- LETTER TO ROBIN A Mini-Course in Pendulum Dowsing

by
Walt Woods

YES
Ready for Question

NO

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- LETTER TO ROBIN A Mini-Course in Pendulum Dowsing

by
Walt Woods

RBN 10.4

10th Revision
March 2001
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First Edition 1990, revisions 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 01

MANY THANKS
To my loving wife Joyce for her
infinite patience and excellent
spelling ability. To Angela, Boyd,
Carmen, Cynthia, Jeanne, Joline,
Linda, Nicolas, Robin and Tony
for their editing suggestions. And
to the many dowsers who shared
their wisdom, ideas, experiences
and understanding to help make
this booklet possible.

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Table Of Contents
Robins Questions ........................................................ Page 1
What is Dowsing ................................................................... 1
The Dowsing Tools ................................................................ 1
Learning to Dowse .............................................................. 2
Ten Suggested Steps ......................................................... 2-6
Time and Place ..................................................................... 2
Getting Started - First Six Steps ............................................ 2
Basic Dowsing Chart ............................................................. 3
Half Way ................................................................................ 3
Programing Your Dowsing System. .................................. 4
Definition ........................................................................ 4
Purpose ......................................................................... 4
Three Steps ................................................................... 4
Installing the Primary Program .................................. 4, 5
Adding or Changing Programs .................................. 4, 5
Final Check ................................................................. 4,5
More Advanced Dowsing Chart ..................................... 5
About Your Pre-Programing .................................................. 6
When to Trust Your Dowsing. ............................................ 6
The Dowsing Question. ...................................................... 7
The Question ................................................................. 7
Three Rules ................................................................... 7
Developing the Dowsing Question ................................. 7
The Question Test .......................................................... 8
For Best Dowsing Results. ................................................. 8
Ten Suggested Dos and Donts When Dowsing ................... 9
Diagnosing Caution ............................................................... 9
Some Basic Dowsing Tools ........................................... 10, 11
Some Suggested Programs .......................................... 12, 13
How Does Dowsing Work? ........................................... 14, 15
Overview of Interesting Areas to Dowse ............................. 16
Suggested Steps in Dowsing the Interesting Areas ...... 16, 17
100+ Interesting Areas to Dowse. .................................... 18
Multipurpose Dowsing Chart ............................................... 19
Directions for Multipurpose Dowsing Chart ......................... 20
Suggestions for Using Letter To Robin .......................... 21
Additional Dowsing Charts - Inside and Outside Back Cover

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FOREWORD
WHY:
Robin was having the same problems that many beginning dowsers have,
trouble with accuracy and repeatability. She wisely wrote to the American Society of
Dowsers asking for help. The Society sent her the names of ten Dowsers and I was
privileged to be one of them. Robin sent a letter to each one and received informative
letters from all of us. I had recognized the need for a booklet of this type for some time,
but it was this letter that inspired me to start developing it. In an effort to make the
booklet as clear as possible and with the suggestions from many dowsers, it is now in
its tenth revision with subsequent minor revisions for clarity.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Over a period of ten years, starting in 1980, I had
developed a Multipurpose Dowsing Form and its accompanying booklet. This dowsing system started as one page and eventually grew through twenty-six revisions to
eight pages. The revisions were given away at many dowsing meetings. As a result, I
received information and suggestions from many dowsers. This stimulated new revisions. Eventually, the Multipurpose Dowsing System became so in-depth that beginning dowsers had trouble understanding it. It was then that I realized the need for a
simple, easy to understand, how to learn to dowse booklet. This booklet needed to
include instructions for using the pendulum, programing or establishing parameters
and conditions for your dowsing, and how to ask the dowsing questions. Even though
dowsers successfully use many different devices and many different methods, there
appeared to be an underlying basic system at work. This letter to Robin is based on
my perception of the principles, knowledge and understanding of many dowsers. Please
note that skilled dowsers usually specialize and may add many refinements to their
basic systems.
FOR WHOM: This Mini-Course in Pendulum Dowsing was designed as a learning tool
for beginners. It could be used for a class or for discussion by experienced dowsers for
it contains bits of information that even the most skilled dowsers may appreciate.
HOW TO USE: You can easily familiarize yourself with the whole booklet in twenty to
thirty minutes and this is a good way to start. The beginner should return to page 2 and
take one step at a time. Each step is explained in simple, easy to understand terms.
You will be surprised how quickly you can learn to dowse.
NOTE: A word of warning: See middle of page 6 and all of page 9, particularly #7,
before you try some areas. Go slowly, be careful, work with experienced dowsers
when it involves other people or their money. In time and with practice, you will become an accomplished dowser and be very helpful to yourself and to others.

Letter to Robin Page 1

LETTER TO ROBIN
A Mini-Course in Pendulum Dowsing
I received a thoughtful letter from Robin asking some very interesting questions about dowsing.
The following is a reconstruction of my reply.
Dear Robin,
First, thank you for your letter of inquiry. You have raised some very interesting questions. I will
attempt to answer them as best as I can. You stated that your dowsing wasnt working very well, and
didnt feel you could trust it. You were curious if one dowsing tool was better than another. You asked
if I could give you some ideas on how to improve your dowsing. You also said that you had heard that
the wording of questions, asked while dowsing, is very important. I hope I can be of some help.
Please let me suggest some ideas for your consideration.
What is Dowsing?
Dowsing (Water Witching, Divining, Questing, Doodlebuging...) is the ancient
art of finding water, minerals and other objects that seem to have a natural
magnetic, electromagnetic or other perhaps unknown energy. Energies that
the body seems to detect with its built-in, laboratory demonstrable sensors,
that are no more mysterious than seeing, hearing or feeling, and seem to be
natural to all of us. As it is with music, many persons can develop a degree of
dowsing skill with training and practice.
A certain visual scene may cause a feeling in your stomach and probably
other unnoticed subconscious reactions. It may be that similar types of subtle
unnoticed subconscious reactions, possibly from water or other sources, may
give a subconsciously controlled response by means of the numerous types
of dowsing devices.
The purpose of dowsing clubs is to share experiences, successes or failures and to gather
information about this phenomenon. Its an exciting hobby and draws together people with open and
searching minds. This searching has led to the discovery that we are sensitive to and respond to many
subtle energies. The dowsing device seems to be simply a connection between our sensing system
and our conscious mind. Its a fascinating world we live in.
The Dowsing Tools
A dowsing tool appears to be simply a read-out, interface or
communication device. It seems to be controlled through or by your
subconscious, or something of that nature, although Im sure there are many
other factors involved. My observation has been that most experienced or
professional dowsers use all the basic dowsing tools. These are usually the L
Rod, Y Rod, Pendulum and the Bobber (see drawings and page 10). It depends
on which one is handy, or quickly made by cutting a clothes hanger or hanging
some object on a string. Usually, it is just the most convenient one for the
particular job. Dowsing devices come in all sizes, shapes and materials. It
doesnt seem to matter very much to most experienced dowsers what the

2 Letter to Robin - Getting Started

dowsing tool is made of. Although many dowsers have their favorites
and some even swear by a particular tool that works well for them, it
appears that all the dowsing tools seem to work equally well when used
by experienced dowsers. It is what you get used to, and what feels good
to you, that should determine your choice.
LEARNING TO DOWSE

I would like to suggest that learning to dowse is like learning to play a musical instrument or
learning to type. It requires carefully controlled instructions and practice. As with a musical instrument,
the rewards can be very pleasant and useful.
Ten Suggested Steps
Also, Robin, if you would like, we can do a simple training session, a step-by-step method into
the world of dowsing. Try these Ten Steps to Successful Dowsing. Just follow the instructions
systematically, doing one step at a time. Each step is very easy and doesnt take very long.
Time and Place
As a suggestion, for now and the future, try to find a quiet place, a place where you can be alone
and where you feel comfortable, a spot that would normally be available to you at the same time each
day for a few minutes of practice. This is kind of like making an appointment with your Subconscious
or Spirit Guides. The place might be the kitchen table early in the morning, or sitting up in bed late
at night, or any other time or place. This seems to be very helpful if you are just learning to dowse. If
you are with other dowsers (experienced dowsers seem to share some of their dowsing energies) or you
have developed some skill, it wont be as important to be in your special place at a predetermined time.
Getting Ready
Now read the following six steps all the way through. This is just so you will have an idea of
what you will be doing. You dont need to study them, just become familiar with them. Then come
back and seriously go through them one step at a time. Ready? All set? Here we go:
Step 1. Relax, become quiet and drift into a prayerful mood (alpha state).
Step 2. Take your pendulum (any pendulum will do) and hold the string or chain between your
thumb and first finger. Hold it with about 11/2 to 3 inches string length. The string length will determine
how fast it will swing. Next, hold the pendulum over the center of the chart. (You can use the chart on
the next page.)

