Famous Dowsers

[aarthrj3811]

Dr. Karl Berg, Arch-Bishop of Salzburg

Henry the VIII

Vernon Cameron

Leonardo De Vinci

Robert Boyle

Charles Richet

Albert Einstein,

General Rommel

General Patton

Some Supporters of Dowsing:
The Encyclopedia Britannica The American Academy of Science
The Academy of Sciences of Paris. The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture
The British Academy of Science. The British Army
The Smithsonian Institution. The U.S. Marines
The former Soviet Union The Government of the Netherlands The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Many private and public utilities workers throughout the world

http://www.pendulums.com/dowsing_references.htm

[ClonedSIM]

Is there any way of verifying these institutions support dowsing? Could it be just one individual within these organizations that supports it?

[Tom_in_CA]

Af, it wouldn't matter even if a brilliant person did subscribe to dowsing. Brilliant folks, brilliant institutions, etc... ascribe to silly things quite often. Just go to UC Berkeley in CA, and see the type of strange cr*p credentialed university professors teach, under the label of social sciences. Brilliant persons are entitled to weigh in on a grey area (politics, religion, social issues, etc....). Since no one knows how dowsing works (despite the best efforts of dowsers here to connect the dots, they still resort back to "no one knows"), I would classify cowsing as a grey area, where, like religion, reasonable people differ.

Now if any of those brilliant people and institutions Art listed actually had a physical scientific explanation of how dowsing works (not just "theories"), that would be another story. Example: Ask those persons/institutions to outline the schematics and science of how a metal detector beeps over metal, and they could do so. Now go ask them to outline the schematics of how a dowsing rod turns to metal. You would get quite a different story. It would probably be lumped into the category of future science, since no one has come up with anything better than theories at present. Hence, a grey area where brilliant people can differ.

Actually, if a person is really swayed by brilliant people endorsing something of a grey nature, I bet I could come up with an equally long list of people and institutions who believe that dowsing is nothing but hocus pocus. So really, unless someone comes up with the indisputable science, a list like this on either side, is meaningless.

[ClonedSIM]

True, true.

[aarthrj3811]

Hocus Pocus is a children's Halloween-themed film released by Disney. The movie started life as a script for a special original movie for the Disney Channel, to be produced by one of the smaller studios owned by The Walt Disney Company, but the script caught the eye of Walt Disney Studios who decided that the film was strong enough to carry well-known names and to attract a cinema audience. The movie was released in the United States and Canada in July 1993 (which may have been the major reason for its lackluster box office success). It was released in October 1994 across Australia and most of Europe and some Asian countries. The idea to cast Bette Midler was partly inspired by Midler's award-winning performance in a milestone motion picture for the Walt Disney Company on its Touchstone Pictures line, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

[ClonedSIM]

Hocus Pocus is a children's Halloween-themed film released by Disney. The movie started life as a script for a special original movie for the Disney Channel, to be produced by one of the smaller studios owned by The Walt Disney Company, but the script caught the eye of Walt Disney Studios who decided that the film was strong enough to carry well-known names and to attract a cinema audience. The movie was released in the United States and Canada in July 1993 (which may have been the major reason for its lackluster box office success). It was released in October 1994 across Australia and most of Europe and some Asian countries. The idea to cast Bette Midler was partly inspired by Midler's award-winning performance in a milestone motion picture for the Walt Disney Company on its Touchstone Pictures line, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

What does a movie description have to do with dowsing, Art?

[aarthrj3811]

Hey AF…You think that Tom will like another definition better?

Hocus-pocus….note the spelling….meaningless words used as a formula by conjurers…same as sleight of hand…trickery

[ClonedSIM]

Hey AF…You think that Tom will like another definition better?

Hocus-pocus….note the spelling….meaningless words used as a formula by conjurers…same as sleight of hand…trickery

So what you're saying is that the definition you listed is not the only possible definition, and that there are other definitions that are better suited to this situation?

Do you honestly thing Tom was referring to a movie when he wrote the words "hocus-pocus?" Honestly?

If not, then why did you create that useless post?

[aarthrj3811]

If not, then why did you create that useless post?

Because I could…Art

[ClonedSIM]

If not, then why did you create that useless post?

Because I could…Art

And you wonder why I can't help but compare you to a 4th grader.....

[morbiusandneo]

One of many not listed is Marcel Vogel. And, many european countries' governments have been using dowsing for decades. stvn.

Dr. Karl Berg, Arch-Bishop of Salzburg

Henry the VIII

Vernon Cameron

Leonardo De Vinci

Robert Boyle

Charles Richet

Albert Einstein,

General Rommel

General Patton

Some Supporters of Dowsing:
The Encyclopedia Britannica The American Academy of Science
The Academy of Sciences of Paris. The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture
The British Academy of Science. The British Army
The Smithsonian Institution. The U.S. Marines
The former Soviet Union The Government of the Netherlands The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Many private and public utilities workers throughout the world

http://www.pendulums.com/dowsing_references.htm