Craig Brougher wrote:

> My grandfather Brougher had a well dug where a dowser said it
> would be, (everyone in the community had the same thing done) and
> when he asked how deep the guy thought the well would be, grandpa
> said he put the stick on his knee and counted the bounces; "49
> feet and you should have water."  Exactly 49 feet 6 inches and
> they hit it.

> I can't believe that men could have ever survived without these
> and other unexplainable talents given to a few, but ghosts do not
> figure into man's works.

I haven't mentioned the matter on the list as it hasn't arisen before
now, but in fact dowsing and clearance of hauntings is two-thirds of
my professional work these days.  Most of the time I advise on animal
health and business dynamics, but ghosts crop up from time to time.
I regard them as a group thought-form.  The history of the place has
something to do with it and the people there now have something to do
with it, even if, as they usually do, they claim not to be the "ghost
type".  You can usually but not always get rid of hauntings by
anything you think will work.

Vis-a-vis musical instruments, I mostly use dowsing to date rolls
and instruments and also assess them at a distance for value and
suitability.  It's not infallible -- I'm rarely correct on organs made
in 1852 or 1877, there's a spook for me there -- but generally I can
detect the month a piano left the factory.  In roll auctions I'm
always right on rolls I haven't heard of but must get, though this
doesn't stop me making mistakes based purely on title, player and
misplaced enthusiasm.

Dowsing is not a rare gift, it's almost universal and I teach it.

Dan Wilson, London