And around the 18th century, psychics apparently began using dowsing techniques for more metaphysical purposes. It's reported that Leonardo da Vinci used dowsing tools in his practices, and even Albert Einstein is quoted saying, "The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time.
Pendulum dowsing is reportedly one of the most common divinatory arts used today, and is also considered to be one of the simplest. The pendulum acts as a conduit to this energy. Bustle spoke with esoteric life coach Chris Ammo O'Day , who shares, "[P]endulum work is fantastic for an immediate yes or no question," and that's exactly how it's commonly used by mystics today. The pendulum is held up to hang steadily with the hand, and once an uninterrupted balance is achieved the user can ask a question and wait for a response.
Typically, it's believed that if the pendulum begins moving in a clockwise motion, it is signifying a yes — but that all depends on the user's personal relationship with their pendulum and it's something you'll have to figure out for yourself if you decide to try it! Some people connect a yes or no answer to their pendulum moving either side to side or back to front rather than rotating in a circular motion — and that's OK, too!
Other times, people hold their pendulum above photographs, maps, or even pieces of paper or boards with various answers written out on it sort of like a Ouija board that relate to the question being asked. Then, they can either wait for the pendulum to move in the direction of their answer, or they can hold it over each option one by one until they get a yes or no.
While many pendulums are made of crystals, there's actually no need to purchase anything fancy in order to benefit from the divination power of this tool. Any weighted, non-magnetized, symmetrical object hanging by a chain or string can do the trick, so long as it feels right to the user and is at a comfortable length and weight. The magic of a pendulum is in the energy that it channels , not the object itself, so if you want to try some dowsing before officially investing in one of your own, you can easily do so with no strings attached well, maybe one string attached — see what I did there?
If you're ready to embark on a lil' pendulum dowsing of your own, then let's get to it and have some fun with divination. Eventually groundwater emerges A huge amount of water exists in the ground below your feet, and people all over the world make great use of it.
But it is only found in usable quantities in certain places underground — aquifers. Read on to understand the concepts of aquifers and how water exists in the ground. Even though the ground is an excellent mechanism for filtering out particulate matter, such as leaves, soil, and bugs, dissolved chemicals and gases can still occur in large enough concentrations in groundwater to cause problems.
How much do you know about the water below your feet? There is an immense amount of water in aquifers below the earth's surface. In fact, there is a over a thousand times more water in the ground than is in all the world's rivers and lakes.
Here we introduce you to the basics about groundwater. Groundwater will normally look clear and clean because the ground naturally filters out particulate matter.
But did you know that natural and human-induced chemicals can be found in groundwater even if appears to be clean? Below is a list of some contaminants that can occur in groundwater.
Wells are extremely important to all societies. In many places wells provide a reliable and ample supply of water for home uses, irrigation, and industries. Where surface water is scarce, such as in deserts, people couldn't survive and thrive without groundwater, and people use wells to get at underground water. Groundwater is crutial to millions of Americans as well as many more worldwide. Groundwater provides drinking water to many. Thus, having reliably clean groundwater is of concern for many throughout the world.
But, groundwater can become contaminated with chemicals, biologic organisms, and other possibly-harmful agents. Artesian water is really not different from other groundwater, except for the fact that it flows to the land surface because pressure in the rocks underground force it to the surface. But, having water flow to the surface naturally is a handy way to tap groundwater resources. Groundwater is a valuable resource both in the United States and throughout the world.
Groundwater depletion, a term often defined as long-term water-level declines caused by sustained groundwater pumping, is a key issue associated with groundwater use.
Many areas of the United States are experiencing groundwater depletion. Most of us don't have to look for water. We grew up either in big cities where there was a public water supply, or in small towns or on farms where the water came from wells. The situation is like filling a box with only green socks and then asking a magician to close his eyes and use his magic powers to find a green sock in the box.
The U. In a region of adequate rainfall and favorable geology, it is difficult not to drill and find water! The belief in dowsing typically involves the misunderstanding that underground water consists of large underground rivers flowing through caverns. In this thinking, one spot on a farm would be a good location to drill a well because it is lined up with the underground river, whereas another spot 20 feet away would be a bad location since it misses the underground river.
In reality, most underground water does not flow in rivers but instead flows everywhere through the tiny pores and cracks in the rocks. In any climate that receives a moderate amount of rainfall, you will always hit water if you dig deep enough. Therefore, the question to ask is not, "What spot on my farm has water underneath it? The right question to ask is, "How deep will I have to dig to get below the water table? Various controlled scientific studies over the last hundred years have repeatedly found that water dowsing does not work.
For instance, 30 "expert" dowsers were invited to Kassel, Germany in to have their abilities tested in a study organized by James Randi.
Pipes carrying flowing water were buried underground at known locations and the dowsers were tested as to their ability to determine if water was flowing through the pipes. All failed to do better than random guessing. While we were there we designed a series of tests, as I have done in many countries around the world, to test the forked stick or the pendulum or the coat hanger wires or whatever.
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