Sampler edition of ‘Disciplines of Dowsing’

by Tom Graves and Liz Poraj-Wilczynska

This sampler-edition ebook of Disciplines of Dowsing is based on the first edition of the book, as published by Tetradian Books in 2008. Chapters highlighted in bold are included in this sampler-edition.

  • Introduction
  • Dowsing in ten minutes
  • A question of quality
  • The disciplined dowser
  • The dowser as artist
  • The dowser as mystic
  • The dowser as scientist
  • The dowser as magician
  • The integrated dowser
  • Seven sins of dubious discipline
  • Practice – enhancing the senses
  • Practice – setup and fieldwork
  • Practice – worked examples
  • Appendix: Resources

The Disciplines of Dowsing

The Disciplines of Dowsing

Tom Graves

Liz Poraj-Wilczynska

Published by

Tetradian Books
Unit 215, 9 St Johns Street,
Colchester, Essex CO2 7NN, England

http://www.tetradianbooks.com

First published: September 2008

ISBN 978-1-906681-08-1 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-906681-09-8 (e-book)

© Tom Graves & Liz Poraj-Wilczynska 2008

The right of Tom Graves and Liz Poraj-Wilczynska to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Contents

Introduction

  • A bit of background
  • An emphasis on quality
  • Dowsing and beyond
  • A question of discipline
  • Killing quality

Dowsing in ten minutes

  • What is dowsing?
  • Know your instrument
  • It’s all coincidence
  • What’s the need?
  • Round the bend

A question of quality

  • Predictable quality
  • Subjective quality
  • Quality in practice

The disciplined dowser

The dowser as artist

  • Principles…
  • …and practice

The dowser as mystic

  • Principles…
  • …and practice

The dowser as scientist

  • Principles…
  • …and practice

The dowser as magician

  • Principles…
  • …and practice

The integrated dowser

  • Principles…
  • …and practice

Seven sins of dubious discipline

  • The hype hubris
  • The Golden-Age game
  • The newage nuisance
  • The meaning mistake
  • The possession problem
  • The reality risk
  • Lost in the learning labyrinth
  • Cleansing the sins

Practice – enhancing the senses

Practice – setup and fieldwork

  • Preparation
  • Arriving on site
  • Fieldwork and records
  • Closing the session

Practice – worked examples

  • Techniques summary
  • Belas Knap, Winchcombe, near Cheltenham
  • Wiggold, near Cirencester

Appendix: Resources

  • Books and text resources
  • Societies

Acknowledgements

Amongst others, the following people kindly provided comments and feedback on the themes and early drafts of this book: Gerry Beskin (London, GB), Colin Clark (Cheltenham, GB), Paul Devereux and Charla Devereux (Cotswolds, GB), Norman Fahy (Castle Rising, GB), Valerie Graves (Colchester, GB), Gordon Ingram (Writtle, GB), Helen Lamb (Malvern, GB), Kevin Masman (Castlemaine, Aus), John Moss (Malvern, GB).

Please note that, to preserve confidentiality, stories and examples have been adapted, combined and in part fictionalised from experiences in a variety of contexts, and (unless otherwise stated) do not and are not intended to represent any specific person or organisation.

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