Selected NOTES on DOWSING

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by Ben G. Hester Chapter IV

For Christians Only:

[Editing of this chapter and commentary within {{ }} by Byron LeBeau]

We do not recognize the Universal Mind theory or reincarnation as worthy of consideration simply because they are anti-biblical and anti-Christian. Also, we do not accept, in spite of the attempts of some Christians, that the idea of evolution is compatible with the story of creation. All of these points are of prime importance in a consideration of dowsing.

If there are any other inhabited worlds, and there is no denying that possibility, there is no biblical evidence that any other planet has experienced the disobedience to God's universal law as we did. In other words, there is no biblical hint that other worlds, if there are such, are 'sinful' as we are. Since we were created full fledged, highly intelligent beings, and disobedience was not necessary to fulfill our holy destiny, and since we have obviously deteriorated since we disobeyed, we seem to be unique in the universe. To speculate that other worlds were created any less than perfect carries the exercise too far. Therefore if there are other worlds, and if the inhabitants could visit us, they could not lie to us or harm us, both of which are elements of dowsing and the UFO phenomenon (which continually 'crops up' in the dowsing picture).

{{AN EXAMPLE OF TYPE AUTHOR ENCOUNTERED:}} Many dowsers are convinced that the power source is an entity, in fact a spirit of a dead person. One such case, of which we have personal knowledge, is that of a dowser-teacher who held a dowsing seminar in an adjoining city. He allowed us to tape record his classes, and we have those tapes. He stated flatly that several well known historical figures were his "spirit guides." This man was a sincere, humble and able dowser. He expressed his surprise to the class that he should have been singled out for the attention of these spirits. One of those he told about was the spirit of the prophet Moses. With all due respect for this man's honesty and sincerity, the picture of the spirit of such a great figure as Moses placing itself at the beck and call of a stick waving dowser, much as if it were a genie to be brought out of a bottle at will is, to say the least, preposterous. To add to the insult by using this spirit to make a woman ill because she inconvenienced him, and to boast with a chuckle that he could use this same means to make a man in Chicago "sick as a dog" from his photograph, is so out of character as to be impossible. Yet this man is a highly intelligent person with his emotions under normal control. This was positive reality to him. The rather obvious explanation of this is that this man has been misled by some power source that lied to him convincingly. This instance is not rare—it is commonplace in the occult scene. Who are they? What are they trying to do?

The Bible gives a most positive answer to this. The references may easily be found in both Testaments. They are described, and the inference is clear that they have been a commonplace occurrence in the life of mankind since Adam disobeyed. They are positively identified. There is clear warning that the spirits must be tested to prove their origin before having anything to do with them. The manner of testing them is made plain. The deceiving spirits are identified as evil angels—those who chose to be on the side of Lucifer who became Satan, and whose one and only intention is to deceive mankind and to lead away from the one true God. These deceiving spirit entities, benevolent, seemingly honest, sincere and wise, historically and presently lead mankind away from God by being truthful just enough to establish acceptance, and then the completely destroying lie is slipped in as innocently as if it were a continuation of the preceding truths. These lies are anti-God, every one of them. {{Of course, these "deceiving spirits" would include the demons which, according to the 'Ethiopian Book of Enoch' (chapter 15) are the disembodied spirits of the "GIANTS" who in turn were the fruit of the union between the Fallen Angels & the daughters of men as per that recorded in GENESIS 6 of the HOLY BIBLE.}} ~~ and According to the Bible, they (the Fallen Angels whose bitter fruit were the demons or "familiar spirits") were created as a higher classification of beings than man. Since their rebellion they have used this higher condition (which all of us know well) to defraud us. They fit every known need in an understanding of the occult. We submit that dowsing is an occult act, and has been known as such from ancient times....

The fact that dowsing has an undeniable physical element does not detract from an understanding of its occult aspects. There need not be any confusion over this. It is simply a fact that the physical element of the occult is not truly the physics of our planet, which it can and does over-ride. It is also a fact that the physical part of the occult is not even consistent. It seems to be used at the whim of the particular spirit or spirits confronting us at that time. It cannot be denied that there is gamma radiation from within the earth, and that there is an incredibly weak radiation from living cells, and that some inanimate objects radiate energies. However, the picture that emerges from a close examination of dowsing reveals a twisting of facts and an adding to our physical phenomena. Sometimes there is evidence of the abrogation of our laws of physics. Again, it is the old trick of using our reality or truths just enough to bait our curiosity, and we are like moths to a flame. We cannot leave it alone. We submit that all of the occult elements of the parapsychological phenomenon are a part of a gigantic hoax to lead man away from God. They are contradictory, undependable, and will not repeat in a scientific manner. The parapsychologist plays with them, or he demands that we restructure our physical laws to include things of the "etheric." This is also the method of the dowsing world. It has been in their literature since the turn of the century. We believe that our presentation has made this plain....

