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There, a mesmerizing video projection by Dionne Lee, of Columbus, Ohio, in which two hands pilot dowsing rods through tall grass, has a luxurious amount of floor space (and two sofas) to itself.
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Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Anaheim Model colonists must have come to California with dowsing rods packed in their trunks, because job one was always securing water.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Skeptics folded origami flying pigs (the Pigasus) and used mock dowsing rods, then gathered at Del Mar, an in-casino bar, to tipple and talk.
—Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
Peter Britton, a longtime water dowser, demonstrated his dowsing rod while spending time at Three Sisters Garden in Ipswich.
—Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
Geller was shown on multiple occasions to be a fraud yet still somehow managed to secure steady streams of funding from oil and mining companies to act as a psychic dowsing rod.
—Matt Farwell, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2020
And given that some military organizations were once convinced that dowsing rods were a good investment, this work should be a shoe-in and may even provide some benefit.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2019
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Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Anaheim Model colonists must have come to California with dowsing rods packed in their trunks, because job one was always securing water.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Skeptics folded origami flying pigs (the Pigasus) and used mock dowsing rods, then gathered at Del Mar, an in-casino bar, to tipple and talk.
—Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
Peter Britton, a longtime water dowser, demonstrated his dowsing rod while spending time at Three Sisters Garden in Ipswich.
—Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
Geller was shown on multiple occasions to be a fraud yet still somehow managed to secure steady streams of funding from oil and mining companies to act as a psychic dowsing rod.
—Matt Farwell, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2020
And given that some military organizations were once convinced that dowsing rods were a good investment, this work should be a shoe-in and may even provide some benefit.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2019
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“Dowsing rod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dowsing%20rod. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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