From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!zinfandel!frank Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: dowsing - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.776 Posted: Thu Feb 24 01:19:22 1983 Received: Fri Feb 25 04:14:55 1983 #R:vortex:-2400:zinfandel:8200022:000:559 zinfandel!frank Feb 20 09:36:00 1983 I did read an item about dowsers some years ago (Scientific American?) that talked about dowsers and testing them to determine if they had para-normal capibilities. The conclusion was that dowsers are more sensitive to changes in electro-magnetic fields than most people, and that by shielding various parts of there bodies (kidneys, brain, ...) with various metals (like lead foil, grounded conductive foil, ..) that the sensitivity was decreased. That was the only thing I remember reading about dowsers. frank ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!frank