{{EXAMPLE OF THE "SLIPPERY SLOPE" - or as I term: 'THE SET-UP for the BIG CON':}} ...the Christian dowser simply justifies his actions by the acts of someone else. "But Pastor X is a dowser, and he is certainly a holy man! Don't tell me it is Satanic!" We wonder if this holy man committed adultery, and it has happened, would it justify the act? Some consider it to be of so little significance in the light of what greater awful things are being done, that surely nothing will come of it. However this is entirely different from the ordinary committed mistake or sin. In this case the dowser is deliberately putting his hand in the hand of Satan for services rendered. Experience will show them as it has for many before, that just one such contact is all that is necessary for being introduced to the next step or temptation. We are not theorizing. We are dealing in hard facts....

The Trickery of Satan

{{AUTHOR FERVANTLY BELIEVES THAT THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS:}}

An example:

A perfect case in point is the news story about a Christian dowser who, with the financial help of his church brethren, went to the refugee camps in Cambodia early in 1980 to find water wells for the desperately thirsty refugees. There was supposed to be no underground potable water in that area. Wells had been dug to no avail. He dowsed well after well of good water. The photograph in the press of children gathered around a stream of water coming out of a hand pump, and the expression on their faces was answer enough to the question of the dowser's success.

In Grants Pass, Oregon, Paul Macomber, a staff writer for the Grants Pass Daily Courier, wrote up the story and was shocked at the letters he received from Christians who condemned the dowser for his act of sorcery to do a good deed. In the May 30 issue of the Courier, Macomber answered these charges. He retold the story and remarked on the dowsing debate that is old and will probably continue "for generations to come." He admitted to being a skeptic, but he also found it difficult to credit the Devil with success and goodness. He stated that faith has much to do with the acceptance of things not having "conventional scientific explanations" and he felt it is easy to give God the credit for those things of which we approve, and blame the Devil for the things with which we do not agree. He agreed that life would be simpler if God would supply annotations to the Bible every year or so to update it and clarify which things were "heaven-sent and which are the work of the devil." Meanwhile, he said, our guideline is to know people "by their fruits." He ended with the question of who is really to blame, the man who did the truly altruistic deed, or the people sitting in their easy chairs finding evil in things they do not understand, and passing judgment on people they do not even know.

He wrote us that his column was not aimed only at the critics of witching. He just did not believe, he said that "either God or civilization is served by hollering 'evil' and pointing fingers." He only hoped for a more thoughtful dialogue. He said that on the bottom line he wondered whether it made any difference how the refugees were helped; by prayer, committed volunteers, financial aid, or democratic process, as long as God gets the glory.

We are certain, even from our limited contact with Paul Macomber, that he is an honest man and a good reporter. His editorial reply to the critical Christians seemed to be aimed at their "holier than thou" attitude, yet the overall thought of his comments summed up by, ". . . I really wonder how much difference it makes . . . as long as God gets the glory instead of a black eye on behalf of his believers," epitomizes this problem that has always haunted Christians. The Jesuits put it more succinctly in their motto, "The End Justifies the Means." Carried to its extremes it has been a blot on the face of Christianity, yet in its less violent aspects it still poses a question of ethics a Christian must face. There is, perhaps, no way that criticism of this dowser could be made without the critic being labeled an unfeeling, self-righteous, carping skunk, yet does the Christian have the right to use a pagan act of divination to do good? {{HERE, FOR SURE, AS ST. PAUL ATTESTS TO IN ONE OF HIS EPISTLES, THE END CERTAINLY DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS!}} The Bible says no! and for a very good reason. It offers another means to the same end, and peculiarly Christian. It is what is called 'prayer.' The idea of finding a water well by prayer would be laughable to most Christians today because it is just not done that way and it could not be done so if one wanted to. Oh yes it is being done so. The history of this way of doing the impossible goes back to the earliest Christians who were solving their problems in the name of Jesus Christ. Our dilemma today is that we have slipped so far from those days of real faith we do exactly as accused by Paul Macomber. We sit in our easy chairs, say it can't be done, and find fault with the doers. What an unbelievable witness for Christianity finding those wells in Cambodia by prayer would have been!

