| For some dowsers the wand or pendulum will, in | | | | Satanism. Occultism is present even in religions which |
| response to questions, accurately indicate the depth at | | | | are opposed to one another. For example, it is found in |
| which the water will be found and the flow of water | | | | the Sufism of Islam and in the Kaballah of Judaism; in |
| per minute and even the quality of the water! No | | | | aberrant Christian sects as well as in satanic and UFO |
| impersonal force can transmit information. | | | | cults. |
| Furthermore, many modern dowsers now use dry | | | | Of course, the Roman Catholic Church would argue |
| sticks containing no moisture whatsoever, while others | | | | that the apparitions of "Mary" and other "saints" and |
| use metal wires and even string and plastic devices. | | | | the mystical experiences of "saints" in trance have |
| And in addition to water, dowsers have been known | | | | nothing to do with the occult but come from God. The |
| to locate oil, deposits of minerals, ancient cities, buried | | | | same argument would be made by Pentecostals and |
| treasure, or any number of other desirable finds. "To | | | | charismatics (whether Catholic or Protestant), who |
| dowse," writes one expert, "is to search with the aid of | | | | attribute their mystical experiences and seemingly |
| a hand-held instrument... for anything ... subterranean | | | | miraculous healings to the Holy Spirit. What is the truth? |
| water... a pool of oil... mineral ore... buried sewer pipe or | | | | We shall see. |
| an electrical cable... an airplane downed in a mountain | | | | In Christian Science and the other Mind Science |
| wilderness... lost wallet or dog... a missing person...."8 An | | | | religions, where God is "Universal Mind" and the biblical |
| editorial in Gold Prospector magazine states: | | | | gospel of salvation by God's grace through Christ's |
| Dowsing is the easy way to get answers to your | | | | death and resurrection is denied, the connection to the |
| questions. You ask nature a question to which she | | | | occult becomes more obvious. And when it comes to |
| (through your instruments) will answer with a "yes" or | | | | the mysterious powers manifested in voodoo, |
| "no" .... | | | | macumba, Candomble, and other native and nature |
| For instance, you need to find gold; the grade of the | | | | religions, the occult connection is even clearer. |
| deposit; ounces per ton; width of deposit; length of vein; | | | | That "spiritual" powers which can neither be affirmed |
| and depth of deposit below surface, and the total | | | | nor denied by materialistic science (because they are |
| amount of ore in tons.9 | | | | beyond its reach) do indeed exist has been amply |
| Some dowsers are even able to locate these sites for | | | | demonstrated among all cultures, peoples, and religions |
| drilling, digging, or diving by dowsing over maps! Henry | | | | throughout human history. The acceptance and |
| Gross, while sitting in Kennebunkport, Maine, located | | | | proliferation of all aspects of the occult are increasingly |
| three well sites on a map of Bermuda and described | | | | viewed as perfectly legitimate and desirable in today's |
| accurately the depth to drill, the quality of water, and | | | | world. Whether this is beneficial or detrimental to the |
| the quantity per minute which each well would | | | | best interests of society and the church is another |
| produce. At that time Bermuda had gone "three | | | | question. |
| hundred and forty years without drinking water" | | | | A Widespread and Growing Phenomenon |
| except for the rain that could be caught by various | | | | The proliferation and popularity of psychic networks is |
| means. | | | | evident by the commercials on TV and in newspaper |
| Ted Kaufman, a retired public relations executive living | | | | ads. Occultism is one of the growth industries of our |
| in New York, has worked with New York State | | | | time. In November 1996 USA Today reported: |
| Rangers using his dowsing abilities to determine | | | | "Kabbalah is the rage in Tinseltown.... "It's the kind of |
| whether lost persons were dead or alive and to locate | | | | thing Jews don't talk about," [TV's] Roseanne [noted]. ... |
| them on a map.11 The first person to discover that | | | | "I'm a Catholic shiksa," actress Diane Ladd says, "but |
| dowsing could be done over maps was Abbe Alexis | | | | I'm on a spiritual journey...." She was introduced to |
| Mermet, a French priest, around the turn of the | | | | Kabbalah by comedian Sandra Bernhard... Jeff |
| century. "Contacted through transatlantic mail by | | | | Goldblum took the basic course. Barry Diller and Dolly |
| monks desperately seeking underground water for | | | | Parton attended a private class. Roseanne explains. . . , |
| their monastery in the mountains of Colombia, Mermet | | | | "[Kabbalah] is about connection between mind and |
| marked a potential drilling site on a map of the | | | | body, astrology, Atlantis, reincarnation and computers." |
| monastery grounds which, when drilled, produced more | | | | The universality and persistence of a belief in |
