I will try to explain and make this short I was taught by a lady in TN. years ago and had kept it hush-hush for a long time. When going over a grave the rods will cross. Using one rod, I can determine if the grave holds a male or female. I have dowsed old homesteads and have helped a county here in Ohio to determine if the cemetery plots are empty. What I do is a tool. I dowsed for an older lady who remembered her grgrgrandmother was buried on the old homestead, through the years the stones were moved and no one knew about this little family cemetery until we went out to the field and found 3 graves also uncovering a head stone that was her grgr aunt. Many years ago I would have been burned at the stake for doing what I do today <VBG> I am no witch (although my husband thinks I am at times), I do worship one Lord........Jesus Christ. I will have a web site about my grave dowsing hopefully by the end of the month (it is started, am waiting on photos). Gloria

Gloria, You describe it as I have seen it, although I have seen two rods cross in the normal way for the determination of sex. There are those who indicate that one can determine any number of details about an individual gravesite by the use of dowsing rods. I reserve judgment on this issue, but it has been hotly debated among various members of our Clinton County Genealogical Society, and met with great interest. The celebrated Randall Stover employed this when he did his magnificent restoration of the Neidig-Hennig Cemetery near Woodward, Haines Township, Centre County. Randall has very interesting stories to tell about this adventure, which he chronicled in a fascinating journal, which I believe is available through the Penns Valley Historical Museum. Randall credits the restoration of this cemetery with saving his life. It was chronicled in a big write-up in the Centre Daily Times in the late 1990s. Somewhere, in the archives of our Society, is a videotape (largely filmed by me) on a very cold day at the McCloskey Family Cemetery in Chapman Township, Clinton County, near Hyner, circa 2000, of Dave Wallace, Alan Black, and myself, working on such a dowsing project. I'm sure Dave remembers this well. Justin At 07:06 PM 1/28/2007, you wrote: >I will try to explain and make this short >I was taught by a lady in TN. years ago and had kept it hush-hush for a long >time. > When going over a grave the rods will cross. Using one rod, I can determine >if the grave holds a male or female. >I have dowsed old homesteads and have helped a county here in Ohio to >determine if the cemetery plots are empty. >What I do is a tool. I dowsed for an older lady who remembered her >grgrgrandmother was buried on the old homestead, through the years the >stones were moved and no one knew about this little family cemetery until we >went out to the field and found 3 graves also uncovering a head stone that >was her grgr aunt. >Many years ago I would have been burned at the stake for doing what I do >today <VBG> I am no witch (although my husband thinks I am at times), I do >worship one Lord........Jesus Christ. >I will have a web site about my grave dowsing hopefully by the end of the >month (it is started, am waiting on photos). >Gloria > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gloria, I just located a two grave burial site that the stones were removed from, in the 60's. I used a pendulum and divining rods to determine it. Actually used them to see if they agreed with each other. The pendulum is much trickier to use, and one must(should) ask it for permission first. The lady that asked me to do this has seen me do this in a local cemetery here (Lock Haven) when she was here, then asked me to help with her project in Lemoyne across the river from Harrisburg. She was away, so the fellow who wittnessed this asked me if I could determine which side the sone and which side the Mother was on, which I did. He then asked those who remembered, and I was correct. I enjoy this, although it does come with error. I must also try to clear my head of questions before tryiing to determine the task, as they start moving as soon as I hold them from the thoughts alone. I have never been able to use the thick hickory stick for dowsing for water. I can use a small "Y" stick trimmed to size to locate burials or buried objects, as well as metal objects. This is a very interesting hobby (help aid) but all reading I have done on it, explains it must not be abused. Several of us, Jerry McCloskey, Justin Houser, myself and more who I forget, dowsed an abandoned cemetery with 6 or 7 markers left, and 4 known depressions, to realize it contained over 50 burials. I wouls caution that this cannot be taken as 'proven' but can give some explanation to some ideas. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Motter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: [PACENTRE] dowsing for grave >I will try to explain and make this short > I was taught by a lady in TN. years ago and had kept it hush-hush for a > long > time. > When going over a grave the rods will cross. Using one rod, I can > determine > if the grave holds a male or female. > I have dowsed old homesteads and have helped a county here in Ohio to > determine if the cemetery plots are empty. > What I do is a tool. I dowsed for an older lady who remembered her > grgrgrandmother was buried on the old homestead, through the years the > stones were moved and no one knew about this little family cemetery until > we > went out to the field and found 3 graves also uncovering a head stone that > was her grgr aunt. > Many years ago I would have been burned at the stake for doing what I do > today <VBG> I am no witch (although my husband thinks I am at times), I do > worship one Lord........Jesus Christ. > I will have a web site about my grave dowsing hopefully by the end of the > month (it is started, am waiting on photos). > Gloria > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message