{{PRAYER vs. THE DOWSING ROD - SOMETHING TO PONDER:}} An anecdote is about a couple in France, Luc and Patricia Fouchard who live near La Chapelle in southern France; this area is the typically hot, dry country where irrigation is a necessity. The Fouchards have a small, self-supporting rehabilitation center for youth there, and an important part of their program is the youth participation in an extensive organic farming project. So water in adequate quantities is a prime necessity. The water supply, as it was several years ago, diminished during the hot summer so that one field after another had to be abandoned, and finally there was not enough for bathing or flushing the toilets. With forty to sixty people at the center, this became an impossible situation. Something had to be done. The four drilled wells that had been put down in the past were failures. Finally some Christian friends in the U.S. raised enough money to drill once more. Consultation with geologists and local people who knew the area, elicited the discouraging information that water there could probably not be found at any depth. Everyone involved prayed earnestly, right up to the time of arrival of the driller. He set up to drill and hit an abundant supply of water at only 45 feet, and it held right through the dry summertime.

If this well had been dowsed, this success would be casually accepted. However, since it was not, one is tempted to think in terms of chance. Yet, was it any more of a miracle to have found water in this unlikely place by prayer than by dowsing? Is it any more questionable that God could, or would, put it into the minds of these prayerful Christians where to locate the well than to accept the idea of another supernatural intelligence transferring this knowledge through the dowsing rod? Did it really require any more faith to believe that prayer would result in the finding of water than the dowser exercises in picking up the witching rod?

For anyone who has not yet learned the power of prayer, or who has no geologist friend, or knows an 'old timer' who knows 'the lay of the land,' or does not live in an area close enough to a scientist who has a scintillation counter to be able to afford his services, dowsing may seem the only way out. At least it will he a big temptation. They must decide whether it is worth it to make a pact with Satan for this convenience. We use the word 'pact' with good reason. It is recognized that Satan's one purpose toward the human race is to cause the loss of souls. Therefore Satan only 'does business' with a person toward that selfish end. Also, therefore, if a person accepts a favor from Satan, he is indebted—he has made a pact of a favor for what? Satan then has a claim upon him. He has also weakened himself for the next temptation which will come. It will not be just any temptation, but one tempting just a little larger step into the occult. This is a recorded fact. The Christian cannot afford the smallest step in that direction. {{As was pointed out in "THE CURS-ED NET," once you entertain paranormal happenings as something "good," the 'SET-UP' is complete, and the pact of 'THE CON' is ready to commence, since Satan is all business, and his business is the acquiring of your immortal soul!}}

Now it is time to look at the problem of the innocent dowser. It is shocking to find Christians who refuse to believe such a thing is possible. They believe that the innocent will be protected from such a thing. However, reality proves it is not always true, and since God is loving and good, there must be a reason. In the occult world, there are two ways it may occur. It may be inherited! The entire occult world knows this and a few religious writers remark on it. One hears the statement, "My grandmother was a water-witch, so was my mother, and it comes natural to me." Or, "My mother was sensitive, so was her mother and grandmother." This is generally followed by an unusual tale of unasked-for occult ability by the person making the statement. The world of witchcraft is proud of it and it is not an 'old wives tale.' We know this from personal experience. Thus it is that an innocent one may be called to fight the psychic the same as an inherited disease or mental problem. However, if occult power has not been inherited, then the innocent has had to learn it. He may have been misled by someone in whom he has implicit faith, or perhaps no reason not to. Or, it appeared to be convenient. We know of a sincere Christian woman who was shocked and unbelieving when told that the Ouija Board she was using to advise her was, in fact, not a God given answer board but a Satanic device. {{Cf. "Fianl Comments of LeBeau" to tie these two concepts together.}}

Asking God vs. Asking Satan

The consideration here of prayer versus the occult as a means of satisfying our needs and wants deserves a little more reflection. Why are results from prayer so uncommon, and why are results from requests to the occult power source so immediate, satisfactory, and attractive? The answer is found in history. Through the eyes of history the present day problem is suddenly clarified.

