Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

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Last of the water witches? At 33 years young, Scott Hemmer walks Nebraska farmland, waiting on the soft twitch of brass rods held in his hands. “Right here,” he says, pointing to the ground. “About a ...

Americans are always being told that their view of Britain is wrong. The U.K. is, we hear, not a quaint little island of medieval towns and minor royals but a thriving modern economy and a world ...

Our article reported results from two Soviet geologists who found dowsing “extremely useful in pinpointing several metal ore deposits”. It went on to describe other reports of success.… Roman ...

Once an arcane rural art, used almost exclusively to find water, dowsing has been taken over by urban New Agers who use it to make any and all kinds of decisions, from what movie to rent to whether a ...

The highway to Oroville, a small town in California’s Central Valley, runs into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. As the road and the temperature climb, the neon lights of the valley’s box stores ...

There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to "witch" for water with a pendulum. The practice relies on the idea that the object will suddenly move when a ...

Biologist Sally Le Page couldn't believe it when she heard a folk magic practice was being used to look for water mains in 2017. But 10 out of 12... Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water ...