Water can't hide from Earl Wordell Articles / Tarot, Astrology & Divination Posted by Achriel on Sep 27, 2003 - 02:16 PM By Chelsea Wonacott-Mershon The force is strong with dowser Earl "Sherm" Wordell. Wielding a Y-shaped branch from a sapling, Mr. Wordell keeps a slow pace across the lawn. Suddenly, the branch begins to curl toward the ground, apparently without direction from fingers or wrists. It "pulls" like a snagged fishing line, and Mr. Wordell understands he's above an underground water vein. Over the last 40 years, Mr. Wordell has successfully dowsed for perhaps 500 wells around Little Compton and south Tiverton. Dowsing is the action of a person "” called the dowser "” using a brass rod, wooden stick or other device called a dowsing rod to locate not only underground water, but, in the right hands, all sorts of things, from hidden metal, buried treasure and oil, to lost persons or golf balls. Mr. Wordell specializes in water. The prototype dowser is the field dowser who walks around an area steering with the dowsing rod until, when above water, the rod points downward. Some dowsers use two rods that cross when above water. Since dowsing is not based on any known scientific or empirical laws of nature, it is generally considered a type of divination. The complete article is available at East Bay Newspaper [1] This article is from WiccanWeb.ca   http://www.wiccanweb.ca/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=779 Links in this article   [1] http://www.eastbayri.com/story/278739578340740.php