Divining. Dowsing. Witching. Switching. These strange words all refer to the same thing, an ancient method of finding ...

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

Last of the water witches? At 33 years young, Scott Hemmer walks Nebraska farmland, waiting on the soft twitch of brass rods held in his hands. “Right here,” he says, pointing to the ground. “About a ...

There are numerous studies that show dowsing is no more effective at discovering water or whatever than pure chance or a guess. Sometimes dowsing is referred to as divining. In the US and elsewhere ...

Amid California’s drought, desperate landowners and managers are turning to those who practice an ancient, disputed method for locating water. By Livia Albeck-Ripka CALISTOGA, Calif. — In a vineyard ...