Step 3. Now, manually (by moving your hand and fingers) make the pendulum start swinging
towards the YES and ask and expect it to keep swinging on its own without your help. Ask it
out loud, with about the same normal speaking voice and tone as talking to a person. If it stops,
start it over again, ask it to keep going. Watch only the upper or forward half of the pendulums
swing and ignore the other half, from the center towards you. Repeat until the pendulum keeps

Letter to Robin - Getting Started 3

swinging on its own. You will be deliberately starting the pendulum and then asking it to keep swinging
with no additional help from you. You are simply training your system to react in a predetermine way.
Step 4. Do the same thing for the NO. Your fingers are still over the center of the circle and
you are ignoring one half of the swing.
Step 5. Once it is swinging by itself to the NO, ask it, while it is still swinging, to work
its way clockwise back to YES and then continue to the Ready for Question.
Step 6. Next ask it to work its way counter-clockwise from the Ready for Question to YES
and to the NO, and then clockwise back to the YES. Practice Steps 3, 4, 5 and 6 several times.

YES
Ready for Question

NO

Half Way
Above are the basic pendulum controls you will need at this stage. The others will be automatically
programed into your dowsing system in the next steps. If you can do the above steps, you are well on
your way to learning to pendulum dowse, and you are now ready to proceed. Please note that this
procedure can usually be done all by yourself, by simply using these directions, although it is sometimes
very helpful, when getting started, to have an experienced dowser help you. *
If you were not able to accomplish the above in about 15 minutes, try again in about half an hour
or the next day. At this stage it is possible that you might be experiencing some temporary interference.
Dont give up, try again.
Before continuing to steps 7 through 10, you will need some understanding about programing
your dowsing system and its purpose. (See the next page for section on programing.)
* Going to a dowsing club meeting is an excellent way to get started and also to have a great
time. Contact the American Society of Dowsers, P. O. Box 24, Danville, Vermont. 05828 or
phone (802) 684-3417 for locations of meetings and other information.

4 Letter to Robin - Programing Your Dowsing System

PROGRAMING
Definition of a Program:
Webster: A Program is a plan or system under which action may be taken towards a goal.
Establishing agreed upon conditions with your Dowsing System is a form of programing.
ProgramingA Key Step
The purpose of programing is to achieve maximum accuracy. This is done by establishing with
your Dowsing System some mutually acceptable, pre-established, agreements and understandings
about words, phrases, conditions and what is meant by different pendulum or dowsing tool movements.
If you have succeeded in getting your pendulum to move to YES and NO and back and
forth between them, and have practiced a little bit, you are ready to proceed with Programing Your
Dowsing System. But first, read through this and the next page for the overall idea.
Program Installation is very easy, there are just three simple steps.

(A) Obtain Permission: With your pendulum swinging to the Ready for Question (you may use the Dowsing Form on the next page), ask the Dowsing System the
following questions: (It is best to read the question out loud.)
May I, Can I, Should I, ESTABLISH, CHANGE or ADD Dowsing Conditions
and Agreements or Programs which will be continually in effect until
changed by me
If the pendulum swings to YES, go to step (B).
If the pendulum goes to NO, then try again at a later time.

(B) To Input or Establish a Program: With the pendulum still swinging to YES
read any developed PROGRAM, CHANGE or ADDITION, and finish by saying:
End of prearranged conditions and agreements, thank you, or just simply say:
End of program, thank you. (Example programs on pages 5, 12, 13 and 18)

(C) Final Check: Ask the Dowsing System:

Are the Conditions or Changes acceptable as presented, being clear and
non-contradictory, and open to change by my request?
If YES, you are finished.
If NO, use your pendulum to ask questions and try to determine why.

Please NOTE: Once you input programs into the Dowsing System you DO NOT have to repeat
the programing each time you dowse. They are automatically and continually in effect until changed
by you. Now lets continue with the remainder of the 10 Steps.
To Program Your Dowsing System:
Step 7. If (A) above is YES, then with your pendulum swinging to YES, read out loud the
following suggested Primary Program. (Top of next page, starting and stopping at marks) In the
future you may wish to make changes in this and other programs.

Letter to Robin - Primary Programs 5

Primary Program is to be continually in effect until I choose to make changes.

Covering the overall primary controls, limits, agreements and dowsing responses.
The Purpose is to determine amounts, effects, conditions, circumstances, influences, times,
measurements, distances, numbers, percentages and other requested areas.
Communications and Support is to be inter-cooperative and restricted to my Superconscious,
Spirit, Higher Self, My Awareness, Mind Systems, Subconscious and related systems and all other levels
of my Total Being and their approved Spirit Guides/Guardian Angels, helpers and other chosen by me or
any of the above.
Influences such as misleading thoughts, imaging, wishes, or any other conditions or methods by any
source, physical or non-physical of any kind, are not to take control of any of my systems or affect me
adversely or cause incorrect dawsing answers without my permission.
Time as related to dowsing is to be in my perceived time unless otherwise requested.
Answers are to be selected from all available knowledge and information sources.
The Method of Answering by the pendulum or any dowsing systems is to be:
(1) Swinging to (?) or other agreed-on methods or systems, indicates ready for question.
(2) General, swinging or moving to yes, no or other information indicating the most appropriate
answer for the question asked, or other information methods or systems.
(3) Clockwise spin is for hold, indicating waiting, searching or other agreed-on systems.
Temporary Changes may be made by me while dowsing, reverting back after use.
Program Changes like adding, deleting or changing may be made by me, but only by using a three
step system of my choice. (Example p.4) End of Program, thank you.

Go Back to the three step installation program (Page 4) and ADD the following.
May I, Can I, Should I Program is to become a working part of all my Dowsing Programs and
be continually in effect until I choose to make changes. When used in reference to dowsing
questions, the May I, Can I, Should I, is to have the following meaning:
May I is to mean: Do I have appropriate permission to proceed and be involved?
Can I means: Do I have the ability to successfully dowse in this area and am I ready?
Should I means: Considering all aspects related to this situation would it be appropriate, proper
and suitable to dowse in this area? End of program, thank you. (see NOTE P.6 for purpose)
Step 8. Go back to the three step installation program and do (C). If the answer is YES, you
have properly installed these programs. Others are just as easy. If NO, ask inquiring questions.

