• Do not attempt to map dowse if tired, hurried, or feeling in anyway out-of-sorts. Your results will not be accurate.
• You need to be in a state of relaxed concentration. Overemphasis on consciously desired results does not help.
• Be sure that you are confident in your YES, NO, and MAYBE (or rephrase the question) responses of your dowsing tool.
• It is advisable to print the map as it will be awkward to map dowse on the computer screen.

The Mechanics:

There are three common ways to map dowsing. You may want to try them all to see which one you are most comfortable with. When using a pendulum, swing it in your READY position to overcome inertia.

#1 - Reductionist Method (pencil and pendulum required)
In this method you eliminate quadrants of the map.

• Divide your map in quarters using a pencil. Gently swing your pendulum in your READY position.
• Ask - Is ____ in quadrant "1"? If you get a NO response, continue quadrant by quadrant until you receive a YES response. Note: In this example the searched for object is in quadrant "2".
• Now divide the identified quadrant (quadrant "2" in our example) into quarters with your pencil.
• Ask - Is ____ in quadrant "a"? Continue, as above, until you receive a YES answer. Note: In this example the searched for object is in quadrant "d".
• Now divide the identified quadrant (quadrant "d" in our example) into quarters with your pencil.
• Continue in this manner of reducing the map's surface until you can go no further. You will then have located the searched for object.

#2 - Scanner Method (pencil, ruler, and pendulum required)
In this method you scan the map, first along one axis then along the other axis.

• Place your ruler at the left-hand side of the map, perpendicular to the X axis. With your pendulum swinging gently in your READY position, ask your pendulum - "Give me a positive response when the ruler is on line with ______." Slowly move your ruler along the X axis from left to right.
• As your pendulum starts to change its swing to a positive response, slow down the movement of the ruler. When the swing of your pendulum has fully changed to a positive response, draw a pencil line through the map along the edge of the ruler (perpendicular to the X axis).
• Place your ruler at the bottom of the map, perpendicular to the Y axis. With your pendulum swinging gently in your READY position, ask your pendulum - "Give me a positive response when the ruler is on line with ______." Slowly move your pencil along the Y axis from bottom to top.
• As your pendulum starts to change its swing to a positive response, slow down the movement of the ruler. When the swing of your pendulum has fully changed to a positive response, draw a pencil line through the map along the edge of the ruler (perpendicular to the Y axis). The location of what you are searching for is where the two lines meet.

#3 - L-rod Method (one L-rod required)
In this method you scan the map using one L-rod, first in one corner of the map, then in the other.

• Holding just one L-rod at the lower left-hand corner of the map,
  ask - "Show me the direction where _____ is located?"
• Mark a pencil line across the map in the direction the L-rod points.
• Then move the L-rod to the lower right-hand corner of the map,
  ask - "Show me the direction where _____ is located?"
• Mark a pencil line across the map in the direction the L-rod points. The location of what you are searching for is where the two pencil lines meet.

Diane is a dowser from Oakville, Ontario and is a former Board Member of the Canadian Society of Dowsers.