Water dowsing is fascinating but has no scientific evidence.
If you are reading this and you haven’t been over to Adopt A Grape’s site to check out their video of dowsing for water, what are you waiting for?
After watching that video I thought I would do a little bit of research on the topic, here’s a brief list of what I found.
- Numerous experiments seeking to explain the phenomenon have shown that the success rate for dowsers is roughly the same as pure chance.
- Those who have been trained to look for surface clues like specific plants or geological features have a much higher success rate.
- In most regions, even the desert, it is difficult to drill and not find water.
- Not many, both dowsers and skeptics, agree on a number of “necessities” in the formula for a successful dowse including (but not limited to) shoes worn, whether materials used do or do not have an affect, or the instrument used.
An interesting phenomenon for sure but not something I would ever say is verifiable by double-blind testing or scientific tests.
