Dowsing: New Light on an Ancient Art

by Tom Williamson

Can a dowser, using nothing more elaborate that a forked twig or pair of bent coat-hangers, really locate minerals, water or precious metals underground? Recent scientific research has undermined this long-held assessment. Morever, as the author of this book argues, the results of dowsing research intermesh with other findings to reveal a whole world of latent human potential. Good dowsers - whose remarkable achievements over the centuries the author describes - seem to be adept at exploiting these resources. But we can all learn how to detect what lies hidden beneath the Earth, or, if need be, protect ourselves from what dowsers have traditionally described as "harmful Earth rays". In the final part of this book, the author casts his net wider, assessing the claims of "earth energy" and crop circle dowsers in the light of ancient beliefs and modern scientific investigations.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History, University of East Anglia; he has written widely on landscape archaeology, agricultural history, and the history of landscape design.