DEAR BONNIE: Recently, I came across a woman on YouTube using dowsing rods to get a yes-or-no question answered from spirit. Can you tell me how this works and if it’s a good tool to work with or not?

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 ...

Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

Americans are always being told that their view of Britain is wrong. The U.K. is, we hear, not a quaint little island of medieval towns and minor royals but a thriving modern economy and a world ...

Last week, we posted a small selection of snake-oil gadgets. It's resulted in a monster comments thread. One particularly strong contingent was that defending dowsing rods, the final item in the ...

In her new book Opening Heaven’s Door, journalist Patricia Pearson focuses on paranormal experiences dying people have had. But there was this tidbit about how the kind of people you would expect to ...

There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to "witch" for water with a pendulum. The practice relies on the idea that the object will suddenly move when a ...