulum or a pointer over each space, asking for a yes answer when the proper location is made. Two people may be employed with this method, one dowsing and the other pointing.

Line Method

The pendulum is operated with one hand. A pencil held in the other hand is moved slowly over the map or just above the map as illustrated. When the pencil is pointing at the correct location the pendulum reacts with a yes answer. Two people may also do this, one dowsing and one operating the pendulum.

There are other pendulum methods but these are the most basic. Experiment and practice, practice, practice. Be patient and persistent. You may end up rich. At least you will have a lot of fun trying.

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

FEBRUARY '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

DOWSERS BRAINWAVES RESEARCH PROJECT PART 2

LEIXICOR BRAINWAVE ANALYZER RESULTS

The brainwave patterns shown are those of Walt Woods, current ASD President. It is fitting and proper that Walt's patterns are the first ones described. Walt is truly a highly skilled dowser who has worked with his natural abilities and, with his decades of continued learning and practice, he has brought his dowsing skills to an exceptional high level of proficiency. With individual variations, all eight of the dowsers tested to date (four mean and four women) basically showed the same brainwave patterns as Walt showed.

Figure 5 shows Walt Woods' brainwave patterns while doing real dowsing "at task", and with his eyes open receiving his dowsing answers with the pendulum while observing the "pendulum dowsing multipurpose form" for the numerical answers. The "at task" virtual pendulum (device less dowsing) data is shown in Figure 6. On the left side of each figure is a brainwave amplitude color spectrum, as the highest amplitude. The amplitude is proportional to brainwave power levels.

Across the top of Figure 5 and 6 are the absolute amplitude (power) values for the theta, alpha and beta frequency ranges, with theta shown from 4.0 to 8.0 Hz, for example. Absolute values means that three separate "head" are being viewed, a theta, alpha and beta "head" with the amplitude (power) values in terms of each head by itself. The head is being viewed from the top with the front of the head toward the top of the page and with front, rear, left and right marked. Across the bottom of Figure 5 and 6 are the relative value power levels for the theta, alpha and beta frequency ranges. Relative power value show which frequency range is dominant. For example in Figure 5, with eyes open, beta is dominant over alpha and theta.

FIGURE 5

DOWSING "AT TASK" WITH A REAL PENDULUM- EYES OPEN

• Simultaneous High Power Levels in Beta, Alpha and Theta
• Unusual Coherence, "Smoothness" Right Dominance, and High Power Level in Beta and Alpha Brainwaves
• Unusual Coherence Level (All Neurons Firing in Synchrony)

Dr. Matthew Kelly⁴ has analyzed Figure 5, Walt Woods using a real pendulum, eyes open. His analysis shows the following: the data shows "an unusual simultaneous absolute high power level in theta, alpha and beta; an unusual coherence level in theta, alpha and beta; and an unusual coherence resulting in high power levels and "smoothness" combined with right brain dominance in both alpha and beta Coherence of the brainwaves means that large quantities of the neurons in the brain are firing in synchrony, greatly increasing the absolute power level in theta, alpha and beta." This coherence can be seen in the absolute patterns as high power color bands (green, yellow, shades of red and white) which are present as rings of color continuing on both sides of the brain.

FIGURE 6

"AT TASK" VIRTUAL PENDULUM (DEVICE LESS DOWSING)

• Significant Increase in Relative Alpha Eyes Closed
• Simultaneous High Power Levels in Beta, Alpha and Theta
• Unusual Coherence Level (All neurons firing in Synchrony)
• Unusual Coherence, "Smoothness," Right Dominance, and High Power Levels in Beta Brainwaves

Dr. Kelly's analysis of Figure 6, virtual pendulum, eyes closed, shows the following; "unusual increased beta coherence, which means high power levels and "smoothness," unusual right side dominance of all absolute theta, alpha and beta frequency bands. Walt Woods eyes closed baseline state could be graded an "A" as compared with an "A better" for the eyes closed device less dowsing state with its increases in symmetrical coherence while device less dowsing." In other words, Walt was already very close to a dowsing state when his eyes closed non-dowsing baseline was tested. Relative values showed a large increase in alpha brainwaves compared to the eyes open state and a very surprisingly high power level for relative beta with high coherence. This implies thoughts and visions coming directly to the cortex from the limbic brainsysteml (the brain stem)." This condition was found to be the same in seven of eight of the dowsers tested. "unusual brain stem electrical activity was being generated. Walt had entered a state where limbic brain (brain stem) "pictures and subconscious images were providing information directly to the cerebral cortex. Stated differently "in device less dowsing, Walt had entered an altered state of consciousness where non-intellect is dominating consciousness and giving information directly to the cerebral cortex. It is as if Walt had projected the limbic brain system (the brain stem) into the earth to receive his water dowsing data."

