dowser
Forked stick wielder
A dowser is someone who practices dowsing—the folk art of locating underground water, minerals, or other hidden substances using a forked stick, pendulum, or bent rods.
The dowser walks slowly until the instrument supposedly dips or twitches, indicating what lies beneath.
Though scientifically unproven, dowsing persists in rural areas: They hired a dowser to find where to dig the well.
Forked branch for finding water
- forked stickStick with two prongs
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- water witchOne who divines groundwater
- witchingPerforming magical rites
rod · wand · willow branch · bobbing · dipping · twitching · pointing · signal
One who divines groundwater
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- geomancerOne who reads terrain
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- giftedGiven as present
Dug water source
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- water tableTop of groundwater zone
water source · moisture · stream · hydrology · geology · irrigation · reservoir · dry land
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- debunkedExposed as fraudulent
- unscientificNot following proper methodology
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- confirmation biasPreferring belief-supporting information
skeptic · scientific scrutiny · anecdotal · credulous · quackery · charlatan · fraud · coincidence
Inorganic natural solids
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- lost objectsThings no longer locatable
- gravesBurial sites
archaeological sites · ley lines · underground cables · pipes · metals · gold · ore · prospecting
Countryside cultural practice
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- cunning folkTraditional rural magic workers
- wise womanFemale with profound understanding
- folk beliefTraditional unverified cultural notion
oral tradition · regional custom · agrarian · homesteading · pioneer · settlement
divining rod
Forked branch for finding water
- forked stickStick with two prongs
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- water witchOne who divines groundwater
witching · rod · wand · willow branch · bobbing · dipping · twitching · pointing · signal · response
water witch
One who divines groundwater
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- geomancerOne who reads terrain
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
gifted · intuitive · surveyor · locator · finder · seeker · detector
well
Dug water source
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- springRecoiling metal spiral
water table · water source · moisture · stream · hydrology · geology · irrigation · reservoir · dry land · drought
pseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- debunkedExposed as fraudulent
- unscientificNot following proper methodology
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
confirmation bias · skeptic · scientific scrutiny · anecdotal · credulous · quackery · charlatan · fraud · coincidence · chance
minerals
Inorganic natural solids
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- lost objectsThings no longer locatable
graves · archaeological sites · ley lines · underground cables · pipes · metals · gold · ore · prospecting · surveying
rural tradition
Countryside cultural practice
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- cunning folkTraditional rural magic workers
- wise womanFemale with profound understanding
folk belief · oral tradition · regional custom · agrarian · homesteading · pioneer · settlement
- film projectionfilm projector, projector, film reel, reel, spool
- Dowsingdivining rod, water witch, forked stick, willow branch
- folk healersfolk healer, healer, herbalist, herb doctor, wise woman
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
- seekersseekers, seeker, treasure hunters, searcher, fortune seekers
- paranormalistspsychic, medium, parapsychologist, clairvoyant, sensitive
dowsergeologist
Studies rocks and minerals
hydrologist · hydrogeologist · geophysicist · surveyor · seismologist
dowserskeptic
One who doubts claims
debunker · empiricist · scientist · rationalist · materialist
- dowsing rodForked stick for locating groundwater