6 Letter to Robin - Trusting Your Dowsing

About Your Programing

Once you have programed your Dowsing System, you will have instructions and agreements
that are as thorough, detailed, and as carefully thought out, as experienced dowsers. The nice part is
that you dont have to remember all the details in the programs. The subconscious does it for you. All
you have to do is know that the programed information is in the subconscious and it will be
automatically in effect when you dowse. Its similar to using your mind to move your finger. The
subconscious has a program to move the finger. All you have to do is desire, with your mind, for your
finger to move and it does. The subconscious, based on your desire, activated the appropriate program
for the finger to move. With your dowsing device, you asked the dowsing system if it would install
programs relating to your dowsing, and it has. You dont have to know how the finger or dowsing
programs work-just use them.
You are now ready for the last but extremely important Steps 9 and 10.
Step 9. Preferably in your favorite spot, your favorite appointment time, and with your pendulum
working well, you will need to ask some practice questions. Questions that you have no emotional
attachment to. An example would be: What is the effect of my vitamin C level? ( See pg. 18 for a
program). You dont emotionally care if its a little high or low. It is not like a question about your lost
kitten which you may be very anxious and upset about. Try asking for Level of Effects on how it
seems to affect your system. Use the N,M,.S, and VS in the chart on page 5 or 19. If, for example, to
your vitamin C question, it indicates a minus 3 (-M or mildly non-beneficial section), then you might ask
what the effect would be if you took 500 ma. of vitamin C? It would probably go to +3 or +4 (+M or
mildly beneficial section). There are many areas that you might play with. Pick areas that you are not
emotionally concerned with, or for which you have prior knowledge of the answer. The Dowsing
System will automatically answer your question using your previously installed programs (See page
l 8 for over 100 possible questions.) (Caution: Please see #7 page 9 and the bottom of page 18.)

When Can You Trust Your Dowsing

Every day, as suggested in Step 9 above, play with a few questions for 5 to 10 minutes and then
end your session with a final check. To do this, ask your pendulum to work its way clockwise to the
lower side of the circle. Here you will find a number scale that will go from 0 to 100. Ask the
pendulum what percent influence your- personal feelings or free will, had on the answers? (Watch
only the indicating part of the pendulum swing. You are now using the lower half of the circle, the pendulum is
now indicating toward the bottom. See directions p.20) Even though you asked the subconscious, in your
Primary Program (page 5), not to allow you to interfere, there is a deeper stronger program that

prevents the subconscious from interfering with your free will. If you are strong-minded, or
over-anxious, you can override your dowsing programing. Dont be surprised if your pendulum
indicates that you are influencing your answers as much as 20% to 30% This is OK, because each day
when you do the above practice, deliberately trying not to influence the answers, the percent will
become less and less. After a while the percent will go to 0 and you will experience a breakover where
it becomes hard to influence the answers. At this point you may trust your dowsing to a much greater
extent.
Step 10. When you feel more secure and trusting of your Dowsing System, ask the pendulum if
you should re-enter the primary program (page 5). If the answer is YES, do it. If NO. then you are
properly programed and may enter other programs, invent new ones or make changes. You are now
free to advance as you wish, the sky is the limit.
Please NOTE: It is very important that each time you change the basic dowsing subject, you
should ask the Dowsing System May I, Can I, Should I? (i.e. May I, Can I, Should I dowse [indicate
subject]?) (See page 5 for definition of the words). If the answer is YES, proceed, if NO, trust its
judgment. Guidance is what you are wisely seeking. It is permissible to ask why. (See page 9 #4)

Letter to Robin - The Dowsing Question 7

Practice
Have fun and practice a few minutes each day (page 18 has many interesting areas). Its like
playing a musical instrument. If you carefully follow the instructions and practice a little bit each day,
your skill and accuracy can become very good. And dont become discouraged if youre not right all
the time. Even the best dowsers sometimes have interference or a bad day.
Different Instruments
It is good to develop your skills using your favorite dowsing tool. Do this in an area that is of
special interest to you. You will then find it much easier to use the other dowsing tools. Most people
with good dowsing skills have their favorites, but can usually use the Pendulum, Y Rod, L Rod
and Bobber or some variation. (See page10 for a description of these dowsing tools.)

YOUR DOWSING QUESTIONS

The Question
Robin, you are quite right to be concerned about the wording of the question. Let me give you
some examples and suggestions. In The American Society of Dowsers (ASD) Quarterly there was an
example of an experienced dowser/instructor who asked his L Rod to point to north. Instead of pointing
north, it pointed to the audience. This was strange because it had always worked before. He tried
again with the same results. While he was discussing some possible cause with the audience, a hand
went up and a man said, My name is North. The dowsing was 100% correct to the question asked.
I suspect the dowser then changed the question, asking for the rod to point to earths magnetic north,
and then got a correct answer. This demonstrated a very important point about being precise in your
question. Another example might be: Does my car need gas? The answer would be YES, even if the
gas tank is full. The answer is yes on two accounts. You have a gasoline car which can only run on
what we call gas and it uses air which is also a gas. So of course it needs gas. The Dowsing System
seems to take every word in a question by its literal meaning. If your question has a word or words
that have assumed or conflicting meanings, and you and your Dowsing System have not agreed on
their meaning, your answer may be random.
Rule #1: You need to be very specific about what you want to know. This includes what, where,
when and sometimes instructional information relating to the question.
Rule #2: Use only words, phrases and conditions that you and the Dowsing System both agree
upon their meaning, and for which there is an agreed-on method of dowsing response.
Rule #3: Make the question a definite request for information that exists somewhere. Normally
dont ask for an opinion. If your question does involve an opinion of the past, present or the future, it
must be compared to an agreed-upon reference or conditions. (The program on page 18 is an example of
informational instructions, an agreed-upon reference, and other related conditions.)

Let me give you an example. Ill ask you a question: Are you strong? Your answer would be
based on what you think I meant by the word strong, strong physically, mentally, emotionally,
perfume, etc. Now lets apply rules I, 2, and 3 (What, when and a reference to something). Are you strong
enough, right now, to pick up this one-gallon carton of milk? Now, could you give me a correct
answer to that question? One more example and then Ill give you some reassuring comments and
some helpful ideas. If I ask, How many feet from point (A) to point (B) on the floor by the front row
of the audience? The answer might be twelve because there are six persons sitting in that space, each
with two feet.

8 Letter to Robin - Formulating The Dowsing Question

Developing a Question
At this point, you might say, how can I know if I have a good question? Please let me share some
ideas for you to consider.
(1) Formulating the Question: (Q.) When you wish to explore a new area where you have not
successfully established questions, try the following. Ask several different Qs looking for agreement
or conflicting answers. Conflicts clue you that undiscovered information is influencing your answer.
Examples of some misleading Qs: (Look at their literal meaning) Q. Is there water in the [designate the
area]? The answer is YES. (there is water everywhere, in the grass etc.) Q. Is there a water source, less
than 300 feet deep, that could supply 5 GPM (gallons-per-minute)? The answer is Yes. (especially in a
hard rain storm). The next Q. may give you a clue that something is wrong. Q. Could this water source,
allow a well to supply 5 GPM of potable water to the surface, year around? If the answer is NO, you
then know something was wrong with the first Qs. By asking multiple Qs, you can often find problems,
and learn what you will need to develop good comprehensive Qs.
(2) Pre-programing: With your programing you have covered a great many of the possible
misunderstandings that may occur between you and your dowsing system. This is one of the important
reasons you established programs or agreements with your Dowsing System. A good example is in
the program, on the bottom of page 5, which defines the meaning of the May I, Can I, Should I.
(3) Very Important Questions: Another way that seems to work well is, when you have a very
important question, get together with another experienced dowser. If you each ask the question in
your own way and have the same answer, this is reassuring. But if you get different answers you
should both examine your questions, and then proceed from there. Most experienced dowsers agree
that the question is a key factor in accurate dowsing.
The Question Test
Robin, the answer to your concern about using proper questions is simple and straight forward.
Always use questions that have worked well before, and test the new ones. Test them, as suggested in
Formulating the Question above, by asking the question several different ways to see if you repeatedly
get an appropriate answer each time. This makes you carefully think about what the words actually
mean and if you have left out anything in the question or program. We use many assumptions or
idiomatic non-literal expressions in our communicating like: he will get a kick out of this, hang
your head in shame, he has a chip on his shoulder, time will tell, hand out, etc. If, when you
are dowsing, you find an incorrect response, careful examination of the question is more than warranted.
I often ask a question two different ways.
For Best Results
Robin, do not try too hard, do not be too serious. Let it flow naturally. Relax and use your
intuition. Let the information flow through you. You should always dowse with a loving heart and for
the best good for yourself and others.
And Finally
Take only what you wish from what I have offered and gently try to get hints from every dowser
you meet or work with. There is a world of information out there and you will find it a wonderful,
exciting, rewarding adventure.
Happy Dowsing
Walt

TEN SUGGESTED DOs and DONTs WHEN DOWSING

1. Sensing: When sensing for information,

do not attach yourself to it. For example, if you
are watching a movie, you are free to react to it in
many ways. Two examples might be: You could
view it from a feeling standpoint and tune in
with deep, strong emotions and really live the part,
or you could see it as a scientist, objectively
looking for information and taking notes. Both
could get the same basic story, How you approach
the seeking of information is your choice. This is
especially important when working with
unhealthy or noxious energies. The advantage of
using a dowsing device is that you do not need to
try to physically sense or become part of the
energies.
2. To Protect Yourself: To avoid absorbing
undesirable energies, simply program or direct
your mind to have a detached sensing attitude.
When seeking dowsing information, talk to your
pendulum as if it were a person. This will direct
the energies to the pendulum and not to you. This
keeps your mind on the action of the pendulum
and not on the energies.

