The Art and Craft of Dowsing
Dowsing is a technique for searching for underground water, minerals, or anything invisible by observing the motion of a pointer (traditionally a forked stick) or changes in direction of a pendulum in response to unseen influences. Leroy Bull will take us through the art and craft of dowsing including: how we presently intuit these techniques work; different types of dowsing using information, maps and remote viewing; establishing a signal system so you can understand the answers you get; and more.
Leroy Bull is an international master dowser, author, prior president of the American society of dowsers, (ASD) and the international coordinator for the ASD. Bull served on the ASD board of trustees for 14 years. He has been dowsing for over 68 years on all kinds of targets: water, people, pets, minerals, pipes, wires, time capsules, and more. Leroy has successfully dowsed over 3300 water wells on 4 continents and 4000 earth energy projects. He has taken 12 trips to Japan to find time capsules for schools while on T.V. Leroy has been in the New York Times three times, in Smithsonian and more recently in Outside magazine.
Speaker suggested and arranged with the help of Ric Grefe.
Speaker Summary
In a narrative style, Leroy took us through dowsing, how it works and several personal experiences where he used dowsing to locate a range of things including water, someone who had drowned (as well as separately locating his boat and motor), a “missing” hiker who had simply gone off for a few days of alone time, several time capsules, wills, and more. Leroy’s relaxed style and demeanor were reflective of the calm, controlled nature of a good dowser.
Leroy touched on the tools of the trade – elements of “the system” you use. These can include a “Y-rod” of two connected rods made from non-conductive material (e.g., wood, plastic) so they don’t interfere with the energy being emitted by the item being searched for, or a pendulum on a chain. Each tool reacts to the energy of the item being searched for, which has its own frequency that creates the reaction of the rod or pendulum in response to questions being asked about the search being conducted. The Y-rod is either pulled down (“yes”), up (“no”) or has no response when there is no response generated. The pendulum can swing back and forth or sideways as well as rotating 360 degrees.
Leroy spoke to how the process of dowsing is about “feeling” the energy in response to questions. His often-repeated catch phrase for the entire process and how it works was “it’s all out there in the vibes” to describe the energy and how it creates the sensory response to the questions that enables a dowser to find its target. He also showed how this can be done just using detailed maps of locations where the items being sought are located.
Leroy suggested that many/most people, if properly trained and with the right temperament, can learn to dowse. But he cautioned that there may be times when you might wish you hadn’t taken on a project since it could involve delivering bad news to someone who has hired you for a task, such as looking for someone who is missing and when the answer to the question of whether they are still alive is “no”.
Leroy shared stories of how he has used dowsing to find items, people, natural resources and more. He specifically noted that finding water is one of the easier things dowsers do and, in response to a question, indicated he has a 96% success rate in locating water.