Dr. Jurka's Mind Mirror results showed that delta brainwaves, normally found in deep dreamless sleep, were recorded at such high amplitudes that they went beyond the 160 microvolt recording limit of the Mind Mirror. These high voltages were present both before the experimental procedure and during the dowsing. It is assumed that Dr. Jurka's people were also dowsing with tools (pendulums, etc.) during their tests. Dr. Matthew Kelly⁴ states "we must be very careful with interpreting delta brainwaves. The delta frequencies and the artifacts of muscle movement involve with each other. The hand movement with a pendulum or the movement of the eye muscles watching the pendulum move can cause distortion in the Lexicor mathematical formulas for the Fast Fourier Transforms and produce artificial delta brainwaves. We know that the Mind Mirror is also subject to muscle artifacts which can distort or misidentify delta brainwaves." As with Dr. Jurka's results, delta brainwaves were also observed in the dowser's Lexicor outputs. A configuration of the Lexicon specifically for measuring delta brainwaves will be set up for a future test. For now, reporting has been limited to theta, alpha and beta brainwaves.

INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

The Mind Mirror and the Lexicor measure and present brainwave patterns in totally different ways, with the Lexicor allowing evaluations of dowsing brainwave responses in multiple ways, including Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) and Trend Over Time displays, including clear color pictures of the outputs in the brainwave frequency bands. It can be stated that Walt Woods and all the other dowsers truly entered an altered state of human consciousness. All reported that they were subjectively in an altered state while dowsing and the measurements show objectively that they did enter an altered state to dowse. The dowser is feeling a different mental signature and they know it, they remember it, they act differently in it and it can also be seen on the records. Without this proof, the dowsers would be deluding themselves, wishing they were in a different mind state.

With dowser's "global" expansion of high power brainwaves simultaneously in theta, alpha and beta, dowsing is truly a creative state of mind, a creative altered state. Actually, there are two separate altered states, one eyes open using real dowsing instruments and another eyes closed using device less dowsing with a different profile and signature. The states are characterized with simultaneous coherent theta; including contact with the subconscious mind, the visual component of imagery and loss of time sense; coherent alpha, with he deep pillow of silence, quiet, beautiful both-hemisphere coherence; and coherent beta, with creative cognition, thought and intellectual analysis.

Comparing the eyes closed device less dowsing state with the eyes  open pendulum dowsing state, relative alpha increases along with a very surprisingly high power level for relative beta with high coherence. This implies thoughts and visions coming directly to the cortex from the limbic brain system (the brain stem). Dr. Kelly raises the following questions: "is the dowser's answer accuracy, all other factors being equal (Can I, May I, Should I, and the correctly worded question, etc.), improved and enhanced if the eyes are closed during the dowsing?" The author, when field dowsing of rat last decade, locates a water well site eyes open and then does al the depth, flow rate, drill-ability and water quality questions eyes closed standing at the location. The eyes closed brainwave responses hint at this possibility and open the door for further study.

APPLICATIONS OF THE DOWSING BRAINWAVE RESULTS

This article has been concerned with measuring the mental aspects of dowsing. It is well documented that there are also physical and physiological relaxation mind - body requirements to dowse correctly⁵, ⁶. Emotional factors include dowsers apparent higher emotional levels of joy, appreciation, gratitude for being alive and response to need⁷. Spiritual factors including intent (your correctly worded questions completely understood by your high self), permission (Can I, May I, Should I) after intent and your opening of your connection to the universal mind via the global expansion of the brainwave patterns of your own mind⁸,⁹,¹⁰,¹¹.

