How To Map Dowse

by Diane Marcotte

Preparation:

Do not attempt to map dowse if tired, hurried, or feeling in anyway out-of-sorts. Your results will not be accurate.
You need to be in a state of relaxed concentration. Overemphasis on consciously desired results does not help.
Be sure that you are confident in your YES, NO, and MAYBE (or rephrase the question) responses of your dowsing tool.
It is advisable to print the map as it will be awkward to map dowse on the computer screen.

The Mechanics:

There are three common ways to map dowsing. You may want to try them all to see which one you are most comfortable with. When using a pendulum, swing it in your READY position to overcome inertia.

#1 – Reductionist Method (pencil and pendulum required)
In this method you eliminate quadrants of the map.

Divide your map in quarters using a pencil. Gently swing your pendulum in your READY position.
Ask – Is ____ in quadrant “1”? If you get a NO response, continue quadrant by quadrant until you receive a YES response. Note: In this example the searched for object is in quadrant “2”.
Now divide the identified quadrant (quadrant “2” in our example) into quarters with your pencil.
Ask – Is ____ in quadrant “a”? Continue, as above, until you receive a YES answer. Note: In this example the searched for object is in quadrant “d”.
Now divide the identified quadrant (quadrant “d” in our example) into quarters with your pencil.
Continue in this manner of reducing the map’s surface until you can go no further. You will then have located the searched for object.

#2 – Scanner Method (pencil, ruler, and pendulum required)
In this method you scan the map, first along one axis then along the other axis.

Place your ruler at the left-hand side of the map, perpendicular to the X axis. With your pendulum swinging gently in your READY position, ask your pendulum – “Give me a positive response when the ruler is on line with ______.” Slowly move your ruler along the X axis from left to right.
As your pendulum starts to change its swing to a positive response, slow down the movement of the ruler. When the swing of your pendulum has fully changed to a positive response, draw a pencil line through the map along the edge of the ruler (perpendicular to the X axis).
Place your ruler at the bottom of the map, perpendicular to the Y axis. With your pendulum swinging gently in your READY position, ask your pendulum – “Give me a positive response when the ruler is on line with ______.” Slowly move your pencil along the Y axis from bottom to top.
As your pendulum starts to change its swing to a positive response, slow down the movement of the ruler. When the swing of your pendulum has fully changed to a positive response, draw a pencil line through the map along the edge of the ruler (perpendicular to the Y axis). The location of what you are searching for is where the two lines meet.

#3 – L-rod Method (one L-rod required)
In this method you scan the map using one L-rod, first in one corner of the map, then in the other.

Holding just one L-rod at the lower left-hand corner of the map,
ask – “Show me the direction where _____ is located?”
Mark a pencil line across the map in the direction the L-rod points.
Then move the L-rod to the lower right-hand corner of the map,
ask – “Show me the direction where _____ is located?”
Mark a pencil line across the map in the direction the L-rod points. The location of what you are searching for is where the two pencil lines meet.

Diane is a dowser from Oakville, Ontario and is a former Board Member of the Canadian Society of Dowsers.