All About Dowsing is an independent reference site about dowsing, divination and the equipment people use to investigate unusual places. It is written for readers who are curious about these practices and would like an honest account of them.
The site covers rods and pendulums, water divining, map dowsing, ghost hunting gear, and the broader traditions of divination. Some of it is practical. Some of it is historical. All of it is written to the same standard.
How we cover things
Most writing about this subject falls into one of two camps. Either everything works and the sceptics are closed-minded, or nothing works and the practitioners are fools. Neither is much use if you are trying to decide whether to spend your money or your evening on something.
So every article separates three things that are usually blurred together:
| Category | What it means |
|---|---|
| What the device measures | The physical quantity an instrument actually detects — electromagnetic field strength, surface temperature, sound. This is measurable and not in dispute. |
| What practitioners report | What people using these tools say they experience. Taken seriously and described accurately, without being treated as proof. |
| What testing has shown | What controlled studies have found, including where they contradict the first two categories. Reported plainly, even when it is unwelcome. |
Keeping those three apart is the whole editorial approach. A reading that changes is a fact. What caused it is a question. Whether it means anything is a third thing entirely, and it rarely gets answered honestly elsewhere.
Where the honest answer is “nobody knows yet,” we say so rather than filling the gap.
What this site does not do
- We do not sell dowsing services, readings or consultations.
- We do not claim that any equipment detects anything it cannot measure.
- We do not sneer at people who practise dowsing, or at people who doubt it.
- We do not present a single uncorroborated result as evidence.
How the site is funded
All About Dowsing is reader-funded through affiliate commissions and advertising. When an article recommends a piece of equipment and you buy it through our link, we may earn a small commission. It costs you nothing extra.
Two commitments about this:
- Commission never determines a recommendation. Where the cheapest option is the right one, we say so — several of our guides recommend spending less than the alternatives they sit beside. Where a product is not worth buying, we say that too.
- Affiliate links are always disclosed and always marked as sponsored links in the page markup.
We do not accept payment for reviews, and no manufacturer has ever seen an article before publication.
Corrections
We get things wrong sometimes, and we would rather fix them than defend them. If you spot an error — a measurement, a product detail, a mischaracterised study — tell us and we will correct it. Substantive corrections are noted on the article itself rather than quietly edited away.
The same applies to sourcing. Where we cite a study or a testing result, we link to it so you can read the original and decide for yourself.
Who writes this
Haley writes and maintains All About Dowsing. She covers dowsing, divination and the instruments used to investigate unusual places, and her rule is simple: know what a device measures before believing what it detects.
That approach means the articles are as interested in the limits of a tool as in its uses. A pendulum guide explains how to establish a yes-no response and also explains the ideomotor effect. An EMF meter guide covers the instrument’s frequency range and also lists the household appliances that will set it off. A ghost hunting kit guide ranks items by how much they will actually teach you, which is rarely the same as how much they cost.
The subject matter is treated with genuine interest. The claims are treated with scepticism. Those two things are not in conflict, and the site is built on the view that separating them makes for better reading and better decisions.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections, disagreements and suggestions are all welcome — particularly corrections. Send us a message and we will reply.
If you have run a test of your own and want to share the method and results, we are genuinely interested.