Dr. Kelly provides this analysis after the evaluation of the brainwaves of all eight of the dowsers. "Dowsers are unusually mentally flexible. To have a mind that is flexible, labile and adaptive is good for your mental health. As we age, it is important to look at our brains as a muscle and push our mental capacities in new directions in the same way that we take care of our bodies with exercise and proper food. Dowsers are capable of shifting to a different and unique mental state with apparent ease. These brain gymnastics keep dowsers thinking about new things and constantly trying new idea. Dowsers cognitive schemes are constantly being shifted and the dowsing brainwave patterns are part of the dowsers natural mind state.

Once these globally expanded dowsing brainwave patterns are learned by repeated dowsing, they are constantly reinforced as dowsing prowess and progress increases and improves. The dowser has a multifaceted emerging interaction and a natural culture emerges. The dowsing brainwave patterns become a part of the dowser's daily life. The chicken feeds the eggs and the egg produces the chicken; it's a feedback loop and a learning loop combined." We can state at this time that:

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE, UNIQUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

REFERENCES

1. Edith M. Jurka, M.D.; BRAIN PATTERNS CHARACTERISTIC OF DOWSERS; The American Dowser Quarterly Digest, February 1983, pgs. 5-11 and Fall 1991, pgs.8-14.
2. Walt Woods; A LETTER TO ROBIN, A MINI-COURSE IN PENDULUM DOWSING; Revision 10.2; pg 19.
3. Patricia C. and Richard D. Wright; THE DIVINING HEART, DOWSING AND SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT; Destiny Books, One Park Street, Rochester, Vermont 05767; pg 55.
4. Matthew J. Kelly, PhD and Ed Stillman, MS; VIDEO OF WALT WOODS' BRAINWAVE DATA SESSION AND EVALUATION SESSION; Sedona, AZ; April 6,1996.
5. Ed Stillman; VIDEO - THE APPLICATION OF CLINICAL BIOFEEDBACK TO DOWSING; ASD WEST COAST CONFERENCE; July 2, 1989.
6. Robert McKusick, Globe Arizona; WHAT IS THIS DOWSING STUFF?; The American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 35, No.2, Spring 1995; pgs 25-27.
7. Bud Brooksieker, Berea, Ohio; COULD IT BE DOWSING IS BEING IN THE FLOW OF THE UNIVERSE?; American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 35, No.3, Summer 1995; pgs 26 - 30.
8. Walt Woods, Ed Stillman, Pete Warburton, Joline Stone; VIDEO - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE LEADING EDGE OF DOWSING; ASD Southwest Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico; November 8,1996.
9. Mary Marie Satterlee; VIDEO - HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION CORRECTLY; ASD Southwest Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico; November 8, 1996.
10. Barbara Prisbe, Grants Pass, Oregon; A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR DOWSING? American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 36, No.1, Winter 1996; pgs 16-17.
11. Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier; SOUND MIND, SOUND BODY - A NEW MODEL FOR LIFELONG HEALTH; Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of theAmericas, New York, NY 10020,1994; Chapters 4 and 5. 

STATUS REPORT

BRAIN PATTERN CHARACTERISTICS OF DOWSERS

AS MEASURED ON THE LEXICOR CORP. NEUROSEARCH 24 BRAINWAVE ANALYZER

ED STILLMAN

ASD SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

NOVEMBER 1996

ASD BRAINWAVE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A DOWSER DOES?

• OBTAINS HIGHLY SPECIFIC USEFUL INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL FIVE SENSES
• A DOWSER DOES THIS BY ASKING QUESTIONS IN THEIR MIND IN THE FORM OF MENTAL OR VISUAL IMAGES OR WORD SYMBOLS AND BE RECEIVING THE ANSWERS VIA AN INDICATOR SUCH AS A Y ROD, L ROD OR PENDULUM OR WITHOUT A DOWSING INSTRUMENT (DEVICE LESS DOWSING)

OBJECTIVE IS TO PERFORM A STUDY OF DOWSER'S BRAINWAVES WHILE DOWSING

• MEASURE BRAINWAVES USING A PENDULUM AND USING A VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVICE LESS DOWSING) WITH A STANDARD PROTOCOL 
• REPORT RESULTS IN THE AMERICAN DOWSER QUARTERLY

BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PERSONNEL & QUALIFICATIONS

MATTHEW J. KELLEY PhD, APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIST

