Dowsing Articles by Ian Pegler

I've had a number of articles published in the journal of the British Society of Dowsers. I also write for West Wales Dowsers. Some of the articles listed here have been written especially for this website. First, I've written an introduction to dowsing which you can view by clicking on this link...

Dowsing--an introduction (open in browser)

...or you can download and unzip the following for viewing later.

Dowsing--an introduction.ZIP

The next article explores the history of dowsing in the State of Vermont in America and explores the different historical strands which may help to explain why dowsing became so popular there. Right-click on the link to save the file to your PC. If you can help further this line of research please get in touch.

Vermont Dowsing roots (RTF 17K--published in Dowsing Today Volume 40 No. 281 September 2003)

The following article is about Guy Underwood's Geodetic System. Underwood was one of the early pioneers of what we now call Earth-energy dowsing. His book, The Pattern of the Past, has been out of print for many years which is why I've written this article.

An Introduction to the Geodetic System (open in browser)

An Introduction to the Geodetic System.ZIP

The next two examine the problem of the differences in the way Earth energies are perceived by dowsers. Both articles have been published in the journal of the British Society of Dowsers.

Dowsing as Perception (zipped Word document--209K)

Dowsing as Perception part 2 (RTF file, 32K)

The next one concerns methods for tracing lost Roman roads using a combination of dowsing and conventional techniques. This was published in the December 2004 edition of Dowsing Today.

Dowsing for Roman Roads in Wales (open in browser)

Dowsing for Roman Roads in Wales (ZIP file, 161KB)

The next article documents an earth-energy survey done at a local churchyard, which has standing stones built into the wall. (Published in Dowsing Today, Volume 40. No. 280 June 2003).

Dowsing Ysbyty Cynfyn - Part 2 (DOC 42K)

The next article looks at the way in which the paranormal is presented by the media and attempts by the skeptics to control and censor it (Published in Dowsing Today, Volume 40. No 289 September 2005) .

Skeps, Lies and Videotape (DOC 571K)

The next short article covers a visit to an archaeological dig in West Wales, in which a curved section of an Iron Age ditch was identified by dowsing and confirmed by a geophysical scan.

Ffynnonwen Dig (DOC 729K)

Finally a book-review of Pendragon by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd. Right-click on the link to save it to your PC.

Pendragon-book review (RTF 11K--Published in the Newsletter of the West Wales Dowsers Society, September 2003, Issue 80)

More articles will be added at a later date!

Happy dowsing! :-)