Our illustration starts with the early Hebrews. The descendants of Abraham (the "children of Israel") as pictured in the Old Testament, made a covenant with God. The dictionary defines covenant as "a binding and solemn agreement." In this historic covenant the people agreed to keep the "commandments" of God, and in return God agreed to keep the people safe, provide a home in the garden land of the world (in what is today barren desert), and keep them healthy and prosperous. This covenant was for a purpose. These people were to be the earth's leaders, guided by God. What could be more ideal? Yet for some hard to understand reason the people broke this covenant time after time. On the surface it would appear that these "chosen people" were so stupid as to be unable to exercise good judgment. However, this was not the case. Even today, after many hundreds of years away from their original broken covenant, Jews are quietly ensconced in the leadership of science, politics, banking, art, music, and all human endeavor in the world. Why did they fail?

First, there must be some understanding of the reality of the supernatural in this people-to-God relationship. Not only was the miraculous almost commonplace, there was almost direct contact with God through their religious leaders. It seems to us today that this would have been something impossible to turn from. However, there is evidence that there were also miraculous happenings in the pagan world surrounding these people. There is evidence in the biblical references to the other gods, that there was an ongoing Satanic attempt to match the miraculous happenings of the true God relationship.

However, there was one vast difference and this is the key—then and today. God demanded right living, morality, and justice of his people. It was in the covenant. Paganism made no such demands. It fostered unbelievable immorality, licentiousness and freedom from any restraint. A perusal of their religious rites shows a picture of such unbelievable brutality, lasciviousness and gore to be mind-numbing to our present day morality. This no-restraint society plus what must have been an impressive display of occult manifestations and the use to which people could put them, appealed to these strong, virile, headstrong men of the man- oriented society. {{Today we have the Biblical Christian - one who lives by God's word vs. human secularism &/or other cults that cater to strange gods, notions or else - do what they please! so things are not that much different. Even Roman Catholicism has its quirky cults - like Mariology - which even the Blessed Mother would abhor, since it is "idol worship" or Biblically unsound like being called a “co-Redemptrix,” and the former, of course, was strictly forbidden by the God of the Old Testament, the same God the Father of Jesus, God the Son, who are co~substantial with the Holy Spirit… and you can bet your bottom dollar that the "BLACK MADONNA" - posing as Mary, is nothing more than a Fallen Angel so disguised! This is yet another example of how the occult fools men who stray from the word of God, and that includes popes who so honor this shameful FACADE, despite the healings!}}

{{The following remark is a very astute though painful observation by Hester that I wonder if few to any really reflect upon when it comes to the answering of our prayers:}}

The fact that we do not see the extremes or the overt supernatural manifestations today is not germane to our problem. The opposing forces are still there, and the same offer of benefits from the supernatural without any prerequisite of right living is the same old temptation to paganism. To come before God and be heard still requires repentance, confession, and obedience. It includes a willingness to accept responsibility and a giving over of the will to God. So much of the teaching we are given today is sort of a total immersion in a gigantic love blob they call God, without any mention of responsibility following conversion. It certainly shows up when answer to prayer is demanded. The reality is so different from the emotional theory. "Thy will be done" is the most difficult prayer to learn.

{{This further begs the question that if you have anything occult going on in your life - whether wittingly or unwittingly - innocently or non-innocently - it may still dampen God's enthusiasm for the answering of prayer; the remedy seems clear: Search the scriptures and the scriptures only for the clue as to why things are not going well, and really see if you are obeying God, His precepts, and especially what He FORBIDS!}}

Continuing with the citations:

None of this is a problem in approaching the occult for favors. No right living, no change of character, not even the intention to do good is required. And it is all buttered over with friendliness and good will. It is easy, immediate and inviting. Come and talk to the spirits with us. Come join our humanism. Come practice sorcery (dowsing) with us. Come join us in our pagan religions. We are such friendly people. We are your brothers. This invitation is as old as mankind. This is why, no matter if you are a good or evil man, you can practice divination (dowse) successfully. This is not our paranoid fantasy. The whole story of dowsing and other aspects of the occult contain these facts.