• BA APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF ALASKA, 6 YEARS GRADUATE WORK AT THE MERU RESEARCH UNIV, SWITZERLAND
• PhD AMERICAN INST OF HYPNOTHERAPY, CERTIFIED MASTER HYPNOTHERAPISt
• BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING - MENNINGER FOUNDATION; CERTIFICATION, ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOFEEDBACK
• TAUGHT MEDITATION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT TO SPECIAL UNITS WITHIN THE US MILITARY
• PRIVATE PRACTICE, ADVANCED BIOFEEDBACK & SELF REGULATION, SEDONA, AZ

ED STILLMAN, ASD SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

• BS & MS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MS MATH, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, CA
• BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING - GLADMAN HOSPITAL, OAKLAND, CA; CERTIFICATION, BIOFEEDBACK CERT INST OF AMERICA (RETIRED)
• PRIVATE PRACTICE, CLINICAL BIOFEEDBACK APPLICATIONS, LOS ALTOS, CA
• DOWSER, PRESENTER AND TEACHER AT CONFERENCES - 11 YEARS

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BRAINWAVE RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND PROTOCOL

LEXICOR CORP NEUROSEARCH 24 BRAINWAVE ANALYZER

• COST: $14,000 WITH INTEGRATED COMPUTER ANALYSIS AND COLOR CHART OUTPUT
• PROVIDES 24 CHANNEL BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENTS, USES $250 "CAP" WITH INTEGRAL SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESs
• EXCELLENT COMPLEMENT TO EARLIER "MIND MIRROR' EQUIPMENT
• CAPABLE OF EXTENDING FEB 1983 AND FALL 1991 AMERICAN DOWSER ARTICLES BY EDITH M. JURKA, M.D.

STANDARDIZED BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL AND DOWSERS TESTED

• SET UP FOR "RESEARCH QUALITY" LOW RESISTANCE CONNECTIONS TO THE SCALP VIA THE "CAP"
• EYES CLOSED BASELINE (NOT DOWSING), THEN FOCUSED ATTENTION ON A PICTURE SELECTED BY DR. KELLEY
• REAL PENDULUM DOWSING "AT TASK", USING WALT WOODS "A LETTER TO ROBIN" PENDULUM CHART
• VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVICELESS DOWSING) "AT TASK"
• A SHORT TIME PERIOD FOR THE DOWSER'S OWN EXPERIMENT AND ANALYSIS
• TESTED TO DATE: WALT WOODS, TONY GEHRINGER, ED STILLMAN, MARY MARIE SATTERLEE, CAROLYN STILLMAN, JEANNE-MARIE GEHRINGER. SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER: BOB AND CHARMION MCKUSICK

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FUNDING AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DR. KELLEY ($1500 AUTHORIZED BY ASD)

• DR. KELLEY DOES ALL TESTING IN SEDONA, AZ; RECEIVES FEE OF $100 PER DOWSER TO RUN TESTS, ANALYZE DATA, PREPARE COLOR CHARTS AND ANALYZE EACH TEST WITH ED AND CRITIQUE ED'S FINAL REPORT
• $1500 WILL ALLOW 14 DOWSERS (7 MALE AND 7 FEMALE) AND $100 FOR REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF ED'S FINAL REPORT FOR THE AMERICAN DOWSER

ED STILLMAN

• RECEIVES NO MONETARY COMPENSATION
• NEGOTIATED $100 RATE PER DOWSER WITH DR. KELLEY
• SCHEDULES APPOINTMENTS, VIDEOS SESSIONS, VIDEOS ANALYSIS
• SESSIONS WHILE DISCUSSING EACH DOWSER'S RESULTS
• PREPARES DRAFT OF INTERIM & FINAL REPORT FOR AMERICAN DOWSER

FUNDING ANALYSIS

• AT $100 PER DOWSER, DR. KELLEY IS A BARGAIN
• AT NO CHARGE FOR SCHEDULING, COORDINATION AND REPORT GENERATION, ED STILLMAN IS A BARGAIN ALSO
• TRUSTEES SHOULD CONSIDER REIMBURSING ED STILLMAN FOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR COLOR PICTURE GENERATION AND REPRO COSTS

PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

• DOWSING IS TRULY A CREATIVE STATE OF MIND
• UNUSUAL BETA BRAINWAVE COHERENCE, HIGH POWER LEVEL AND BRAINWAVE "SMOOTHNESS"
• UNUSUAL RIGHT DOMINANCE IN BETA, ALPHA, AND THETA BRAINWAVES WHILE DOWSING "AT TASK", BOTH REAL PENDULUM AND VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVIC ELESS DOWSING)
• UNUSUAL COHERENCE LEVEL WHILE DOWSING (ALL NEURONS FIRING IN SYNCHRONY
• SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EYES CLOSED BASELINE AND EYES CLOSED DEVICE LESS DOWSING (VISUAL PENDULUM)

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

FEBRUARY '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

DOWSERS BRAINWAVES RESEARCH PROJECT PART 1

ASD DIGEST VOLUME 37, NO. 1 WINTER 1997

DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PROJECT

As Measured on the Lexicor Corp. Neurosearch 24 Brainwave Analyzer

BY ED STILLMAN

President, Verde Valley Chapter

ASD Scientific Advisor

Sedona, AZ

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

We know that dowsers obtain highly specific information in a YES -NO form by asking questions in their mind in the form of word and sentence questions or visual images. The answers are usually received by visually observing or feeling the physical motions of a real dowsing tool (a pendulum, Y rod, L rod or bobber) or by a virtual dowsing technique (device less dowsing)where the answer is sensed by a physiological change that the dowser has learned to recognize somewhere in their body. There is a decades old question: is there a measurable dowsing mind-state that is unique? Can dowsers brainwave characteristics be measured when they are actively dowsing? We are deeply indebted to Edith M. Jurka, M. D. for her most valuable and pioneering contributions to this research, published in the American Dowser¹, which showed us dowser brain patterns as measured on the Mind Mirror electroencephalograph (EEG) developed by Dr. C. Maxwell Cade and Geoffrey Blundell.

In 1996, new research was conducted on dowser brainwaves using modern, computer-controlled EEG equipment which can produce color pictures of the brainwave patterns while the dowser is actually dowsing. This research project has the objectives of understanding how the dowser's brainwaves react and change while dowsing, to provide self verification, knowledge and subjective recognition of the dowsing mind-state; and, in the future, to provide other dowsers with on-target neuro biofeedback to hone and develop dowsing talents and skills. Above all, this new project has already demonstrated that dowser's brainwaves show real, repeatable, measurable and truly unique changes during dowsing with both a real pendulum and with a virtual pendulum (mental device less dowsing). Dowsing can be said to be a truly creative state of mind. The first results of the 1996 ASD Dowser's Brainwave Research Project are presented here.

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE, UNIQUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENT TEST PROTOCOL 

A group of 14 highly experienced and gifted dowsers will ultimately be tested, which will include seven men and seven women. This report covers the first eight dowsers who have completed testing, four men and four women. Matthew J. Kelly PhD, an Applied Psychophysiologist from Sedona, Arizona, was selected to do the brainwave measurements and analysis. His private practice, "Advanced Biofeedback and Therapeutic Hypnosis," includes ongoing use of a Lexicor Corp. Neuro search 24 Brainwave Analyzer as his brainwave measurement and analysis tool. The Neurosearch 24 is a modern, computer-controlled EEG system which produces color pictures of the dowser's brainwave patterns in specific frequency bands and outputs a variety of other separate data formats that allow detailed comparison of all parts of the test protocol for each dowser and for the same parts of the protocol for all of the dowsers.

FIGURE 1

ASD DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PROJECT - 1996

Lexicor Corp. Neurosearch 24 Brainwave Analyzer

Set Up by Dr. Matthew J. Kelly,

Specialist in Applied Psychophysiology

The test protocol has the same five parts for each dowser. The dowser wears a special "cap" which contains 21 separate sensors. A high-salt conducting gel is injected into each sensor using a blunt needle so that good scalp contact is made and meter-verified as having low electrical resistance. A wiring harness from the cap connects to the data unit and then to the computer central processor and display. Figure 1 shows Dr. Kelly preparing the author for testing. Note that this dowser has a Walt Woods "pendulum dowsing multipurposeform"²on his lap and is holding a pendulum for the real pendulum part of the protocol. 

