Map Dowsing

Map dowsing can be something which causes some people to shake their heads in disbelief. They cannot possibly begin to understand how it works.

But then, no-one has really got a good explanation for any type of dowsing anyway.

I've come across such people. They shake their heads as if the whole thing is just too impossible to exist.

I have an answer for them, though.

I ask them if they believe that, by looking at a piece of paper with no writing on it, they can tell about the number of people in an area, the likely amount of traffic on the roads, the size of buildings or what the weather might be like even if they have never been there.

If I remind them that they can do this easily and that they call it a map (you can estimate many things from the information contained in a map), they smile slightly and agree.

Because we have been taught to read symbols and signs on a map we tend to dismiss that skill.

So it is with map dowsing. But instead of reading the printed symbols and signs, dowsers are 'reading' the energetic components of the map.

It is just another type of remote dowsing and you shouldn't think it stranger or weirder than anything else.

A map

A map is made with the intention of showing certain details. It is the intention which is important.

We have worked with maps which have been drawn very hastily and scribbled onto paper. They are just as good as carefully hand-drawn masterpieces, because the intent was in both.

With map dowsing, you can pretty much search for anything you want. You can go dowsing for treasure (but there are provisos there), you can dowse water, oil, gold or those strange things called earth energies.

In other words, if what you seek is in or on the earth, you can use a map to dowse for it!

The 'how-to'

If you want to learn map-dowsing, first get yourself a map of an area known to you. Probably the best thing you can do for starters is to draw a map of your home and yard (if applicable).

Decide what you are going to dowse for and then have the map on a table or flat surface. You'll probably need a straightedge and perhaps a pencil and eraser as well as a pendulum or l-rod.

The pendulum is handiest, but there are small l-rods you can use and I have seen a bobber used for map dowsing as well. So, go with the tool of your choice, the one you feel most comfortable using.

Before starting, just sit quietly for a moment or two and have in your mind what it is you're after. It could be water pipes, electric cables, lost keys, where the water leak really is, the oldest shrub, the healthiest plant or any other thing which you can then go and find visually to check.

Without checking, map-dowsing, especially to begin with, can be a pointless waste of time.

So, you now have a target in mind. Begin to dowse the map.

To do this, there are two main methods. Find your which one works best for you.

• Triangulation

  Use the straightedge and move it slowly down (or across) the map until you get a hit. You then know that the object is somewhere along that line. Mark the line length lightly with a pencil.

  Change the straightedge so that it is at 90 degrees to the line you just drew. Move it along until you get another hit. Mark that line as well.

  Where they intersect is the location of the target.

• Divide and Conquer

  Divide the map into quarters with your pencil and straightedge. Dowse which quarter the target is in.

  Take that section and divide it into quarters and re-dowse to find the next (smaller) area to check.

  Continue until you have a location or the area is small enough to search.

Then... go and check it!

The next stage

Once you've got that comfortably, you can scale up to other areas and use the exact same principles to dowse an area for underground water, or tracking earth energies or anything else you have a mind to find.

You can use map dowsing for missing persons and animals (although there are problems sometimes with these types of remote dowsing).

You can also use it to investigate ancient sites without the bother of digging (or trespass!).

In other words, once you have a grasp on the idea of map-dowsing, you can pretty much dowse the world as you wish. (Or Mars, or the Moon, come to that!)