water divining
Finding underground springs
Water divining is the practice of locating underground water using a forked stick, bent rods, or pendulum—supposedly guided by subtle movements when passing over a water source.
Also called dowsing.
Despite widespread folk belief in its effectiveness, controlled studies show diviners perform no better than chance.
The well was dug where the water diviner indicated.
Locating hidden water underground
- witchingPerforming magical rites
- rodThin rigid stick
- forked stickStick with two prongs
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
Extrasensory perception ability
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- psychic abilityExtrasensory perception capacity
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
sensitivity · energy fields · aura reading · ideomotor response · vibrations · channeling · gifted · innate ability
Baseless belief in omens
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- ancestral knowledgeUnderstanding inherited from forebears
- traditional practiceEstablished customary method
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
legends · oral tradition · cunning folk · wise woman · folk magic · charms · rituals · sacred springs
dowsing
Locating hidden water underground
- witchingPerforming magical rites
- rodThin rigid stick
- forked stickStick with two prongs
sixth sense
Extrasensory perception ability
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- psychic abilityExtrasensory perception capacity
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
clairvoyance · sensitivity · energy fields · aura reading · ideomotor response · vibrations · channeling · gifted · innate ability
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- ancestral knowledgeUnderstanding inherited from forebears
- traditional practiceEstablished customary method
myths · legends · oral tradition · cunning folk · wise woman · folk magic · charms · rituals · sacred springs · holy wells
- folk wisdomproverb, folklore, folk sayings, saying, proverbs
- homesteading skillsfarming, animal husbandry, crop rotation, composting, beekeeping
- obsolete sciencephlogiston, aether, phlogiston theory, ether, caloric
- resource explorationprospecting, drilling, geological survey, core sampling, wildcatting
- KhoisanBushmen, click consonants, Hottentot