THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS
MARCH '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.