5. Privacy: If we are tuning into the

subconscious, then we have access to a lot of
information. Never ( except under very special
circunstances) dowse a person without their
personal request. Its like looking at their personal
diary without their permission. Some persons
know how to shield themselves, but most do not.
Always respect personal privacy.
6. Apparent Universal Law: Be aware that
there seems to be a universal law of cause and
effect, or what you plant, you will reap, or Karma,
or what you send out will somehow return to you,
etc.
(1) Always dowse for the best good of others.
(2) Never try to use this gift for evil or selfish gain.
(3) Its OK to dowse for your or others needs.
(4) Always remember its a gift to cherish and give.
7. Diagnosing: Do Not diagnose or give
medical advice of any kind!! Always advise
anyone to seek appropriate medical advice if they
think they have a problem. Caution - See* bottom
of this page.
8. Sharing with Others: Gradually and
discreetly share with those who want to know. But
be unknown to those it might frighten or offend.

3. The Question: The subconscious mind

(or whatever it is) seems to be very literal in its
interpretation of your questions and apparently
makes no assumptions. For example if you ask:
Does my car need gas? The answer is YES (your
car uses air which is a gas) You assumed it knows
you were talking about the amount of gasoline in
the gas tank, but that was not what you asked. I
suspect that many apparent wrong answers really
were correct to the literal interpretation of the
question. Make the question a definite request for
information existing somewhere, and not for an
opinion of the past, present or future. If you do
ask for an opinion, it needs to be compared to an
agreed upon reference. As compared to... An
example of an incomplete question: Do you have
enough money? The answer will be random
because I did not specify what it is for or when. If
instead I asked: Do you have enough money, in
your pocket right now, for a $1 ice cream cone?
You could then give a very definite and accurate
answer. Carefully plan your questions.

9. Open Mind: Always keep your mind

open to new ideas and look for ways to improve.
Be a life-long student, it will bring much
excitement and joy to you and your fiiends. If I
may, please let me interject just a touch of
philosophy: Dont let your personal feelings
interfere with your looking and listening. Just
remember that one of the main reasons you believe
and feel the way you do is because of the time
(epoch, period, era) of your birth, and its geographic
and ethnic location. This is further influenced by
your particular experiences, educational and
religious background. Dont let your beliefs block
examining new ideas. Also, remember that a
persons judgment is no better than their
information.

4. Lifes Lessons and Restricted Areas:

Be very careful not to interfere with anyones
Lessons in Life or possibly their Karma or
other unknown areas, that are best left ALONE
Always ask your Dowsing System May I, Can I.
Should I. If the answer is NO, then tactful
avoidance is advisable.

* Under the U. S. Federal Pure Food, Drug and Cosmetic

Act of 1976, it is a violation of the law to attempt, in any way,
to diagnose or treat any ailment of illness unless you are a
medical doctor or other licensed health-care professional
working under the most stringent State, AMA, and FDA
approved conditions. Use good Judgment, be cautious.

10. Keep it Simple: Try to keep all aspects

of your dowsing as simple as you can. Be sure to
practice and enjoy your dowsing.

10 Dowsing Tools

BASIC DOWSING TOOLS

There are many very successful dowsing systems and methods, with or without tools. But as a
general rule, most dowsers usually use some type of dowsing tool. We will cover the four most
popular types, which are the Pendulum, L Rods, Y Rod, and Bobber. You will also find unlimited
variations in the shapes, sizes, materials and how they are used. This variety does not seem to affect
their workability, other than speed, agility or convenience. Many dowsers have a whole pile of dowsing
tools that they have collected or made. These tools generally fit into one or some combination of the
above. Your choices should be determined by what tools feel and work good for you.
The following is a synopsis of the four basic instruments commonly used for dowsing.
PENDULUM
Shape: Can be anything that you can hang on a string or chain. They
can be any size, even as small as a paper-clip on a thread. The
chain or string is usually about 3 to 4 inches long.
Materials: Anything you can find. Go by your feelings.
How to Use: Hold as shown. The usual response request is for:
swinging straight forward for yes sideways for no and at
an angle for Ready for question. Feel free to instruct (direct,
program) your dowsing system to respond anyway you like.
Advantages: Easy to make. Easy to use. Very popular. Small enough to go in your pocket or
purse. Quick response. Excellent tool for dowsing charts or maps.
Disadvantages: Some problem in the wind or when walking. This problem can be overcome
by requesting (pre-arranging, programing) the pendulum to
spin in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to indicate
the yes or no response.
L RODS (Angle Rod, Swing Rod, Pointing Rod - - - )
Shape:
With or without a sleeve handle. The top
wire can be 4 inches to over 2 feet long. The usual
length is around 12 to 16 inches.
Material: Usually wire. A metal coat hanger is a good source.
Welding rod is also a very popular material. You can use
just about any thing you can bend into the L shape.
How to Use: Hold loosely in your hand with the top wire tilted
slightly downward.
When one L Rod is used alone, it acts as a pointer or a
swing rod. It can be requested to point towards a target or
direction, or to swing sideways when encountering a
specified energy field. (i.e. an aura or noxious zone.)
When using two L Rods, they are normally programed to:

Dowsing Tools 11

point straight forward for the ready position, to cross for the yes response or when
over a target, and to swing outward for the no response.
Advantages: Easy to make. Easy to use, very versatile and popular. Works well when walking
over rough ground. They are generally not affected by mild winds.
Disadvantages: Not as easy to carry or conceal as a pendulum. Although the small 4 - 6 inch
ones can be put in your shirt pocket or purse.
Y ROD
(Forked Stick, Talking Stick - - -)
Shape: Traditionally it is a forked stick looking like the letter Y. They
can be any size, usually around 12 to 24 inches in length.
Material: Can be wood, metal or plastic. Plastic being very common
for many dowsers, probably because of its ease of storage.
How to Use: Hold with pointed end down. Thumbs will be up and
palms towards center. Hold tight and spread Y Rod outward
while rotating your wrist outward. Your thumbs will now be
pointed outward and your palms up. The Y Rod will flip up
into a delicate balance.
Pointing upward at an angle of around 45 degrees is usually used for the ready position.
Swinging down from the ready position to point at a
water vein or target. This may also be used for the
yes response.
Swinging up from the ready position is usually used
for the no response.
Advantages: Acts quickly, can point directly towards a water
vein or target. Works well while walking over rough
ground. Reliable in fairly strong winds.
Disadvantages: Not as versatile as other dowsing tools. It only has an up and down motion.
You wild need to turn your body to find direction.
BOBBER
(Wand, Spring Rod, Divining Rod - - -)
Shape: Any flexible rod, branch or wire. Can he most any length from one foot to over three
feet. They sometimes have a coiled wire and a weighted tip.
Material: Any thing that is flexible.
How to Use: Hold it down at around 45 degrees. You can
program it to simply mimic a pendulum, by bobbing
up and down for yes, sideways for no, 45
degrees for ready for question. Or you may simply
request what you want different bobber responses
to represent. Like swinging back and forth towards
a requested target and to spin when over the target.
Advantages: Can replace a pendulum for field work. Most
dowsers find it easy to use.
Disadvantages: Wont usually fit in your pocket or purse.