{{THE FOLLOWING LOOKS LIKE THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE AUTHOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:}}

We must say it again; involvement in the dowsing scene is a matter of choosing whom you will serve. The idea of choosing to dowse as being a pact with Satan is ridiculed by the liberal Christian as well as the non-Christian. It is a fact, nevertheless, that any involvement with the occult implies required loyalty. If these are not elements of a pact, perhaps we are only hung up on semantics.

This whole idea is no longer a nightmare of the middle ages. The Faustian idea of selling oneself to Satan for success is popular among the youth again today. Whether it started as a gesture of braggadocio or was a serious effort is not known, but once the gesture was made, and a spiritistic response was experienced, the reality of this 'old wives tale' became a working pact. Witchcraft is with us again (or yet?) and the participants are proud and public about it. It is blatantly present in the rock scene with stars confessing spirit instructions, dictation of words, music and inspiration. The average rock listener ridicules this "superstitious" stuff, but those who have been in the professional scene and have had enough and have gotten out, tell it as it is. The dowsing pact, though much less implicit is no less an agreement because of the acceptance of occult favors.

This writer is no armchair philosopher, savoring the taste of these stories and ideas, and spitting them out for your entertainment (or disgust). We have been there personally and have survived the hell of escape. We were reduced eventually to the level of an animal trying to hide and enduring the panic of finding no hiding place. Then someone suggested prayer in the name of Jesus Christ and it was tried as a drowning man grasps a thrown rope, and that release and escape was effected has been the subject of daily thanksgiving during the ensuing years. {{This reminds me of my own brush with the paranormal, and when finally connecting the dots to the occult, I could not wait to divest myself from it, despite the losing of my occultic friends; it also closely resembles the testimony of Richard Stout, co-author of "THE CURS-ED NET."}}

It must be clearly understood. We are not suggesting that picking up the dowsing rod or calling in a witcher to locate a water well will certainly result in suicide or insanity. We do say it is the first step in the wrong direction.

The uncertainty of it is that one can never rest assured when the next step (temptation) will be presented, and just how tempting it will be. The certainty of it is that the next step will be presented sooner or later. The Christian is indoctrinated in the rule of "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." This is the one unchangeable aspect of the least involvement with the occult. {{Obviously, if the author is correct, why would you continue to play with what may become FIRE?!? I will never forget the advice I once got "synchronistically:" DO NOT LOOK INTO STRANGE MIRRORS;" I had been 'dabbling' with a psychomantium, and was being told - IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS - that this was just another toy of the occult - like a CRYSTAL BALL - so I ceased & desisited - IMMEDIATELY!}}

SUPPORT FROM OTHER SOURCES

You will notice that we have concentrated on the most pedestrian of the dowsing acts, simple witching, or the finding of water. If it is made clear that this simple act is occult, the rest is easy. Of course, many Christian dowsers insist there is no hint of the occult, and so take their "first step." The other elements of dowsing are certainly more overtly occult, more easily proven so, and we would like to consider them too.

Returning to the findings of Dr. Kurt Koch, who has written more than a dozen books on various activities in the occult world and, although elderly and admittedly tired, he wrote us that he had completed one last volume over which he had suffered unbelievable spirit harassment. Much of his writing is in the form of case histories or examples, and his books devote some space (and some a great deal) to dowsing, and as we mentioned before, to pendulum dowsing. Many who have become victims of psychic or spirit harassment as the result of pendulum diagnosis have come to him for help. His case histories should be read by everyone tempted to dowse. His books here in the U.S. are in paperback4 and are not expensive. However, do not read them to be titillated only. One will find that occult harassment as the result of the dowsing contact is a frightening thing. His books are a very valuable if bitter dose of facts for the Christian who is tempted to play with dowsing. {{Consult text of link for #4 reference.}}

{{Since the scope of these citations is merely meant for one to take a good hard look at the possible root of dowsing, I will simply cite one example from MEDICAL DOWSING, and what Dr. Koch had to say about its dangers; the other aspects can be viewed by simply reading the full chapter four:}}

Yet the accounts of those who do Christian counseling are consistently full of case histories of serious psychic disruption after even one such treatment. Dr. Koch's books are replete with them, and he warns that the Christian, under no circumstances, can allow himself to be so treated. He tells of case after case where the physical illness was cured only to have the patient become ill with psychic disturbances that are most difficult to cure. This places the loved ones of a sick person in a very difficult and unenviable position. The more serious the illness, the more difficult the choice.{{The name of Koch's book is called, "DEMONOLOGY PAST AND PRESENT."}}

