deacon said:
jblack, thanks for clearing that up. I appreciate your input about the CA equipt. Since I've never seen or used his stuff, would you be willing to part with any you have?( you can PM me regarding this so we don't get in trouble). Of course just for the novelty of it, to compare with with my simple rods. Could the different materials have an affect on what they would be sensitive to?
Don't need to PM you... 'cause I'm not interested in selling any of my collection. I might have one of the most interesting and complete collections of dowsing gadgets around, and a substantial dowsing library as well. Some of my manuscripts came directly from used book stores in England, while others were obtained from other collectors and researchers like myself.
When you "tear into" a subject like dowsing, in search of
the truth, one can accumulate quite a little literature and physical items.
I do have some "other" rare treasure hunting literature that I intend to part with, but am still sorting through it and itemizing it for later removal. I'll probably list most of it in the Classified area of Tnet, or perhaps on eBay.
Your question;
Could the different materials have an affect on what they would be sensitive to?
The answer is no. Much as we would like to entertain the idea that like materials set up a sympathetic resonance with one another, this is Not taking place. At least it does not take place in the real world of science... of course if you ask any of the resident pseudoscientists, they will give you a different answer. If one of these pseudoscientists swears that "material" makes a difference in their dowsing, just remember that the next pseudoscientist that you ask the same question of... will likely swear differently. It's whatever "belief system" they have adopted, and whatever constraints they have applied to their own brand of dowsing.
To validate my answer for you, let me give you an example. In the early days of dowsing, in North America... dowsing was explained
AS IF there were sympathetic vibrations occurring between like objects. Therefore, it was not uncommon to find that one dowser might "load" his favorite dowsing instrument (pendulum or L-rod) with a substance similar in composition to that which he was seeking. (Now please don't confuse this with a "witness". A "witness" is different from a "load"). A particular "load" could also be a specific material that was used to construct the dowsing implement, thereby causing it to react only to a like material, or in some cases a material might be chosen that was thought to eliminate certain targets, such as magnetic pockets or "ghosting".
The point is.... all of this "loading" was done because of a "belief" that there were actually sympathetic physical vibrations or fields that were in some way connecting the two bodies; one hidden and the other, not hidden.
In fact, these physical vibrations did not exist, never existed, and couldn't exist; ---but it became absolutely essential that the "belief systems" (concocted during that era) and the movement of the dowsing instruments, were explained
AS IF these physical vibrations actually existed.
Today, we know better... at least those of us who finished High School, and are not LRL salesmen ---know better.
But there are a few technically-challenged who will argue with
the truth about dowsing... but they are few in number.
Hope this helps you..........