For the first part of the protocol, the dowser is asked to relax, eyes closed and not ask any dowsing questions. Brainwaves are measured. The second part involves engaging the mind by looking at a picture selected by Dr. Kelly. The dowser is asked to focus attention on the picture, and to think about the people in the picture, their life and how the dowser would interact with them. No dowsing questions are to be asked while looking at the picture. Brainwaves are again measured. 

The third part is to actually dowse with a real pendulum, eyes open. Some dowsers have dowsed for water bearing aquifers under the building, asking specific questions about depth and flow rate. Others have asked questions of the land spirits about the energy in the building. All asked CAN I, MAY I, SHOULD I and dowsed the answer to these three critical questions after asking their basic set-up questions. After their brainwaves were recorded, all of the dowsers confirmed that they were "at task" doing real dowsing and receiving their dowsing answers with the pendulum while observing Walt Wood's form for the numerical answers.

The fourth part of the protocol was to again dowse "at task," but to use a virtual pendulum (device less dowsing) eyes closed and sense the YES-NO answers, including numerical answers, by pre-identified physiological changes in their bodies. Brainwaves were again measured while each person was dowsing.

The fifth part was to allow the dowser to do their own brief experiment and have their brainwaves recorded while doing a task of their own choosing. Some for example, have chosen to send healing energy to a remote location. 

It is noted here that to define common denominators in EEG records is difficult because each human brain is different. It is realized that an EEG readout is merely an external indication of electrical impulses from the brain - a side effect, if you will of some sort of activity that is beyond our comprehension. The organizing fields maintaining the pattern, as well as brain activity for even a simple task, are tremendously complex; every one of the neurons is in potential resonance with all fields of enfolded subtle energy throughout the universe³. Yet clear results about dowser's brainwave states have been achieved and are reported here.

BRAINWAVE FREQUENCY BAND DEFINITIONS

It is necessary to show and define the brainwave frequency bands so that Dr. Jurka's Mind Mirror testing and the new testing can be compared and analyzed. Figure 2 shows four major brainwave frequency bands which can be measured with an EEG, along with a sample of what each waveform looks like. People will feel different states of consciousness depending on the frequencies their brains are operating at, moment by moment. Brainwave frequencies are measured in cycles per second (cps). The cps measurements are expressed in Hertz (Hz). The characteristics are:

FIGURE 2

Beta (14-30Hz) is the awake brain rhythm when attention is focused on the outside world, such as reading or processing visual information. It appears in problem solving such as doing math. Metabolically, it represents a hight arousal level and anthropologically it is produced with fear, anxiety, orienting and response for vigilance the "fight or flight" mechanisms.

Alpha (8-13 Hz) is described as an awake state of quiet inner awareness and rest when not responding to stimuli from outside or inside the mind. If the eyes are opened, visual input immediately adds beta and other frequencies. Metabolically, it represents a lower arousal than beta and anthropologically, it represents a state of rest and absence of vigilance.

Theta (4-7 Hz) is characterized by reverie ("lost in thought"), images and in half awake states just before or after sleep. When combined with other frequencies, it represents subconscious orienting problem solving, inspiration or deep meditation. Metabolically, it represents a low state of arousal.

Delta (0.5-4 Hz) is normally found in deep dreamless sleep. However, Dr. C. Maxwell Cade of  London¹ found that it was added to other brain frequencies during higher levels of consciousness, at the onset of paranormal phenomena, or when reaching out to the unknown.

MIND MIRROR EEG OUTPUTS OF A TALENTED DOWSER

The Mind Mirror is a special electroencephalograph (EEG) that measures the micro voltage at each frequency band on each side of the frequencies in greatest detail. It is really two separate EEGs, one for each side of the brain. Figure 3 shows the Mind Mirror output display with the pattern of a talented dowser. There are 28 rows of lights, 14 on each side. When measurements are made, a constantly moving picture representing the micro voltage level for each of the 14 brainwave frequency bands is displayed. In Figure 3, only one light is shown lit in each row. This represents the maximum microvolt level for the specific part of the dowser protocol.

FIGURE 3

MIND MIRROR DATA OUTPUTS

To aid our understanding of the new brainwave data, Dr. Jurka's comparison chart of different brainwave states from 1983 is shown in Figure 4. Here, a line is drawn on each side from the highest frequency to the lowest frequency with represents how far out from the center the light is lit (or not lit) for each row of lights. Thus, maximum brainwave microvolt levels in each frequency band are displayed and the resulting differences in patterns for meditators and dowsers are clearly shown.

