The Divining Hand: The 500 Year-Old Mystery of Dowsing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780924608162)

"To dowse," says the author of this definitive study of the divining art, "is to search with the aid of a handheld instrument such as a forked stick or a pendular bob on the end of a string - for anything: subterranean water flowing in a narrow underground fissure, a pool of oil or a vein of mineral ore, a buried sewer pipe or electrical cable, an airplane downed in a mountain wilderness, a disabled ship helplessly adrift in a gale, a lost wallet or dog, a missing person, perhaps a buried treasure." Co-author of The Secret Life of Plants, Christopher Bird has filled this book with exciting, documented stories, most of them illustrated with photographs and diagrams. It provides a complete history of the art of dowsing around the world and discusses in detail the various existing theories attempting to explain this extraordinary phenomenon.

Author: Christopher Bird
ISBN-10: 0924608161
ISBN-13: 9780924608162
Publisher: Redfeather
Language: English
Published: 01/14/1997
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.52lbs
Size: 10.16h x 8.27w x 0.94d