The practice of using a branched wooden stick (a dowsing rod) to locate underground water or buried minerals is known as dowsing or divining. In some areas of the United States, this practice may be ...

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 ...

In these times, most of the old superstitions have fallen by the wayside, but dowsing’s many believers robustly defend this ancient practice. I am acquainted with scientists and engineers who have ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

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Dowsing, also known as witching, has a history spanning over 500 years. It involves using copper rods or sticks to locate water, minerals, or utility lines underground. In the 1500s, the Catholic ...

For the past decade, Faye Elder has helped to decode the secrets of the Earth. The Arlington resident teaches dowsing, an ancient technique that she says can detect unmarked graves, to groups as well ...