Dowsing Rods

Ritual tools

Dowsing Rods is an earth ritual tool in the Folk Western tradition, traditionally made of hazel, willow and copper. It is used for water witching, finding lost objects and map dowsing. It is aligned to the third eye chakra and root chakra.

Tradition · Folk Western
A note on this entry

The forked hazel rod is the classic form; modern practice uses L-shaped metal rods. Dowsing is read through the same ideomotor response as the pendulum.

Correspondences

Element
Earth
Direction
North
Planet
Mercury

Practice

Magical Uses
Water witchingFinding lost objectsMap dowsingSite selection

Details

Traditional Material
HazelWillowCopperSteel
Keywords
FindingWaterMapYes no
Associated Deities
HermesDianaCernunnos
Cleansing
SmokeSunlightIntention
Divination Method
Dowsing

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