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Groundwater withdrawals are expected to peak in about one-third of the world's basins by 2050, potentially triggering significant trade and agriculture shifts, a new analysis finds. Scientists at Pacific Northwest and Oak Ridge national laboratories examined water, energy and food systems for 235 b...

Saturday 4th May is also World Labyrinth Day, where labyrinth enthusiasts around the globe try to "Walk One at One!. I'll be constructing a temporary labyrinth at the Symposium venue (weather permitting), and will run two labyrinth workshops on the Saturday.

It might be useful to include photographs - is that possible within the forum posts? I'm slightly undecided which is the most appropriate topic area! Unfortunately we don't allow hosting of pictures on the forum, only user avatars - for larger pictures you would need to host them elsewhere then lin...

Hi Ian, welcome to the forum. You've picked some interesting books to study there! Congrats on locating that well - that thrill of finding something with your dowsing rods never gets old. Lethbridge's 'long pendulum' method is an interesting technique, but can be rather unwieldy in practice. Not man...

I've just learned about another Jesuit dowser who worked in India... Father Donatas Slapsys worked more than six decades among the poor in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. He died in 2010. I don't know whether he was associated with Water For Life? ...most people in Ahmednagar area remember ...

Here is an interesting case study of a Wikipedia bio edit of journalist George Knapp that was repeatedly 'reset' by the Guerilla Skeptics group (Knapp is an investigative journalist noted for his reporting on UFOs). This is very typical behaviour when it comes to Biographies of Living Persons (BLPs)...

I didn't make the cut for the third part, but there is a promise of the study being extended if more funding can be sourced, so there's still hope...

Will do, Nick. Nice to have you on the forum - welcome!

I've just heard that BSD member Ron Dudley-Smith has passed away. Visitors to the Rollright Stones might remember Ron as he was a regular warden who would give dowsing instruction to visitors. You can see him in action here: https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/get-involved/friends Ron was a lovely cha...

I've made it through the second stage of the selection process, waiting to hear if I make the cut for the final 50 in part 3. Fingers crossed!

A video report from ABC News, Australia: https://youtu.be/eGGgHzEq7D4?si=TZ5HRTkl3f4vu89z Curiously, on their sister channel ABC Australia, they've posted the exact same video , only this time with the tag line 'There's no scientific evidence that water divining works so why is it still popular?' He...

Several areas in Spain are suffering the effects of a 3-year drought; Catalonia and Andalusia are particularly badly affected, with reservoir levels approaching critical minimums. Now water dowsers are in great demand. People versed in the ancient medieval art of water dowsing to find underground wa...

SIGIL: Scientific Investigation of Gazing with Intuition at Light This study explores the influence of mind on matter. Eligible participants must be at least 18 years old and will have training or talent in focused attention, such as meditators, martial artists, or experience with one or more magic...

The 2024 BSD Spring Symposium will be a two-day event with talks and workshops, to be held at the Malvern Cube in errrr... Malvern.
Confirmed speakers to date include Melinda Iverson Inn, Dave Charman and Cecilia Edwards. More to be added soon.

Full details here.

A nice article about Raymon Grace and his dowsing work: Dowsing emerges as a captivating connection, bridging the gap between the visible and the invisible within a realm teeming with hidden energies and uncharted potentials. This ancient practice, shrouded in mystery and enriched by tradition, find...