The Dowser

Memoir

I often did business with two brothers who owned a small water business where they bottled and sold private label water for events. They had their own printer to make labels and would customize labels for weddings, family reunions, birthday celebrations, and much more. This was an internet business and very successful. It became so successful that in the late 1990’s they needed to find more water and install another water tank. I had a stainless-steel water tank that we had outgrown and sold it to them very reasonably to help them. They invited me up to watch a well-known dowser find a new water source for them.

With my background, I was not convinced but went to watch because my friend has asked me. The gentleman was an older man, soft-spoken humble, and dedicated to his craft. He told me he really did not understand the science behind what he did but knew it was real. He had experienced over many years. He said when he was new at dowsing, he had some errors, but over the years had refined his craft, and for many years found he was accurate. He had a copper forked tool to do his work. He flags several places he felt would make great locations for new water well.

I asked how my friend and the dowser met, it all begins when a member of my friend’s family became ill with cancer. The family doctor suggested that the power line that ran next to their house could be a source of cancer or cause cancer to grow. They researched how to move the power line, which was not an option because of the industry it fed, and the residential housing that depended on the power. The power line was new. In the process of researching the power line, they came across testimonials of cancer patients who used a dowser to re-direct the energy coming off the power lines away from their homes by hiring a dowser to do this.

After an exhaustive search, they found the dowser. He was highly recommended by many people in the state, even the state geological survey. I did raise my eyebrows at this because I had never heard of this, and frankly, was shocked. They measure the electrical feed coming off the power lines before the dowser re-directed the power and after the dowser redirected the power. There was a significant difference. From there they hired the dowser to find water and did every time, and the water source was prolific.

The geoscientist in me said, of course, our state’s groundwater is vast, and it is not hard to find a good source of groundwater. However, their bottling plant was on the side of a Mountain and sat on bedrock. Bedrock sources mean that water is usually deep underground and comes to the surface on its own pressure or is redirected underground. They are not as easily located as a sand and gravel groundwater source, where water is held is a saturated zone (like a giant sponge) and is prolific. The dowser was accurate every time.

Of course, I felt this was either chance or a form of science that was unknown to me. I visited with the dowser and started asking him questions. I learned this art was generational and had been passed down to him from his father, his father from his grandfather, and went back in his family several generations. I asked if there was any genetics that they shared, and he said there were several unusual traits they all shared. They all had an allergic reaction to gold, so none word a gold wedding ring or watch. They could not even carry a gold pocket watch. He said he felt it was a neurological response because everyone male in his family that dowsed felt a tingling or slight shock go through their body when dowsing. This often goes down their back. When dowsing electrical lines, he often he could see a blue light coming out of the ground and others nearby could see it too, and the shocks to the body were much stronger than when looking for water. This seems to match the previous research discussed in this chapter.

The dowser and I developed a great friendship. He was a delightful person, a gentle engaging noble man. He passed away a few years after I met him, I went to his funeral, and the church was full of adoring people.

The next encounter I had with an experienced dowser was a few years later, in another state, and working with a family who was prominent in the area, well established, and a pleasure to work with. They hired a dowser who had worked with their family for many years locating new wells for the growing apple orchards.