divining rod

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Synonyms for divining rod

forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil

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The girl holding the dowsing rods gasped in horror and her eyes opened wide.
As I understand the author's hypothesis, "dowsing rods obey the laws of physics and move according to the changes in electrical conductivity." But to what laws of physics are we referring?
It is a very Magickal tree used for dowsing rods, amulets and spells.
They will set up motion detectors and hold seances and ouija sessions, as well as monitoring for supernatural activity using mediums, electromagnetic sensors and dowsing rods.
Tools of the trade include dowsing rods and pendulums which measure magnetic changes in the air and earth, camcorders, cameras, electro-magnetic and ultrasound meters, electronic voice recorders, motion detectors, thermometers ( and mediums.
"When I brought my dowsing rods in, they twitched and picked up a lot of nasty, disruptive energy which has become static and embedded in the walls."
Relying on Odyssey as their water scout, two spacecraft will carry the ultimate in high-tech dowsing rods. Both the Italian space agency's Mars Express mission and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance mission will employ radar that can hunt for water buried as deep as a kilometer beneath the surface.
To date, the department has mapped about 625 miles of the approximately 2,500 miles of water mains in its territory using various pieces of equipment to confirm water line locations including traditional pipe locators, sound locators, dowsing rods, metal detectors, potholing and probing.
For some of you, like myself, the dowsing rods will do nothing and you will need to seek outside help.
My other writing requires me to peek through parish keyholes and to bring dowsing rods on church grounds in search of the living waters of good service.
"I'll be taking my dowsing rods, which are very sensitive to this kind of energy, and Gary will be using his own ability to see into other worlds.
Nino, astral rods, dowsing rods, crystal balls of varying sizes, shells, eggshaped things, stones, a metronome, Buddha statues, mugs, an Ouija board, metal balls from China, a bell tree, a tribal mask, Lego bricks, dozens of figurines (once they all lost their noses, he said), statues of saints, artworks by children, jumping ice cream, a metal chalice, goblets, Krishnamurti's cassettes on "Quest of the Mind," playing cards, canes, earphones, blue crowbars, White Flower embrocation, ginger tea, rulers, Johnny Midnight's metal pyramid, acupuncture needles, a bottle of Holy Water.
More recently, dowsing rods have also been made of two separate metal rods, as in the Wootton Wawen case.
John Janks' article, Utility and Limits of Dowsing Rods to Chart the Subsurface, is an interesting article where he presents an analysis of the phenomenon known as "dowsing" using hand-held wires.
They held seances and ouija board sessions, as well as monitoring for supernatural activity using mediums, electromagnetic sensors and dowsing rods.