The view from the ground up: Tom Williamson practicing water-witching in the early 80s. Dowsing is such a strange niche of esotericism, in that practitioners straddle the occult and science in ways you don’t typically expect from other ritual practice. And it can get results, so much so that the US government received so many letters about it the Department of the Interior was compelled to issue a manual outlining the practice while sidestepping its total endorsement, instead directing people to a handy and exhaustive bibliography of historical works on the subject to find out more for themselves. Which is a great research gift. Nice sweater, Tom. #radiesthésie #dowsing #waterwitching #radiestesia #diviningrod #dowsingrods #ideomotor #occult #science #folkart #folklore #water #uglysweater #geology #goingdowntothewell https://www.instagram.com/p/BtnsHsZFt6E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vr5bwrrqfqzx