FIGURE 4

BRAIN PATTERNS AS CHARACTERISTIC OF DOWSERS,

AS MEASURED BY THE MIND MIRROR

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PART 2

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

FEBRUARY '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

DOWSING THE DEPTHS OF REALITY

THE KEY TO OTHER DIMENSIONS IN OUR WORLD

BY THOMAS J. MILLIREN

Intro -

I welcome this opportunity to share with you discoveries, experiences and methodology_I have used to explore dimensions of reality which we are a part of, but normally, have little access to.

Summary -

The lecture and workshop focus on three basic areas of personal experience and study.

1. The human phenomenon commonly termed dowsing/divining - an ancient art commonly associated with searching for underground water with a dowsing rod.
2. Geopathic energy fi e l d s which randomly project from the earth and are damaging to human health as well as animal and plant life.
3. The human aura consists of three separate energy fields which can be measured and evaluated by a competent dowser.
4. Psychic healing phenomenon, its dynamics and reality as viewed by a practicing dowser. Dowsing techniques used in past life, future life, psychic search anomalies as well as case histories.

The word dowsing is not clearly defined by the Webster's Dictionary. However, it is believed to originate as an Anglo-Saxon Word identified with a mental process of search using a simple instrument called a dowsing rod. The word "diving" is synonymous with dowsing and appears to be much older and has the inference of spirituality or power of divine beings.

Reference to man's knowledge of dowsing appears in ancient Egyptian temple art and also in ancient cave art in Spain and North Africa. The wise mean, shaman and magi of ancient tribes and cultures used dowsing to obtain insight and information to foretell and predict dangers and things to come. So called "non-civilized" tribes in remote areas of the world are still practicing dowsing today as an accepted part of daily life.

Dowsing is the use, by the individual, of an inherent mental process. It is a latent mental ability which must be experienced by an individual through sensing a reaction or signal using one or more of his/her five senses, in essence, a biofeedback process.

The portion of the mind which senses the dowsing signal is not the logic mind or the five senses but is another portion, the sub-conscious, which has much deeper access to a broad spectrum of information. It is unknown where this information originates from, whether it's internal or external in source. It appears to function outside the reference to three dimensional concepts and time in the earth plane. As we function in a pure  dowsing state, physical dimensions of distances, etc. and time become altered or nonexistent. Time becomes instantaneous with thought, distances referenced to physical displacement becomes limitless.

To initiate the dowsing process, several simple instruments are used. The instruments are essentially extensions of the dowser him/herself detecting and amplifying minute physical movements which then can be seen, felt and thus, interpreted as to their meaning.

GEOPATHIC FIELDS AND THEIR DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS

Geopathic, or noxious energy field emanating from the earth's surface produce destructive effects to life forms, human and plant as well as inert masonry materials, etc. Their effect on humans is very complex but are believed rooted in mental disorders and disruption of "normal" human processes.

On location geopathic fields can be neutralized quite easily and without great expense. I have written a booklet entitled "Geopathic Noxious Field are Damaging to Your Health." The booklet is based entirely on personal research and working with people who have experienced health problems resulting from exposure to geopathic field energy.

MEASURING AND EVALUATING ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN AURA USING DOWSING TECHNIQUES

The human aura can be measured and evaluated by a competent dowser who has been properly trained in the technique. The auric energy fields which surround and permeate the physical body have a direct relationship to the physical body. In essence, they are mirror images of each other. Therefore, distress on one level is reflected in the other levels. Many anomalies which appear in the physical. disease, I.E. injuries, possession, etc. can be detected in the energy fields using the dowsing techniques.

THE PSYCHIC HEALING PHENOMENON

Physical anomalies can be totally or partially eliminated through alteration and manipulation of the auric energy fields. This process is commonly referred to as "spiritual or psychic healing." The dowsing phenomenon allows access to these areas of information which are typically beyond the scope of today's technology. There is great potential for the use of dowsing technology in the field of human health.

Dowsing also has great potential in affecting many aspects of mental health. It can b used as an analytical tool in measuring and search out psychological problems and their origins. Within the past two years, I have concentrated my research in the area of anomalies with the mind, their causes and correction.