12 Some Suggested Programs

Some Suggested Programs

(Or mutually accepted, pre-established agreements
and conditions, between you and your Dowsing System)
The following working programs were especially
designed to fit a dowsing subject and are for you to use as a
starting point. Use them to build from. Feel free to add, subtract
or change in any way you like. Talk to experienced dowsers
for ideas. (See pages 4 and 5 about installing and changing
programs.)

NOTE: Please remember when you are dowsing to

always ask the May I. Can I, Should I question any time the
basic subject changes. (Please see bottom of P.6 for purpose.)

Q-l What [will be or is] the overall effect(s) of this

[substance] on [my] total being? (Or similar wording. You
may specify all or any part of this substance. )

Q-2 What [will be or is] the worst effect of this

[substance] affecting any aspect of [my] total being?
TIP: If it reads on the non-beneficial side, you
might try the suggested experiment under Possible
Corrections on page 17. This is to see if, or how quickly
and how much change there may be. If you dowsed the
energy fields for the substance (food etc.) before and after
your experimental adjustment, you may find that the
dowsing indicates very interesting changes. Have fun.

WATER
Water Program is to become part of and
work with all my dowsing programs or agreements,
and to be continually in effect until I choose to make
changes. The water is to be less than [300] feet
deep, be able to supply to the surface, from a well,
a minimum of [3] gallons per minute, currently year
around, of [primary] potable water which would be
palatable to [me] This is to be with respect to drilling
conditions and legal aspects. End of program.
Some sample questions: (After you ask the May I,
Can I, Should I question.)
Q.1 Is there water available within [designate the
area of interest]? (Note: All factors in the water program
are in effect, this is a YES or NO answer. )
Q.2 Where is the best place to drill a well(s)
[designate the area of interest]?
For map dowsing, use a system to mark all water veins
that fit the program and best locations for well(s).).
For edge-of-property dowsing, the dowsing instrument
will point towards the best location.
For on-sight-dowsing, you can pinpoint the location.

FOOD
Substance Program is to become part of
and work with all my dowsing programs or
agreements, and to be continually in effect until I
choose to make changes. The term substance
is to mean any material, including food, drink,
medications, etc. which I deliberately put in or on
my body. This is with respect to any and all aspects
of [my] total being. The dowsing results are to be in
effects. End of program. (Effects - Normal, Mild, Strong,
etc. -, see dowsing charts p.5, 19 and 20. Also top P.18)
Some sample questions (If it is not appropriate to dowse
in a particular situation you might hold the pendulum under
the table or train your finger to act as a pendulum.)

NOTE: The Moons gravity pulls the Earths crust

upward about two feet as it goes overhead each day. This
creates a very long wave, like an ocean wave many miles
long and wide and around two feet high at its center. The
Sun has a gravity wave that is about twelve inches high
at its center. The interplay of these two tremendous
amounts of energy which varies over 28 days and yearly,
seems to stress the earths crust in many ways. The results
of this stretching and twisting can be detected by dowsing,
and they have demonstrable good and bad effects on
plants, insects and animals. Dowsing and experimentation
have indicated that they may also affect humans.
Noxious Energies: There are many sources and
types of noxious and beneficial energies or influences.
In addition to the water and fracture types shown in the
drawing above, there may be influences from magnetic,
electromagnetic and electric fields, either man-made or
from the earth. Also, there are cosmic energies and many
known, unknown or partly understood types, such as earth
grids and ley line crossings, psychic or spiritual
influences, etc. It seems that these influences may
sometimes affect the body in good or bad ways. It also
appears that anything that can affect the body or the
subconscious can be easily dowsed.

Some Suggested Programs 13

Noxious Energies Program is to become part

of and work with all my dowsing programs or
agreements, and to be continually in effect until I choose
to make changes. The term Noxious Energies
unless other wise requested, is to mean: Any form of
energy, condition, zone or situation that is or could
adversely affect any aspect of [my] total being in a
harmful, disrupting or interfering way, by exceeding
[my] healing or defensive mechanisms. This is not to
include, unless otherwise requested, smoking, alcohol,
drugs, medication, food of drink that I have deliberately
and knowingly put into or on [my] body. It is to include,
but is not limited to the effects from magnetic or
electromagnetic energies from zero to all frequencies;
alpha, beta and gamma energies; the influences from
fractures or faults and underground water; all
man-made, earth or cosmic energies; gases, mind,
psychic and spiritual influences.
The pendulum (or dowsing tool) response:
(1) To the Are There questions based on
the previous [28] days. If the environmental
conditions have not or could not accumulate to
an interfering or damaging level for [me], the
pendulum should go to NO (indicating that [my]
systems are able to heal, handle or repair faster than
any damaging effects. This may be a good repair
systems exercise to avoid disuse atrophy. Also noxious
energies are sometimes only good energies of which
we had an overdose.) If there are noxious energies

that could accumulate to an interfering or damaging

level, the pendulum should go to YES.
(2) To the Effects question, the pendulum
should go to the worst negative level in Effects
on any aspect of [my] total being, covering any
time during the last [28] days.
(3) To the Safe Time question which is to
mean: For the worst time of day during the last
[28] days and for the maximum number of hours
within that day where [my] body could handle this
condition without harmful effects. The pendulum
should go to a positive number from near 0
through 24. End of program.
Some suggested questions: (After May I, Can I,
Should I)

Q-1 Are there noxious energies affecting [me]

within [indicate an area or spoot]? (YES or NO)
Q-2 What is the Effect on [me] of the noxious
energies within [designate, mark or imdicate and area]?
Q-3 What is [my] Safe Time in hours, in the noxious
energies, within [mark or indicate and area or spot]?
NOTE You may temporarily substitute other names, times
or conditions inside the [ ] by simply expressing your wishes to
the Dowsing System while dowsing The change will automatically
change back to the original program after you finish dowsing in
this area. This change back is built into the Primary Program.

MAP DOWSING

Map Dowsing involves using a marking device

of some kind and a dowsing tool to locate water or other
objects on a map (see p. 15 for possibly partial explanation).

Map Dowsing Program is to become part

of and work with all my programs or agreements,
and to be in effect until I choose to make changes.
When using a map or drawing, some type of
dowsing device, and with or without an additional
pointer or straight edge, the dowsing system is
to indicate when the pointer, straight edge or
dowsing device is indicating the present map
represented location of the object, subject or
target specified by the dowser. End of Program.
Methods for Map Dowsing
There are several common methods used for map
dowsing. I will suggest two which seem to be the
basics for many systems.
(1) a. Slide a straight edge across a map or
drawing (after carefully specifying what you are looking
for and asking the May I, Can I, Should I) (see sample in
drawing above) and ask the dowsing device to indicate

when the straight edge is at the target.

b. When dowsing indicates that the straight edge
is at the target, draw or sight a line along the edge.
c. Turn your straight edge 90 and slide it across
the map. Ask the dowsing device to indicate when
the straight edge is at the target. Draw or sight a line
along the edge, and where your first and second lines
cross will be the target.
TIP: It you use a pendulum and chart (the one
on page 3 would work fine) ask the pendulum to swing a
little ways to the left of YES and to move closer to
YES as you move your straight edge (or pencil)
closer to the target (water vein, noxious zone or object, etc.)
YES is on target, and swinging to the right of YES
is past the target.
(2) Ask a pendulum to swing towards a target,
then follow this direction until it spins. Or ask a L
Rod to point towards a target and lock on as you move.
You can use any of the above or invent your own.
With practice all, including your own, will work fine.
Have fun.

14 How Does Dowsing Work

HOW DOES DOWSING WORK?

That is the $64 question, but if you research in
enough areas, there are some very interesting clues.

