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Military, Government and Big Business Use Dowsing
Military, Government and Big Business Use Dowsing
Authors: Walt Woods and Mardi Gieseler
According to a New York Times article, October 11, 1967, U.S. Marine engineers used dowsing to
help save American lives in Viet Nam. The Marines dowsed to locate tunnels, hidden ammunition,
booby traps, and enemy food caches. ASD trustee, Louis Maticia, was the dowser who ran the
program and taught the Marines to dowse.
This was not the first time the U.S. military used dowsing to help the troops at war. General George
Patton used dowsing to find fresh water for his advancing troops in North Africa during World War
II. The Germans had blown up the water wells when they retreated to prevent the American troops
from having water to sustain the army in the desert terrain.
Additional government involvement with dowsing comes from the U.S. Geological Service and other
branches. While the USGS was publishing a pamphlet which claimed that dowsing was "wholly
discredited", several other branches of the government were using dowsing. According to
Christopher Bird's book, "The Divining Hand", the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service, and the National Parks Service were dowsing. Later, at the urging of ASD,
the USGS rewrote the pamphlet, "Water Witching", to reflect a more objective, neutral tone.
Open-minded big businesses use dowsing, too. Hoffman-La Roche, one of the largest global
pharmaceutical companies in the world, has used dowsing to locate water for its new plants. La
Roche needs large quantities of good water to process the chemicals into drugs. A company
magazine quoted Dr. Peter Treadwell as saying, "Roche uses methods that are profitable, whether
they are scientifically explainable or not."
Water is not the only commodity dowsed for health and profit. The petroleum industry has used
dowsing to locate oil wells. Paul Clement Brown, a MIT graduate and electrical engineer, used
dowsing to successfully dowse oil wells for Standard Oil, Signal Oil, Getty Oil, Mobil Oil, and others.
For more information about uses of dowsing I recommend two wonderful books; Christopher Bird's,
"The Divining Hand", or Michael Schmicker's, "Best Evidence." Both books are available from the
ASD bookstore in St. Johnsbury, VT. 1-800-711-9497.
Walt Woods and Mardi Gieseler
Note: Walt Woods is the author of Powers That Be and Letter to Robin
Authors: Walt Woods and Mardi Gieseler
According to a New York Times article, October 11, 1967, U.S. Marine engineers used dowsing to
help save American lives in Viet Nam. The Marines dowsed to locate tunnels, hidden ammunition,
booby traps, and enemy food caches. ASD trustee, Louis Maticia, was the dowser who ran the
program and taught the Marines to dowse.
This was not the first time the U.S. military used dowsing to help the troops at war. General George
Patton used dowsing to find fresh water for his advancing troops in North Africa during World War
II. The Germans had blown up the water wells when they retreated to prevent the American troops
from having water to sustain the army in the desert terrain.
Additional government involvement with dowsing comes from the U.S. Geological Service and other
branches. While the USGS was publishing a pamphlet which claimed that dowsing was "wholly
discredited", several other branches of the government were using dowsing. According to
Christopher Bird's book, "The Divining Hand", the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service, and the National Parks Service were dowsing. Later, at the urging of ASD,
the USGS rewrote the pamphlet, "Water Witching", to reflect a more objective, neutral tone.
Open-minded big businesses use dowsing, too. Hoffman-La Roche, one of the largest global
pharmaceutical companies in the world, has used dowsing to locate water for its new plants. La
Roche needs large quantities of good water to process the chemicals into drugs. A company
magazine quoted Dr. Peter Treadwell as saying, "Roche uses methods that are profitable, whether
they are scientifically explainable or not."
Water is not the only commodity dowsed for health and profit. The petroleum industry has used
dowsing to locate oil wells. Paul Clement Brown, a MIT graduate and electrical engineer, used
dowsing to successfully dowse oil wells for Standard Oil, Signal Oil, Getty Oil, Mobil Oil, and others.
For more information about uses of dowsing I recommend two wonderful books; Christopher Bird's,
"The Divining Hand", or Michael Schmicker's, "Best Evidence." Both books are available from the
ASD bookstore in St. Johnsbury, VT. 1-800-711-9497.
Walt Woods and Mardi Gieseler
Note: Walt Woods is the author of Powers That Be and Letter to Robin