I have also conducted a great deal of research into the phenomenon identified through the ages as "spirit possession." I have, through actual experiences, developed a very. effective and safe way to work with people affected with spirit possession.

I have also researched a dowsing technique which I find very effective in performing past life search and release of residual emotional trauma which are very destructive to the person and in severe cases can manifest in self-destructive tendencies.

In summary, I cannot over empathize the importance of the information I have briefly touched on and will be present in greater detail with much supporting data and case histories. I believe my engineering background has provided me with the necessary guidelines to analyze these phenomena from a logical basis. Some of the experiences are beyond reality as we know it. Therefore, we find ourselves in a relatively unexplored area of human reality. In essence, a new stage of reality in which we are the players.

BIOGRAPHY

I am retired and therefore quite free to do research work and travel. I retired nine years ago as a manager in the General Electric Company's Locomotive Department. My technical background is in electrical engineering, technical writing and customer product service. I owe a significant part of my career success to the use of some aspects of the dowsing technology which will be summarized in this paper and discussed in greater depth in the lecture and workshop programs.

I am a member of the scientific committee and life-time member, trustee and past Chapter President of the American Society of Dowsers headquartered in Danville, Vermont. I am also an active member of the Seven Continent Dowsing Society which is located int he Chicago, Illinois area and The International Association for New Science in Fort Collins, Colorado.

I have taught numerous schools on dowsing and related phenomenons as well as lectured at a number of colleges and organizations throughout the U.S.A.

Thomas J Milliren

March 13, 1994

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

FEBRUARY '26 NEWSLETTER DOWSING SKILL BUILDER

FIELD NOTES: A DOWSERS GUIDE

SKILL BUILDR BY PRES. SANDI ISGRO

21 DAY Dowsing Journey

This is designed to be a fun journey to investigate your dowsing abilities. Be like our little dowsing mole, search, observe, and report. Don’t make Judgements or try to evaluate results. Just dowse and report! This exercise is meant to take no more than 10 min. of your time.

You will need a notebook, 3 different dowsing tools (one for each week). They can be a pendulum, L-Rods, or Y-rod - (you can choose 3 different kinds of pendulums - or some combination of these) Pen or pencil and outdoor thermometer.

Week 1 

List the tool you will use for this exercise and the date and time.

Day 1 

Question #1

Dowse What is the temperature outside your home right now?  

• Record your answer.
• Go look at a thermometer and see how close you came.
• Record the true temp

Question #2

Dowse How many letters will you receive from a friend today? 

• Look in your mail box
• Record the answer.

Question #3

Will i learn something beneficial to me if i go to ______________(store, house, restaurant, etc.) today?

• Record what you learned or didn’t learn.

Repeat this set of questions, recording the answers for the next 6 days.

Summarize Week 1.

• Question 1How many times were you within 2 degrees of the right answer?
• Question 2 How many times were you right?
• Question 3How many times did you learn something beneficial. What did you experience?

How did you feel working with this tool? Comfortable? Confused?

Did you get clear answers using this tool?

Did it respond quickly to your questions?

Any other feelings about this tool?

Week 2

List a new tool and the date and time

Repeat the above questions , recording the answers for all 7 days

Summarize Week 2. As above

Week 3

List a new tool and date and time

Repeat the above questions, recording the answers for 7 days

Summarize Week 3 as above

*NOTE* You can make up your own questions but they should follow this pattern.

Question #1 must be immediately verifyable.

Question #2 unknown until you pick up your mail but still verifyable that day

Question #3 Awareness question-by asking this question you open your awareness to the universe trying to communicate with you. 

FINALLY AFTER COMPLETING 21 DAYS

Summarize your dowsing experience

Has your dowsing become more accurate?

Have you found one tool works better for you than the others?

What have you learned about your dowsing abilities? 

Under what circumstances are your answers the most accurate? Did you ask all of your questions just after getting up in the morning? Or at night? 

Can you recognize when you are in the dowsing state? 

Can you feel synchronicity?

Or connection in your answers to Question #3.?

What else have you noticed about your abilities?

START Your 21 Day Journey Now! To answer these questions and more, in this February Dowsing Skill Builder.