Betz - from the Journal of Scientific Exploration:
Abstract - This report presents new insights into an unconventional option
of locating water reserves which relies on water dowsing. The effectiveness
of this method is still rightly disputed. Now, however, extensive field studies
- in line with provable and reliable historic accounts - have shown that a
few carefully selected dowsers are certainly able to detect faults, fissures and
fractures with relative alacrity and surprising accuracy in areas with, say,
crystalline or limestone bedrock. A series of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) projects involving this technique were carried
out in dry zones with unexpectedly high rates of success. In particular, it
was possible to locate a large number of relatively small underground
aquifers in thinly populated areas and to drill wells at the sites where water is
needed; the yields were low but sufficient for hand-pump operation throughout
the year. Finding or locating a sufficient number of relatively small fracture
zones using conventional techniques would have required a far greater
work input.
The relevance of the method used was tested under various aspects. On the
one hand, project areas with different geological characteristics were chosen
and, on the other hand, the relevant circumstances and project results were
carefully examined by geology experts. So far, neither critical consideration
of all possible objections nor attempts at reasoning have yielded a conventional
explanation for the persistent success of the dowsing technique - an
outcome which has been corroborated by a number of specifically designed
control experiments and comparative tests. The trend of the reported findings
is concordant with that exhibited by the findings from recent scientific
research carried out, for example, by a Swedish geological institution and
universities in Munich. Provided that certain conditions are met, the results
obtained show the dowsing technique to be a serious alternative for groundwater
prospecting. It can thus be concluded from these present experiences
that the effectiveness of locating ground water in certain hydrogeological situations
could be raised significantly if conventionally organized operating
teams were to make additional use of appropriately tested and selected
dowsers in order to pinpoint drilling spots. Along these lines, a model of integration,
which has already been tested on a pilot scale in some of the GTZ
projects presented herein, is discussed and proposed for future provisional
use. The high success rates described in this report suggest the design of specific
tests for future use which may contribute to a scientific clarification of
the dowsing phenomenon. At the same time, there is the possibility of an especially
useful transfer of practical knowledge concerning water-resource
development. Finally, due to its biophysical background the issue might be
of importance to bionics; further treatment should aim at technical simulation
of the proven - albeit unexplained - effects of the dowsers in order to
create new and more effective measuring procedures
The Sheunen experiments however found different results, and although some people seemed to possess the abilty to accurately dowse, they considered that most positive results could have occured by chance; however that conclusion has been sytongly challenged (Naturwissenschaften 83, 272-275 (1996).
I can supply much more of this kind of thing if you want; I have successfully dowsed as well, used earth acupuncture in order to correct issues related to geopathic stress, etc etc and while we're at it - happy Beltane everybody (a few days late).
