Dowsing Rods

[Zylfrax791]

Anyone else make a pair of dowsing rods out of some old wire coat hangers and then use them to find underground water lines, buried cables & etc? And if you haven't then just keep an open mind and give it a try because it totally works and the only prerequisite is you just have to believe in it. Last week I did a little demonstration and showed a bunch of co-workers how to do it. Most people's minds are totally blown when the rods start moving and you can't stop them. Don't ask me how it actually works because nobody actually knows but it has absolutely nothing to do with magnetism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TQMxMf6FQ

[Myke]

It's just a matter of putting your stick in something long enough.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I've never believed that dowsing rods really work, but a guy that my dad knows makes a living off using them to find water to make bores, and from what I've heard, he has an incredibly high rate of success.

[Myke]

Not the only stick I can raise with my mind.

[Myke]

I got infinite lewd jokes for this.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Zylfrax791:

. Don't ask me how it actually works because nobody actually knows but it has absolutely nothing to do with magnetism.

It doesn't work, tho.

Rather a lot like ouiji boards and such.

"you have to BELIEEEEEEVE!" means "anything looking like a smudge = ghoooosts!" and "bees can't fly because we don't understand physics OR biology!"

Don't spread misinformation and lies. Dousing rods have literally never worked. Demonstrably false.

[Zylfrax791]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Originally posted by Zylfrax791:

. Don't ask me how it actually works because nobody actually knows but it has absolutely nothing to do with magnetism.

It doesn't work, tho.

Rather a lot like ouiji boards and such.

"you have to BELIEEEEEEVE!" means "anything looking like a smudge = ghoooosts!" and "bees can't fly because we don't understand physics OR biology!"

Don't spread misinformation and lies. Dousing rods have literally never worked. Demonstrably false.

Nope. It most definitely works. Its not misinformation or lies at all. Ask around with your friends and family and I bet theres at least one person that has either heard of it and knows its legitimate or possibly even someone that can show you how. All you need is a couple of old wire coat hangers and some wire cutters/pliers to cut and bend them into an L shape. Feel free to try it around your property where you live. Like I said before you just need to open your mind up and when you pass over underground pipes and such they will move in your hands and theres nothing you can do to stop them.

Bottom line, I've got nothing to gain by telling anyone about it but it is in fact completely real.

[Azza ☠]

It works based upon "ideomotor" movements.

Muscle movements caused by subconscious mental activity, which make anything held in the hands move. You need to be extremely relaxed. Then it looks and feels as if the movements are involuntary. Some people themselves won't even know they are doing it.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

It works based upon "ideomotor" movements.

Muscle movements caused by subconscious mental activity, which make anything held in the hands move. It looks and feels as if the movements are involuntary. Some people themselves won't even know they are doing it.

*all* people who believe in this woo most certainly don't realize they are responsible for the motion.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

It works based upon "ideomotor" movements.

Muscle movements caused by subconscious mental activity, which make anything held in the hands move. It looks and feels as if the movements are involuntary. Some people themselves won't even know they are doing it.

*all* people who believe in this woo most certainly don't realize they are responsible for the motion.

Correct. When you are relaxed and doing it, you don't believe it's your own subconscious taking over. It's the same deal as not noticing you are breathing, but you do it anyways. If you are focused on breathing on the other hand, you notice and have to do it yourself. It's the state of relaxation and suppression, which toggles it across.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_phenomenon

However, if you want to believe in spirits, you could always assume it's a ghost or demon taking over your body for you? You better believe a spirit is controlling your own breathing and heart pumping too? That's kinda freaky, don't scare yourself now. You remembered how to breath right?

[Zylfrax791]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

*all* people who believe in this woo most certainly don't realize they are responsible for the motion.

Correct. When you are relaxed and doing it, you don't believe it's your own subconscious taking over. It's the same deal as not noticing you are breathing, but you do it anyways.

Nonsense. The guy who originally showed me is an old family friend who was a member of one of the original teams of Green Berets in Vietnam that trained the Montagnards. He showed my father who was also just recently back from Vietnam and I exactly how it worked by finding an old water pipe on the property. Since then I've used it numerous times to find water lines on other friends property as well. You can find other things with it but I don't really have the time or energy to do so. Theres only one way to find out, fashion yourself a pair, open your mind and walk around the yard near your place and see what happens. If you don't believe at all nothing will happen however if you open your mind to the possibility it will work for you and you'll see no matter how tightly you grip them they'll still move.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by Zylfrax791:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Correct. When you are relaxed and doing it, you don't believe it's your own subconscious taking over. It's the same deal as not noticing you are breathing, but you do it anyways.

Nonsense. The guy who originally showed me is an old family friend who was a member of one of the original teams of Green Berets in Vietnam that trained the Montagnards. He showed my father who was also just recently back from Vietnam and I exactly how it worked by finding an old water pipe on the property. Since then I've used it numerous times to find water lines on other friends property as well. You can find other things with it but I don't really have the time or energy to do so. Theres only one way to find out, fashion yourself a pair, open your mind and walk around the yard near your place and see what happens. If you don't believe at all nothing will happen however if you open your mind to the possibility it will work for you and you'll see no matter how tightly you grip them they'll still move.

You don't give your subconsisous enough credit, when it comes to figuring out water or cables, etc.

Well have fun then! It's quite an amusing mind game.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

It works based upon "ideomotor" movements.

Muscle movements caused by subconscious mental activity, which make anything held in the hands move. You need to be extremely relaxed. Then it looks and feels as if the movements are involuntary. Some people themselves won't even know they are doing it.

is this the rationale behind ouija board?

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by chiefputsilao✖️ping:

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

It works based upon "ideomotor" movements.

Muscle movements caused by subconscious mental activity, which make anything held in the hands move. You need to be extremely relaxed. Then it looks and feels as if the movements are involuntary. Some people themselves won't even know they are doing it.

is this the rationale behind ouija board?

Same concept, yes.

[abcd]

Technically, attentiveness to ones movements interferes with them on a neurological level.

In order for the nervous system to interpret a signal sent across the nerves, it needs to send or receive an interference signal and interpret the results.

The same is true on a mechanical level. Your muscle groups are all set up in opposing sets of levers and pulleys. Any resistance you feel is the opposite muscle group interfering with the active one.

So it's also possible to oppose real forces in the pursuit of identifying what is real.

[JobeGardener]

It shouldn’t take a stick to know that there is water in the ground.