One of the important themes of the bible story is the attempt of Satan to discredit everything God said or did. God said only He knows what will transpire from beginning to end in this world. Satan's reply to this is to set up an elaborate hoax of planned (manipulated) or trick incidents to show to the unthinking (or casual) observer that his spirit world also knows the beginning from the end and that God lied again.{{And there are so so many peas in Satan's pod of tricks, especially to the casual observer which of course will incorporate these very types of people that will succumb to the strong delusion that St. Paul talks about - since they did not hold fast to the truth of the Bible, and the Bible only! L.A. Marzulli speaks to this very issue in his 2007 book, POLITICS PROPHECY & THE SUPERNATURAL,}}

{{Some Biblical items of note regarding "dowsing" as researched by Hester:}}

The "wand" is listed in Cruden's Complete Concordance as one of the divining devices. In the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume I on page 973 under the heading of Divination, paragraph F, it states, "While the use of a rod or staff for a variety of magico-religious purposes is not uncommon in the O.T. (cf. Ex. 4:4,17; 17:19, the rod of Moses; 7:19, the rod of Aaron), the use of the rod for purposes of divination is referred to in the O.T. only in Hosea 4:12: 'My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles.' Here the 'thing of wood' may refer to the Asherah that was a cult object found in all Canaanite sanctuaries of Baal; the 'staff' undoubtedly refers to the practice of rhabdomancy, although the precise technique of this form of divination is not known. It is clear, however, that Hosea condemns such practices. The dictionary definition of rhabdomancy is divination by means of a rod or wand especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc

We refer you again to Cruden's Complete Concordance for their extensive discourse on divination, in which they state positively that one who practiced divination was called a wizard, and the sentence for practicing wizardry was death!

{{A case history that should make you think twice about dowsing!}}

Two Christian missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. McElheran were stationed in the interior of Africa where there was a great need for water. Mrs. McElheran learned that she had the ability to dowse. She found many wells in the area, but she found, as time passed, that she was becoming more and more upset and on edge. This became so severe that it was the cause of an earlier return home than had been planned. She grew worse and was finally confined to her bed although the doctor failed to find anything from which to form a diagnosis. One day a friend brought her one of Dr. Koch's books to read and she was amazed at what she read on the divining rod. Getting out of bed, she found her dowsing rod, walked out into the garden and dowsed until she got the reaction of water. Then she stood and prayed, "Lord, if this ability is not from you, then take it away!" From that moment on the rod would not work. Breaking it in pieces she prayed for forgiveness, and asked God to heal her. She was no longer ill.

The last two paragraphs speaks volumes about how the author feels after his own research on dowsing:

We can be no more positive than to state that dowsing is making contact with the spirit world just as certainly as using the Ouija Board. The spirit world contacted is the world of evil spirits or angels under the leadership of Satan. The Christian who dowses removes himself from the protection of God if he has the least doubt about it or if he has been warned. After all, we do have responsibility toward ourselves. It is pure presumption to suspect or know and yet to try to pray for protection.

Finally, a word or two to the non-Christian or the liberal Christian dowsing addict who has read this far and laughs in ridicule. We say "Stop it!" You are the last one who has the right to ridicule the conservative Christian viewpoint of the occult. Our view of the reality of the unknown is every bit as good as yours, and is certainly more conclusive! {{The author has every right to “boast” in the name of the Lord and His word since the Bible is the only book in the world with 100% prophetic accuracy rate for over 2000 prophecies, so when it warns us about things that we are forbidden to do, we should humbly comply – for our own good!}}

FINAL COMMENTS by LeBeau:

It seems to me little difference between a piece of wood in a OUIJA BOARD that points out things to do by spelling them out (coming from the spirit world) and another type of wood (hazelwood) that points out to one where water may be; wood is not known to have the magnetic qualities that would cause such phenomenon...but "demon pointing" would, in fact, account for this said phenomenon; therefore dowsing has been called "WATER WITCHING," or simply another form of divination condemned by the Holy Bible. I heard Walter Martin, Christian scholar called "THE BIBLE ANSWER MAN," allude to this same idea, and he, of course, was the author of many Christian books, including THE KINGDOM OF THE CULTS. If it smells of the occult in any way, shape or form, it probably is - and is not worth gambling with, especially since the stakes are so very high!

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