| than the water required." Others have dowsed over | | | | mysterious powers that exist in a realm beyond the |
| maps to locate downed aircraft in remote areas. . . .12 | | | | material dimension has been dramatically |
| Divination: Another Form of Witchcraft | | | | demonstrated in the former Soviet Union. For more |
| Of particular interest is the fact that, as the | | | | than 70 years, Marxist atheistic materialism was |
| Smithsonian article documents, dowsing is now being | | | | forced on the entire populace. At the same time, |
| used to uncover all sorts of information answers to | | | | believers in any religion, from Christianity to witchcraft, |
| virtually every question one could ask. Dowsing, then, is | | | | were the objects of relentless persecution. |
| simply another form of "divination" (any occult | | | | Once the Iron Curtain came down, and with it the |
| technique for obtaining information and help from the | | | | repression of diverse opinions, belief in the occult |
| spirit world through a physical device). It is strictly | | | | suddenly exploded. As of this writing early in 1997, one |
| forbidden in the Bible. Other divination devices | | | | of the most popular television programs in Russia is |
| commonly used include crystal balls, tarot cards, Ouija | | | | the "Third Eye," aired each Saturday. Its guests include |
| boards, tea leaves, and pendulums. More occult | | | | witches, parapsychologists, healers, and Orthodox |
| practitioners in France are licensed to diagnose and | | | | priests, who mix their peculiar application of the Bible |
| treat illnesses by the use of pendulums than there are | | | | with crystal balls and all manner of occultism. |
| medical doctors in the country! | | | | One psychic popular on Russian television claims to be |
| That dowsing has always been known as "water | | | | able to tell from a photo whether the person pictured |
| witching" is evidence that all cultures have recognized | | | | is alive or dead, his or her state of health, where the |
| a connection between dowsing and the occult. Yet | | | | person (or dead body) is located, and other data. A |
| thousands of those who call themselves Christians, | | | | Russian woman "healer" teaches how to use occult |
| including pastors and other church leaders, have been | | | | power to restore health. Another popular psychic |
| involved in water witching without apparently being | | | | claims to have raised the dead in a mortuary and to |
| aware that they have been drawn into the occult. | | | | be able to lower the level of toxins in food and drink |
| Many other beliefs and practices now acceptable | | | | through ritualistic motions of his hands. Then he infuses |
| within evangelical churches involve the occult. Alan | | | | the food or drink with his occult powers and sells it. |
| Morrison tells how he was compelled to write The | | | | Purchasers throughout Russia swear by the benefits |
| Serpent and the Cross because he "became | | | | they have received in this way. |
| convinced that there was the need [within the church] | | | | In America, Daerick and Nedrra Lanakila are the |
| for far greater understanding and discernment | | | | inventors of "energy medicine and quantum healing... |
| concerning the meaning of the term occult "13 | | | | healing products designed for direct interaction with the |
| The occult invasion did not begin yesterday. At the | | | | body/mind intelligence." Through their organization, |
| same time that the early American colonists were | | | | Y.A.T.O. Enterprise, they distribute the "Li.F.E. Energizers |
| stamping out witchcraft, they were practicing it | | | | System for Vibrancy."16 It consists of vials filled with |
| themselves: "Renaissance esotericism astrology, | | | | "spiritual energy in an aqueous solution of distilled |
| palmistry, and magical healing."14 We see the same | | | | water" designed to "work on all four systems physical, |
| incursions in our day. Having once been involved | | | | emotional, mental and spiritual... "17 Many other |
| deeply in the occult, Morrison was staggered to | | | | examples could be given. |
| discover that "so many satanic influences which I had | | | | A visit not only to large cities but to small rural towns |
| renounced on becoming a Christian were gaining | | | | across America reveals a staggering variety of occult |
| increasing popularity within the Church and were | | | | shops, some on the main thoroughfares. There is no |
| upheld as valid Christian experience."15 This trend is | | | | denying that in spite of the skepticism one would |
| increasing. | | | | expect in an age of science, interest and even belief in |
| Good or Bad? | | | | the mysterious is growing. Nor is there anything new |
| Occult powers that produce results which cannot be | | | | about the occult. "New Age" is a misnomer. In spite of |
| explained by material science are found in the practice | | | | computers and space exploration and communication |
| of almost every religion, from much that calls itself | | | | satellites, neither the gods nor the rituals have changed. |
| Christianity to paganism, idolatry, witchcraft, and | | | | |