What Is a Dowser?

Dowsing is a type of pseudoscientific divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, malign 'earth vibrations' and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus.

What is the meaning of a dowser?

Definitions of dowser. someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water. synonyms: rhabdomancer, water witch. type of: diviner. someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers.

How does a water dowser work?

In water divining, dowsers use two rods or a single forked stick to detect underground water sources. They believe that when they walk over a water source, the rods will spontaneously cross or the stick will suddenly jerk downward.