HOW IT WORKS

The human brain and nervous system together act like a radio.
A radio that can only receive medium wave frequency is much less sensitive than one that can receive long and short wavelengths as well. In the same way, a dowser is sensitive to energies that a less receptive person is unaware of.
The pendulum is thought to clarify the nature of the energy - positive or negative - that a dowser has sensed through his or her nervous system. This sensitivity can be developed through dedicated practice.
Practitioners must give themselves up with a neutral mental attitude to the power of the pendulum and their muscles must be so relaxed that they respond to the slightest pendulum movement

HOW TO HOLD A PENDULUM

Either sitting or standing comfortably and relaxed, hold the thread between thumb and finger at a comfortable height. If sitting, its better to be up to a table resting the elbow on the table. If right handed then that is the hand to use, or vice-versa if left handed. If scanning a map, start slowly from a top corner until a response is obtained from a particular area.

DOWSING FOR LEY LINES

Ley Lines are the Earths natural energy lines, they are believed to be like invisible electricity cables hidden in the earth. The technique in using a pendulum for ley lines is a little different, firstly, there is a need to adopt a neutral mental attitude or the reading will be influenced. Again hold the pendulum as above, dowse over a map of the area in which a search is being done for ley lines. The pendulum will be drawn to a way in which the ley line runs, that is in one particular way. If a circling or spiralling occurs, this means a place where ley lines cross. Once a person as got used to using the pendulum correctly, it can then be used with a selection of charts to find the answers to almost anything.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Many alternative therapists also use pendulums to test for food allergies, metal reactions etc.
Radionics practioners using radiesthesia to diagnose and treat illness, first dowse a sample or "witness" from a client, such as a lock of hair, a drop of blood or urine or a signature. Through this they attune themselves to their client's wavelength, as the sample vibrates with the client's energy and is representative of the whole person. This method means that the practitioner can discover any imbalances in the patient without the patient being physically present.
Existing imbalances are corrected with a complex radionics instrument which the therapist sets to the required healthy vibration for the patient. The representative sample (hair, blood and so on) is then subjected to this frequency. Therapists believe that as the sample returns to its correct, balanced frequency, so the absent person returns to that frequency and is healed.