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  • Dowsing is the practice of finding water or minerals by holding a forked stick in a way that allows the stick to swing up or down when walking over an area where the materials, such as water, are believed to be.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • Unlike other poems I have written, which are flights of imagination, this like "Dowsing" is a real event recounted in poetic language; an inversion of reality and imagination.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

  • Unlike other poems I have written, which are flights of imagination, this like "Dowsing" is a real event recounted in poetic language; an inversion of reality and imagination.

    Solstice Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

  • [17] The words "Pray for the soul," or "May whose soul God pardon," were sufficient excuse for fanatics such as Dowsing to destroy or deface the beautiful brasses in various parts of the kingdom.

    A Short Account of King's College Chapel Walter Poole Littlechild

  • Dowsing: No scientific studies have ever verified this procedure is more than just chance.

    Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010

  • Dowsing for the bones was no longer a selfish notion, but a duty laid upon me.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Dowsing prisoners repeatedly with water, and forced nudity in front of both male and female interrogators, especially if that's taboo in the prisoner's culture.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2009 2009

  • Dowsing for the bones was no longer a selfish notion, but a duty laid upon me.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Dowsing for the bones was no longer a selfish notion, but a duty laid upon me.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Dowsing them is a time-consuming but important responsibility, and scientists are finally being jolted out of their complacency.

    Richard Dawkins: Why There Almost Certainly Is No God 2008

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