Water and Electricity

A simple science fair experiment can show that
moving water can cause electricity to flow

The Mind
Lets start with the possible involvement of the
mind, which apparently needs to be busy, its designed
that way. You can, with a lot of practice, learn to quiet
the mind, but for dowsing it is best to keep it busy
because you need to talk and listen. The mind also
needs to feel it understands what is going on. We can
satisfy these two needs, being busy and understanding,
in several ways. First, if we use a dowsing instrument,
the mind is busy watching the tool work. There is
motion, intrigue, expectation and anticipation, all of
which the mind enjoys. Next, if the mind has a
plausible explanation of what is going on, it doesnt
become frustrated and pass this and doubt on to you.
So what we need is at least a partial, rational
explanation of how dowsing works.

Sensory Systems
Information about our sensory systems is found
scattered throughout many scientific and metaphysical
books and articles. Some references are listed on page
15. Back in 1983 in a scientific article, a
neurophysiologist at the V.A. Med. Center, Loma
Linda, CA., indicated that they were observing effects
from electric fields only one millionth as strong as
those formerly considered threshold levels in humans.3
This was news to most scientists, but not to some
dowsers. They know if you passed electricity through
the ground, dowsers could easily pick up the resulting
electromagnetic energies. This experiment has been
done in the past at many dowsing conventions.1

It has been discovered that we have three sensors

that can pick up this electromagnetic information. One
near or in the pituitary and one on each adrenal gland.
Having three points, the subconscious can determine
both distance and direction of an electromagnetic
source. This is probably done in a similar way that the
subconscious uses the two eyes to determine distance,
except it has the advantage of having three points of
reference instead of only two.

Water drops moving down the wire will rake off

enough electrons to flash a small neon bulb which
requires over 68 volts. This is like you sliding across
a plastic seat and experiencing an electric spark when
you touch someone.
Moving water underground seems to cause or
to be associated with electric flow. Any time electricity
flows in any kind of conductor, it creates an
electromagnetic field. This electromagnetic field could
then be picked up by our internal sensors. And like
the eye that can differentiate between forms, shades
and colors, the magnetic sensors, at least according to
dowsing, seem to differentiate between patterns of
electromagnetic energy fields from different sources.
Therefore, the subconscious can easily have
information about the location of moving underground
water.

Moving Information from Subconscious to

the Conscious Mind.
The problem is getting this information from the
subconscious to the conscious mind. This is where the
dowsing devices come in. And here is one way it may
work. You may have heard of muscle testing, a
procedure in which the subconscious can be
programed to cause the involuntary muscles to be
strong for a true statement and weak for a false
statement. It is used by many chiropractors,
psychologists, complementary medical workers, etc.
If you have not had this experience, find someone who
knows how to do it and you will be amazed how well
it works. You can program the subconscious to respond
to any number of request, including dowsing.
Electronic muscle testing instruments attached to
dowsers have shown what appears to be subconscious
controlled involuntary muscle movements which seem
to affect the dowsing instrument.1 There are probably
many other factors involved, but this makes sense and
is a comfortable starting place for the mind.

How Does Dousing Work 15

Stop!! This makes sense for on-site dowsing,

or being close to the water, but what about Map
Dowsing that most modern dowsers do? At this
point your mind will say: There is no logical way
possible you can explain this. In map dowsing, a
dowser can very often accurately and verifiably
locate water and other things (with distance not
being a factor), using only a dowsing device and a
map or drawing. (see page 13)
Well, it turns out that map dowsing has just as
simple an explanation as on-site dowsing. Map
dowsing seems to be related to what is sometimes
called the Backster Effect. 2.5 Backster is a lie
detector specialist and what he did was to attach a
galvanic skin response device to the top leaf of a
plant. This device measures the electrical resistance
of the skin. He then watered the plant, fully
expecting to measure how long it would take for
the water to reach the leaf and change its resistance.
Instead the lie detector immediately indicated what
would be a happy effect in humans. This puzzled
him so he decided to traumatize the plant by burning
a leaf. The plant showed a fear response on the lie
detector as soon as he had this thought. Backsters
experiments have been duplicated 2.5 thousands of
times by many persons using many variations and
have been well publicized on TV and in many books.

scious with your dowsing device, you can tap into a

lot of information. The apparent reason your conscious
mind does not have this type of access to the
subconscious is the danger of a continuously flowing
overload. Just think what billions of bits of continuous
inflowing information from your subconscious would
do to your concentration. The dowsing instrument
allows you to tap the subconscious selectively and
obtain useful information. I know that there is much
more to dowsing than this, but it is a good start.
Have fun exploring new ideas.
REFERENCES
1

Bird, The Divining Hand. Whitford Press, 1993

This newly revised book is an excellent text
about dowsing and its history. It is not a howto-dowse book. It is now available from the
ASD book store.

Tompkins and Bird, Secret Life of Plants, Avon,

1974 Very informative book covering many
aspects of the Backster Effect and much more.
Available from the ASD book store.

Electronic Pollution, Popular Science, Dec. 1983

More Experiments in Electroculture Popular

Electronics, June 1971
Simple device that can be easily and simply
made. with directions for its use. (Low level
electronic assembly skills required.) There is also
an overall discussion of the Backster Effect.

Stone, The Secret Life of Your Cells. Whitford Press,

1989
Explores the research of Cleve Backster.
***

Experiments have shown that some type of

energy that we might call superconscious for lack
of a better word seems to have been flowing
between Backsters mind and the plant. It turns out
that this superconscious seems to flow between
and within all persons, animals, plants and most
everything, including our subconscious, which
somehow taps into this information. Have you ever
felt ill at ease or apprehensive for no apparent
reason? Does a mother somehow know if something
is happening to her child?
Now, if your subconscious has access to this
superconscious and you have access to the Subcon-

For location of dowsing club meetings and

other information contact:
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS
P. O. Box 24
Danville, Vermont 05828
(802) 684-3417
A.S.D. Book Store
99 Railroad St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 748-8565
1-(800) 711-9497

16 Overview abd Instructions for Interesting Areas

OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS

for
Over 100 INTERESTING AREAS
to EXPLORE on Yourself
(See page 18)
If our dowsing system is tapping into our
subconscious, higher self, superconscious, etc., then it
may be possible that we have access to information about
ourselves that is not available through what might be
referred to as normal means. The section Over 100
Interesting Areas to Explore on Yourself has many
examples of this type of information. It is also divided
into the following three separate areas for ease of use.

(1)
Conditions Program
The first area to look at is the programing of
your Dowsing System. This informs the Dowsing
System of what you are interested in, what parameters
to use and how to answer your questions. You should
already have installed the Primary Program (page 5)
for this Conditions Program to build on. The two
programs give the Dowsing System very thorough and
mutually agreed-on conditions for exploring these
interesting areas. You can always add, delete or change
any part of any program to satisfy your needs by
following the three simple steps found on page 4. If
you do make changes, it is a good idea to write them
down so you will know what is in your programed
dowsing instructions.

Step-by-Step Installation Instructions

Conditions Program
A. Read the First Installation Step (A) on page
4. If the answer is YES, you can then proceed to the
Second installation Step (B) by reading from the
beginning of Conditions Program (page 18 just below
the questions) to the bottom of the page where it says
End of Program.
B. Next, go back to Installation Step (A) on page
4. and get permission to add the two questions Q- I
and Q-2 (top of page 18). Then read the questions.
Followed by the statement: Or other similar wording
like: [Overall Average Condition] for Q- I, or [Most
Harmful Condition] or [Worst Condition] for Q-2. This
substitute wording is to automatically represent the
entire question. End of Program. This will act as a
Questions Program or mutual agreement for the

questions used in: Over 100 Interesting Areas to

Explore on Yourself.

C. The last step is to go back to page 4 and read

the Third Program Installation Step (C). If the answer
is YES, you will be finished programing page 18.
NOTE: You now have programs or mutual
agreements and conditions to work from. Once they
are in your subconscious or Dowsing System you do
not have to repeat the instructions. By using this
method, they will automatically be in effect each time
you dowse, almost like a post-hypnotic suggestion.

