Prof. Dr. Friedrich Balck's paper on dowsing

[hung]

http://74.125.113.132/translate_c?hl...61zqCzHQtNb50g

Hi Frank,

Actually Dr. Balck performs some experiments and tests to investigate probable scenarios in which dowsing is affected.

Since dowsing is a combination of several wave propagation type patterns that manifest accordingly to the operator's skill and aproach, materials used, substances, and reflective and absorptive types of objects existing in the particular location, etc. Results will have a vast amount of variables.
His experiments with materials are a few examples of how diferent type of wave emissions are affected as with aluminum foils (EM) and special cloths and sinthetic materials (ionic/electrostatic).

I think his claim that 'vibrations in the air by sounds can affect propagation of waves' is a little exagerated. It depends on wich type of wave he referes to and dowsing as I postulate, it's not a manifestation of one wave type only but of many.
The aluminum sheet case is notorious among dowsers being that placed on the floor of even around the dowser's head is said to block dowsing detection. While this may affect detection of pure RF emanations, it does not affect other type of waves. So much so that there are dowsers who fail when with aluminum and others who seem unaffected by it, clearing demonstrating the other type of wave propagations take charge such as scalar propagations and potentials.
The RT Examiner altough not exactly a dowsing device, but based on most of its principles, is not blocked by aluminum at all being even capable if tuned for a particular substance, to penetrate an iron or steel box if this particular substance is found inside. This is also true for dowsing and in this aproach, other types of waves are involved. These are of scalar nature other than ordinary Hertzian wave types which would never be able to get inside of that box.

I warn you that this forum is not the best place to discuss such matters as there are few or no dowsers here and due to this fact skeptcism rules. Actually many dowsers avoid this forum as I came to know.
I will PM you suggesting a good forum to discuss these matters with dowsers if you wish.

Best regards.

[Theseus]

Hi Frank,
I warn you that this forum is not the best place to discuss such matters as there are few or no dowsers here and due to this fact skeptcism rules. Actually many dowsers avoid this forum as I came to know.
I will PM you suggesting a good forum to discuss these matters with dowsers if you wish.

Best regards.

Yeah, Frank, be careful. If you have an aversion to common sense, logic, basic scientific facts and the truth about dowsing, this is probably not a good forum to frequent.

[Carl-NC]

Interesting slides, but I agree that he is putting the cart before the horse; postulating a theory without having effectively demonstrated the effect. I didn't see anything that resembled data from a repeated double-blind test, just some experiments that could easily produce any number of different results.

An interesting example is the plot on p.7, "Tilt of the hand as a function of location." Look closely at the data. What else could cause that besides what the author is claiming?

Another example is the experiment on p.16: "The unidentified waves with the known interactions should provide a measurable effect." Well do they or don't they? Why not give a complete and precise experimental setup (including all necessary circuitry) and show measured results? Something that anyone else can precisely duplicate. I can't duplicate what is shown, because nothing is shown.

What we are given are highly speculative claims based on "labwork so mesmerizingly awful that it is not even wrong."

- Carl

[Qiaozhi]

I will PM you suggesting a good forum to discuss these matters with dowsers if you wish.

That would probably be the best solution.

[Rudy]

Gentleman, don't stay contemplative stunned with animal world.

Here you are solution for animal gold finder.

Treasure Hunting by trained dogs or pigs as we can saw in Truffle Hunting.

Look here:

http://www.trufles.com/

http://www.poodlehistory.org/PFINDTRUFFLES.HTM

Ahh, that explains why pirates never buried their gold along with truffles.