From: utzoo!decvax!vortex!lauren Newsgroups: net.misc Title: dowsing and magnetism Article-I.D.: vortex.27 Posted: Wed Feb 23 16:18:34 1983 Received: Fri Feb 25 03:21:10 1983 Wait a second. If you're going to "buy" the idea that dowsing is real, then forget about magnetic fields affecting coathangers! Supposedly many dowsers use wooden "indicators". In fact, several persons who have responded directly to me on this subject claim that they've seen dowsing action so intense that pieces of wood actually stripped off such indicators. I suppose it could be claimed that the magnetic fields are affecting the people doing the dowsing, not the indicators. In this case, one might assume that the dowsers subconsciously manipulate the indicators (as discussed in other messages on this topic) in response to their "perception" of the magnetic fields. I am still very skeptical on this topic, but I have received a considerable number of replies from persons (quite a few at BTL) who have first hand experience in this area and claim dowsing is real. Nobody has offered an acceptable explanation, however. I still haven't made up my mind -- guess I won't really believe it until I get a demo... --Lauren--