(2)
The Questions
Once you have a mutual agreement with your
Dowsing System, on the parameters you wish to work
with, you can take a closer look at the question. The
two questions are intended to be progressive in nature.
The first question Q-1 is for a general overall
impression of your total being, an averaging of
everything. And in accordance with the entire
Conditions Program, [you] would be compared to a
person of average health, [your] age and peer group.
This average person would show on the dowsing circle
(page 19) as balanced with a straight up-and-down
swinging of the pendulum. Hopefully your reading
will be more positive by comparison.
The second question Q-2 is designed to zero
in on specific areas, as related to all aspects of your
total being.

(3)
Interesting Areas To Explore
The main body of page 18 covers the suggested
situations or conditions that may in some way
influence our personal systems. It is divided roughly
into four subdivisions. This is so you (with guidance
from your dowsing system) can go to the area of most
influence. The subdivisions are as follows:
1. Energies or substances
2. Mind or spiritual influences
3. Chemical or biological areas
4. Covers what may have been missed in other
areas, or is in an area where you or I may not have an
adequate knowledge or language.

Step-by-Step Dowsing Instructions

Interesting Areas to Explore
A. With your pendulum swinging to Ready for
Question, ask the May I, Can I, Should I, dowse the
Over 100 Interesting Areas on [myself]?

Negative Responses 17

1. If the answer is YES, proceed to step B.

2. If NO, trust its judgment. You may ask why.
B. With your pendulum swinging to Ready for
Question Ask Q-1 by either reading the entire question,
or just saying What is [my] overall condition? or
Overall condition or similar wording. (When you
installed Conditions Program, on page 16, you built in this
wording flexibility.) The pendulum is programed to move

from Ready for Question to a beneficial or nonbeneficial position, reading in effects on the upper half
of the dowsing circle. (p. 19) This will be comparing [you]
to the average person in average health and of [your] age
and peer group. Hopefully your dowsing will indicate a
better or more positive reading than the vertical pendulum
swing to Bal. for the average person.
C. Now return the pendulum to Ready for
Question Ask Q-2 either in its entirety or What is [my]
worst condition or Worst condition or similar words.
1. The pendulum is programed to move to the
effects of the worst condition involving any aspect of
[your] total being.
2. If the pendulum goes to the positive side, there
is probably no further action necessary.
3. If the pendulum goes to the non-beneficial,
or less than average side, you will then have many
options, some of which are below and on the right
hand side of this page.
a. Start down the conditions on page 18 and keep
track of the level of each area. Read only the bold
words, your subconscious is aware of everything you
read into it while you were programing page 18. It only
needs a clue as to what area you are interested in.
b. Or to save time, ask the Dowsing System to
indicate which section the worst condition may be in,
by using + numbers 1 through 4. Then search this
section for the condition. Repeat steps in b looking
for the next worst condition. If you dont find one you
are done.

Example
a. Q-1 Overall condition? Example answer = +6
b. Q-2 My worst condition? Example answer =-4
c. What section should I go to? Answer is # I
d. Start down this section, one line at a time, asking
for the effects, until you find the negative condition.
Example: Meridians? Answer = +7
Aura? Answer = -4
When you have a negative answer, go to step e.
e. What is my next worst condition? If the answer
is (+) you are finished looking for the negative areas.
If the answer is (-) then go back to step c, and determine
which section to look in for the next negative area.
Repeat e. and c. until you find all the negative areas.

What to Do If
You Find a Negative Response
Remember, this whole thesis is only ideas and
suggestions for you to look at and evaluate. Take only what
is useful to you. Many other systems work just as well.

Possible Corrections
This procedure can be very interesting to experiment
with. Ask the Dowsing System if it can and will do anything
about this situation. If the answer is YES, then ask for the
pendulum to be returned to swinging on the negative reading,
to please make appropriate corrections. and to indicate its
progress with the pendulum. Watch the pendulums swinging.
It may move from the negative position to the balanced or
possibly to the positive side. Use the swinging pendulum as
a meter to indicate what is happening. Do not ask questions
or interrupt while it is working. Changes may sometimes be
very quick and for differing amounts. Never underestimate
the power of the subconscious, mind or other forces involved.
(Remember, this is only experimental and only on yourself. It is not
meant to substitute for appropriate medical advice; see p. 9, # 7.)

Examples
If you are having a negative response for the Aura,
(like example on left), try the above corrections.

Experiment to see what your dowsing reads after you

finish. If Noxious Energies are indicated, first try adding
the following to the Noxious Energies Program (p. 13).
Corrections are by affecting the noxious energies in such
a way that they will no longer have a negative effect on
[me, my plants, animals and equipment]. This is to be
for the entire [indicate the area you wish cleared] and for
[the life of the building, or as long as I am involved, or
any other appropriate request], and not to cause additional
harm or interference to other persons, plants, animals or
mother Earth. This entire statement may be activated by
words like: Please correct [indicate where, for whom,
how long] End of Program. Then after corrections,
recheck with your pendulum or in the field to see what
has happened. Dowsing has indicated excellent results
with this system with rare returns. Many other systems
work just as well, use what works best for you.
Unusual Encounters. Some day your dowsing
may indicate the presence of undesirable negative
influences, by entities or other forces, that we may or
may not understand. These conditions may be local or
from a distance. May be interfering or trying to take
control. (The word entity or forces has a very broad meaning.)
Possible Solution: Ask the Dowsing System if it
will ask the medics? in the entitys world to please
come and pick it or them up, give appropriate medical
care, or take other appropriate action. Watch pendulum
for progress. You now have an idea of what to do.

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OVER 100 - INTERESTING AREAS to EXPLORE - ON YOURSELF

DIRECTIONS: With your pendulum reading in Effects (Normal, Mild, Strong, ...), use the two questions on
any or all areas below. (If not already programed, see pages 4 and 16 about instructions.)
Two suggested questions after you ask: May I, Can I, Should I dowse Interesting areas on [myself].
Q-1. What is the level in Effects for [my] Overall Average Condition?
Q-2. What is the level in Effects for [my] Most Harmful Conditions anywhere within [my] total being?
Conditions Program is to become part of and work with all my dowsing programs, and to be continually in
effect until I choose to make changes. The response is to be for the Level of Effects or Yes or No on
conditions, circumstances, situations, influences, and all other areas, as compared to the average person, in
average health, of [my] age and peer group. These Effects may be singular or in combinations, continuous or
intermittent, for levels or amounts from subtle through very strong. They may be anywhere within [my] total
being covering the time period [starting with my now and including the previous 24 hours]. The response is to
consider other influences or conditions, which may not be listed, for each area.
1. a
______ MERIDIANS: Acupuncture points and related energy fields.
b
______
AURA: Centering, Energy levels, Leaks, Weakened areas, Holes, Faults.
c
______
COLOR BALANCE: Chakras, Auras, Energy fields, Infrared, Red, Org. Yel, Gr, Bl, V, UV.
d
______
ENERGIES: Love, Vital forces, Life energies, Prana, Chi, Yin/Yang, Emotional, Karma, Earth.
e
______
NOXIOUS ENERGIES: In the Home, Work place, Other living quarters.
f
______
VITAMINS: C, Bs, Pantothenic Acid, etc.
g
______ MINERALS: Calcium and other allied minerals, etc.
f
______
BODY BALANCE: Oxygen, Salts, Fluids, Sugars, Nutrition, Energies, Sleep, Rest.
2. a
______
b
______
c
______
d
______
e
______
f
______
g
______
h
______
i
______
j
______

MIND: Energies, Force, Function, Controllability, Stress, Stability, Communications.

EMOTIONAL: Level, Hormone influence, Environment, Substance effect (food, medications, etc.)
ATTITUDE, IMAGES: About Health, Life, People, Society, World, Self, Success, Failure.
PATTERNS: Mind sets, Habits, Traits, Culture, Genetic, Ancestral influence, Past Lives.
NERVOUS SYSTEM: Energies, Stress, Defects, Genetic.
CLASHING: Personalities, Vibrations, Oppression, Environment.
SAPPING: Of your Energies by any Method, System, Person, Force or Entity.
PAST LIVES: Reincarnation, Residual effects, Entanglements, Attachments, Karma.
SPIRITUAL ENTITIES: Possessing, Interfering, Aura, Vicinity, Often, Occasionally.
OTHER INFLUENCES: Internal, External, Psychic, Mind, Familiars, Attachments, Entanglements,
Sub-Physical Astral, Spiritual, Entities, Karma, Environment.
k
______
SHIELDING: Physical, Mental, Psychic, Astral, Spiritual, Aura and other types of shielding intended
to protect us from undesirable influences, energies, forces, etc. and to allow for beneficial input.

3. a
______
b
______
c
______
d
______
e
______
f
______
g
______

IONS and ELECTROLYTES: Internal, External.

AMINO ACIDS: Balance, Levels.
ACID/ALKALI: Balance, Levels.
TOXINS: Internal, External.
INFECTIONS: All types, Physical, Astral, Spiritual, Psychic, Mind and others. (fungi, yeast, bacteria, etc.)
ALLERGIES: From any cause or reason, Animal, Plant, Chemical, Mind, Psychic, etc.
SYSTEMS: Immune, Defense, Healing, Rebuilding, Hormone, Enzyme, Co-enzyme, Food
processing, Nutritional and Essence conversion, Internal communication systems, and Others.
h
______
ORGANS: Heart, Liver, Spleen, Pancreas, Bowel, Stomach, Lungs, Eyes, Hearing, Skin, Others.
i
______
PAIN: Physical, Mental, Psychic, Spiritual, Astral, Warning.
j
______
PRESSURES: Blood, Mechanical, Growths, Nerves.

4. a
______ OTHERS: Areas known or unknown to me which are outside my vocabulary.
Other names or times may be substituted inside the [ ] by simple request. End of Program.
CAUTION: See page 9, #7.
NOTE: For possible changes using the Dowsing System, try asking the system what it can or will do.
VERY IMPORTANT: This information is Intuitive or Dowsing impressions NOT scientific data.
Walt Woods

PENDULUM DOWSING
Multipurpose Form

Non-beneficial
or Negative Side

19

Beneficial or
Positve Side

Simple
Full
Yes
Ready
for
Question

Levels of
Yes & No

Increasingly
Forcefull Yes

Very Strongly
Emphazised
+10 Yes

Full No

Red
Flag

outside your
vocabulary
interference

Incomplete
Question

Information
Not Available

Other
Information
Available

Form 331

Change to
Different Subject

Designed by: Wat Woods

Drawn by: Clayton Smith

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PENDULUM DOWSING - MULTIPURPOSE FORM

PURPOSE: By combining many forms into one easy-to-use form, it becomes possible for you to ask a
wide variety of different types of questions using only one form or dowsing chart.
Beneficial or
Positive Side
Starting at 0 and
Ready
increasing to 10.
for
Question Examples of areas
this side might
be used for:
Positive
Improved
Increase
Surplus
Excess
Above
etc.

Non-Beneficial
or Negative Side
Starting at 0
and increasing to 10.
Examples of areas
this side might
be used for:
Negative
Deficiency
Less than
Decrease
Below
Loss
etc.

Space for
Write-ins
Red Flag
(see bottom
Of this page)

outside your
vocabulary
interference

Incomplete Question
Need more data for
good answer.

Information
Not Available
at this time

Other Information Available

Ask more Questions on this Subject.

Change to Different Subject. Ask

May I, Can I, Should I?

Numbers can be used for Amounts, Distance, %, etc.

DIRECTIONS: Hold your pendulum over the center of the circle and start it swinging toward the
Ready for Question The swing from the center of the circle to the Ready for Question is the
indicating or pointing portion of the pendulum swing. (Ignore the part of the swing from the center of the
circle moving away from the Ready for Question.) After you ask your question, focus your attention or
awareness on the Numbers, Letters or Words most appropriate for your question. In answering your
question, the pendulums swinging motion will move from the Ready for Question to the area where
you focused your attention. This may be either on the top or the bottom of the circle. (Note that your
subconscious or Dowsing System knows where your attention is focused. It also works very well to give verbal
or mental instructions to your Dowsing System.)

The little circles on the bottom half or the large circle allow the Dowsing System to talk to you by
giving instructions or alerting you when appropriate. An example is the
Red Flag which
R
means: take heed, be careful, caution, recheck, tread lightly, danger, etc.
Remember to ask the May I, Can I, Should I each time the basic subject changes (see p. 5).
Form 331

By Walt Woods

PENDULUM DOWSING
Multipurpose Form

Non-beneficial
or Negative Side

Beneficial or
Positve Side

Simple
Full
Yes
Ready
for
Question

Levels of
Yes & No

Increasingly
Forcefull Yes

Very Strongly
Emphazised
+10 Yes

Full No

Red
Flag

outside your
vocabulary
interference

Incomplete
Question

Information
Not Available

Other
Information
Available

Change to
Different Subject

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Suggestions for Using Letter To Robin

1. Glance through the entire booklet just to get a feeling for what it includes.
2. Next; train your subconscious to move the pendulum in the same way you original trained the
subconscious to write your name. Do this by deliberately making your fingers swing the pendulum to the
Yes until it can do this motion by itself. While telling your subconscious this represents a Yes answer.
This can become just as automatically subconsciously controlled as making the letters in your name. See
p.2 and 3.
3. Once your subconscious is trained (programed) to move the pendulum to Yes, No and Ready for
Question it is time to instruct (program) your subconscious on how, what and when to respond. The
subconscious does not know what you want until you tell it. In the same sense that originally your
subconscious did not know how you wanted it to write your name until you programed it. One way to
inform your subconscious what you want is to install the Primary Program and the May 1, Can I,
Should I Program found on p.5. Use the three step instructions found on p.4. It helps if you read the
programs out loud with your pendulum swinging to Yes and positioned a little ways to the side, but still
where you can see it.
4. Directions for using the circle chart on p.l9 may be found on the lower half of p.20. You will find this
multipurpose circle chart very easy to use once you study the instructions.
5. Now you are ready to use your dowsing for information. To do this you should pick an area of interest
and install its program. Many people seem to be attracted to p. 18 so we will start there. To install this
program start by reading at the beginning of Conditions Program and continue to the bottom of the page
where it says End of Program Your Dowsing System must have agreed to accept the program by going to
Yes and staying on yes while you read in the program.
Note: Your Dowsing System will be using a reference or comparison person of your age and peer group.
This comparison person will be indicated by the pendulum swinging vertically to the Bar (balanced).
When you ask about yourself you would like the pendulum to indicate a +10 on the beneficial side. This
would indicate that you are much better than the average reference person.
6. To use p.18 and 19 you start by having your pendulum start swinging to the Ready for question. Next
ask the first question near the top of p. 18. Q-1 then Q-2. If your pendulum swings to the negative side
you might want to take notice. This would suggest that you have an area which is not as good as the
reference person.
7. If you do get a negative reading you might wish to look at p.17. On the upper right corner is a reference
to What to Do if You Find a Negative Response. This area will give you some suggestions on how to ask
your subconscious to possibly adjust these negative energies
8. If you wish to know what the negative reading is referring to, simply go down the areas on p.18 asking
for the level of each one. To do it quicker you might ask the system to indicate which section number, 1
through 4 to look at, this will narrow your search.
9. To learn more about when you can trust your dowsing, go to the middle of p.6.
10. Other programs throughout Letter to Robin are fun to work with and are approached in the same
way. They all work well with the multipurpose circle chart on p.l9.
Have fun Dowsing. Please note the comments and caution at the bottom of p.18. Thanks, Walt